In Le Lavandou, on the southern coast of France, PietriArchitectes has completed Hôtel Les Roches, a project that redefines the dialogue between architecture and its landscape. Situated between rock and sea, the hotel emerges from its slope as if it had always belonged there. The result is a complete reconstruction, executed with precision and restraint, […] More
Located on Tanza Road in Hampstead NW3, the Hampstead House Extension by Architecture for London transforms a five-storey Victorian property that borders Hampstead Heath. The project redefines the rear of the home with a subtle yet impactful architectural intervention that enhances views, light, and connection to nature while respecting the building’s historic character. HOUSING Rather […] More
In Oakville, Canada, Atelier Carle introduces OAKV, a 700-square-meter clinic that challenges the conventions of medical interiors. The project replaces the sterile, impersonal feel long associated with clinical design with an atmosphere of calm, intimacy, and light. Located in a suburban business center outside Toronto, the site’s inherent constraints, limited natural light and lack of […] More
RootStudio reimagines a 1970s home in Oaxaca, Mexico, transforming it into a refined, compact, and luminous residence. Located within a modest housing complex, the project demonstrates how thoughtful architecture can elevate everyday living through restraint, proportion, and precision. HOUSING The architects began with an existing concrete structure and worked inward, focusing on privacy, natural light, […] More
On the island of Antiparos, ARP – Architecture Research Practice, has transformed an abandoned concrete frame into a home that reconsiders how architecture can exist within a crowded landscape. Tetris House began with a decade-old structure, one of many that punctuate the Greek terrain as a result of building regulations that allowed partial construction to […] More
In the heart of Paris’s 15th arrondissement, PAREIL, the multidisciplinary architecture studio founded by Caroline Weill and Laetitia Paradis, has completed VAU Project, a sensitive reconfiguration of a 20th-century apartment that distills their shared vision of architecture as both material and emotional craft. The studio, based between Paris and Marseille, defines each project through a […] More
Located in the rural landscape outside Estremoz, Monte do Divor by Vasco Burnay offers a meditation on permanence, restraint, and the quiet evolution of vernacular architecture. The house stands amid dispersed rural dwellings, its modest presence marked by a gabled roof and two chimneys, typologies deeply rooted in the Alentejo region. Rather than transform the […] More
Located in a heritage-listed building in Bilbao, RA Apartment by BAT Architecture presents a refined study of balance, between preservation and innovation, ornament and restraint, memory and the present. The 305-square-metre residence redefines the classical vocabulary of its era, transforming an early 20th-century home into an example of classical modernity that bridges history and contemporary […] More
Overlooking the eastern shore of Lake Como, House on Como Lake by Pierattelli Architetture embodies the practice’s quiet and human-centred approach to design. The 300-square-metre residence, spread across four levels, is envisioned as a summer retreat that balances the ease of daily living with the serenity of a lakeside escape. HOUSING The project reflects a […] More
Fredericia celebrates the 75th anniversary of The Hunting Chair, one of Børge Mogensen’s most enduring works, with a special limited edition of just 75 pieces. First introduced in 1950 at Copenhagen’s Cabinetmakers’ Guild Exhibition, the chair embodied Mogensen’s lifelong mission to unite functionality, craftsmanship, and a sense of place. Designed for a notional hunting cabin […] More
In a historic apartment on Quai Anatole France, graciously provided by Barnes, designer Hugo Besnier unveils Tour de Mains, the first complete collection from his Maison Hartis. Comprising thirty original furniture pieces, the presentation offers a profound immersion into Besnier’s design philosophy, rooted in touch, structure, and the living dialogue between material and maker. FURNITURE […] More
Kreoo presents the redesigned Vis-à-Vis, a seating piece by Enzo Berti that balances sculptural solidity with visual lightness. Originally conceived as a Kreoo icon, the new edition expands on its reputation, offering a refined dialogue between material weight and suspended form. Its duality, part chaise longue, part marble block, creates a tension that reads as […] More