Located in Tbilisi, SPYKKY House by STIPFOLD introduces a measured architectural presence within a visually fragmented urban context. Designed by Beka Pkhakadze, George Bendelava, Giorgi Zakashvili, and Niko Malazonia, the 400-square-meter residence establishes clarity through controlled geometry and material discipline. The project avoids reliance on scale. Instead, it asserts identity through restraint and precision. HOUSING […] More
House SM stands in Ílhavo as a 380-square-meter residence completed in 2024 under the direction of architect Mário Alves. The project addresses two clear premises: reconcile the requested domestic program with the specific conditions of the site, and anticipate the area’s imminent transformation. Although the plot currently lacks peripheral construction, future development will alter its […] More
On the southern coast of São Miguel Island, Casa CR settles among basalt boulders and dry vegetation with composure. Designed by SO Arquitetura & Design, the 250-square-metre residence responds to an irregular volcanic terrain without attempting to domesticate it. The clients, a couple in their eighties, chose to begin again. That decision shapes the architecture […] More
Set within a maple-wooded slope in North Hatley, Perchée by Matière Première Architecture positions itself as a calibrated response to terrain rather than an assertion upon it. The land descends gently toward a river valley, and the house follows that movement with restraint. Instead of clearing extensively or reshaping the ground, the architects suspend the […] More
In Leslieville, Toronto’s east end, Dollhouse Loft revisits a former toy and bottling factory with a strategy grounded in spatial recalibration. The early 1900s industrial building, converted into live-work lofts in the early 2000s, carried generous volume but dated finishes and fragmented interior logic. StudioAC approached the renewal as both spatial refinement and structural clarification, […] More
In the forested landscape of Sutton, Quebec, Maison de la Coulée douce reconsiders how multiple generations can inhabit a shared domestic environment without sacrificing privacy or calm. Designed by La Nony FAMILI in collaboration with Le Local Design, the 3,990-square-foot residence occupies a sloping site overlooking a small pond, where orientation and restraint guide every […] More
In Montreal’s Quartier des Gares, 900 Saint-Jacques introduces a new density model grounded in material continuity and urban integration. Designed by Chevalier Morales in collaboration with Brian Elsden Burrows, Architect – Le Groupe Architex, the 63-storey mixed-use tower rises from a site long perceived as residual terrain at the edge of downtown. Framed by rail […] More
Set within a residential fabric in Córdoba, Casa dos Muros is a project by SET Architects that positions architecture as a careful negotiation between site, structure, and daily life. The house is conceived around two pre-existing stone walls that define the lateral boundaries of the plot, and a mature algarrobo tree that anchors both the […] More
Located in the Kyiv region, SHELL House is conceived as architecture with a defensive intelligence. Designed by Bezmirno Architects, as a protective structure, the house shields the family’s inner life from the city’s noise and visual pressure, operating much like its namesake: solid and restrained on the outside, calm and finely tuned within. From the […] More
Minimalist White House is a single-family residence in Braga by Arquitetura501, conceived as a precise response to site orientation, context, and light. Set on a 980-square-meter plot within the city, the project balances openness and protection, using architectural clarity to negotiate views, privacy, and environmental comfort. HOUSING The plot’s conditions strongly informed the design strategy. […] More
de l’Épée Residence is a full residential renovation in Montreal by Michael Godmer Studio, conceived as a lived narrative rather than a stylistic exercise. Located in Outremont, within an early 20th-century house of strong architectural character, the project unfolds through memory, use, and transformation, allowing domestic life to become both structure and guide. RESIDENTIAL The […] More
Architect Alexis Dornier discusses his topography-driven approach to residential design at Tampah Hills, Lombok, where circular geometries and material restraint create a home that descends the hillside as naturally as the terrain itself. There is a particular kind of architecture that emerges when a designer stops fighting the land and starts listening to it. Nyrenstone […] More