Exceptional homes are rarely defined by a single dramatic feature. While striking architecture, premium materials, and refined interiors certainly contribute to a home’s character, they are rarely the reason a space feels comfortable, functional, and timeless. They begin with planning. Long before construction begins, architects make hundreds of decisions that influence how a home will […] More
Edition Office conceived House in a Garden as a family residence immersed in dense vegetation above the landscaped floodplain of the Birrarung. Designed for a family with two school-aged children, the home gives the garden a central role in its spatial organization. Foliage surrounds every room, filters outward views, and records seasonal changes through variations […] More
Grizzo Studio designed Matorral House as a single-family residence shaped by the dense forest of Cariló, in Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province. Existing shrubs and mature trees guided the position of the building, the organization of its interior spaces, and the direction of its principal views. The studio treated the vegetation as an active part of […] More
LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada and Fengate Asset Management have announced Toronto Rail Yards, a 14-acre mixed-use community designed by Henning Larsen above the active rail corridor between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue. The downtown Toronto project will create new land over existing railway infrastructure, connecting housing, offices, retail, child care and […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced the Nest and Cascades, two developments planned for Kodra e Diellit in Tirana. Designed for local developer Agikons, the projects respond to growing demand for housing and hospitality spaces in one of the Albanian capital’s fastest-developing districts. RESIDENTIAL Kodra e Diellit occupies a hillside south of central Tirana and offers […] More
KCAP has started construction on Linck, a 198-home neighborhood in Oss designed around shared space, mixed housing, and public life. The project occupies a former surface car park between the city center and the Raadhuiskwartier cultural district, turning an underused site into a residential block with shops, cafés, co-working spaces, communal terraces, and a green […] More
Clementine House by Architéka and Lucie Němcová transforms Pension Clementine, a riverside guesthouse in Český Krumlov, into a place of rest with a quiet, inward focus. Set on the banks of the Vltava River, the project keeps the calm of the site as its main spatial quality. The renovation preserves authentic parts of the former […] More
Studio InTo completes Sanshan Laichi Xialang Valley Retreat in Xialang Village, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, at the foot of Mount Luofu and southeast of Fayun Temple. Surrounded by bamboo groves, streams, and gently changing terrain, the guesthouse responds to the humid, rainy climate of the Lingnan mountain region through a spatial system built around courtyards, […] More
Impare Arquitectura completes the new headquarters for PRF Gas Solutions, S.A. in Leiria, Portugal, responding to the company’s need for expanded administrative, storage, and workshop areas. Designed by main architect Paulo Seco, with collaboration from Filipe Lourenço and Rita Neves, the project supports the company’s growth through a building that connects industrial operations with office […] More
ORA completes Oblouková 171, a mixed-use townhouse in the historic centre of Žatec, Czech Republic, bringing together guest accommodation, a holiday home for the owners, and a taproom. The project carries a personal history, as the house belonged to the family for generations after the owners’ great-great-grandparents moved to Žatec in the 1920s. After decades […] More
Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes completes a social housing project in Cornebarrieu, France, at the southern edge of the ZAC Monges-Croix du Sud. The development occupies a transitional position between preserved open land and the newer urban fabric of the district, giving the project a clear civic role from the outset. Located at 2 rue Jacqueline […] More
COOKFOX Architects has completed the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University, a 30,000-square-foot cultural building dedicated to American music and Bruce Springsteen’s place within that history. The Center brings exhibitions, archives, performance, education, and research into one destination, giving students, scholars, fans, and visitors direct access to music objects, public programs, and […] More