WJ Studio approaches Lakeside Villa in Shanghai as both a private residence and an art exhibition hall. Completed in June 2025, the 550-square-meter project reflects the client’s long relationship with collecting, while shifting the idea of a gallery into a domestic setting. The house does more than store artworks. It gives them a spatial rhythm, […] More
Casa Plan de Barrancas by PPAA examines how an urban house can loosen its boundaries and enter a closer relationship with landscape. Located in western Mexico City, the 477.16-square-meter residence develops from a clear idea: domestic space can connect to vegetation, light, and open air while maintaining the structure and privacy required for daily life. […] More
MU Architecture designed The Albatross as a contemporary family retreat in La Conception, Quebec, placing the residence within the Laurentians at the edge of Lake Xavier. The project responds to a dramatic site, protected views, and a demanding residential program with an architecture of articulated volumes, raised terraces, and carefully staged movement. Completed in April […] More
Ramsgate House by Common Office responds to Bondi Beach with a precise architectural idea: a private family home that still belongs to one of Sydney’s most public coastal settings. Located on Ramsgate Avenue, the four-storey residence sits close to one of Australia’s most visited beaches, where the pressure of tourism, street life, climate, and domestic […] More
Casa Trigo by Heliana Arquitectura takes shape among mesquite trees in a residential area of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Designed for a family from Mexico City, the house responds to the need for a serene and functional retreat, using the site’s orientation and topography as the foundation for its architectural direction. Rather than imposing a […] More
Villa M by Tunicate approaches reconstruction through continuity, precision, and restraint. The project reworks a Functionalist villa built in 1937–1938 by architects Arnošt Mühlstein and Victor Fürth, giving the damaged residence a new domestic life while keeping its architectural identity intact. Located in Prague, the house had survived almost in its original state until 1994, […] More
tissellistudioarchitetti transforms an abandoned ruin into Casa nel Borgo, a second home for a family of art collectors in one of Italy’s most beautiful villages. Set on a hill with the sea visible on the horizon, the house occupies a place where rural quiet meets the character of a historic village. The project starts from […] More
The site carries a clear memory. A previous cabin once stood here, before fire reduced it to a stone plinth. Mimosa Architects approach the project by accepting that condition rather than replacing it. The remaining base becomes the starting point for the new structure, anchoring it physically above the river while setting a measured distance […] More
Set within a low-rise residential neighbourhood in Toronto, Montrose Sixplex by Gabriel Fain Architects examines how increased density can operate within an existing urban fabric without disruption. The project spans two lots and introduces six rental units through a carefully structured composition of semi-detached buildings. Two multiplexes face the street, while two laneway houses extend […] More
Set along the edge of the Volga River, The House of Five Roofs approaches domestic architecture through spatial sequencing and environmental control. Designed by Alexander Tischler LLC under the creative direction of Karen Karapetian, the project responds directly to the clients’ way of living, shaping a house that supports movement between work in Moscow and […] More
Set within the dense forests along the Maskinongé River in the Outaouais, La Maraude approaches residential architecture with restraint and clarity. Nathalie Thibodeau builds the project around a precise understanding of place, choosing to pull the house away from the river and anchor it deeper into the wooded site. This decision defines the entire project. […] More
Karlen + Clemente position Summit House within the steep terrain of Villa General Belgrano, allowing the project to grow directly from the hillside rather than impose itself onto it. The architects define the house through a sequence of horizontal volumes that step along the slope, aligning with the natural topography. This decision reduces the visual […] More