LN Studio has completed Project 21, a new-build residence in Ancaster, Ontario, designed in collaboration with SMPL Design Studio for a young family seeking a long-term home defined by clarity and restraint. The project is guided by three principles, Elegant, Fresh, Tranquil, which shaped both the architectural direction and interior detailing. HOUSING Located in a […] More
StudioAC has completed the design of Misc Coffee, a small café located just north of Toronto’s Ossington strip, built around a single material gesture: translucent green FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) panels. Typically used in industrial and infrastructural applications, the FRP is reintroduced here as a defining interior surface, bringing color, filtered light, and texture into […] More
In Prague, Martin Cenek Architecture transforms a 1930s functionalist apartment into a deeply personal reflection on authorship, memory, and restraint. The project, the architect’s own home, unfolds as both a renovation and an introspective study of what it means to inhabit one’s own design. Located in a tenement building by Ladislav and Jaroslav Šimek, the […] More
Punangairi on New Zealand’s West Coast is framed as a calibrated threshold between land, culture and climate. Designed by Sheppard & Rout Architects with Ngāti Waewae, the building functions as a visitor centre in program only; in intent, it becomes a spatial instrument for cultural authorship and ecological repair. The project replaces the typical model […] More
Located in Georgeville, a rural enclave in Quebec’s Magog region, Rural Hamlet by MUUK Architecture reinterprets traditional farm architecture through a contemporary lens. The 4,000-square-foot residence is composed of three primary volumes connected by curved passageways, forming a composition that feels both timeless and site-specific. The home integrates seamlessly into the sloping terrain, evoking the […] More
Perched on a steep site above Lake Fournelle in Saint-Hippolyte, Intervalle by Atelier BOOM-TOWN turns topographical constraint into design intention. The residence stretches across two levels that follow the natural slope, transforming elevation into experience. Through this calibrated descent, the architecture becomes an instrument of observation, framing shifting perspectives of the Laurentians with each step. […] More
In Prague, Iva Hajkova Studio has transformed a panel apartment into a serene escape that looks toward the horizon for inspiration. Positioned above a bustling artery of the city, the residence finds beauty in contrast, between movement and stillness, concrete and wood, the hum of traffic and the vast expanse of sky. INTERIOR DESIGN The […] More
Casa San Francisco by Jorge Garibay Architects rises quietly among the vineyards of San Miguel de Allende, reinterpreting the traditions of winemaking and monastic architecture through a contemporary lens. The house was commissioned as a vacation retreat within a working vineyard, where architecture and landscape share a dialogue about time, growth, and transformation. HOUSING The […] 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
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 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