Located in Prague’s Žižkov district, the historic Palác Akropolis has long served as a center for the city’s cultural and artistic life. The latest transformation of its 470 m² floor, led by Marco Maio Architects, reimagines a previously enclosed and fragmented space as a contemporary shared workspace. The project responds to the building’s layered history, […] More
Disbrow Iannuzzi designs Baw Beese House in Hillsdale, Michigan as a lakeside retreat built to support several generations of one family. The project responds to social, familial, community, economic, and health needs through a structure that allows relatives to gather or separate as required. This approach gives each family member the ability to visit for […] More
Villa Omah Prana Payangan by Alexis Dornier sits in the highlands of Payangan as a study of circular form and controlled structure. The project follows one clear idea: a ring-shaped plan that arranges every room along the perimeter. This configuration directs the entire home toward the surrounding area and establishes a consistent orientation. The living […] More
Lagoon View marks a significant project for Swatt + Partners, arriving as a full reworking of an existing 4,753 square foot home in the hills above Tiburon. The clients, long based in the Midwest, planned for many years to relocate to the Bay Area to stay closer to their adult children and maintain access to […] More
Located in the El Bajo neighborhood of Buenos Aires (Argentina), near the San Isidro ravines, Casa Los Cardos is conceived as a single, continuous spatial experience rather than a collection of isolated rooms. For this young family with two small children, Melazza Mobili translates an architectural base of exposed concrete into a tactile, luminous interior […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects reveals The Symphony Tower, a new residential landmark designed for Imtiaz Developments within Dubai’s emerging Horizon district. Positioned between Meydan Racecourse and the waters of Ras Al Khor, the tower sits near the upper reaches of Dubai Creek, the site of the city’s origin. The Ras Al Khor Nature Reserve, now protected […] More
Located above the folds of Beverly Hills, the Briarcrest Residence brings together the architectural clarity and measured restraint that define Heusch Architecture. Led by Gerhard Heusch, the Los Angeles studio continues its exploration of contemporary design shaped by environment, light, and material. This hillside home reflects that philosophy with a spatial language that’s calm, deliberate, […] More
Bernat Llauradó Auquer of Tallerdarquitectura builds Butterfly House beneath a butterfly roof, a form that gained momentum in mid-20th-century American architecture. The V-shaped geometry shelters the interior, creates overhangs, protects the house from sun and rain and softens the perception of its size. The gesture anchors the structure within its rural setting, where planted boundaries […] More
Sutton Tower, the 850-foot residential landmark on Manhattan’s East Side waterfront, has received the 2025 BLT Built Design Award for Architectural Design: Skyscraper. Designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen and developed by JVP Development and Gamma Real Estate, the tower stands as a global showcase of New York luxury and craftsmanship. The recognition coincides with Sutton Tower […] More
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
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
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Marazzi invited British designer Charlotte Taylor to create Under the Skin, an imagined house that explores the relationship between material, memory, and emotion. Through her poetic and architectural lens, Taylor reinterprets Marazzi’s ceramic collections as storytelling tools, transforming surfaces into narrative and spatial elements. MATERIALS The project reflects Marazzi’s vision […] More