A new hotel in Hangzhou marks a turning point in how China’s established hospitality brands approach maturity. Grand Ji Hotel, designed by Vermilion Zhou Design Group, isn’t competing on scale or luxury excess. It competes on something quieter and harder to replicate: a complete, thoughtfully integrated guest experience built on Eastern philosophy and spatial restraint. […] More
SSStudio and Axiis design a residential sanctuary on Via della Spiga that reimagines the luxury retail experience as intimate domestic space. On Via della Spiga 30, where Milan’s fashion quarter moves with the rhythm of commerce and display, Malo House introduces a different proposition altogether. The newly opened flagship for the Florentine cashmere house unfolds […] More
Carazo Arquitectura proposes a different model for dense residential development with LTR1, a 60,265-square-meter mixed-use project in Nuevo Cuscatlán, within the metropolitan area of San Salvador. The unbuilt scheme combines more than 400 middle-income homes with retail, gastronomy, coworking, wellness facilities, gardens, and public space. It recently received both the Jury Winner and Popular Choice […] More
Salvador Román and Adela Mortera design Casa Gruta in Valladolid, Yucatán, as a residence shaped by the spatial memory of caves, grottos and cenotes. Located in the Sisal neighborhood, the house uses scale, materiality, light and shadow to create the feeling of an inhabitable refuge, somewhere between architecture and sculpture. HOUSING The project responds directly […] More
When Jean-Marie Massaud approached the brief for Aom developed with Arper, he did not treat sustainability as a marketing addendum. Instead, he made it foundational, embedding environmental responsibility into the product’s DNA through a radical principle of subtraction. The result is a collection of sofas and armchairs that challenge the furniture industry’s relationship with materials, […] More
Prashant Parmar Architect designed A Cube House in Paldi, Ahmedabad, as a response to a compact urban site and a family’s long connection to place. Set on a compact 1,187 square foot plot, the residence uses a vertical plan to reach 4,060 square feet of built area while maintaining a strong sense of openness. HOUSING […] More
Marcoux Mathern & Associés reshaped La Perle d’Azur in Cannes through a full architectural transformation focused on proportion, circulation and atmosphere. The villa, already recent in construction, needed a clearer spatial order. Its facades lacked unity, its entrance felt monumental yet cold, its thresholds carried too much force, and its proportions created uncertainty across the […] More
In the expansive desert landscape of Marfa, Texas, Rhode Partners has transformed an ordinary shipping container into a refined architectural retreat that captures the spirit of one of America’s most celebrated artistic communities. The project, aptly titled Marfa Container, is as much a story of design ingenuity as it is a reflection of a unique […] More
Entre Quatre Murs has completed Du Corail Residence, a contemporary single family home located at the edge of a wooded property in Mirabel. The Montreal based studio developed the project over four years, shaping more than 7,700 square feet, around the conditions of the site and the daily needs of its residents. INTERIOR DESIGN The […] 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
yh2 approaches Maison Aubé in Saint-Eustache as a careful act of recovery, expansion, and family continuity. The house dates back to 1811 and belongs to the Maison des Patriotes typology. It sits inside a large garden along the Rivière des Mille Îles, on land that once formed part of wider agricultural grounds. The same family […] More
Wahana Architects presents El House in Jakarta. The project responds to a clear domestic brief: create a home that welcomes extended family, close friends, and professional colleagues with comfort, openness, and spatial clarity. The architects approached the house as a setting for shared time, designing rooms that support daily living as well as gatherings across different […] More