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Mosley Thorold Rebuilds a Victorian London Townhouse Around a Relocated Staircase
Mosley Thorold pulled a mispositioned staircase out from a cramped ground-floor study and made it the load-bearing narrative…
Chromastudio Threads a Milan Apartment’s Rooms Together Through Colour Alone
Residenza B05 treats colour as structure, not decoration — the mechanism that organizes the apartment where walls would…
RigonSimonetti Turns a Venetian Villa’s Barchessa Into Offices and a Café Hall
Leaving Vicenza on the Pasubio state road, the historic Villa Donà in Motta di Costabissara now reads as…
DEFERRARI+MODESTI Leaves a Rediscovered Fresco Exposed in a Florence Bedroom
In a ground-floor Florence apartment where exploratory tests during a renovation surfaced a centuries-old fresco, DEFERRARI+MODESTI chose not…
Bathroom Upgrade Ideas That Make Mornings Feel Easier
A bathroom can look perfectly fine and still be frustrating to use every single day. The vanity might…
Archventil Reopens Its First Milan Studio as a Creative Headquarters and Home
Archventil has reopened its studio at the same Milan address where the company began: Corso San Gottardo 8,…
Architects Are Turning Forgotten Garages Into Full-Size Houses in the UK
A disused garage is quietly becoming one of the last realistic sites left to build a whole new…
AMBIGUA Designs a Valencia Triplex Where Cats and Curtains Share the Same Rail
In Valencia, Murcia-based studio AMBIGUA rebuilds a triplex around a single flexible textile system that governs the home…
Diriondostudio Turns 1965 Ceiling Beams Into a 90-Square-Metre Apartment’s Defining Feature
In a 90-square-metre (970-square-foot) apartment inside a 1965 Logroño building, D I — S diriondostudio exposed structural concrete…
Extrarradio Estudio Strips a Lastres House Down to Its Timber Skeleton
In the historic center of Lastres, a former whaling village on the coast of Asturias, Madrid-based architecture practice…
In a 1960s Roman Flat, 02A Studio Wraps a Corridor Fix in Red Lacquer
At Casa Barro, a 1960s Rome apartment reworked by 02A Studio (Marco Rulli and Thomas Grossi), a curved,…
LABLANCA and Santa Arquitectura Cut One Skylight to Light an Entire Barcelona Row House
In the historic center of Premià de Dalt, Barcelona-based practices LABLANCA and Santa Arquitectura renovated the upper floor…
The Small Details That Make a Big Difference in Kitchen Design
Designing a beautiful kitchen is about much more than choosing cabinets and worktops. While the larger features naturally…
Atelier Iso Wraps a Self-Built La Claye House in Reclaimed Stone and Douglas Fir
On a long-vacant corner plot in the village of La Claye, French practice Atelier Iso built an entirely…
Gabrielle Vinson Keeps a Toulouse House’s 1970s Concrete Beams and Hourdis Floors Exposed
In the Saint-Cyprien district of Toulouse, French-architect Gabrielle Vinson approaches a 1970s house reconstruction as inherited infrastructure rather…
bump studio Turns a Fragmented, Non-Parallel Genoa Apartment Into a Game of Tetris
Tetris, bump studio‘s renovation of a 93 sqm (1,001 sq ft) apartment in Genoa, resolves a fragmented, non-parallel…
Agence Ontwerp Turns a 1958 Rotterdam Gallery Flat Around an 8-Meter Storage Wall
Bentinck, the debut project from newly founded Rotterdam practice agence ontwerp, reorganizes a 90 sqm (969 sq ft)…
The Homeowner’s Digital Journey: How People Find and Choose Contractors in 2026
There was a time when finding a contractor meant flipping through a directory, asking a neighbor over the…
How Much Does a Home Addition Cost in Arizona? A Guide for Phoenix and Scottsdale Homeowners
A home addition can give you the space you need without making you leave a neighborhood you love.…
gon architects Turns a Madrid Corridor into a System of Sliding Colored Doors
Casa JAM replaces every door along its central corridor with a floor-to-ceiling sliding panel, so the apartment’s private…
Studio NiCHE Turns a Bormla Rooftop Laundry Into a 28-Square-Meter Home
Studio NiCHE completed The Blue Room by refusing the one instinct every small-apartment renovation reaches for first —…