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L Architects Uses “Forgotten” Park Bricks to Renovate Singapore Apartment
The pandemic-induced shift toward biophilic living has left a lasting imprint on how we perceive the boundaries of…
ALTSTADT Replaces Walls With Sculptural Volumes in Brussels High-Rise Renovation
When the owners of a 75-square-meter unit on the 23rd floor of a Brussels residential tower first acquired…
Faye + Walker Uses Ganged Trusses to Create Deep Plywood Coffers in Austin Home
A radical inversion of domestic priorities defines the latest intervention by Faye + Walker Architecture in Austin, Texas.…
Michael Godmer Studio Combines “Mayonnaise” Tones and Heritage Woodwork in Montreal Home
In the tree-lined enclave of Outremont, Montreal, the de l’Épée Residence stands as a clear manifesto of slow,…
CRUX Arquitectos Uses Ceramic Blocks and Timber to Hollow Out a Traditional Spanish Row House
The architectural identity of the Spanish hinterland is often defined by a silent, crumbling heritage of “emptied” villages.…
B² Architecture Uses a “Green Core” to Open Up Mid-Century Prague Apartment
In the heart of Prague’s Holešovice district, a neighborhood defined by its industrial heritage and mid-century modernism, architectural…
Lilac House Is a “Rigorous Metamorphosis” of a 1920s Montreal Duplex
In the dense urban fabric of Montreal, Canada, the act of renovation is increasingly becoming a manifesto for…
Matthew Giles Architects Uses Raw Concrete and Green Roofs to Unify a Tiered Highgate Villa
In the verdant, sloping terrain of Highgate, London, the dialogue between a home and its hillside is often…
Alexander Tischler Uses Vibrant Hues and Iconic Italian Design to Define a Social-Centric Home in Russia
The conceptual vision for this private residence began not with a floor plan, but with a whimsical spark…
ATOMAA Carves Light-Filled “Wooden Heart” Into a Centuries-Old Alpine Home
In the quiet folds of the Italian Alps, where the historic village of Cisore clings to the mountainside…
Luigi Rosselli Architects Carves “Cryptic” Iceberg Extension Into Sydney Sandstone
In the architectural dialogue between history and modernity, the most profound statements are often those that remain unsaid.…
Turner Architects Wraps South London Attic in Birch Plywood to Create a “Room of Light”
The poetic elevation of the domestic sphere often finds its most profound expression in the spaces we previously…
Side Angle Side Reconstructs 1930s Austin Bungalow Using Salvaged Materials
In the heart of an established neighborhood in Austin, Texas, a 1930s Victorian bungalow has been reborn, not…
Katarzyna Baumiller Studio Uses “Spatial Geometry” to Renovate 1930s Warsaw Apartment
In the heart of Warsaw, within the storied walls of a 1930s modernist tenement building, Katarzyna Baumiller Studio…
DGN Studio Pairs “Earthy” Stone With Stainless Steel for Highbury House Transformation
In the dense Victorian fabric of Highbury, North London, space is often a finite resource defined by heritage…
Alexandre Bernier Adds a Shimmering Stainless-Steel “Crown” to a Montreal Shoebox House
In the dense urban fabric of Montreal, the “shoebox” house remains a humble yet defiant symbol of the…
Iva Hajkova Studio Uncovers Raw Concrete for Nautical-Themed Prague Apartment
The conceptual soul of the interior takes its cue from a paradox: the serenity of a vast skyline…
Extrarradio Studio Inserts ‘Service Boxes’ Into a 19th-Century Madrid Apartment
In the vibrant, historic heart of Madrid‘s Lavapiés district, where nineteenth-century “Corralas” whisper tales of a bygone era,…
Living With “Just Enough”: A 20-Palm-Wide Row House That Rejects Mechanical Cooling
In the dense urban fabric of Sabadell, Spain, where history is measured in “palms”—the traditional Catalan unit of…
Extrarradio Estudio Uses a “Green Zigzag” to Maximize Space in a 1940s Madrid Home
In the dense urban fabric of Carabanchel, a historic working-class neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, the traditional two-storey terraced…
XSTUDIO Uses “Architectural Devices” to Maximize 32-Square-Meter Apartment in Gran Canaria
A conceptual liberation in Las Palmas. In the realm of contemporary urban living, the challenge of the “micro-apartment”…