Contemporary Apartment in Milan’s Historic Center is a two-level apartment in Milan, Italy, designed by Pelizzari Studio for a young professional. Set in a period building overlooking a quiet inner courtyard, it pairs the character of the historic shell with a bright, orderly interior. Clear proportions, natural light, and a restrained material palette shape the home.

Compass Haus is a house in Longboat Key, FL, United States, designed by SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture in 2017. Elevated one story to meet flood rules, it responds to waterfront setback lines with a minimalist form and a plan oriented toward Sarasota Bay. The house links kitchen, entry, living, and dining areas to the water, while the stair, roof terrace, and landscape shape daily movement.

3Walls is a house in Sarasota, Florida, United States, by SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture. Set on a quarter-acre lot in the Avondale neighborhood, the 2025 project takes the form of a modern bungalow with a one-story main house, a pool terrace, and a two-story studio and garage at the rear. Its plan folds accessibility, entertaining, and everyday use into a compact site.

Element House is a house in Sarasota, FL, United States, by SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture. Set on a narrow lot in a flood zone on Sarasota Bay, it answers tight site constraints with an upside-down plan that lifts the social rooms above the ground floor. Views, daylight, and passive comfort shape the home from the start.

Court House is a 2025 house in Piedmont, CA, United States, by Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. The complete renovation turns the existing structure into a light-filled interior organized around three courtyards. White walls, rift oak, black dyed wood, and colored stone give the home a restrained but tactile finish.

Boxed Set in Orinda, California, United States, by Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design, reworks a bent-boomerang suburban ranch house into a clearer sequence of rooms and thresholds. A skylit central volume organizes the kitchen and dining room, while a street-side box marks the entry and a detached garage with ADU completes the private courtyard enclosure. Natural light reaches deep into the plan, reducing the need for artificial lighting during the day.

Three Vistas is a 2024 house in CA, United States, by Buttrick Projects Architecture + Design. Perched above the San Francisco Bay, the renovation edits a large home into a more sheltered retreat. Three living areas now relate to meadow, ridge, and water in distinct ways, while new openings, cedar lining, and a dissolving kitchen wall bring daylight and the view into daily life.

Rougeaud Residence is a house in Mont-Blanc, Canada, by DKA. In the Laurentians, it sits on a rugged, wooded site and uses a restrained form to settle into the landscape rather than stand apart from it.