Paula House is a house in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Luciano Kruk arquitectos. Set within a development on the city’s outskirts, it responds to a landscape of lagoon, golf course, and garden with a low, carefully organized plan. The owners’ interest in Brazilian art and culture helped shape a home intended to reflect daily life while keeping a clear architectural focus.

North Bank Road is a house in Washington D.C., United States, designed by Pierre Maré Architects. Conceived as a comfortable contemporary family home, it responds to a wooded setting and demanding seasonal shifts with a pared-back exterior, durable construction, and interiors that pull light deep into the plan. The project balances shelter, warmth, and daily livability without losing sight of the landscape around it.

Casa Fràra is an apartment renovation in Ferrara, Italy, designed by Punto Zero around a dramatic new stair and a vivid dialogue with the building’s historic shell. Completed in 2025, the project sets brass, walnut, stone, and marble against exposed timber ceilings and frescoed surfaces, shaping rooms that feel warm, layered, and slightly theatrical without losing sight of the apartment’s Ferrarese character.

Staggered Cabin is a cabin in South Lake Tahoe, United States, designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects. Completed in 2025, it adapts to a steep Sierra Nevada site with a series of shed-roofed volumes that step down the slope and shape small outdoor courts. Inside, a compact plan arranges sleeping rooms and baths around a central living and dining area, with plywood finishes and mezzanines extending the cabin’s usable footprint.

LAF Residence is a house in Ibiúna, Brazil, designed by Patricia Martinez Architecture for a family of four on the edge of a reservoir. Completed in 2024, the project works with a sloping site to separate open living areas from more private bedrooms above. Its material palette draws on the clients’ Bahian roots, using wood, glass, and textured surfaces to connect daily life with memory and landscape.

Limestone Project is a hotel in Odesa, Ukraine, designed by Scapes Concept Studio and arranged to keep the sea close at hand. The interiors read as pared back and warm, with earth-toned surfaces, wood joinery, soft curtains, and a bathing area drawn to the window. Across the rooms, the palette stays restrained, letting light, texture, and the horizon carry the atmosphere.

Corner Apartment reworks a late-1930s apartment in Prague, Czech Republic, by Prokop Hartl for the routines of a young family. Designed in 2026, the renovation keeps the original interior’s character in view while reorganizing the plan around storage, river-facing living areas, and a more central kitchen. Oak, dark-stained timber, granite, and poured flooring give the rooms a plainspoken palette that stays close to the building’s period.

Lubov & Ludy is a restaurant in Rivne, Ukraine, designed by YOD Group near Lake Basiv Kut in the city’s historic district. Conceived around sincerity, hospitality, and easy conversation, the interior uses wood, concrete, and glass to create a bright, open setting shaped by daylight. Custom elements stay closely tied to daily use, from the bar and communal table to a flexible children’s room.