CTP Apartment in São Paulo, Brazil, is a renovation of an apartment shaped by open views and a quieter daily rhythm. VOA Arquitetura reorganizes the plan for the resident family, bringing the social areas closer to the treetops outside. The result is a calm interior in which light beige surfaces, terracotta-clad columns, and a careful layout give the home a clearer sense of flow.

Founder’s Inc. turns a San Francisco office inside Fort Mason into a working base for startup training and maker-driven exchange. Studio BBA, working in 2023, treats the National Historic Landmark with a light hand, keeping the vaulted top-floor volume open for public use while shaping rooms for research, recording, and hands-on fabrication.

Sightglass Coffee – 20th Street brings a light-filled café to San Francisco, CA, United States. Studio BBA shapes the 2014 project around a double-height warehouse shell, pairing marble, plaster, teak, and dark brass with the easy circulation of a working coffee bar and roastery. Custom chandeliers, a chevron-patterned ceiling, and a wraparound banquette give the room a measured rhythm. The result feels practical, but never spare.

Sightglass Coffee – Divisadero is a restaurant in San Francisco, CA, United States, designed by Studio BBA. Housed in a 100-plus-year-old Edwardian, the café pairs restored clerestory windows and a new walk-up service window with a fully customized interior. Tailored lighting, joinery, furniture, and equipment keep the room precise, while accessibility and structural work sit quietly underneath.

The Mill turns a café into a familiar domestic scene. In San Francisco, CA, United States, Studio BBA shapes the restaurant around the feeling of a first bright kitchen, with mixed woods, white finishes, and generous daylight. Skylights bring light across the tables, while a custom soffit concentrates it over the bakery and barista work area, keeping the room practical without losing its homey reference.

Turtle Rock House is a ground-up residence in Los Angeles, CA, United States, designed by Studio BBA for a family of four. The house is shaped around natural light, park views, and a calm daily rhythm. Skylights, a central great room, and a clear separation of shared and private rooms give the project its quiet logic.

Small Apartment in Vilnius is an apartment in Lithuania, designed by Irena Oze. Drawing on the nearby Vilnelė River, the interior uses contrast as its main device, moving between black and white, cool concrete, and warmer wood tones. Despite its compact footprint, the apartment keeps daily functions clear while staying open, calm, and practical.

Casa DFZ is a 2025 apartment in Milano, Italy, by KICK.OFFICE. Set within a former productive shell, the home uses a broad, regular plan and large windows to bring daylight deep inside. A gridded-clad column anchors the composition, while mobile walls and disappearing panels let the rooms shift between open and private use.