Casa Origine turns a former village fuel station in Caserta, Italy, into a layered apartment by Pianozero Architetti. The project converts a symbolic communal place into a contemporary home that still holds the traces of its working past. Across courtyard, stair, and upper rooms, the architects orchestrate a quiet shift from public memory to private ritual while keeping the site’s original role present in daily life.
Entrelomas anchors a single-family house in Zapopan, Mexico, where V Taller answers dense urban conditions with an inward-looking concrete shell and garden-centered life. Behind the closed street façade, the project arranges social and private rooms around patios and a central courtyard, turning everyday routines for a young couple into a measured rhythm of light, shadow, and quiet air.
Casa Dragones anchors a contemporary house in Mérida, Mexico, with a grounded reading of climate and terrain by V Taller. The project reinterprets Yucatecan courtyard traditions through patios, arches, and planted voids that fold daily life into sequences of filtered light and shifting shade. Across its concrete base and lighter upper volumes, the house leans on local materials and open-air circulation to shape a calm, climate-responsive way of living.
La Marinedda Residence sits on a sloping hillside in Sardinia, Italy, where Space4Architecture shapes a new coastal house from local stone and measured light. The single-story dwelling stretches low against the horizon, pairing an A-frame profile with a sheltered courtyard that answers the island’s wind, sun, and sea views. Calm interiors in pale finishes open directly to terraces and planted edges, giving the house a quietly contemporary yet regionally grounded presence.
Jiuxi Rose Garden sits in Hangzhou, China, as a private house by GFD shaped around quiet contact with landscape and light. The 500-square-meter residence draws nature into daily rituals, from tea and reading to family gatherings, through restrained materials and calm furnishings that keep the focus on texture, proportion, and the slow movement of the seasons. Rooms stay open yet composed, inviting an unhurried way of living.
Kensho sets a quiet tone in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Co+in Collaborative Lab reshapes a compact apartment into a measured study in zen minimalism. The 900-square-foot unit shifts from two bedrooms to one, trading excess partitioning for an open kitchen, living, and dining core that foregrounds calm daily rituals. Black and grey surfaces, warmed by wood, hold a restrained mood that suits both the city and the client’s pared-back way of living.
Torre dell’orologio unfolds as a warm mountain apartment in Sestriere, Italy, designed by Caracter Architettura d’Interni with a rich, tactile interior palette. Large windows pull in the alpine panorama while timber ceilings, layered textiles, and sculptural lighting turn the open living areas into a generous gathering place. Throughout the apartment, finishes and furnishings lean toward a contemporary chalet mood that suits the winter resort setting.
Casa del Colle sits in the alpine town of Sestriere, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni reshapes a compact chalet into a darkly polished retreat. The interior leans into warm timber, stone textures, and plush textiles, framing the mountain view with a calm, contemporary mood. Rooms flow from fireplace lounge to bunk-lined corridor and wrapped bed alcoves, giving the small footprint a sense of choreography instead of crowding.