CTRL/PLAY Office: Kyiv Workspace Wired for Speed and Creative Drive

CTRL/PLAY Office: Kyiv Workspace Wired for Speed and Creative Drive

CTRL/PLAY Office sets a high-tempo brief in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a creative company that thrives on competition and quick pivots. ZIKZAK Architects frames the workplace as an arena for daily performance, tuning each zone to a specific cadence—welcome, collaborate, refuel, reset. The result is an office that moves at the pace of its team while keeping focus within reach.

Mondrian Palette Residence Animates Family Life With Bold Geometry

Mondrian Palette Residence Animates Family Life With Bold Geometry

Mondrian Palette Residence lands atop Beijing as a color-forward penthouse by Shangceng Design. The home channels Mondrian’s primaries into daily rituals and shared moments for a multigenerational family. Across 600 ㎡ (6,458 sq ft), it welcomes gatherings, filming sessions, and quiet reading with equal poise. Curves soften the geometry while saturated tones mark thresholds and moods, yielding a lively interior that still holds calm.

Kokako Heights House On a Wild Bluff Facing Whale Island in Matatā

Kokako Heights House On a Wild Bluff Facing Whale Island in Matatā

Kokako Heights House sits above Matatā, New Zealand, with a clear view to the coast and native bush. Designed by Arkhē in 2024, the house reads as a modest, site-led composition focused on light, breeze, and careful orientation. This compact house places rooms along the land’s edges and pulls the living areas toward the view, trading excess for clarity and durable, low-energy comfort.

Naxxar House Within Malta’s Walls: A Screened Home in Light

Naxxar House Within Malta’s Walls: A Screened Home in Light

Naxxar House sits in Naxxar, Malta, where AP Valletta recasts an 18th-century palazzino as a contemporary house. The architects add a sculpted stone screen to guard privacy from a new apartment block while opening the interiors to gardens. Completed as a 2023 reworking, the project folds local craft, reclaimed materials, and measured light into a lived-in domestic setting. It feels grounded and quietly sure of itself.

Palm Springs House in Bay of Plenty: Courtyard, Pool, and Shade Eaves

FeaturedPalm Springs House in Bay of Plenty: Courtyard, Pool, and Shade Eaves

Palm Springs House stands on Toronia Court in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, designed by Arkhé as a house composed around courtyard living and climate sense. The plan pulls into an L and opens to a private pool, while a warm timber entry cuts the restrained street face. Inside, a calm palette and timber underfoot underline the easy pace of the coastal setting.

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