Palmento reimagines an ancient grape-processing palmento in Ragusa, Italy as a restaurant led by architect Giuseppe Iacono. Thick stone walls, timber roofs, and the ghosts of vats frame a new ritual of dining that keeps the building’s rural character present. Guests cross a low stone threshold and move between gardens, halls, and courtyards as the project works with layers of history rather than wiping them away.
Ridge House settles between field and forest in Owen Sound, Canada, where superkül shapes a rural house around slope, wind, and long horizontal views. The project treats the ridge as both datum and shelter, using a singular roofline to gather four-season rooms that stay close to the ground and even closer to the surrounding woods. Inside, calm finishes and controlled light keep the focus on climate, texture, and the slow movement of the day.
House 720 Degrees stands in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, as an off-grid house by Fernanda Canales Arquitectura shaped around climate, light, and terrain. The project draws two families and their guests into a circular sequence that tracks sun, rain, and daily temperature swings with the precision of a solar clock. Its courtyard core, detached volumes, and earthen walls keep the remote valley both sheltered and wide open.
ShoeBox CHB sits in Montreal, Canada, where Alexandre Bernier Architecte reworks a modest shoebox house into a light-filled residence for contemporary family life. The house preserves its humble brick frontage toward the street while a recessed stainless steel volume and calm, tactile interiors recast everyday routines at the heart of the block. Inside, measured materials and clear circulation keep the focus on light, vegetation, and flexible gathering rooms for a growing household.
Brutalist Panorama unfolds on the steep Panorama hill of Voula, Greece, where MKA architecture + construction shapes a duplex into two independent yet related homes. The multi unit housing project builds on Brutalist influences and contemporary minimalism, turning concrete, glass, and wood toward the sea views that define daily life. Across three staggered volumes, each residence navigates the gradient with its own sequence of rooms, balconies, and outdoor courts.
The Catcher stands on the outskirts of Shanghai, China, where rice fields press close to the walls of a once-ordinary rural compound. TEAM_BLDG transforms this house into the Chunli Guesthouse, turning two self-built homes into an 11-room retreat framed by courtyards, terraces, and sunken seating. Guests move between interior and landscape in measured steps, watching the fields slide past as the architecture folds around them.
Casa LB turns a modest 1960s bifamily structure in Padova, Italy into a clear, contemporary house for one family. Studio Rossettini Architettura refines the original shell with a rational layout, generous daylight, and interiors tuned for art and daily life. The result keeps the existing volume while shifting the atmosphere toward a quiet, precise domestic setting grounded in concrete, white walls, and carefully placed wood.
Casa RF anchors a new country house in Salve, Italy, where the Ionian breeze meets dry-stone walls. Designed by Valentina Soncini, the home reimagines the traditional Liama Salentina as a calm retreat for an owner who returns south whenever she can. Earthy interiors, a pool edged in local stone, and a pergola aimed toward sunset turn this rural plot of former olive fields into an easygoing Mediterranean escape.
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