MAJC House rests in the gently rolling moraines of Soiano, Italy, as a single-family house by ARKDD that turns constraint into quiet clarity. The residence and its annex open toward a protected landscape, where glass, timber, and stone keep close company with the earth. Within this calibrated setting, structure, material, and light work together to frame daily life at a measured, unhurried pace.
A Resolutely Maximalist Mini Loft condenses an entire visual universe into a compact apartment in Bagnolet, France, reimagined by ZYVA Studio’s founder Anthony Authié. Inside an industrial shell near Paris, the architect layers youth culture references, bold color fields, and cartoon-like furniture into an unapologetically graphic interior. What starts as a simple volume becomes a dense narrative of textures, objects, and memories that turns everyday domestic life into an ongoing visual story.
1930s Victorian bungalow traces the careful reinvention of a 1935 house in Austin, United States by Side Angle Side, recasting a rundown structure as a layered family home. The architects rebuild the historic shell around salvaged millwork and generous light, while interior designer and homeowner Holly Beth Potter threads vintage finds and new finishes into a calm, lived-in rhythm. What emerges is a house that holds history close yet feels ready for everyday use.
Uptown Apartment sets a calm, contemporary tone in Vilnius, Lithuania, where designer Marija Orloviene composes a light-filled home from warm materials and measured color. The apartment reads as one continuous living environment, tying together cooking, dining, and relaxing areas through subtle shifts in texture and tone rather than bold contrasts. Every view feels deliberate, yet the rooms stay relaxed enough for everyday city life.
Maison SE sits in the hills above Aix-en-Provence, France, where Isabelle Berthet Bondet arranges a 350 m² house as an extension of the surrounding pines. Broad glazing, deep terraces, and long rooflines draw the eye out toward the southwest horizon while sheltered rooms encourage slow, everyday rituals. The result is a relaxed contemporary residence that treats the Mediterranean landscape as its primary interior surface.
Lakeside stands in Birmingham, United States, where Disbrow Iannuzzi Architects shape a Y-shaped house along the River Rouge and its mature gardens. The 4,000-square-foot residence channels the client’s background as a curator of Asian art into a quiet composition of white ash and black slate, tuned to long-framed views and changing light. Inside, the rooms read like a lived-in gallery for handcrafted objects and decades of landscape care.
GF House sits in Itupeva, SP, Brazil, where Padovani Arquitetos shapes a lakefront house around a precise T-shaped plan and layered volumes. The residence unfolds as a sequence of social and private rooms oriented to the water, with landscaping and material choices reinforcing a quiet, contemporary character. Inside, earthy tones, generous ceiling heights, and a glass-walled wine cellar anchor a warm approach to everyday living and leisure.
East End Ave. Residence reworks a 19th-floor apartment in New York, NY, United States with a measured hand from The Turett Collaborative. The renovation turns a post-war high-rise shell into a personal home that navigates low ceilings, long views, and an inherited structure with quiet precision. Existing pieces and new interventions meet in a clear sequence of rooms that favors art, daylight, and an easy daily rhythm for longtime clients.
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