Tangram House occupies a gently sloping lakefront site in Lagoa Santa, Brazil, and comes from the studio TETRO Arquitetura. The house holds the street with a discreet horizontal line, then turns inward to frame trees, lawn, and water rather than traffic and cars. Across two levels, the project choreographs daily life between a sheltered upper volume and an open lower level that leans directly toward the lake.

Experimental Châlet Val d’Isère sits at the foot of the slopes in Val d’Isère, France, where CHZON turns a 113-room hotel into a rich alpine narrative. The project riffs on American lodge imagery, Savoyard craft, and the daily rhythm of skiing to build a contemporary mountain spirit that feels both graphic and grounded. Guests move through rooms and lounges shaped by forest textures, ski-inspired curves, and familiar materials used with easy confidence.

Home for Life sits in Ghent, Belgium, as a compact house for a retired couple by architect Karel Verstraeten. The single-storey home arranges daily life across an accessible plan, then tucks a small loft under the gabled roof for visiting grandchildren. Warm timber surfaces, generous circular windows, and chimney-like roof volumes keep the mood domestic and bright while the layout quietly anticipates future care.

Banool House opens to the sea from a modest clifftop plot in Fairhaven on Victoria’s Surf Coast, Australia. Lachlan Shepherd Architects transform a dilapidated two-bedroom structure into a robust weekender that leans into modernist beach shack ease, with timber-lined rooms framing long ocean horizons. The house stays low-key yet precise, tuned to relaxed days, changing weather and easy maintenance for extended family visits.

Admirals Row crowns a tower in FL, United States, as a loft apartment by Studio Collin Cobia tuned to quiet, under-stated luxury. The penthouse divides private rooms from an expansive open plan where charred cabinetry, marble, and blackened steel shape a calm retreat above the city. Soft plaster walls and linen curtains temper the daylight, turning daily living into a slow, measured rhythm of light, shadow, and texture.

W New York – Union Square marks a vivid new chapter for this hotel in New York, United States, guided by Rockwell Group’s return to a familiar address. The studio recasts the Beaux-Arts landmark with rooms, lounges, and a restaurant tuned to Union Square’s changing rhythm, from market mornings to late-night gatherings. Color, pattern, and art shape a layered interior that feels both rooted in the city and pointed toward the brand’s future.

Appartamento San Sebastiano reimagines a late-19th-century apartment in Milan, Italy, through the lens of Deamicisarchitetti. The studio reshapes the corner residence into a fluid, Wunderkammer-inspired interior where vintage pieces, art, and custom elements converse across time. Rooms slip into one another along a circular route, while materials from Carrara marble to steel and wood ground the evolving collection of objects in a quietly theatrical domestic setting.

Private Home draws daylight deep into a quiet suburban corner of Vilnius, Lithuania, where tall glazing opens the house toward its garden. Designed by Daiva Rabaciauskaite, the project balances a cool minimalist shell with plush textures and vivid color notes that shift from room to room. Each level layers nuanced surfaces, sculptural furniture and tailored lighting into a clear, contemporary composition.