Villa Áurea lands on a Tamarindo, Costa Rica hillside with a broad, curving roof and pavilion rooms tuned to the breeze. Designed by Studio Saxe, the house leans into the site’s slope and the coastal climate, using shaded terraces and cross-ventilating corridors to keep interiors cool. It reads relaxed but deliberate, a family home shaped by ocean air and grounded construction.

Saint-André no3 reworks a Plateau-Mont-Royal duplex in Montreal, Canada into a single-family house for one extended clan. Thellend Fortin Architectes guide the transformation with a crisp plan, an added mezzanine, and a rear extension that draws daylight deep inside. Completed in 2022, the home centers movement and light as the primary tools for turning narrow rooms into a coherent whole.

Apartment B sits in Bratislava, Slovakia, where GRAU architects refines a compact two-bedroom apartment into a clearer daily setting. The studio reshapes the plan, moves the toilet into the bathroom, and uses a gentle palette to map work, rest, and gathering. Color and volume carry the brief. Built-ins form a quiet backbone while freestanding pieces create breathing room and light finds the corridor through a glass-block wall.

Apartment Z lands in Bratislava, Slovakia, as a rethought maisonette by GRAU architects. The apartment shifts from a compact two-room split-level into a layered home with a generous terrace and a clear day-night rhythm. Spread across the highest floors of a corner building, it pairs an art-forward living level with a quiet lower floor, letting light, circulation, and flexible furniture set the tone.

The Stair House is a family home in Edmonton, Canada, shaped by NAKO Design in close collaboration with a client who’s an architect himself. Behind a modest brick façade, the house orchestrates four levels through a sequence of sculptural stairs and quiet rooms, setting a composed rhythm for daily life. The project reads as both workshop and dwelling, where material precision meets a warm, livable plan.

Casa A is an apartment by Pierattelli Architetture in Florence, Italy, set inside the nineteenth‑century Palazzo Stefanelli. Within this storied envelope, the studio completes a full interior restyling that honors historic craft while asserting a clear contemporary voice. The result is a luminous home arranged around a sociable living room, with refined finishes, calibrated color, and a measured collection of Italian furnishings guiding the mood and daily rhythm.

Apartment K sits in Hodonín, Czech Republic, shaped by GRAU architects for a young family. The apartment began as two smaller units, combined before building completion to give rare freedom over layout and finish. Rooms now open to one another with measured clarity, trading clutter for calm surfaces and tactile materials. Walnut, travertine, and crisp white cabinetry set the tone, while soft textiles and layered lighting lend practical warmth for daily life.

Beach House: Lake Archambault Residence sits on the shore of Lake Archambault in Québec, Canada, a new house by Ghoche architecte. Composed as a low, quiet arrangement of volumes, the project turns to light, water, and native planting rather than overt expression. The result reads as a clear coastal gesture tuned to a northern lake climate.