Cliff Villa rises above Paliokastro, Greece, oriented to the Cretan Sea and the gusts that define the headland. A2G Architects configures a two-level house for a young couple, favoring calm rooms and long views over spectacle. The 4-bedroom retreat pairs sculpted white volumes with sun-washed terraces, leaning into climate, topography, and the lure of open water.

Grzybowska places an eighth-floor apartment in Warsaw, Poland within the fast-rising Wola district, where terrace views catch the city’s skyline. Designed by Dawid Konieczny Interiors, the corner home shifts from two small bedrooms to one generous suite and a larger living area. The reworked plan lets a calm palette of beige plaster and microcement carry throughout, while curved forms, organic furnishings, and tailored lighting set a modern rhythm across rooms.

Villa in Sorrento sits within a historic garden above the Bay of Naples, its 1950s bones refreshed by Architetti Artigiani Anonimi. The house in Sorrento, Italy, opens to the greenery and the sea, recast as a flexible, light-steeped retreat for daily life. It’s a house by type, yet every move favors a relaxed, vacation cadence.

Dimitri reimagines a Brussels, Belgium townhouse as a spirited family house by Victoria-Maria Interior Design. Across rooms shaped for a couple and five children, the project channels color, art, and texture into daily life. The renovation unfolds over nearly five years and carries a personal thread, weaving pieces from the studio’s Heimat collection with works by Marcel Arnaud and Simon Buret for a layered, lived-in rhythm.

Altes Gericht sits within Klausen, Italy, where Stefan Gamper Architecture reworks the listed Old Court into two compact apartments. The project distills daily life into 45 m² (484 ft²) per home, trading courtly ceremony for quiet order. Within the top floors’ steep rooflines and timber bones, a careful plan, measured materials, and a few precise openings recalibrate this urban relic for present-day living.

Casa Matì sits in Palermo, Italy, a few steps from the Teatro Politeama, where a 1930s cellar becomes an apartment with uncommon poise. PuccioCollodoro Architetti leads the conversion, turning a long, airless volume into a home that breathes light and material richness. The plan orients around a double-height living area and a sculptural stair, while oak, resin, and antique tiles lend tactile weight and memory.

House SW reimagines a 1975 house in Vienna, Austria with a calm, legible plan. Illichmann Architecture leads the renovation, addressing a once-dark entry, awkward circulation, and a poor link to the garden with a nimble reorganization. The project replaces a peripheral stair with a split run and brightens the core while preserving the building’s footprint.

M House sits in Bangkok, Thailand, designed by IDIN Architects as a compact home grown from an inherited garden. The client kept the site’s mature trees and asked for privacy from the street, steering a plan that bends around trunks and views. Linked by a first-floor terrace to the original family house, the new volume carves rooms between green pockets and tucks a pool on the roof for light and daily use.