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.

Sankt Göres places two new townhouses in Düsseldorf, Germany, by Nidus with a measured hand and a calm voice. The house typology reads through arched oak windows, pale brick, and a monolithic posture that nods to local tradition without nostalgia. Inside, rooms move from lively to hushed, drawing on Japanese restraint and German craft to set a grounded rhythm for everyday living.

Cavern House lands in Singapore, Singapore as a house by Super Assembly, drawing on cave-like expanses to shape a family’s daily rhythm. The project turns a narrow site into a choreographed interior that moves from a concealed entry to a luminous core. Within, communal rooms, a family study, and a top-floor observatory keep relatives within sight and earshot, balancing privacy and exchange with an easy, lived-in pace.

Villa 18 lands in Madrid, Spain as a house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, composed with measured clarity and an eye toward the adjacent lake. The single-floor home organizes day and night functions across three offset volumes, making room for a southeast-facing terrace and a north-facing entry court. Calm materials and a choreographed route through water, light, and shade give daily life a clear rhythm without strain.

Casa Liquen sits a few minutes from the beach in Chacala, Nayarit, Mexico, conceived as a house that edges toward a boutique hospitality vibe. Designed by FinoLozano, the four-level project leans into material craft to meet coastal conditions and guest comfort. Clay floors, pigmented wall finishes, and wood pergolas do practical work while setting a warm mood for rooms that open to terraces and salt‑washed light.