Aman Rosa Alpina anchors a renewed chapter of hospitality in Badia, Italy, where the Dolomites rise directly beyond its timber-clad façades. Designed by Denniston Architects under Jean-Michel Gathy, the historic hotel becomes a contemporary Alpine retreat with 51 rooms and suites, new dining venues, and expanded wellness rituals. Guests move between glass-wrapped lounges, generous terraces, and rich stone-lined baths that keep the mountain village of San Cassiano always in view.
Riviera Apartment sits above the beach in Bertioga, Brazil, where Marina Salles shapes a coastal home around soft light, sand tones, and unbroken sea views. This apartment unfolds as a relaxed retreat, balancing Brazilian authenticity with a gentle Mediterranean mood for a couple who wanted comfort and practicality without losing the warmth of a lived-in seaside address.
Mountain Journey Family Suite reimagines a 130-square-metre suite in Shenzhen, China as an indoor topography for shared adventure and rest. Created by Archstudio for a public-interest initiative, the project turns a typical hotel layout into an explorable “mountain” that lets children roam while adults unwind. Families encounter a room that folds daily routines into play, where every level, tunnel, and platform supports both comfort and discovery.
Prédio Fanqueiros 156 returns a rare surviving apartment building in Portugal to architectural clarity under the hand of João Tiago Aguiar. Behind its restored envelope, the project uncovers historic structure, Pombaline commercial depth, and calm domestic rooms where new interventions negotiate with centuries-old fabric. Every move stays measured, so memory, light, and proportion regain control of the everyday routines threaded through this rehabilitated urban dwelling.
House of Monitors sits on the Scarborough, Canada edge as a compact house shaped by light and structure. Designed by Williamson Williamson, the project responds to fragile bluff conditions with a precise mix of concrete shoring and cantilevered wood volumes. Within this tailored envelope, daily life unfolds against controlled daylight, tactile finishes, and a clear reading of how the building is made.
Steinach 10 crowns a 19th-century building in Merano, Italy, where NAEMAS Architekturkonzepte reworks two attic apartments into bright, ornamented homes. The project retains the Belle Époque character of the original façade while renewing interiors with fresh cabinetry, patterned friezes, and generous loggias. Residents gain new visual connections to the city’s rooftops and castle views, yet still move through rooms lined with restored tiled stoves and historic details.
Casa in Via Buonarroti sits inside a historic building in Rome, Italy, where damaSTUDIO works with the apartment’s long memory rather than against it. Barrel vaults, painted ceilings, and hexagonal terracotta floors anchor the renovation, while a clear contemporary attitude refines circulation, daily comfort, and the material palette. The result is a home that reads as one narrative, even as old and new keep their distinct voices.
Modern master-planned developments are moving beyond decorative landscaping toward fully integrated ecological design. Water systems, greenery, and mobility are increasingly planned as interconnected frameworks rather than standalone features.
