Casa ai Colli is an apartment by studio BGArchitetti in Rome, Italy, shaped around a young couple’s daily rituals and shared visual passions. Set in the Monteverde neighborhood, the project folds Japanese minimalism into Roman material warmth, using custom oak joinery and filtered thresholds to define a generous living area and quiet garden-facing rooms. Every move favors clarity over clutter while framing light, trees, and the slow shifts of the day.
Alpha 1 anchors a new family house in Aspen, CO, United States, shaped by Charles Cunniffe Architects around light, views, and togetherness. The project turns a constrained site into a layered retreat where a Zen garden, floating bridge, and transformable pool deck structure daily routines. Rooms swing between social energy and quiet retreat, giving this contemporary mountain home a calm but deeply connected rhythm.
The House of Time Regained sits in rural France, where Atelier FCA reworks an old winemaker’s residence into a generous holiday house. Set within the Burgundian village of Deux Rivières, the project turns a compact bedroom layout and expansive communal rooms into a shared homecoming for a Franco-Irish family. The result ties local heritage to contemporary life without losing the quiet rhythm of the village around it.
Felicity House steps out from the hills of Kyiv, Ukraine as a confident contemporary house by YOUSUPOVA. The project translates the sloping terrain into layered interiors where grand volumes open toward water and greenery. Inside, a restrained palette of dark wood, stone, and soft textiles underscores the building’s sculpted form while framing long views across the site.
E30 – House in Caesarea sits in Caesarea, Israel, by architect Raz Melamed as a pool-centered house conceived first as a weekend retreat. The project grows into a full-time home for an extended family, where a disciplined structural idea and a restrained interior palette hold together generous rooms for gathering and quiet corners for rest. Calm surfaces and one decisive black beam tie every level into a clear, legible whole.
Casa Ona anchors a layered renovation by Paloma Bau Studio in Valencia, Spain, reworking a 1925 fishing house in the historic Cabanyal district. The project refines a once dark, partitioned dwelling into a coastal home where sand-toned floors, surf-ready storage, and Mediterranean textures echo the owner’s seafaring roots. Every room now orients daily life toward the nearby water and the memory of the neighborhood’s working past.
Shift House sets a calm tone from the threshold, where pared-back surfaces and pale light define a quietly disciplined house in Odesa, Ukraine. Designed by Dmitriy Sivak for a large family, the project leans into minimalism with a single palette of wood, ceramics, and natural fabrics that runs through every room. The result feels restrained yet generous, with comfort drawn from proportion, material warmth, and careful handling of natural light rather than decoration.
Tourville sets a quiet rhythm in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, where Studio Patrick Martins refines the classic Haussmannian apartment into a composed retreat. The 85 sqm home balances generous views of the École Militaire with a carefully tuned material palette, framing a family setting that feels both urbane and relaxed. Across living room, balcony, kitchen, and bedrooms, each room carries its own mood while still speaking the same calm visual language.
