Casa in Isola sits on the third floor of a 1960s building in Milan, Italy, and reads as a measured rethink of urban living. Nube Architetture transforms a one-bedroom apartment into a more capable home in 2024, adding a second bedroom and bathroom without dimming the rooms that matter. The result preserves the building’s easy proportions while recutting the plan for daily life and light.
Moon House lands in Waverley, New Zealand, as a house by James Garvan Architecture that folds sculptural curves into a clear urban presence. The project starts from a social brief and grows into a confident composition of zinc-clad forms and brick massing. Inside, the rooms carry easy movement from entry to garden while the geometries set the tone for daily life and gatherings.
Arces House lands in Madrid, Spain as a newly built family home by Ábaton, guided by a rational modernist image and a clear environmental brief. The project centers a planted courtyard and a CLT timber structure to achieve efficiency, warmth, and adaptability. Sliding walls, cross-ventilation, and low-impact systems support daily life with restraint and precision, aligning construction craft with landscape from day one.
Home in Bailucchi anchors a two-level apartment on Genoa, Italy’s highest historic hill, where the city’s first stronghold once stood. Designed by llabb, the residence unites two former units into a split-life arrangement with sleeping rooms below and an attic-like living level above, tuned to sea light and port views. It’s a home that doubles as a lived-in gallery, shaped around daily rhythms and a clear sequence.
Island Retreat sits on the oceanfront just a short walk from San Pedro Town, Belize, conceived by The Ranch Mine as a house tuned to coastal life and long visits. The home serves a retired inventor and an interior designer, pairing a main residence with guest casitas and a boathouse for gathering and escape. Built in 2024, it leans on durable construction and tactile finishes that favor breeze, light, and time together.
Covent Garden Apartment sits atop a nineteenth-century Grade II Listed merchant’s house in London, United Kingdom, reimagined by Carmody Groarke as a duplex penthouse. The home pairs an aluminum rooftop pavilion with renovated interiors shaped for family life. Inside, walnut and ash temper the industrial gleam while new skylights pull light deep into the plan. It’s a composed, material-led project with a crisp exterior and a warm, crafted core.
Villa Ousia sits on a hillside above Pitsidia, Greece, where Paly Architects condense a house into three offset volumes shaped by stone, earth-toned plaster, and glass. The arrangement pivots around a pool and a pair of pergolas, threading the rooms to outdoor life while softening wind and sun. Built between 2023 and 2025, the residence reads as concise and deliberate, with local materials setting the tone indoors and out.
Casa FM is a new house in Porto, Portugal, by António Bessa Cruz Architects. Set on a former car repair shop near Agramonte Cemetery, the project replaces an inadequate structure with a ground-up build that preserves an industrial attitude. Loft-scale rooms, courtyards, and robust materials steer the conversion toward intimate daily living while keeping the workshop’s memory in view. It was designed in 2025.
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