Functionalist Apartment with Pink Piggy sits in Prague, Czech Republic, as the personal home of Martin Cenek Architecture. The renovation reworks a late-1930s tenement apartment with care, balancing the building’s modernist bones and a precise, contemporary refit. It’s an apartment, but it reads as a study in restraint and memory, folding original fabric and new craft into a clear, livable composition.
Aperol Apartment sits in São Paulo, Brazil, reimagined by Studio Canto Arquitectura for a young couple who entertain often. The 200 m² apartment pivots on color-forward finishes, custom furniture, and a layout that favors conversation and easy flow. Social areas stay connected, while a monochrome blue office, lively kitchen, and calm bedroom give rhythm and contrast to daily life.
ZaraUno sets a crisp new tone for a seafront apartment in Genoa, Italy, where the Gulf of Liguria fills the windows with shifting light. Designed by Bump Studio in 2024, the project reworks a high-floor home in Palazzo del Tritone for a sea-loving family. The layout reads open and connected, yet the character remains rooted in historic craft and color.
Toga&Design unfolds atop a 16th-century building in Naples, Italy, where Nabi Interior Design reimagines a 220 sq m (2,368 sq ft) apartment for convivial living. The renovation in Chiaia restores period cues while shaping a crisp, contemporary mood anchored by a 65 sq m (700 sq ft) salon and a panoramic terrace. In two moves—bold color and tactile material—the home switches from parlor poise to rooftop ease without losing its historic thread.
UAN House lands in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, where Alric Galindez Arq places an upside-down plan on a gentle, brushy slope. The house sets living areas above and sleeping rooms below to catch lake views of Ventana and Catedral hills while preserving the low vegetation. It reads as two clear volumes: a residence and a lifted garden that leaves the original ground intact.
GB+G Residence anchors a rare vacant lot in Montreal, Canada with a measured, contemporary house by DESK architectes. The four-bedroom home folds family life and remote work into a clear plan, using brick, wood, and generous glazing to balance openness and privacy. Set back on the parcel, it nods to neighborhood plexes while carving out a terrace and sunken pool for daily use.
Moldova’s Hobbit Houses settles into a lakeside wake park near Pănăseşti, Moldova, where three earth-sheltered cabins read as shaped mounds in the grass. Designed by LH47 ARCH, the hotel turns unused shoreline into a quiet retreat that faces the water and hides its mass in the land. Inside, local craft and timber work carry the idea forward without fuss.
Casa Oruç sits in Mineral del Monte, Mexico, where mist, pines, and a severe grade shape daily rhythms. Saavedra Arquitectos steers a house through this wooded slope with an approach that starts high and threads down to living. It’s a house, yes, but also a route through trees and rock, built for hosts who love company and quiet in equal measure.
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