This residential interior was designed for a young family in a newly built two-storey house with soaring ceilings and open-plan geometry by Anna Sukhaia in the United Kingdom. The key idea was to balance the impressive scale with warmth, intimacy, and precise functional zoning- while preserving the verticality of the space as a dominant feature.
The Banánka house, designed by Paulíny Hovorka Architects, is located in Banka, Slovakia. The single-storey house features a minimalist design using natural materials and a Y-shaped layout that divides the plot into smaller segments.
The architecture focuses on a seamless connection with the garden, complete with a large glazed façade that fully opens up to the outdoor space and prioritizes privacy amid mature trees in a tranquil setting.
Located in Madrid, Spain, the Renovation in Tribunal was designed by Donaire Milans Arquitectos. This apartment has been fully modernised for enhanced energy performance, integrating radiant heating, thermal and acoustic insulation, and a sustainable energy system running on aerothermal energy. The structure has been transformed with reinforced steel, removing brick walls for a spacious, open-plan space, and a limited palette of materials introduces warmth and texture to the home.
Six years after her first intuition, Maud Caubet refines her concept of a home in harmony with its environment. From the outset in 2018, Maud Caubet’s approach was to integrate the house into its environment, utilizing local resources and embracing the site’s existing character. The house, located in Lit-et-Mixe, France, is designed in contemporary style.
An 80-square-metre apartment located on the third floor of an early postwar bâtiment on Viale Beatrice D’Este in Milan has been the subject of a careful refurbishing intervention designed by Depaolidefranceschibaldan Architetti. The renovation celebrates the building heritage by preserving the original partitions while introducing a hyper-contemporary element with a functional box containing the kitchen and services, creating a dynamic and contrasting environment.
Apartment 308G is Located on block 308 South in Brasília, Brazil, and was designed in 2021 by SAINZ Arquitetura. The retrofit project for the apartment celebrates the essence of modern Brazilian architecture with contemporary and elegant solutions. The renovation was based on respect for the original structure of the building. The result is an apartment that is timeless, functional and deeply connected to Brasília’s modernist spirit.
Contemporary holiday home Unblocked, located on the western side of the island of Tinos, Greece, features a design by Studio Kontodimas. This 250-square-meter (2,690-square-foot) house was designed to blend with the landscape, drawing inspiration from local architecture and using earthy materials and a sand-color palette both indoors and outdoors. The villa boasts generous views of the Aegean Sea, enhanced by masonry block claustra screens.
In Naples, the redesign of a penthouse on the top floor of a recently renovated building transformed this space into an example of sophistication and functionality. The project included a strategic arrangement of spaces, featuring a long corridor that acts as a pendulum between the sleeping area and the living area closer to the terrace, thus creating an elegant environment that beautifully combines form and function.