Penthouse West crowns a 1968 office block in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a glass-box home and restored Modernist bones. Powerhouse Company leads the conversion, turning a neglected address into a layered apartment building capped by their own family penthouse. The project pairs engineering finesse with a lush material palette, drawing on Midcentury Modern cues and post-war Rotterdam finishes to frame long skyline views while bringing the building’s original character back into focus.
Northern Writing Studio lands in Northport, MI, United States, as a compact house-scale retreat by Mathison Mathison Architects. The project replaces an aging garage beside a turn-of-the-century farmhouse, giving the owner a place for writing, rest, and time with family. Plainspoken in form and tuned to daily use, it folds a small sitting room, galley kitchen, and lofted sleeping quarters into a durable, modern shell.
Lakeside Family Retreat sits in Canada, a house by Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect that steps with the Canadian Shield and gathers a large, multi-generational clan. The project spreads across three levels with a loft and a roofline that shelters cedar volumes while opening wide to the lake. Built for family life and long weekends, it balances rugged terrain with crafted detailing and a measured sequence from road to water.
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.
Twin Pitches transforms a once tired Edwardian house in London, United Kingdom, into a bright, energy-efficient family home. Designed by Atelier Baulier, the retrofit and extension replan daily life across a four-bedroom house with purpose and warmth. This is a house project, commissioned by a family of four, that threads low-impact construction through everyday routines without losing character.
Villa XXIII settles into the hillside of Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia with a quiet confidence. Designed by FGR Architects, the house moves low and long across two steep allotments and takes its cues from the Mount Eagle estate’s landscape and legacy. Completed in 2024, it brings a restrained palette and a clear plan to a storied terrain where light and vegetation shape daily life.
House within a House sits in Taipei, Taiwan, by the riverside of Keelung, shaped by 1001 Giving Living. The house arranges private rooms like islands while shared areas connect them in a measured current of movement. Calm materials and green accents temper the plan, and light filters through blinds and interior windows to tune the day.
