Casa Bay stands on the skirts of Mount Erciyes in Kayseri, Türkiye, where Hasan Ayata Design Studio shapes a compact house around demanding weather and open ground. Two interlocked volumes in different heights organize daily life, pairing a high, sloped living room with low, quiet resting areas that all step directly into the garden. Natural finishes and a tight plan keep every corner in use while holding close to regional materials.
Nothing Design Co. Headquarters stands on a tight Chicago, IL, United States streetscape, where Range Design & Architecture converts an existing structure into a furniture studio and showroom. The project leans on brick construction and calibrated daylight to expand the volume, create working and display areas, and knit the new frontage into Chicago’s familiar row of common-brick buildings.
Minimalist Wooden Villa brings a precise, timber-lined calm to a contemporary chalet in Como, Italy, by Dario Turani Associati. The single-level house with a mezzanine relax loft leans on reclaimed wood, pale textiles, and filtered daylight to soften its rational, farmhouse-inspired shell. Inside, eco-conscious materials and restrained furnishings shape rooms that stay warm, efficient, and quietly connected to the surrounding garden.
Storage Barn in Utriai stands on a Lithuanian farmstead in Klaipėda, Lithuania, where Architectural Bureau G. Natkevicius & Partners rethink what a barn can hold. The project folds machinery storage, workshops, and guest quarters into one metal-clad volume, tracing a line between agricultural grit and domestic comfort without losing sight of either side. Inside, the plan and materials quietly argue that rural infrastructure can support real life as well as work.
Renew sets a calm new chapter for a multi-level house in New Taipei City, Taiwan, reshaped by 1001 Giving Living. The studio works with a restrained palette, careful furnishings, and subtle light control to reinterpret a decade of life without erasing it. Everyday rooms shift toward clarity and openness, yet still hold objects that anchor memory and routine.
Chalet 1740 rests in Sauze di Cesana, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni reshapes a traditional chalet into a calm retreat of timber, stone, and glass. The project folds contemporary comforts into a rustic alpine shell, pairing generous windows with restrained furniture and a warm material palette that keeps the mountain landscape always in view. Every room leans on texture and light to hold its own quiet mood.
Tir Longë sits in the woods of Cesana Torinese, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni turns a steep A-frame cabin into a Nordic-inflected retreat. Inside, pale pine, dark beams, and custom furniture compress alpine tradition into a compact, light-filled volume that feels both efficient and quietly indulgent. The result is a small mountain hideaway with a clear point of view and a close dialogue with its forest setting.
House G unfolds as a generous private house on an 800 square meter (8,611 square foot) footprint in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped by ACARARCH. Set within a 2,000 square meter (21,528 square foot) garden, the four-level residence turns a busy urban address into a quiet world of warm materials, tailored rooms, and long views to greenery. Light, height, and a calm palette guide the whole composition.
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