Whyle sets a new rhythm for extended stays in Washington, DC, United States, recasting the hotel as a series of lived-in apartments by MA | Morris Adjmi Architects. Clean lines, generous glazing, and carefully chosen furnishings support guests who might be working, resting, or exploring the neighborhood over weeks rather than nights. Every choice leans toward everyday comfort, from full kitchens to leafy corners that soften the building’s glass and steel shell.
Home for Life sits in Ghent, Belgium, as a compact house for a retired couple by architect Karel Verstraeten. The single-storey home arranges daily life across an accessible plan, then tucks a small loft under the gabled roof for visiting grandchildren. Warm timber surfaces, generous circular windows, and chimney-like roof volumes keep the mood domestic and bright while the layout quietly anticipates future care.
Admirals Row crowns a tower in FL, United States, as a loft apartment by Studio Collin Cobia tuned to quiet, under-stated luxury. The penthouse divides private rooms from an expansive open plan where charred cabinetry, marble, and blackened steel shape a calm retreat above the city. Soft plaster walls and linen curtains temper the daylight, turning daily living into a slow, measured rhythm of light, shadow, and texture.
Baw Beese sets a quiet scene on the shoreline of Hillsdale, United States, where Disbrow Iannuzzi organizes a vacation retreat for several generations at once. The project divides the house into smaller cabin-like volumes so grandparents, parents, and guests can share the property or live independently, moving between them through glazed links. Each wing holds its own rhythm, yet the whole compound stays tied to the lake, the trees, and long weekends together.
Contemporary Renaissance transforms a suburban house in Montpellier, France into a calm dialogue between interior and garden. Brengues le Pavec orchestrates the renovation as a gentle thickening of thresholds, using wood, concrete, and carefully framed views to draw daily life outdoors. The project treats the existing shell as a backdrop for layered terraces, subdued rooms, and a new canopy that pulls the pool, lawn, and living areas into one continuous experience.
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.
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.
Philosopher’s House sits in Valencia, Spain, a house reworked by Jose Costa Arq. for layered daily life. The renovation orients living around a sunny courtyard and lifts a library into a loft under white-painted rafters. Reused hydraulic tiles, restored doors, and exposed brick anchor the rooms while a red stair stitches inside to out.
