Lake Front Villa by Vanderbuilt Design Group is an extravagant house in Almancil, Spain. Designed in 2023, it showcases a blend of unmatched refinement and timeless grace. The interior, meticulously curated, features double-height ceilings and a harmonious design that combines comfort with luxury, capturing the essence of Quinta do Lago’s renowned outdoor lifestyle.
In 2024, Maria Adele Savioli Architettura revitalised an apartment in a historic 19th-century building in Rome, Italy. Casa Buonarroti‘s design highlights its generous heights and expansive windows, blending tradition with a functional contemporary vision. With bespoke elements like a wide iron portal and oak staircase, the project redefines the flat’s layout while preserving its historic essence, offering a refined interpretation of renovation.
In Wagstaffe, Australia, architecture studio buck&simple. has divided this 2021 house into public and private spaces through a solid brick courtyard. Known as Permanent Weekender, the home is elevated to maintain its water views and create an artificial ground plane, accessible from the upper floor living areas. A subdued, textural palette enhances the home’s friendly, warm and calm atmosphere, along with abundant natural light and tactile materials like recycled brick and blackbutt.
Wohnhaus AGM is situated in Montaccio, a small hamlet in the Bergell region, Switzerland. Renovated by Renato Maurizio Architekten in 2024, the house combines historical and contemporary elements.
The design focuses on preserving the building’s original 1719 structure, using rough stone masonry and lime plaster alongside exposed concrete for new structural elements. Old timber cladding and roof beams are repurposed as floorboards, wall cladding, window, and door frames, maintaining the house’s historical character and blending it with modern additions.
In 2024, Sara Gelibter Architecte reimagined Felsenburg, a historic house in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland, originally constructed around 1860. An urgent roof renovation served as the catalyst, leading to a design featuring corrugated fiber cement panels and exposed wooden structures.
The project prioritizes economic and ecological considerations, showcasing a collaborative effort between architects and owners, resulting in a space that honors its historical heritage while embracing contemporary design elements.
The House With Two Ridges near Warsaw, designed by Z3Z Architekci, features an unusual shape dictated by the plot’s specific conditions and local development requirements. The architects solved a design challenge by incorporating two roof ridges to accommodate a home exceeding 200 square meters.
The interior showcases a cool loft aesthetic, balanced with warmed materials such as wood and brick, while the ceiling is left raw concrete to enhance the space. The house also offers views of protected, scenic ponds and a river valley.
Located near Warsaw, Poland, the U-directed House by Z3Z Architekci is uniquely set on the edge of the Kampinos Forest. Designed in 2020, this home features a U-shaped layout that strategically opens to the wilderness, ensuring privacy and a seamless connection with nature.
La Diana is a house located in Barcelona, Spain. Designed in 2017, this project merges a commercial space on the ground floor and an apartment on the first floor in a unique architectural style.
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