Hackney Bay House in London is a reworking of a Victorian terrace house designed by Material Works that aims to create bright, healthy living spaces. This thoughtful renovation breathes new life into a Victorian terraced home in Hackney, reimagining the previously dark and confined lower level as an expansive, light-filled living space—the new heart of a family home. By lowering the floor, generous ceiling heights now define the kitchen and before rising into a dramatic double-height volume, anchored by a two-storey bay window that frames views of the garden beyond.
KSR Architects designed IO House to marry bold, playful interactions with ultra-contemporary design in London, United Kingdom. This six-bedroom house features vast subterranean leisure facilities hidden from the public beneath a roof laden with shrubs and trees to attract local wildlife. The design features unexpected surprises such as chrome slides, a color-changing floating staircase, and moving digital walls, always prioritizing a balance between innovation, fun, and sustainable architecture and interior design.
Located in Fasano, Italy, Trullo GR is a house designed by Reisarchitettura that was completed in 2024. With a focus on the Apulian architectural style, this project integrates traditional materials and contemporary design with sustainable technologies, including a heat pump, photovoltaics, and home automation, to prioritize comfort and energy efficiency. The design showcases a commitment to blending local culture with modern advancements in the realm of architecture.
Located in Toronto, Canada, Summerhill Family Home is a house designed by Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect in 2023. The design blends features of contemporary design style with current technologies and aesthetic trends to promote comfort, ease, and elegance in residential design. The house underwent a full gut renovation including a three-storey rear addition and extensive landscaping, prioritizing natural light, art integration, and seamless indoor-influenced outdoor spaces.
In a green dead-end street nearby Mechelen, House VMVK II has been engineered in 2022 by dmvA. This house, a renovation and extension of a 1960’s villa in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium, wanted to promote a maximum experience of the surrounding nature. The architecture blends in with nature. The existing volume has remained white, while the new additions are executed in black, framed by a glass façade.
Dimora Magenta is a large, elegant apartment located on the first floor of a historic building in Milan city center, Italy, designed by Bevilacqua Architects in 2023. The residence, which overlooks Corso Magenta, features a classic aesthetic that incorporates iconic design pieces and precious handcrafted materials, showcasing the best of Italian craftsmanship while also integrating modern home automation and audiovisual systems for a hyper-contemporary experience.
In Los Angeles, where the landscape is as much a client as the human resident, architecture becomes an act of translation. This Beverly Hills, CA house, conceived by Whipple Russell Architects, answers a geologic challenge with sculptural serenity — a cascading Mediterranean retreat that follows the natural slope of its ridgeline parcel with grace, restraint, and reverence.
Set along the widest stretch of the Indian Creek Waterway in Miami Beach, United States, 5515 Pine Tree Drive is a house designed by SDH Studio Architecture Design in 2025. The architecture blends contemporary design with a refined tropical sensibility, responding to the vibrant energy of South Beach while offering serene privacy. The spatial interior experience is defined by a carefully orchestrated blend of textures.
