San Lucas anchors a 300 m² apartment renovation in Madrid, Spain, where ARQUID Architecture revisits a historic structure facing Plaza de las Salesas. The project reworks a once-compartmentalized home into an open, light-filled residence that respects its original brick, timber, and generous balconies while aligning closely with the owners’ contemporary routines. Rooms now flow around a continuous masonry spine, and everyday life takes place against a carefully tuned play of materials and light.
60s Style House reimagines a 1960s apartment in Forlì, Italy, through the vivid lens of Pier Currà Architettura. The studio reshapes a historic flat for a young creative couple, fusing custom pieces with a graphic palette rooted in mid-century visual culture. Color, light, and pop references reframe everyday rooms into a lived-in narrative of memory and invention.
Bueno Apartment sits in Brasília, Brazil, where BLOCO Arquitetos reworks a 125 m² (1,345 ft²) residence inside a pillar-free 1980s building. The renovation reduces four bedrooms to two while expanding the social rooms for gatherings and daily life. Designed in 2025, the project draws on the building’s perimeter structure and precast concrete to unlock a flexible plan for a couple and their young son.
iaa_E15 sits in Milan, Italy, within a 1930s rationalist building near Corso Buenos Aires. Icona Architetti Associati reshaped this apartment, originally a pied-à-terre, into a full-time home with a clear plan and a controlled material palette. Curves and arches replace doors with deliberate thresholds, while wood and marble ground the rooms in a calm rhythm. The result reads measured and urbane, designed in 2023 for daily use rather than occasional stays.
Functionalist Apartment with Pink Piggy sits in Prague, Czech Republic, as the personal home of Martin Cenek Architecture. The renovation reworks a late-1930s tenement apartment with care, balancing the building’s modernist bones and a precise, contemporary refit. It’s an apartment, but it reads as a study in restraint and memory, folding original fabric and new craft into a clear, livable composition.
Located in Treviso, Italy, Casa DB is a 2023 apartment renovation by studio RAUM. The design preserves the original 1930s structure’s high ceilings, stucco work, and doors while subtly adapting the layout for contemporary living. The renovation emphasizes color, with each room enveloped in carefully selected tones, and recreates historical flooring using modern materials. The result is a refined living space that balances past and present, honoring its roots while embracing modern needs.
ZOOCO Estudio has remodeled the century-old Churri House in Santander, Spain, prioritising light and space. Designed in 2024, the interior features oak panelling, creating open-plan living areas separated from private spaces. The design respects traditional architectures, offering neutral-toned kitchens and bathrooms for a timeless look.
Promenade Apartment, a 1930s residence in Milan designed by Icona Architetti Associati, features a subtle yet distinct arrangement of living spaces. Completed in 2021, the refurbished home is organised into two ecosystems: one for private functions and another for socialising. The two zones are connected by a central corridor that swings subtly between sombre and warm tones.
