Whidbey Uparati by Wittman Estes is a 1,880-square-foot house located on Whidbey Island, United States. The design emphasizes a contemporary style that blends into the surrounding meadow landscape. This family retreat serves as a space for meditation and bonding, offering a quiet modern escape with panoramic views and a rewilded landscape. A journey through rustic meadows leads to the house, enhancing the connection with nature and stillness, central to its design philosophy.
Loto AD Project has carried out a major restyling and redistribution of the spaces in a small apartment in Rome, Italy, with a design style that incorporates plants and oak wood paneling. Architect Giorgia Dennerlein has redesigned the interior and outdoor areas of the home with functionality in mind.
Located in AL, Brazil, the Reserva Pituba Beach Club is a hotel designed by UNA Barbara e Valentim that seamlessly integrates into its natural surroundings. Conceived to prioritise lightness and conciseness, the project offers a unique seaside experience that features a spacious veranda, swimming pools, gardens, and a pergola that assist in creating a delicate balance between built structures and the stunning landscape of Alagoas.
The legendary 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin reopens its doors after an extensive redesign by Studio Aisslinger — the same studio behind the hotel’s original concept eleven years ago. This transformation went far beyond a standard refurbishment. It was about reactivating key areas and evolving the hotel’s concept to keep it fresh, relevant, and unmistakably Berlin. With the new concept, studio aisslinger once again sets a new milestone for experience-oriented hospitality design through immersive storytelling.
Nestled in São Paulo, Brazil, the IW Apartment spans 63 m² and is designed by ZALC Architecture. Reflecting a contemporary design ethos, the apartment integrates industrial elements, including exposed slabs and pillars that highlight oxidized metalwork and a sleek color palette of black and gray, while custom-designed furniture adds a touch of sophistication. The project emphasizes spatial fluidity and technical precision to create a harmonious living environment.
Bonne Bouche is a vibrant confectionery café located in Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyi, Ukraine. Designed by YOD Group, the café features a bright facade that opens up to the street, while the space inside incorporates urban elements like a stepped podium and rounded furniture. The interior style employs Italian terrazzo and graphic lighting that changes throughout day, creating a unique atmosphere intended to evoke personal experiences and emotions connected to food.
Cleft House in Abdullah Al-Salem, Kuwait features refined architecture by TAEP/AAP. Designed in 2023, the house leverages light, voids, and sculptural geometry as foundational elements, shaping spatial experience and the house’s relationship to its environment while responding effectively to climate.
The volumetric composition features contrasting white exterior and dark steel perimeter fence, with hierarchy of openings tailored to functions, reflecting connection to urban fabric and balancing transparency with seclusion.
Unoccupied for many years, a site at the foot of a hill in Prague’s Troja district now holds Villa Troja, a house designed by Stempel & Tesar architekti that aims to balance busy life on the outside with peace and privacy within. Concrete was a firm requirement for the project, both for the exterior and interior, allowing the functional spatial composition to highlight its unique properties in terms of mass, texture, and color.
