Angá Arquitetura‘s captivating Patropi House in Praia do Guaecá, Brazil, seamlessly blends contemporary design with the surrounding lush, tropical landscape. Crafted as a vacation rental, this house showcases a delicate balance of form and function, featuring a striking volume complemented by a thoughtful selection of materials and colors that harmonize with the Brazilian coastal setting.
Designed by the acclaimed Angá Arquitetura, the Ficus Apartment in São Paulo, Brazil showcases a contemporary transformation of a 1970s apartment. The project prioritizes the client’s need for a spacious, open layout ideal for hosting friends and family, with a focus on optimizing the living and social areas. By reconfiguring the original three-bedroom floorplan, the design team created a more efficient and versatile space that reflects the client’s lifestyle and preferences.
This three-storey house in Toronto, Canada, originally constructed as a dairy over a century ago, underwent an interior renovation by PLANT Architect in 2020. The designers transformed the narrow, townhouse-like layout by strategically redesigning the main staircase, incorporating floor-to-ceiling glass panels, and adding a skylight to visually expand the second-floor living room. The clients’ extensive art collection inspired a curio cabinet-inspired design for this level, complemented by whimsical, bubble-like pendant lighting fixtures.
The Ranch Mine, a renowned architecture firm, has recently unveiled their latest masterpiece, “Charmed,” a stunning 2-story, multigenerational contemporary family home in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, United States. This project, designed in 2024, showcases the firm’s exceptional ability to transform a client’s vision into a reality, even when the request involves a surprise for the homeowner’s wife. The result is a harmonious blend of modern design elements, including black brick volumes, pocketing glass doors, and a white stucco box second floor, perfectly tailored to the family’s personalities and lifestyle.
This striking villa in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, designed by CMT architetti in 2023, blends contemporary aesthetics with the brutalist character of an unfinished neoclassical shell. The designers embraced the raw concrete surfaces, pairing them with sleek Italian furnishings and dramatic lighting to create a modern, industrial-inspired retreat. Spanning three floors, this spacious family home features an open-concept living area, a game room, and guest quarters, showcasing the architect’s ability to transform an unconventional starting point into a cohesive, refined design.
Designed by the renowned R3architetti in Turin, Italy, the Mando Space apartment showcases a captivating contemporary transformation of a 1970s dwelling. This fluid, light-filled space defies the traditional compartmentalized layout, embracing an open and dynamic design approach that seamlessly integrates the entry, living, and dining areas. With unexpected color accents and a multifunctional built-in furnishing, this apartment project offers a fresh take on modern urban living.
The Garden Pavilion, designed by BYRÓ architekti in Prague, Czech Republic, is a captivating house project that seamlessly blends indoor and outdoor living. Completed in 2023, this unique structure offers a modest yet versatile space, catering to the clients’ desire for an outdoor retreat while maintaining a connection to the surrounding mature garden.
With its folding polycarbonate panel that allows the interior to transition seamlessly to the outdoors, the Garden Pavilion creates a paraphrase of a garden loggia, drawing inspiration from the architect’s fundamental architectural vision.
Situated in the heart of Palermo, Italy, Casa P is a captivating apartment project designed by the acclaimed Studio de Francisci in 2022. Through the strategic fragmentation of distribution axes, the layout achieves a dynamic spatial reading, allowing for an open and spacious living area and a private, intimate bedroom zone. The architectural language employed is refined, elevated by contrasting chromatic elements and textural details that are accentuated by the carefully curated lighting design.