Gava Beach House transforms a former office in Barcelona, Spain, into a house for a couple, designed by Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge. Set against views of Gava Mar Beach filtered through pine trunks, the 2022 project turns horizontality into an interior idea through shifting floor levels, a mezzanine, and an open plan that draws natural light deep into the home.
El Born Loft transforms a former commercial interior in Barcelona, Spain, into a residence by Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge. Designed in 2026, the loft centers on the idea of void, using a reused ash wood system, exposed masonry, and a nearly five-meter-high interior to shape movement, light, and flexible daily use. Old structure and new domestic life remain in clear, measured balance.
Staggered Cabin is a cabin in South Lake Tahoe, United States, designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects. Completed in 2025, it adapts to a steep Sierra Nevada site with a series of shed-roofed volumes that step down the slope and shape small outdoor courts. Inside, a compact plan arranges sleeping rooms and baths around a central living and dining area, with plywood finishes and mezzanines extending the cabin’s usable footprint.
Saint-André no3 reworks a Plateau-Mont-Royal duplex in Montreal, Canada into a single-family house for one extended clan. Thellend Fortin Architectes guide the transformation with a crisp plan, an added mezzanine, and a rear extension that draws daylight deep inside. Completed in 2022, the home centers movement and light as the primary tools for turning narrow rooms into a coherent whole.
Casa A is an apartment by Pierattelli Architetture in Florence, Italy, set inside the nineteenth‑century Palazzo Stefanelli. Within this storied envelope, the studio completes a full interior restyling that honors historic craft while asserting a clear contemporary voice. The result is a luminous home arranged around a sociable living room, with refined finishes, calibrated color, and a measured collection of Italian furnishings guiding the mood and daily rhythm.
Cibulka is a moody, light-filled apartment in Prague, Czech Republic, crafted by SMLXL. The project rethinks atmosphere rather than plan, pivoting around a dark, connective element that organizes daily life. Completed in 2025, it leans into height, daylight, and a precise palette to bring clarity to living, working, and resting.
Warehouse Loft sets an industrial rhythm in San Francisco, California, United States, where brick walls and heavy timber set the tone. Designed by 35th Collective, the apartment leans into its warehouse shell while dialing up comfort and clarity. Sunlight rakes across beams, glass guardrails brighten the upper level, and the plan ties cooking, eating, and lounging into one easy sweep.
Casa la Marchesana sits in Bologna, Italy, where a historic envelope meets a crisp, contemporary interior. Designed by Obicua, the apartment turns a compact plan into a tall, moody sequence with one decisive move. A matte black volume inserts circulation, kitchen, and mezzanine into the whitewashed shell, setting a confident rhythm across timber floors and exposed beams.