Located in Telchac Puerto, Mexico, the house by Ápiron offers a private coastal retreat. Designed in 2022, it features a stone base supporting a polished concrete volume, maximizing privacy and sea views. The structure integrates local Toh stone and a distinctive “bajareque” lattice. Its 370-square-meter layout includes interactive social spaces on the ground floor and family rooms above, blending grey tones with wood and natural fibers.
The Floating House, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, was designed by Garde Hvalsøe. The spacious houseboat features a minimalist interior with bespoke solutions that celebrate the natural beauty of Garde Hvalsøe‘s handcrafted cabinetry. This floating home showcases custom furniture and finishing details by the firm that Søren Hvalsøe Garde founded in 1990, and its design highlights connections to the immediate environment and reflects a passion for houseboats.
Monastery House is in Greece, designed by Etsi Architects. Perched high on a mountain, it provides stunning views. The house is a combination of styles, merging traditional and modern aesthetics. Its design reflects the clients’ love for local architecture and addresses their security needs, offering spaces for individual use as well as communal areas, including a meditation space for Buddhist practices. This architectural approach creates a unique identity in its natural environment.
Cave House is a 5-bedroom apartment in Surat, India, designed by Design Work Group in 2024. It features a minimal interior that evokes a meditative atmosphere. The apartment is part of a luxury condominium cluster, organised in an open-plan layout. The material palette is intentionally restricted, with the use of black stone, white oak, and grey lime plaster, along with natural limestone in the bathrooms.
The Banánka house, designed by Paulíny Hovorka Architects, is located in Banka, Slovakia. The single-storey house features a minimalist design using natural materials and a Y-shaped layout that divides the plot into smaller segments.
The architecture focuses on a seamless connection with the garden, complete with a large glazed façade that fully opens up to the outdoor space and prioritizes privacy amid mature trees in a tranquil setting.
Set in Palanga, Lithuania, the Open House is a single-family house designed by Devyni Architektai in 2023. Featuring a sculptural design, the abode surprises with an entryway completed with a slit and a closed-off facade. Inside, the house opens up significantly, with a bright and spacious interior where a curved internal wall accommodates the kitchen, fireplace and closet, along with expansive glass doors that lead to the inner courtyard.
The project originates from a design competition for the renovation of a penthouse apartment in an early 20th-century building near Villa Torlonia in Rome. The Casa Ance apartment is intended as a guest residence for the Italian national association of building companies, and the project addressed the need for a clear distinction between the “public” and private areas of the house to serve both as a private residence and a venue for meetings and gatherings.
Mopsarchitects designed the Park Residence, a minimalistic apartment in San Diego filled with natural light and opened with glazing on all sides. The layout reflects a family-friendly arrangement, dividing the space into a social zone, private wing, and technical area, ensuring a natural flow between rooms and realizing stunning panoramic views throughout. Finished in 2024, the home creates a balance between aesthetics and functionality.
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