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.
Gul Melbourne is a house in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Nico van der Meulen Architects in 2023. A faceted metal envelope cuts a sharp profile against the street, while broad panes of glass pull garden and sky into view. Inside, a pared-back palette of concrete, plaster, and oak supports art and daily life with crisp intent.
House Beneath the Cross Hill sits on a gentle slope in Rokycany, Czech Republic, a modest house by Hurá Studio for the architect’s parents. The timber-forward interior gathers daylight through large, square windows and a measured plan with shared rooms at grade. Calm and personal, the home favors craft over show and keeps a direct line to the landscape.
Ravine Residence sits in Toronto, Canada, where Akb Architects renew a historic coach house with a three‑storey rear addition. The house tucks into South Rosedale’s trees and turns toward the ravine, pairing a walk‑out level with calm, pared‑back rooms. Inside, light oak floors, sheer curtains, and measured details give the renovation a quiet register suited to a busy owner. The work reads fresh yet grounded.
Vinohradská is a two-bedroom apartment renovation in Prague, Czech Republic, by SMLXL. Set in a traditional Vinohrady building, the project steers a clear, masculine minimalism through layered material contrasts and restrained moves. Clean volumes, custom storage, and tailored proportions create a practical home for a single resident without erasing the building’s character. It reads calm, precise, and quietly expressive.
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.
CA – SA Home & Studio lands in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy, as a poised live–work apartment by CA-SA studio. The 2025 intervention respects a historic shell while reorganizing rooms to serve both daily life and professional work. Cement tile floors and star-vaulted ceilings hold the memory; lime-based finishes return a quiet, earthy register to the rooms and set the tone for a contemporary layer of furnishings.
Fairy tale sets a quiet, disciplined mood inside a Bucharest, Romania apartment by Jooca Studio. Designed in 2025 for residents who work from home, the project threads comfort through a minimalist frame. Warm neutrals, fluted glass, and gleaming metallics shape an open core that still holds its edges. It reads calm and intentional.
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