In the heart of the Quadrat d’Or neighborhood in Barcelona, Estudio Vilablanch has transformed a 650-square-metre (6,996-square-foot) Capas · Historia · Color apartment, adapting its design to accommodate both modern and neoclassical elements.
Originally two distinct floors of a modernist building built in 1901, the home is now a single unit that retains traces of its luxurious past, including travertine marble floors and the use of color throughout the apartment.
Nestled within a late 19th-century building in Barcelona, Spain, Living in a Work of Art is an apartment by Estudio vilablanch showcasing a meticulous restoration of its Catalan modernist heritage. Designed in 2023, the project restores vibrant Nolla tile flooring, polychrome ceilings with intricate cornices, and finely detailed interior woodwork, all while adapting the spaces to meet the functional, spatial, and comfort needs of contemporary life.
Casa Tribu by Arquitectura Plus is a remodeled residence in Bogotá, Colombia. Designed in 2023, this 263-square-metre house retains its original modernist details while incorporating contemporary updates. The renovation focused on maintaining the home’s basic lines, introducing landscaping and natural light, and creating an interior design proposal using the owners’ furniture.
The White House is located in Warsaw, Poland. Designed by Z3Z Architekci, this single-family house features a striking white exterior. Its design demonstrates a modernist approach, characterized by geometric clarity and open internal spaces.
La Diana is a house located in Barcelona, Spain. Designed in 2017, this project merges a commercial space on the ground floor and an apartment on the first floor in a unique architectural style.
Designed by Armentano Arquitetura, P539 is a São Paulo penthouse that showcases Brazilian modernism. Completed in 2024, this apartment highlights furniture pieces by Sergio Rodrigues and Jorge Zalszupin, setting a sophisticated, familiar, and elegant tone. The space, infused with natural light, is further enhanced by views of the Ibirapuera Park and iconic Oscar Niemeyer buildings.
South African studio SAOTA has completed the Noom Hotel Abidjan Plateau in Ivory Coast, featuring a layered facade as a contemporary extension of the city’s modernist heritage. The studio references local patterns and motifs within clean, rational forms at this skyscraping hotel, blending modernism with regional identity advancements in both design and architecture.
Maine Rural Modern by OPAL Architecture is a house in ME, United States. Designed in 2017, the project combines modernist rigor with Passive House principles, offering efficiency and architectural clarity. It features three shed-roofed wings, cedar siding, fieldstone-faced foundations, and steel roofing.
