Room Mate Luca sits in the historic heart of Florence, Italy, shaped by interior designer Luis Garcia Fraile as a contemporary counterpoint to its neoclassical shell. The boutique hotel combines custom wallpapers, velvet textures, and polished brass with modern comfort to welcome guests a short walk from the city’s major cultural landmarks. Each room and shared area turns Florentine energy into a tactile, urban hospitality experience.
iaa_E15 sits in Milan, Italy, within a 1930s rationalist building near Corso Buenos Aires. Icona Architetti Associati reshaped this apartment, originally a pied-à-terre, into a full-time home with a clear plan and a controlled material palette. Curves and arches replace doors with deliberate thresholds, while wood and marble ground the rooms in a calm rhythm. The result reads measured and urbane, designed in 2023 for daily use rather than occasional stays.
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.
