Greta anchors a quiet corner of Puerto Morelos, Mexico, with a calm, sea-facing stance. Designed by Aguero Arquitectura, the hotel leans into breeze, light, and material honesty, letting the coast set the rhythm from entry to roof. Guests move through bright rooms and terraces that extend toward the Caribbean, where wood, stone, and chukum frame a measured conversation between indoors and out.
Holocene House is a carbon-positive house in Sydney, Australia, conceived and built by CplusC Architects + Builders. The project turns daily life toward water, plants, and coastal air, using performance-driven strategies to meet its bushland setting. Inside, a double-height living room, colored glass, and an intimate roof garden shift attention from the ocean panorama to a lush interior world that still connects outdoors.
Penthouse West crowns a 1968 office block in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a glass-box home and restored Modernist bones. Powerhouse Company leads the conversion, turning a neglected address into a layered apartment building capped by their own family penthouse. The project pairs engineering finesse with a lush material palette, drawing on Midcentury Modern cues and post-war Rotterdam finishes to frame long skyline views while bringing the building’s original character back into focus.
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