Casa La Vista stands above the dunes of Baja California, Mexico, as a cliffside house oriented to the open horizon and the meeting of sky and sea. Designed by Medeza, the residence stretches along a southeast axis that courts desert light, coastal winds, and long views toward San José and Punta Gorda. Across its wings, the architecture arranges daily life around shade, courtyards, and an unmistakably Baja terrain.
Palmento reimagines an ancient grape-processing palmento in Ragusa, Italy as a restaurant led by architect Giuseppe Iacono. Thick stone walls, timber roofs, and the ghosts of vats frame a new ritual of dining that keeps the building’s rural character present. Guests cross a low stone threshold and move between gardens, halls, and courtyards as the project works with layers of history rather than wiping them away.
A Touch of New brings a quietly radical house to the Tinos Regional Unit in Greece, where Aristides Dallas Architects work directly with the island’s dovecote heritage. The residence steps across two levels on the hillside, setting a hovering concrete cube against the weight of existing stone to negotiate old fabric and new construction.
The Avber House sits on a hilltop in Avber, Slovenia, where OFIS Arhitekti reworks a clustered stone homestead into a contemporary house rooted in ancestral memory. The project gathers dwelling, former stable, and outbuilding around a sheltered courtyard, translating vernacular Karst elements into a renewed everyday setting for an Australian client returning to his family village. Historic structures stay present, while their roles shift toward present-day comfort and restrained sustainability.
La Marinedda Residence sits on a sloping hillside in Sardinia, Italy, where Space4Architecture shapes a new coastal house from local stone and measured light. The single-story dwelling stretches low against the horizon, pairing an A-frame profile with a sheltered courtyard that answers the island’s wind, sun, and sea views. Calm interiors in pale finishes open directly to terraces and planted edges, giving the house a quietly contemporary yet regionally grounded presence.
Masseria San Lorenzo anchors a 19th-century farmstead on the outskirts of Ostuni, Italy, brought back to life by studio Flore & Venezia. The project restores a rural complex of stone volumes among ancient olive trees, reworking its rooms for contemporary comfort while holding tight to the building’s agricultural past. Every move is calibrated, from the revived facades to the reorganized interiors, so daily life flows easily between the house and the surrounding land.
Mansion Lom gathers a far-flung family in a renewed house on the Banj plateau above Ljubljana, Slovenia, where OFIS architects work with rugged karst tradition. The studio keeps two existing stone buildings at the core of the project, binding them with a restrained new wing and a warm, wood-lined interior. Eight children and parents find a shared base here, in a landscape once almost forgotten yet rich in durable forms.
La Marea sits among the rolling fields of Magliano in Toscana, Italy, a contemporary country house shaped by Special Italy – Special Umbria. Open volumes, stone walls, and a sunlit palette give this rural retreat a distinctly modern edge while keeping its footing in the landscape. Inside, the studio layers warm textures, generous furniture, and vivid color so long days drift easily between interior rooms and outdoor terraces.
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