Located in Boston, Maine, United States, 38 Newbury 7th Floor Interiors reflects the design style of Touloukian Touloukian. Designed in 2024, this office project addresses the need for reimagined workspaces post-pandemic, embracing a residential feel over impersonal environments, while celebrating the history of a building that was constructed in 1920, revealing its architectural legacy through a modern lens and creating a bridge to “work from home” experiences.
This apartment, located in Miami, Florida, is a contemporary project designed by Nar Design, and features a minimalist style. Situated on the 60th floor of Brickell Flatiron, the 170m² space includes features like a library and gallery-like areas, all of which employ a white-painted wall backdrop to foster brightness, alongside custom artworks influenced by the owner’s passion for electronic music and contemporary pop art.
Designed by Nar Design, SK Residence is a house located in Miami, United States. The project highlights the essential role our homes play in our overall well-being, especially in an era where remote work and home office arrangements have become increasingly prevalent, blurring the lines between our personal and professional spaces. This residence aims to provide not just a luxurious and contemporary home but an authentic sanctuary—a fusion of nature-inspired serenity and the rejuvenating ambiance of a spa.
Whidbey Uparati by Wittman Estes is a 1,880-square-foot house located on Whidbey Island, United States. The design emphasizes a contemporary style that blends into the surrounding meadow landscape. This family retreat serves as a space for meditation and bonding, offering a quiet modern escape with panoramic views and a rewilded landscape. A journey through rustic meadows leads to the house, enhancing the connection with nature and stillness, central to its design philosophy.
The Periphery is a two-bedroom house quietly embedded in Boulder, Colorado, United States, designed by Locus Studios. This design-build forest project explores the thresholds between habitation and exposure, hovering lightly over the land while anchoring itself firmly to the site’s geologic foundation. It is an example of architecture as “emotional engineering,” prioritizing not only atmosphere as well as performance, but also the home’s focus on the immersive connection to the desert’s light.
In Los Angeles, where the landscape is as much a client as the human resident, architecture becomes an act of translation. This Beverly Hills, CA house, conceived by Whipple Russell Architects, answers a geologic challenge with sculptural serenity — a cascading Mediterranean retreat that follows the natural slope of its ridgeline parcel with grace, restraint, and reverence.
Icicle House 03, a house located in Leavenworth, WA, United States, was designed by Syndicate Smith in 2019. The contemporary property features a three-story design that minimizes land disruption, while a rooftop deck collects rainwater providing extra sustainability.
The Sonoma weeHouse is a minimalist house located in Sonoma, CA, United States, designed by Alchemy Architects and completed in 2016. This compact, ultra-minimal, high-end home features steel frames, glass walls, custom corrugated weathering steel boxes, and Ipe interiors. The project includes two open-sided boxes set on board-formed concrete plinths, showcasing Alchemy’s weeHouse design customized for luxe finishing requirements. The project embodies compact housing solutions with architectural brilliance and high-end design.
