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Tucked discreetly off a quiet suburban laneway in Melbourne, Australia, Casa Piva is the home of architect and B.E. Architecture director Andrew Piva and his family. Designed inside and out by B.E. Architecture, the house presents an unusually private face to the neighborhood, with an almost windowless white brick faca
A new floating municipal sauna by DinellJohansson now occupies the waterfront at Hornstull, Stockholm, on the site previously home to the historic Liljeholmsbadet. The ageing bathhouse was permanently towed away at the end of October 2025 for renovation and relocation across the water to Marievik.
Located in the El Vigía sector of Puerto Escondido, on Mexico’s Oaxaca coast, Casa Cieno was designed by TAC Taller Alberto Calleja on a 1,500-square-metre plot. The house takes a different approach to coastal living, as it is not positioned directly in front of the sea. Instead, the design turns inward, using vegetati
Set among the trees in Romanyà, in the Empordà region of Costa Brava, this home by interior designer Susanna Cots was created for a couple of Scandinavian origin who had one clear priority, natural light. From there, the project developed around a simple idea of allowing the forest outside to remain the main visual pre
Perched above Alki Beach in West Seattle, Washington, Alki Lookout is a 1910 house renovated by SHED Architecture & Design for a growing Southern California family. With views across Puget Sound toward Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Mountains, the hillside property has all the ingredients of a classic coastal home,
In Highgate, London, Finkernagel Ross transformed Thirsk Cottage from a dark and disjointed house into a brighter contemporary family home. The project added just 430 square feet (20sqm), with the architects drawing inspiration from the cottage's unusual collection of pitched roofs to shape the new extension.
Near Lake Tahoe in California, John Maniscalco Architecture has designed an L-shaped modern home in Martis Valley, set within a landscape surrounded by nature. Stained cedar, zinc roofing and concrete form the main material palette, giving the house a contemporary appearance while its dark exterior helps it blend into
Megan and Keith Blaine, Principal Architects at Blaine Architects, took on a very personal architectural project when they transformed their own mid-century modern Eichler house in California. Purchased in 2015, the 1,000-square-foot (92-square-metre) home was already in good structural condition, giving the architects
Set within the picturesque landscape of Victoria, Yarra Valley House is a contemporary Australian rural dwelling designed by LiFE Architecture and Urban Design, with interiors by Sora Interiors. The home brings together a robust architectural approach with warm, tactile interiors, creating a residence that responds to
In Puembo, Ecuador, A1 Arquitectura Avanzada has designed the Hidden Stone House around an idea that puts nature and architecture on equal footing. Instead of treating the natural environment as something separate from the building, the project uses biomimetic and symbiotic architecture to explore how a home can adapt
In the very heart of Piacenza, Italy, a 300 sqm residence inside a 19th-century palazzo has been transformed into a contemporary family apartment by La Casa di Babette, founded by architects Cinzia Russo and Fabio Inzani. The home belongs to an entrepreneur, three small children and a lively Labrador, so the challenge
Chalet Moraine is a contemporary vacation home by Appareil Architecture, completed on the shores of a lake in Quebec’s Laurentians. Designed by architect Kim Pariseau, assisted by architect Marc-Antoine Juneau, the house was created for a couple who had been established on the site for several decades. The project repl
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