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Casa Ninè: Puglia’s New Old B&B
Today we revisit Puglia from the flattering angle of Casa Ninè by the skilled architects at Pleroo Design Studio. Built from an elegant nineteenth century building that overlooks the main square of...
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Stairway to Heaven: A Futuristic Italian Home by Alfredo Vanotti
Italian Architect Alfredo Vanotti is responsible for the remodel of Interno, a beautiful modern home in the Montagna region of Valtellina, Italy. The 250 square meter home was initially divided between...
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A Peek Inside the Home of Architect Morten Bo Jensen
What happens when an artist finally settles down? Chief designer of German architectural firm Vipp, Morten Bo Jensen shows us in his personal Copenhagen loft; Converted from an old 1900s Viking-Pencil...
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Bridging the Old and New in Swiss Design
Embedded in a secluded corner of Balsthal, Switzerland, Swiss architect Pascal Flammer’s timber frame house ignites a modernist aesthetic with a traditionally grounded kindling. Viewed within its...
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Heavenly Family Home Resurrected from Twentieth Century Church
Once a house of worship, this converted family home is nothing short of divine. Converted from the First Italian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood by designer Linc...
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A Place for Artists to Mull Over Kintyre
A zinc rock jutting out of the Scottish Kintyre peninsula, the Midden Studio was not designed by Studio Weave to blend in with the scenery. And yet, it’s form and function are direct descendants of its...
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Naturally Accommodating Architecture
Designed by Peter Rose + Partners, this summer home on the island of Chappaquiddick near Edgartown, MA considers both massing and the existing context to enforce and embrace its secluded site....
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Cabins with an Open Door Policy
Located at the inlet of Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand, the Eyrie cabins by Cheshire Architects deconstruct the archetypical elements of a modern home. Starting with the site, the cabins feel like a...
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Medieval Restoration by Sterna Nisyros
Sterna Nisyros Residences proves that castles don’t belong exclusively in the realm of fantasy – though it’s hard to believe that this holiday retreat in the medieval Castle of Pantoniki is real....
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The Big Little House
The choice to renovate rather than relocate is leaving many families with far more generous accommodations than they could have hoped for, like this Paris loft. Fitzroy North, Melbourne was the site of...
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Resuscitating a Ruined Tuscan Villa
The rolling hills, sunflower fields and scattered towns of Tuscany often garner a romanticized view of the region, described to death in the pages of airport paperbacks. But among these sites and...
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Performing a New Production on a Worn Stage
There is a tired adage in architecture that the form of a building must follow its function. But time and again architects have refuted this dogma through the repurposing of structures that have lost...
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Satisfying Clients with Empathetic Architecture
When approached with the challenge of redesigning a young family’s London home, Scenario Architecture bore in mind that previous renovation plans had been scraped because they “did not suit the...
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Renovating a Modernist Touchstone
Originally built in 1925, the Villa Le Trident in Théoule sur Mer, France was the foundation on which American architect Barry Dierks would build his career, using the home as a prototype for dozens of...
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A Micro Cabin for Macro Vacations
Bulgarian designer Hristina Hristova has created a structure with a unique market niche. The Koleliba (Bulgarian for “hut on wheels”) appeals to the micro house trend many like in theory but could...
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An Iceberg of a Villa
For architect Stéphane Beel, the importance of context extends to more than acknowledging the existing buildings or landscape. In the design for Villa H in W, Beel incorporates the spirit of both...
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Uncovering Old Charm in a New Renovation
When remodeling an apartment in an old building, it can sometimes be difficult to maintain the original space’s essence among the installation of modern fixtures and finishes. But when the architects...
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Minimal Abundance: Bowstring Truss House by W.PA
With an exploratory approach and firm belief in the importance of experiential authenticity, the designers at Works Partnership Architecture (W.PA) based in the Pacific Northwest have a keen eye for...
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Bringing Architecture to Great New Heights
“Hut on Stilts,” the comme il faut name for Nozomi Nakabayashi’s small retreat for a writer, gives a succinct impression of the logic of the project as a whole. It is a simple piece of architecture,...
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‘Autor Rooms’ Boutique Hotel
The rise of Airbnb has shown the potential in using residential spaces for commercial occupants, so it comes as little surprise that firms like Mamastudio are taking it one step further with the...
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