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More comfort, extra flexibility, same elegant Vipp design. Part of Vipp's swivel chair collection, the new Vipp453+ adds even more comfort and function to the original 452 model. The new chair design keeps the elegant silhouette of the previous 453 version, but offers more ...

Didea and Airbnb turn an early‑20th‑century ruin into a compact three‑level home—perforated steel stairs, lime‑and‑earth finishes, and light that moves through the core. In the hill town of Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy, a crumbling stone house gets a second life without losing its place in the street. Palermo‑based

Didea and Airbnb turn an early‑20th‑century ruin into a compact three‑level home—perforated steel stairs, lime‑and‑earth finishes, and light that moves through the core. In the hill town of Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy, a crumbling stone house gets a second life without losing its place in the street. Palermo‑based

A new three‑nave schoolhouse knits two scattered sites into one campus—exposed concrete at the core, timber classrooms at the edges, and a weathered façade tied together by a continuous escape balcony. Dürnten’s school grounds at Bogenacker and Tannenbühl used to feel like pieces around an empty center. School Bota takes that leftover...

A garden‑led family home in North Bondi where brick, concrete, and translucent screens stage everyday life against a dense edge of planting. At North Bondi’s sandy flat, one block in from the corner shops, a low brick house tucks behind a green parapet and a corrugated street door. It’s Clifton House, designed by Anthony Gill Architects for...

Neiheiser Argyros reshapes a 1970s seaside home into an open-air promenade of arches, terraces, and soft concrete light From the approach road the house almost hides behind olive trunks and wild pine, its pale brick and board-formed concrete slipping into the slope above the Euboean Sea. Walk a little farther and two sh...

Neiheiser Argyros reshapes a 1970s seaside home into an open-air promenade of arches, terraces, and soft concrete light From the approach road the house almost hides behind olive trunks and wild pine, its pale brick and board-formed concrete slipping into the slope above the Euboean Sea. Walk a little farther and two sh...

Studio Ellsinger shapes a 7 × 7‑meter retreat for a creative family, armored in aluminum and lined with pine. Hee House sits on a granite clearing just inland from Sweden’s Bohuslän coast, a few miles south of Hamburgsund. The lot is bracketed by a county road to the north and open fields that run toward pine forest and...

Studio Ellsinger shapes a 7 × 7‑meter retreat for a creative family, armored in aluminum and lined with pine. Hee House sits on a granite clearing just inland from Sweden’s Bohuslän coast, a few miles south of Hamburgsund. The lot is bracketed by a county road to the north and open fields that run toward pine forest and...

A zinc-clad family retreat by Andy Martin folds a barn silhouette into the rolling fields of Benenden, Kent. Just after sunrise the meadow is still slick enough to shine. A lone sheep grazes near a dark-skinned gable that leans ever so slightly, echoing the dip of the horizon. That subtle kink—hardly visible on ...

Color us impressed: natural shades taken from the surrounding landscape bring six holiday apartments to life on the island of Paros, Greece. The Cyclades in Greece are perhaps the ultimate ‘dreamy’ location for quiet vacations focused on relaxation. Think bright white volumes perched high on rocky terrain to optimize ac...

A masterclass in thoughtful modernization, this early 20th-century duplex has been updated with warm and quiet interiors that preserve the soul of the original design. Updating old homes with the goal of celebrating heritage is often a tricky balancing act. How much to preserve? What should be let go? Where is the line between vintage charm and modern convenience? Residence du Parc sh...

A masterclass in thoughtful modernization, this early 20th-century duplex has been updated with warm and quiet interiors that preserve the soul of the original design. Updating old homes with the goal of celebrating heritage is often a tricky balancing act. How much to preserve? What should be let go? Where is the line between vintage charm and modern convenience? Residence du Parc sh...

A countryside shell in southern Lazio gains a single, perfect aperture—and a new way of living inside. The commission arrived halfway built: concrete frame up, timber roof on, infill walls already closing off what might have been views. SET Architects read the half-finished house not as a problem but as a prom...

A brick shell in Sydney’s inner south becomes a light-filled family house—cars and horses included. Slip down the laneway that cuts behind Redfern’s Federation cottages and you’ll spot the warehouse by its mural-faded bricks and industrial shutters. From the street, almost nothing has changed since the 1920s: new windows...

A brick shell in Sydney’s inner south becomes a light-filled family house—cars and horses included. Slip down the laneway that cuts behind Redfern’s Federation cottages and you’ll spot the warehouse by its mural-faded bricks and industrial shutters. From the street, almost nothing has changed since the 1920s: new windows...

A Hampstead infill that threads a new concrete form around an early Norman Foster box. On a narrow mews plot in north-west London, architect Gianni Botsford has replaced a dilapidated 1860s cottage with a four-storey concrete house that locks onto a prized fragment of history: a 1969 extension designed by

A gabled home that tracks sunrise to sunset from its hilltop perch. One hundred miles north of Manhattan, an 88-acre hilltop in Columbia County sets the stage for Ridge House, a 128-foot gabled bar that threads between forest and open sky. Worrell Yeung sites the building at the crown of the ridge, so every major space faces a horizon—Catskills to the west, Taconic Mountains to the ea...

A gabled home that tracks sunrise to sunset from its hilltop perch. One hundred miles north of Manhattan, an 88-acre hilltop in Columbia County sets the stage for Ridge House, a 128-foot gabled bar that threads between forest and open sky. Worrell Yeung sites the building at the crown of the ridge, so every major space faces a horizon—Catskills to the west, Taconic Mountains to the ea...

Minimal design with built-in flexibility for compact living. Carl Hansen & Søn introduces the AB019 Wall Desk, a compact, wall-mounted design by Danish cabinetmaker Anker Bak. Created with small spaces in mind, the desk brings together functionality, material honesty, and a calm visual presence. It’s made for homes where spa...

Patchwork Architecture lifts a compact cedar-clad home on slender piles, leaving the native bush and stream undisturbed. Auckland’s Tītīrangi suburb is thick with pūriri and kauri, so Patchwork Architecture let the trees set the brief. Their Bush Block House is a lifted rectangle—14 by 8 meters, 121 square meters inside—that hovers above the undergrowth on slender piles. From the road...

A concrete structure in Rafaela designed for focus, utility, and the daily pace of studio work. Set at the edge of a garden in Rafaela, Argentina, this small building was designed as a workspace for an artist. The house it belongs to sits elsewhere on the property, out of view. The studio stands on its own. Architect

A Liberty-era house in Rome, now lived in differently Behind a 19th-century building in Trastevere, tucked between gardens and courtyard walls, sits a three-story house that’s easy to miss. It was once used as a caretaker’s home, and maybe later, a doctor’s office. Whatever the history, it hadn’t been touched in years. W...

A former 1950s home gives way to two compact dwellings on a quiet plot outside Munich. Söcking isn’t far from Munich, but it feels like a different pace entirely. On a tree-lined street there, a father and son now live side by side in matching—though not identical—houses. Buero Wagner designed them to share a footprint...

An eco-friendly retreat on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, ONTO House features 1- and 2-story volumes surrounded by tropical vegetation. Going on a vacation is not just about taking a break from work. It’s a chance to recharge batteries, take a step back, slow down, and appreciate every moment. A tranquil, nature-immersive space provides the perfect way to do that. Located in in Puerto E...

A five-unit building in Montreal that turns infill into intentional living. Built on a narrow lot tucked between a duplex and a multi-unit block, At first glance, Binome could’ve ended up like so many urban infill projects—practical but forgettable. Instead, it takes a different route. Designed by Montreal-based

A five-unit building in Montreal that turns infill into intentional living. Built on a narrow lot tucked between a duplex and a multi-unit block, At first glance, Binome could’ve ended up like so many urban infill projects—practical but forgettable. Instead, it takes a different route. Designed by Montreal-based