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  • Materiality in Motion: Claudia Allegra Interiors at The Willow

    Step inside Residences 6A and 6B at The Willow, and you immediately sense a dialogue between architecture and interiors – a conversation orchestrated by Claudia Allegra Interiors that turns materiality into mood and detail into narrative. Nestled in Manhattan’s historic Gramercy neighborhood, these two residences showcase how thoughtful design can bridge the city’s classic architectural language with a modern, lived-in elegance

  • Maison Mattelin: Inside a Layered, Seventies-Inspired Penthouse – A Conversation with Architect Merijn Degraeve

    Maison Mattelin, the latest project by Antwerp-based interior architect Merijn Degraeve, is a 240 m² duplex penthouse that transforms two separate apartments overlooking Ghent’s Citadelpark into a singular, house-like home. Conceived for entrepreneur Gilles Mattelin, the residence balances intimacy with character, offering both a private retreat and a space for entertaining.

  • How Big Sur Cabin II by Studio Schicketanz Reimagines Forest Living

    Perched in the forested cliffs of Big Sur, California, Big Sur Cabin II replaces a previous cabin that was beyond repair, offering a model of thoughtful, site-sensitive design. The 1,194-square-foot home by Studio Schicketanz responds directly to the scale and character of the wooded surroundings, where the landscape once supported a logging economy centered on Nottley’s Landing

  • Floating Lines: Kiaora Residence by STRANG

    In Coconut Grove, STRANG’s Kiaora Residence reimagines suburban living with a bold architectural gesture. Two interlocking rectangular volumes define the structure, establishing a clear hierarchy between private and communal spaces while producing a striking, dynamic form. 

  • Owyang House: A Modern Palimpsest on the Ridges of Tiburon by Swatt + Partners

    Perched atop one of Tiburon’s most precipitous ridges, Owyang House commands vistas that extend from the intricate town below to the distant skyline of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Commissioned by a family with deep roots in the Midwest and an existing pied-à-terre in San Francisco, the project represents the culmination of a long-held aspiration: “We dreamed of one day building a beautiful home overlooking the renowned bay,” 

  • Lumen Residence: A Skyborne Sanctuary in Athens by Block722

    In every ideal home, there is an effortless sense of belonging and familiarity; Lumen Residence in Athens embodies this with almost lyrical precision. It is not merely a living space but a meticulously orchestrated experience, a domestic laboratory reflecting the philosophy of Block722, the architecture and design studio behind it

  • Cossu: Minimalism, Structure, and Coastal Logic in a Miami Residence

    Cossu is a full-scope residential project by Miami-based firm STRANG that brings together architecture, interior design, décor, and landscape architecture within a single, cohesive framework. Located in Miami, the residence reflects a measured approach to contemporary coastal living – one that prioritizes spatial continuity, material restraint, and technical problem-solving over formal spectacle.

  • The Preserve by Studio Schicketanz: A Case Study in Intergenerational, Low-Impact Housing

    Within The Preserve – 22,000 acres of former cattle range now administered as a quasi-wildland conservancy – architect Mary Ann Schicketanz has completed an intergenerational residential compound designed to meet contemporary family needs while complying with unusually stringent ecological constraints. Set on a five-acre parcel contiguous with the Los Padres National Forest

  • Trendscapes 2025: 5 Projects, 5 Visions

    In Takamatsu, Yasunari Tsukada Design has reimagined a family dwelling through a renovation that feels both restrained and quietly radical. Rather than demolish and rebuild, the project preserves the bones of a three-storey home

  • Nature, Framed: Carolina Proto’s Take on Leisure Residences at Fasano Las Piedras

    In the sun-drenched landscape of Uruguay’s La Barra region, where vast countryside meets the rhythm of the Atlantic, a new kind of living is taking shape. At the heart of it is Carolina Proto, the renowned Brazilian architect and founder of Estudio Obra Prima , whose latest collaboration with JHSF and the Fasano brand has redefined what it means to live beautifully – and naturally – in Punta del Este

  • How to design the perfect family house? – Casa Vittoria by MGAlab - Giovanni Musica

    A house already inhabited by the clients’ family, which needed to be reimagined and redesigned to encounter new necessities. A house that craved space and life. A house that had to become ‘the perfect one’. But what is, after all, the perfect house? 

  • A new frontier in industrial architecture: Ferrero Technical Center by Frigerio Design Group

    Since 1991, the year in which it was founded, Frigerio Design Group is representative of a way of intending and doing architecture deeply rooted in the concept of time. 

  • In conversation with Claudia Afshar on discreet luxury, sustainability consciousness and rare forms of inspiration

    What characterizes the work of Claudia Afshar is a discreet, respectful and conscious luxury. Throughout her countless trips in Europe – that she defines as the greatest source of inspiration

  • The invisible facets of architecture. In conversation with Enrico Frigerio on slow architecture

    Since 1991, the year in which it was founded, Frigerio Design Group is representative of a way of intending and doing architecture deeply rooted in the concept of time. 

  • Ligurian culture of building and comfort living in Albòra by Frigerio Design Group

    The district of Albaro is an elegant residential area in the east of Genoa, where historical villas, modern buildings and modest fishermen’s houses describe an outline of architecture and real-life stories. 

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  • The new frontiers of the workspace with deamicisarchitetti

    Since 2005, the year in which Giacomo De Amicis founded deamicisarchitetti, the Italian studio gives rise to projects that combine memories and contemporaneity. Its specific language, which is composed of advanced criteria of environmental sustainability, comfort, technology and attention to the context, applies to the most diverse areas.


     

  • A stay in history at Umiltà 36 Luxury Hotel by CaberlonCaroppi studio

    Embedded in the centre of Rome, in the lively area of Rione Trevi, just a short walk from the monumental fountain and the Quirinale Palace, lies Umiltà 36 Luxury Hotel, one of the latest projects by CaberlonCaroppi studio.

  • Cool blend with De.Tales

    Igor Rebosio and Giuseppe Varsavia, known as De.Tales, found themselves grappling with a legacy that is not one of history, but more like one of lifestyle and society, at what was once the Lido Cadenabbia, a true reference point for locals and tourists, close to the splendid town of Tremezzo on the shore of Lake Como.

  • The colors of nature

    In the midst of nature, in total symbiosis, fully respecting the context. The new Falkensteiner Hotel Montafon 5* stands in the protected area of Montafon, an Alpine valley in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. 

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