South Kensington Mews House is a 1,830-square-foot interior design project by Philippa Rae Interiors, completed in 2023 on a quiet street in South Kensington — the same mews where artist Francis Bacon once lived. | Continue reading
Borová Lada Cottage is the renovation of a late 19th-century cottage on the outskirts of the village of Borová Lada, at the edge of the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic. | Continue reading
Reconstruction of a Writers' Colony Villa is a comprehensive restoration and reconfiguration of a 1930s semi-detached villa in Prague, carried out by Atelier Hajný. | Continue reading
New Line House is the renovation and addition of a Pettit & Sevitt Lowline home in East Ryde, Sydney, designed by Studio Prineas. Built in the 1960s as part of a collaboration between the project-home builder and… | Continue reading
Fishers Island Summer Retreat is a seven-bedroom residence on Fishers Island, New York, refreshed by Taylor Interior Design for a family with deep ties to the island. | Continue reading
Coastal roofing fails in ways that inland roofing doesn't. Not primarily from storm events — though those matter — but from the slow, continuous chemistry of salt-laden air working on every metal component in the system, every… | Continue reading
Snow and ice don't fail roofing systems the same way. This distinction — rarely made in material guides — is the most useful starting point for understanding what roofs actually need to perform in cold climates. | Continue reading
Alma Road Residence is a renovation and addition by Melbourne-based Studiofour, located in Camberwell in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The project works with an existing Victorian home, restoring its original proportions and ornate detailing while adding a new… | Continue reading
This exciting project incorporates and expands an existing traditional stone house with a new metal structure and a concrete flank wall that enhances privacy. The existing house was an example of a traditional stone makrynari, meaning a… | Continue reading
Located on an outer island on Georgian Bay, Double Island Cottage is a renovation and addition whose design is profoundly shaped by the site’s topography. The project reconciles disparate features to achieve a unified whole and further… | Continue reading
Empordà House is a 300-square-meter residence in the Empordà region of Girona, Spain, designed by Susanna Cots Interior Design. The project involved the restoration of a structure over 300 years old | Continue reading
In Montreal's Petit Laurier neighborhood, where rows of modest single-family houses define the neighborhood fabric, ShoeBox CHB offers a precise answer to a familiar challenge: how to expand a vernacular residence without disrupting its place in the… | Continue reading
Space House is the retrofit and extension of a Grade II listed brutalist complex in Covent Garden, designed by Squire & Partners for developer Seaforth Land and QuadReal Property Group. | Continue reading
There is no single best roofing material for hot climates. There is, however, a clear set of physical principles that determine which materials perform well in heat — and which ones fail ahead of schedule, raise cooling… | Continue reading
This Grade II listed house in the Holly Grove Conservation Area, Peckham has been reinvented with a new skin of tonal and textural variety. The property was completely renovated, upgrading its thermal performance, interior and services, while… | Continue reading
Hidden Residence is the expansion and refurbishment of a heritage-listed Victorian house in Neutral Bay on Sydney's lower north shore, designed by Luigi Rosselli Architects with interiors by Atelier Alwill and landscape by Dangar Barin Smith. | Continue reading
Oak Tree Cottage is a residential extension on the Isle of Wight, designed by local practice Mattinson Associates under principal Lindsay Mattinson. The project adds contemporary living space to a Tudor-inspired property | Continue reading
The Younghusband Woolstore Redevelopment is the adaptive reuse of a 1.57-hectare industrial precinct in Kensington, Melbourne's inner west, designed by Woods Bagot under the leadership of principal Peter Miglis. | Continue reading
Islington Stone House is a Grade II listed villa in the Barnsbury Conservation Area, Islington, extended and refurbished by Architecture for London — a London practice led by architects Amrit Marway and Alastair Selven | Continue reading
The Lilac House is the founding project of assemblage studio, a Montreal-based practice established in 2024 by architect Claudia Campeau. The project converts a 1924 duplex in the Villeray neighbourhood into a single-family home | Continue reading
Home Again is the second renovation of a 1950s terraced house in Prague's Břevnov district, carried out by Mimosa Architects — a Prague-based practice led by Petr Moráček, Jana Zoubková, and Pavel Matyska. | Continue reading
The commission arose from the client’s desire to transform a former pigsty, located in the historic center of Sasamón (Burgos), into a contemporary single-family home. | Continue reading
Barcelona is not a city of houses. It never really was. While other European cities grew outward through detached villas, terraced cottages, and suburban rows, Barcelona grew inward — thickening, layer by layer, within one of the… | Continue reading
Mr. Belvedere House is a remodel and addition to a 1940s single-family ranch in Northeast Seattle, designed by Linework Architecture — a Pacific Northwest practice co-founded by Ben Humphrey, who is also the project's owner and client. | Continue reading
Forest Hill House is the sensitive remodelling of a Victorian semi-detached house in south London, carried out by NOTO Architects for a chef and her young family. | Continue reading
Fisherman's House is the comprehensive rehabilitation of a century-old dwelling in Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava in Girona, carried out by Barcelona-based architects Bea Portabella and Jordi Pagès. | Continue reading
Most roofing failures are not accidents. They are predictable outcomes of decisions made weeks, months, or years before the leak appears — decisions about material selection, installation practices, ventilation design, and maintenance habits that compound quietly until… | Continue reading
A roof does not announce problems early. It absorbs damage quietly — a flashing seal that softens over two seasons, a blocked soffit vent that overheats shingles from below for three years, a small valley accumulation that… | Continue reading
Planed House is a residential renovation in south Devon, designed by NOTO Architects — a London-based practice founded in 2019 and recognized for its emphasis on craftsmanship, material intelligence, and the careful calibration of built interventions. | Continue reading
Los Gatos House is the renovation and reconfiguration of a midcentury modern residence in the wooded hills of Los Gatos, California, carried out by San Francisco-based Piechota Architecture. | Continue reading
Bluebonnet House is a single-family residence in North Vancouver, British Columbia, designed by Shelter Residential Design — the Vancouver-based practice led by principal Mark Simone. | Continue reading
Roof repair vs roof replacement is one of the most consequential decisions a property owner makes — and one of the most commonly made on incomplete information. | Continue reading
The number on a roofing warranty is not a prediction. It is a ceiling — the maximum lifespan the material can reach under ideal conditions. Knowing how long roofing systems last in real conditions requires a different… | Continue reading
Green House by Schwartz and Architecture is the renovation and expansion of a 1966 midcentury modern residence in the Palo Verde neighborhood of Palo Alto, California — originally designed by Aaron Green, Frank Lloyd Wright's West Coast… | Continue reading
Most people think a roof is the material they can see from the street. In reality, the visible surface is only one layer in a much larger system responsible for structure, moisture control, energy performance, and long-term… | Continue reading
Most roofing decisions are made in the wrong order. Material first, cost second, climate somewhere at the end — if at all. The result is a roof that looks acceptable on installation day and starts revealing its… | Continue reading
St George House is the extensive remodelling of a Victorian terraced house in Islington, North London, carried out by Paul Archer Design — an award-winning London practice founded in 1999 by director Paul Archer | Continue reading
House O is a 1,000-square-foot DADU (Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit) in Seattle, Washington, designed by Robert Hutchison Architecture in close collaboration with the client, Ken Tadashi Oshima — architectural historian at the University of Washington and a… | Continue reading
Island Villa is a private residence on Jumeirah Bay Island in Dubai, a man-made seahorse-shaped island off the coast of Jumeirah connected to the mainland by a 300-meter bridge. | Continue reading
São Paulo is, above all else, a city of apartments. While the houses of the Paulista School — the concrete volumes, the inward courtyards, the trees at the centre of the plan — represent the intellectual peak… | Continue reading
The entryway is the most consequential organizational zone in a family home — and the most consistently under-designed. Every object that enters the house passes through it first. | Continue reading
Whistler Panorama House occupies one of the last undeveloped lots in Whistler's Brio neighbourhood — a site that had remained untouched precisely because its conditions made construction so demanding. | Continue reading
White Gold House is a family weekend home in Whistler's White Gold neighbourhood, British Columbia, designed by Shelter Residential Design — a Vancouver-based practice led by principal Mark Simone. | Continue reading
Kulinarna Kamienica is a food hall occupying over 1,500 square meters across two connected buildings and three levels of the Wiedeńska Town House at Podgórna Street 11/13 in Poznań — an Art Nouveau tenement built at the… | Continue reading
Park Avenue Duplex is a full gut-renovation designed by Studio ST Architects, a woman-owned Manhattan practice founded by Esther Sperber and recognized since 2008 among Wallpaper's fifty hottest young architectural firms globally. | Continue reading
The kitchen is the room in the home with the highest concentration of hazards — heat, sharp objects, chemicals, heavy equipment, and hard surfaces all in close proximity. | Continue reading
How to make a small apartment kid-friendly is not about adding child-specific products to an existing layout. It is about designing the space so that children's needs | Continue reading
Wall paint is one of the most frequently overlooked decisions in family home design — and one of the most consequential for daily maintenance. The finish chosen at the point of painting determines whether marks wipe off… | Continue reading