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
The sofa is the most used piece of furniture in a family home — and the one where fabric selection makes the most consequential difference between a piece that holds up and one that deteriorates visibly within… | Continue reading
Kokkiri Korean Street Food is a compact rice dog eatery in El Raval, Barcelona, designed by local studio PPT Interiorismo. The venue occupies a small unit on Carrer dels Tallers and introduces a South Korean street food… | Continue reading
The Old Sty is the first completed building within a long-term masterplan for a Grade II listed rural estate in Somerset, designed by London Atelier. | Continue reading
GAL Apartment is a renovation and volumetric extension project developed by Sardarch, the Cagliari-based architectural cooperative. | Continue reading
The assumption that family homes must sacrifice style for practicality is one of the most persistent myths in residential design. It produces homes that look apologetic — spaces that feel like they are bracing for impact rather… | Continue reading
Maison de la Coulée Douce is a multi-generational residence built in the forested landscape of Sutton, Quebec, designed through a collaboration between interior design studio La Nony FAMILI and architectural designer Le Local Design. | Continue reading
Dollhouse Loft is a residential renewal in Leslieville, Toronto's east end, designed by StudioAC — Studio for Architecture & Collaboration — led by Andrew Hill and Jennifer Kudlats. | Continue reading
Ørsted Office is the third interior completed by Workplace Research & Design Studio for the Danish energy company within the Varso II building in Warsaw — bringing the total area designed by the studio for Ørsted in… | Continue reading
BRU Apartment is a residential renovation carried out by Sardarch, an architectural practice and research cooperative based in Cagliari, Sardinia, founded as a spin-off of the University of Cagliari. | Continue reading
When homeowners begin thinking through Seattle home addition rules, the conversation usually starts in the wrong place. Space, layout, finishes, and budget tend to dominate early discussions, while the regulatory framework that will ultimately shape what can… | Continue reading
Gregory House is a 2,165-square-foot single-family residence in Wilmette, Illinois, designed by Chicago-based Searl Lamaster Howe Architects, with Greg Howe as principal in charge and Ronald Dapsis as project architect. | Continue reading
House X is a weekend retreat for a family of four, located near Valdemorillo, a municipality approximately 30 kilometers north-west of Madrid, within the Serranía de Cuenca nature preserve. | Continue reading
San Si Restaurant is a new dining venue in Moscow designed by S+S (Sundukovy Sisters) Design & Architecture Studio, a practice founded in 2004 by twin sisters Ira and Olya Sundukovy. | Continue reading
Rising 63 storeys in the Quartier des Gares district of downtown Montreal, 900 Saint-Jacques is a mixed-use residential tower designed by Chevalier Morales in collaboration with Brian Elsden Burrows, Architect – Le Groupe Architex | Continue reading
The City Tech Pearl Building is a 17,000 sq ft (1,580 m²) adaptive reuse renovation of the third floor of a six-story academic building at New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) in downtown Brooklyn, designed by… | Continue reading
Completed in 2026 on a private forested estate in central Ukraine, Under the Reed Roof Guesthouses are three identical 50 m² (538 sq ft) structures designed by YOD Group — the Kyiv-based architecture and design studio founded… | Continue reading
Completed in 2023, Brew House is a 240 m² (2,583 sq ft) mixed-use residence on a 500 m² suburban lot in Quito, Ecuador, designed by Studio Alfa under lead architect Patricio Caamaño, with collaborators Juan Pablo Jiménez… | Continue reading
The Off-Grid Coastal Retreat is a 967 sq ft (89 m²) renovation and expansion of an existing cabin on a rocky knoll in Egmont, British Columbia, overlooking Jervis Inlet on the Sunshine Coast. | Continue reading
Located at the end of the garden of a Grade II listed Victorian terraced house on the Walcot Estate in Lambeth, London's Smallest Music Studio is a compact garden structure designed by Paul Archer Design for Sue… | Continue reading
The Surry Hills NoMad Apartment is a three-bedroom interior alteration within a low-rise concrete tower in Surry Hills, Sydney, designed by Alexander &CO., the practice founded by Jeremy Bull and based in Bondi Junction. | Continue reading
Completed between 2022 and 2025, the Cullinan Sky Garden is a 24,000 sq ft (2,230 m²) clubhouse and garden spanning the 30th and 31st floors of Cullinan Sky, a residential development by Sun Hung Kai Properties at… | Continue reading
Floating Corners is a ground-floor side and rear extension to a semi-detached Victorian property in Telegraph Hill, southeast London, designed by MEA Studio — a RIBA Chartered practice led by founding director Megan Ebanks and based in… | Continue reading
Completed in July 2020, Akoya Apartments is a 332,000 sq ft (30,844 m²), 12-story mixed-use development at 1430 NW Hoyt Street in Portland's Pearl District, designed by SERA Architects with landscape by Lango Hansen. | Continue reading
São Paulo is not a beautiful city in the conventional sense. It has no dramatic coastline, no historic centre preserved intact, no single image that defines it for the outside world. | Continue reading