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Mount Barker House

Mount Barker House is a minimalist residence located in Wānaka, New Zealand, designed by Nuku. Architecture that treats a site as a continuation rather than a blank slate has to reckon with what is already standing, and here that reckoning…
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F5: Amanda Martocchio Talks the Rockies, a Risom Stool + More

When Amanda Martocchio was 11 years old, and on a family outing to a museum, she began to sketch a work by Spanish Baroque painter Murillo when a crowd quickly gathered to watch her. “It was then that I realized…
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An Architect’s Own Home and the Journey of Designing and Building It Himself (House Tour)

An architect’s own home and the journey of designing and building it himself is often an opportunity to test ideas, challenge conventions and create a personal response to place. For Lachlan McArdle, director of Lande Architects, Hawksburn House represents exactly…
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The Titular Green Box at the Heart of This Greek Home

Bookshelves became hallmark backdrops during the pandemic when students and academics were cast off into the virtual realm for lectures. Receding into the flat space of digital grids, these libraries often served more as wallpaper for the person gesticulating in…
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Katonah House

Katonah House is a minimalist residential renovation located in Katonah, NY, designed by TBo. The project’s central challenge was not the 4,600-square-foot structure itself but the accumulated damage of well-intentioned additions. A mid-century house built in the early 1970s with…
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Single-Story Villa

Single-Story Villa is a minimalist residential renovation located in Montézillon, Switzerland, designed by Noue Studio. The 1983 single-story villa arrives at Noue Studio as a proposition rather than a problem – its existing structure not a constraint to work around…
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Inside a Sydney Family Home Designed to Feel Like a Coastal Retreat

Inside a Sydney family home designed to feel like a coastal retreat, robust architectural expression is balanced with a relaxed atmosphere, creating a home that feels connected to its surroundings while offering a welcome sense of escape from everyday life.…
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F5: Xiao Lin Talks a Stone Seal, Mala Bracelet, Incense + More

Xiao Lin spent her formative years in the United States and China, and some of her most cherished memories are those rooted in place, from the front door of the family home to the rooms inside. “I remember the kitchen…
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Inside a Hidden Sydney Modern Sanctuary (House Tour)

Inside a hidden Sydney modern sanctuary, House Within by Panov—Scott reimagines an existing childhood home as a private, light-filled retreat embedded within a walled garden. Located in Sydney, the home is shaped by a considered balance between enclosure and openness,…
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House with Reflective Furniture

House with Reflective Furniture is a minimalist apartment renovation located in Rome, Italy, designed by set architects. The challenge confronting Set Architects in Rome’s Nomentano district was a familiar one in the city’s older residential stock: an early 20th-century apartment…
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This Restaurant in Atlanta Celebrates Italian Cuisine and Culture

Italian food is unlike any other, and when it’s shared with others, it is savored even more. The cuisine is so special that UNESCO designated it as an intangible cultural heritage, recognizing not only the cuisine but also the conviviality…
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An Architect’s Own Black Cabin Hidden in the Idaho Woods (Cabin Tour)

An architect’s own black cabin hidden in the Idaho woods is a deeply personal exploration of architecture, landscape and retreat. Located in McCall, Idaho, Overlook by Altruist emerges from within Ponderosa pines as a striking yet sensitive response to its…
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Skylark

Skylark is a minimalist family residence located in Shropshire, United Kingdom, designed by House Of EM. The project arrives at an interesting moment for British residential architecture – a new practice staking its debut on a home that tries to…
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SONO

SONO is a minimalist residence located in Wentworth-North, Quebec, Canada, designed by Atelier Carle. The brief arrived with an unusual social constraint. Two friends wanted to share a secondary home in the Laurentian landscape without surrendering their independence – a…
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Hartley House

The Hartley House is a minimalist residence by the London-based architecture practice, THISS Studio. Set within a Victorian terraced home in East London, the project reworks the ground floor to introduce a greater sense of openness and light, transforming what…
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FELT’s Home for Life Centers Dignity in Ageing-in-Place Design

As populations continue to age globally, architecture is increasingly confronted with a difficult question: how can homes support physical accessibility without reducing later life to a purely clinical condition? Too often, housing designed for aging prioritizes utility at the expense…
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F5: Tryggvi Thorsteinsson on His Family, Moss on Lava Fields, Natural Light + More

As a young man in Iceland Tryggvi Thorsteinsson worked in construction, which shaped his view of his eventual profession. “Everything had to be imported so nothing was wasted, and that mindset stayed with me,” he says. “Architecture became an extension…
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This Milan Apartment Was Reimagined as a Versatile Urban Landscape

Our homes are changing fast all the while being asked to accommodate more and more functions. The same space used during the day as an office or playroom can moonlight as a lounge or sleeping chamber. When tasked with the…