Residential architecture

TAJIMI HOUSE is a two-story residence of reinforced concrete bearing-wall construction in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. A large retaining wall stands close to the western side of the site, while expansive views open toward the other three directions. The design seeks to bring the surrounding landscape and distant mountain views into everyday life while maintaining a sense of privacy. Kohei Koishi Kohei Koishi Kohei Koishi To achieve this balance, the ground floor presents a quiet, enclosed facade toward the road, finished with natural timber. In contrast, the upper floor opens toward the distant landscape through carefully positioned windows and vertical timber louvers. Kohei Koishi Kohei Koishi Kohei Koishi... More

Designing a Private Residence for Family LivingThis contemporary residence interior in Heraklion, Crete explores the relationship between light, materiality and everyday living. Designed for a family of four, the house brings together spaces for gathering, interaction and retreat. Shared family life coexists with privacy, creating an environment that supports different rhythms and moments throughout the day. A Cohesive Architectural LanguageThe design does not seek visual spectacle or formal expression. Instead, it focuses on shaping an environment that unfolds through movement, light and material presence. A consistent architectural language connects every part of the residence and brings the individual spaces together into a unified whol... More

Conventional residential subdivisions across Southeast Asia frequently prioritize mass earthmoving, clearing natural hydrology and productive soil to install rigid asphalt grids and high-density concrete housing. Harvest Communities presents an alternative masterplan model designed by The Room Architecture and Design, structuring residential expansion around preserved farmland, productive agricultural parcels, and natural contours. The plan prioritizes long-term operational efficiency and resource conservation by integrating living environments into an active agricultural landscape rather than displacing it. Built interventions sit lightly on the terrain, ensuring that natural water channels, soil microbiomes, and agricultural yields remain... More

A Victorian Side Return Extension Enhanced by Slim Pivot Doors Located within a traditional Victorian terrace in South London, Ravensdon Street demonstrates how contemporary glazing solutions can transform existing homes through light, openness and a stronger connection to outdoor space. The project centred on the creation of a side return extension that reconfigured the property's layout, creating a larger kitchen and dining area while establishing a direct relationship between the interior and garden. A pair of bespoke aluminium pivot doors supplied by IQ Glass became the defining architectural feature of the extension, providing expansive views, generous access to the garden and a refined contemporary aesthetic that complements both th... More

Mountain Retreat Villa is a contemporary luxury residence conceived for a steep, forested mountain setting, where architecture and landscape are carefully integrated to create a private retreat immersed in nature. The design is organized as a series of interconnected volumes that follow the natural topography of the site, minimizing the visual impact of the building while maximizing panoramic views toward the surrounding forest and mountainous landscape. The stepped configuration creates multiple terraces and outdoor spaces, allowing different areas of the residence to maintain a direct relationship with the surrounding environment. Mehdi Nasiri , Pariya Hendi Mehdi Nasiri , Pariya Hendi Mehdi Nasiri , Pariya Hendi The arch... More

La Ceiba House is a four-bedroom residence set within La Ceiba Golf Club in Mérida, Yucatán. Developed in collaboration with Sauning Studio, the design is organized around an open-air living concept that blurs the boundaries between interior rooms, terraces, gardens and the pool. FORMM Creative Group Minimal architecture provides a calm frame for the lush surroundings. A full-height glazed rear facade creates visual and physical continuity across the house, while each principal space is oriented toward direct views of and access to the landscape. Shared areas are arranged to encourage interaction without losing the privacy of the bedroom zones. FORMM Creative Group FORMM contributed to the design development throug... More

Commissioned in 2018, INSADA Integrated Design Team was appointed to develop the architecture and interior design for Savasa, a compact residential development in Cikarang, West Java, in collaboration with Japanese developer Panahome. The project sought to demonstrate how thoughtful planning, sustainable design strategies, and efficient construction methods could elevate the quality of compact housing for modern Indonesian families. Savasa comprises two residential typologies. The first occupies a 6 × 11 meter plot with a total built area of 62 square meters over two storeys, while the second sits on a 7 × 12 meter plot with 72 square meters of built area. Despite their modest footprints, both homes were designed to provide gen... More

De Maasbode is a unique, 70-metre-tall residential tower in the centre of Rotterdam. It is the first residential tower to offer a social living environment for families in the city centre through the stacking of residential streets featuring three-storey family homes: a Family Scraper. Filip Dujardin Situated at the border between the dynamic high-rise zone and a mixed-use 19th-century residential neighbourhood, the building forms a striking, urban residential sculpture situated next to a green playground with schools and amenities. The lively plinth and monumental entrance street provide space for socialising and open invitingly to the surrounding area. Filip Dujardin De Maasbode celebrates Rotterdam’s post-war reconstruc... More

Between the pastel façades and cobbled gradients of De Waterkant, Loader Street remains one of Cape Town’s most disciplined urban rooms — a place where history lingers in thresholds, textures, and domestic scale. Within this compact fabric, SALT Architects’ intervention on a narrow, tapering site reveals how architecture might engage with the idea of continuity not as mimicry, but as measured reinvention. The original dwelling, worn by decades of incremental alteration, had lost the clarity of its proportions and the depth of its relationship to light. SALT’s response was one of careful subtraction and calibrated insertion. Only the original street-facing façade — a modest but dignified fragment... More

White Breakers is a black clad, retrofitted, single storey property, located within a dark skies section of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, facing the Irish Sea. The refurbishment of the family home sought to radically improve the energy efficiency of the original house and prioritise a low carbon footprint throughout both construction and eventual habitation. The house was also carefully designed to be as stealthy as possible - and nature friendly, including the installation of a bat box and swift box to the ends of the building. The interior of the home is the absolute opposite in treatment: light, white and bright with expansive, sliding, timber-framed glazing, opening onto a rear terrace and panoramic sea views, offering maximum... More

Cube House System is a compact modular housing proposal developed for the competition promoted by Nomura Koumuten in Japan. The project explores a simple and flexible residential model, designed around the idea of a small but generous home for contemporary living. Sandro Gravili The house is organized as a clear timber frame volume, using a construction system connected to Nomura Koumuten’s wooden building technology. Its compact footprint is balanced by a double-height living room, which becomes the central space of the house and brings natural light deep into the interior. Sandro Gravili The internal layout is based on traditional Japanese tatami proportions, used as a modular reference for the organization of the rooms.... More

In a Swiss village just beyond the picturesque city of St. Gallen, Kit Architects has reinterpreted local vernacular with Tower House: a family home for four built from prefabricated timber and assembled onsite in just three days. The architects explain that the three-storey home demonstrates "how industrialised construction can enable resource-conscious and high-performance residential architecture." The result, contemporary in form and environmentally conscious in construction, sits in perfect harmony with the surrounding built landscape. Till Forrer     Till Forrer ❌︎ Remove Applied Products block will be inserted here     Location  The building is located on a triangular site at... More

Bedford Stuyvesant Townhouse is the result of a synergistic collaboration with an artist family, integrating their creative direction into our thoughtful renovation of their traditional Brooklyn brownstone. Alan Tansey We centered our client’s artistic visions to realize a functional, yet expressive interior for their work and life.  Guided by rich color choices of cobalt blues, emerald greens, and ochre, we selected materials and finishes that created continuous dialog between these palettes throughout the home. A soapstone kitchen features blue millwork cabinets, anchoring the open kitchen-dining area, whose refurbished wood floors evoke a sense of family-friendly un-preciousness.   Alan Tansey We refreshed the... More

Located in the mountains of Mar Vista, Guanacaste, Casa Vista Encantada is a residential project composed of a main house and a guest house, organized as a direct response to the site’s elongated topography. The project adopts a linear configuration that follows the natural contours of the terrain, allowing each space to establish a specific relationship with the surrounding landscape. This spatial strategy generates a sequence of views and transitions, reinforcing the connection between interior and exterior environments. Fernando Alda Fernando Alda A central component of the project is its roof system, designed as an integrated environmental strategy. The sloped roofs enable controlled rainwater collection, which is comb... More