Introduction to Meraki House and Studios When it comes to designing a place of retreat, few projects balance elemental honesty and immersive hospitality. With its rugged concrete skeleton, Meraki House and Studios by Sigurd Larsen does just that. Perched in the heart of Crete’s central mountains, the studios and a neighboring house are equal parts…
Introduction to Nogal House In a semi-rural pocket of Toluca, Mexico, a city perched at altitude and famed for its colonial fabric, Escobedo Soliz’s Nogal House stands as a concrete contradiction: both spare and generous, industrial and warm, modest and monumental. The project may not flaunt ornate ironwork or tiled rooftops, but its strength lies…
Introduction to Casa Azzurra Casa Azzurra, a newly built architectural retreat in Joshua Tree, challenges traditional notions of the desert home, offering a spatial experience rooted in memory, place, and sensorial immersion. Designed by Mirtilla Alliata di Montereale — an Italian architect raised in Hawaii and trained at SCI-Arc — the project is deeply personal….
Introduction to The Frick Collection’s Restoration Nearly five years after shuttering for its most extensive renovation in nearly a century, the gallery lights are back on at The Frick Collection in New York. Led by Selldorf Architects, a firm known for its sensitive restoration works, the project is subtle, graceful, and designed to last for…
Women’s Leadership Center to take root in Williams Bay Studio Gang, a visionary architecture practice led by Jeanne Gang, and Lincoln Road Enterprises, a philanthropic force behind women’s leadership advancement, have joined forces to create the Women’s Leadership Center in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. This 24,000-square-foot retreat and cultural campus, slated to open in 2026, is…
Introduction to IEIE Residence MASA Architects completes IEIE in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, a project that integrates residential and professional spaces within a single structure. Designed for a couple who hosts piano lessons, IEIE incorporates multiple house-shaped volumes within a larger architectural composition. The structure evokes an abstract streetscape, where shifting light and layered…
Nakano House: Brutalism on a Feline Scale Suzuko Yamada Architects’ Nakano House isn’t so much built as it is carefully wedged into a 26-square-meter pocket of Tokyo. Despite its compact footprint, this Brutalist dwelling makes a surprisingly grand statement. Designed for a couple and their two cats, the house treats architecture less as a set…
