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Global Residences

Daily curated private home designs from visionary architects around the world. From cliff-side retreats to urban micro-apartments, we explore the full spectrum of contemporary residential architecture.

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Casa Vista: A Cliff-Side Dwelling Redefining Coastal Architecture in Oaxaca

Perched dramatically on the cliffs of Puerto Escondido, this residence by Taller de Arquitectura X merges brutalist concrete forms with traditional Mexican craftsmanship.

Helena Marsh8 min read

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From Storage Unit to Sanctuary: A 28-Square-Meter Tokyo Apartment Reinvented

Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa transforms an impossibly compact Tokyo apartment into a masterclass of spatial efficiency and serene minimalism.

Yuki Tanaka6 min read

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Engadin Retreat: A Minimalist Timber Cabin Carved Into the Swiss Alps

Buchner Architects realizes a 110-square-meter alpine sanctuary that reconciles radical simplicity with the practical demands of high-altitude living.

Lena Brügger8 min read

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Cliff Edge House: A Cantilevered Residence on Victoria's Rugged Coastline

Architects' Directory finalist Studio Fenton completes a steel-and-glass residence that hovers above the Southern Ocean on Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

Olivia Hartwell9 min read

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Restoring Ribeira: A 19th-Century Porto Warehouse Becomes a Contemporary Home

Architecture practice Space & Matter transforms a dilapidated warehouse in Porto's UNESCO-listed Ribeira district into a light-filled family residence.

Tomás Almeida10 min read

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A Kyoto Machiya Reborn: Weaving Contemporary Life Into a Century-Old Townhouse

Architect Akihisa Hirata reimagines a deteriorating Nishijin machiya as a residence and textile studio, preserving the building's spatial DNA while introducing modern comfort.

Kaori Yamamoto9 min read

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Casa Tijolo: A Contemporary Meditation on Brazilian Modernist Brick Traditions

Architecture office Arqbr revisits the material vocabulary of Niemeyer and Artigas with a São Paulo residence that explores brick's structural and sculptural possibilities.

Lucas Pereira8 min read

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Villa Sognefjord: A Glass Pavilion Hovering Above Norway's Deepest Waters

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter completes a low-slung residence on Norway's Sognefjord that uses engineered timber and structural glass to dissolve the boundary between interior and landscape.

Ingrid Solberg8 min read

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Riad Amani: Restoring a Marrakech Courtyard House for Contemporary Life

Studio KO revitalizes a nineteenth-century riad in Marrakech's medina, balancing traditional Moroccan craftsmanship with contemporary comfort and quiet luxury.

Nadia Belkacem9 min read