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Casa LC by MZ Arquitectos, Photo Arch. Gonzalo Viramonte MZ Arquitectos developed Casa LC from the difficulties of its site rather than from a predetermined formal idea. Located in the Jardín Inglés neighborhood of Valle Escondido, Córdoba, the 360-square-meter residence occupies an irregular corner plot with a level change of more than 1.80 meters.

Photo credit: © Anna Maya Anna Maya approaches furniture as a study of movement with Ginga, a modular sofa presented at Salone del Mobile.Milano within the Brazilian Furniture space promoted by Abimóvel and ApexBrasil. The project takes its name from the continuous swaying motion that forms the basis of capoeira, turning a physical rhythm into a system of seating that changes according to space, use, and arrangement. FURNITURE In capoeira, ginga keeps the body active and alert.

Shared Ground by Aristides Dallas Architects, Photo credit: Konstantinos Tsilivis Greek villages have never functioned as collections of isolated buildings. They evolved through time, adapting to terrain, climate, and the changing needs of the communities that inhabited them. Streets followed the contours of the land, homes gathered around shared spaces, and architecture developed through gradual additions instead of predetermined masterplans.

IDEE Architects Hidden Spa, Photo credit: Trieu Chien IDEE Architects approaches Hidden Spa – Water Hope with remarkable restraint. Located among the coastal sand dunes of Bãi Dài in Cam Ranh, Vietnam, the 3,000-square-meter wellness complex avoids the visual language commonly associated with luxury hospitality.

Photo credit: Carazo Arquitectura Carazo Arquitectura proposes a different model for dense residential development with LTR1, a 60,265-square-meter mixed-use project in Nuevo Cuscatlán, within the metropolitan area of San Salvador. The unbuilt scheme combines more than 400 middle-income homes with retail, gastronomy, coworking, wellness facilities, gardens, and public space.

©Stéphane Aboudaram – WEARECONTENTS Atelier Stéphane Fernandez approaches Domaine Bel Air as an act of extension instead of insertion. Located near Aix-en-Provence, the project introduces four single-storey villas into a protected estate shaped by an 18th-century bastide, a formal French garden, an olive grove and distant views towards Montagne Sainte-Victoire. The architects use the existing topography, vegetation and historic organization to determine the position and form of every new volume.

Pous D’Alpago Schoole, Ph: Gustav Willet Facchinelli, Daboit and Saviane designed the new lower secondary school in Puos d’Alpago as both an educational building and a shared civic facility. Located in the province of Belluno, the 2024 project uses a compact horizontal volume to define a sheltered public space beneath it, creating a direct connection between the school, its surrounding terrain and the wider community.

Woods Retreat by BE_Design, Photo: Simon Howell Woods Retreat sits within a wooded site in Springs, New York, where BE_Design has created a compact sanctuary for meditation, kundalini yoga, sauna rituals, and ice bathing. Designed for a teacher who hosts instruction, the 600-square-foot building uses a restrained footprint to support breathwork, stillness, movement, and overnight stays. HOUSING The project reinterprets the familiar A-frame through a more deliberate spatial and symbolic approach.

Wave 4 & Wave 5 by FAAB, Photo: Jakub Certowicz Located 400 meters from the Baltic Sea, Wave 4 and Wave 5 complete another stage of the ECR Health Care Complex in Sopot. Designed by Warsaw-based studio FAAB, the two buildings support patients before and after medical procedures while expanding the campus with rehabilitation facilities, supervised accommodation, and public amenities.

Casa Gruta by Salvador Román and Adela Mortera, Photo credit: Fabian Martinez Salvador Román and Adela Mortera design Casa Gruta in Valladolid, Yucatán, as a residence shaped by the spatial memory of caves, grottos and cenotes. Located in the Sisal neighborhood, the house uses scale, materiality, light and shadow to create the feeling of an inhabitable refuge, somewhere between architecture and sculpture. HOUSING The project responds directly to its context.