Openspace Architecture pairs concrete, glass, and meticulously detailed woodwork in a West Coast modern home designed to disappear into its forested surroundings You wouldn’t think a 7,000-square-foot West Coast modern home would settle in so perfectly on a historical site above the West Vancouver oceanfront. But Openspace Architecture made sure of it, relying on an ultra-minimal material palette

Armentano Arquitetura pairs a precise metal-and-glass structure with a planted façade that will continue to transform the Italian furniture brand’s São Paulo home For Paola Lenti’s São Paulo flagship, Armentano Arquitetura (AARQ) designed a building that knows when to recede. Wrapped in glass, dark metal, and a growing veil of vegetation, the three-story showroom acts less like a conventional reta

Nina and Michael Marco spent six years reconstructing the 1955 Biggs Residence, preserving Rudolph’s tropical modernist vision while bringing the Delray Beach home up to contemporary standards Most home renovations begin with a brief. However, this 1955 Paul Rudolph original, located in Delray Beach, Florida, began with a discovery. When Nina and Michael Marco of Casa de Marco Design purchased the

Charred cedar gives Milo House a bark-like exterior that settles into its wooded Vermont hillside The charred cedar cladding on the Milo House, in Cornwall, Vermont, has been brushed once after its flame treatment, a step that softens the soot layer and exposes the grain still visible beneath the char. Architect Elizabeth Herrmann, of Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design , chose the finish, ca

The MAWD cofounder looks to landscapes, architecture, and the character of a place to shape spaces that feel like they belong When Elliot March was a student at the University of Edinburgh, a chance meeting led to a successful partnership. “James White and I were late to the same class,” he says. “We immediately connected over a shared curiosity about architecture and design.” Early in their caree

Designed by PlayLab, Laneige’s Seoul flagship scales up personalized beauty with interactive installations and bold architectural gestures Laneige’s Seoul flagship is more than a conventional beauty store. Across four floors, oversized architectural installations transform the Korean skincare brand’s bespoke services into physical experiences, while a sculptural red tube spirals from the lobby thr

Designed by F.O.G. Architecture, the new Crosby Street destination brings beauty, fragrance, hospitality, and a hidden garden together through light and sensory experience Beauty retail increasingly asks stores to do more than simply display products. At a new SoHo concept from Outside In and Nature of Things , shopping is only one part of the program: Makeup and skincare share an address with fra

Appareil Architecture works within a familiar Montreal housing typology, using sightlines, circulation, and a carefully considered extension to create a more open way of living Evey sits in Montreal’s dense residential Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood, on a lot adjacent to a green alley where, as Appareil Architecture describes it, “everyday activities intersect with the more discreet presence o

Inside SPOOK, faceted acoustic forms, deep blue surfaces, and salvaged details transform a legendary rave room without erasing its history For club owners—or anyone with unusually loud neighbors—keeping sound contained can be a necessity. But completely eliminating unwanted sound is notoriously difficult. Spaces designed to absorb virtually all sound reflections, known as dead rooms, require speci

A gut renovation returns a New York apartment to its original two-bedroom layout, making room for natural light, quiet materials, and custom furnishings New York’s historic Gramercy Park neighborhood may be known for its private park, but inside one nearby apartment, openness and sunlight were in short supply. Studio Rosenthal was tasked with changing that. Originally built as a two-bedroom, the h

Designed by Bergman Vass with Asher Slaunwhite + Partners, the New Jersey home pairs a refined, minimalist aesthetic with the practical demands of raising five active children Some NFL quarterbacks choose to spend their fortune in a wildly ostentatious fashion, buying private jets, yachts, $300,000 watches, or flashy supercars. Joe Flacco, 2013 Super Bowl MVP with the Baltimore Ravens and current

At Moment, APOLLO Architects & Associates uses six-foot-deep eaves and a perimeter wall to balance privacy, shelter, and openness on a sloping site The eaves at Moment project six feet from the wall line and run unbroken around all four sides of the house, a depth carried by a two-story timber frame on a hillside site in Sakai City, Osaka. Satoshi Kurosaki of APOLLO Architects & Associates designe