RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS - Apartment Interiors

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has revealed the design for its latest project, The Delmore, an ultra-luxury residential development located in Miami’s Billionaire’s Triangle. Positioned on the oceanfront in the Town of Surfside, this boutique condominium marks a significant architectural addition to Miami’s skyline and represents DAMAC International’s first foray into the U...

This phase more than doubled the size of the initial development, which opened in 2016, to form a vibrant community of over 1,800 households with access to over 40 acres (16 hectares) of gracious public gardens, terraces, and recreational spaces on the ground and in the sky, which is going to fully interpret the positive impact and role of architectural space on communit...

The Bulnesia tower will be located in Distrito Perseverancia in Paraguay's capital, Asunción, and will contain apartments as well as street-level restaurants and shops. Developed by local company Grupo La Perseverancia and designed by Estudio AMA, the tower's design focuses on social connection, according to the team. Renders show a tower wrapped in a gridded, concrete...

Located in Zicatela, Oaxaca, on the southwest coast of Mexico, within the conurbation of Puerto Escondido, this building stood in a place of high tourist demand and was ideal for recreation. With a population of 45,000 inhabitants, this city stood out for its recreational and surfing beaches, its gastronomy, its orography, its vernacular architecture, and its bohemian ch...

Building codes are a set of rules and specifications that outline the minimal criteria for the planning, building, occupying, and maintaining of buildings and other structures. Governments at different levels, such as local, state, or national governments, enact building regulations to guarantee the welfare, health, and safety of the tenants and the general public. Build...

One of the towers will house residential apartments while the taller one will have workplaces, with both designed to be flexible and adaptable for different residential and office layouts. The two towers, the tallest of which will measure 120 metres, will surround a low-rise community pavilion at the centre of the 10,000-square-metre development. This will house a vari...

Faced with a cramped configuration and decrepit building services, Heilman completely overhauled the space using glass partitions, internal windows and raised platforms to create interlinked living and working areas to establish a sense of spaciousness and enhance natural light. Embracing a modernist ethos of clean, functional elegance based on a monochromatic white pale...

Designed from the outside in, YCON features a frontage consisting of outdoor rooms, alternating with staggered stacked gardens. This vertical landscape forms a new, green eye- catcher from the surrounding streets and canals, and creates an environment suited to future-proof living in the city. "The mix of green spaces entices residents to shift their focus from within ...

BIRI Arquitetura takes over the semi-duplex renovation of the Governador Juscelino Kubitschek housing complex in Brazil. The complex, originally designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1951, comprises a ground-floor commercial area and two prominent residential towers, adding character to the Belo Horizonte skyline, offering a total of 1086 apartments. In 2022, the JK bu...

At a time when housing supply is increasingly fraught and infill targets are falling well behind, it is refreshing to encounter a project that is both modest and efficient, delivering a high yield and increasing diversity without really imposing itself in any way. In fact, this building feels so logical and straightforward that it could have been here for decades. That t...

The flat was in a bad condition, after many years of poor maintenance, with outdated facilities and structural pathologies that had worsened over the years, and a very unfortunate distribution, with a long corridor that widened creating a space with no defined use, two interior rooms with no natural lighting or ventilation, and one room accessed through another. The prop...

In a country where the traces of the recent economic crisis can also be read in the alleyways of the historic city, where once prestigious buildings now dilapidated or abandoned still witness vanished glories, property developer Molonglo has for some time been engaged in the restoration of these “modern ruins”, envisioning a new function for them as dwellings available f...

At 93 storeys and 1,066 feet (325 metres) tall, the supertall skyscraper topped out in March 2023, but the intricate cladding of its exterior was only recently completed. The skyscraper features blackened stainless panels running from the top of the tower towards the bottom, where it meets the preserved, historic Dimes Savings Bank, which has been integrated into the to...

In Barcelona’s vibrant Eixample district, Spanish practice LAMA studio has transformed an historical commercial premise into a modern, light infused residence. The CASTILLEJOS conversion project breathes new life into the structure’s ground floor to create a loft apartment that blends contemporary aesthetics with the city’s rich architectural heritage. Covering a surface...

The kitchen, however, was dark and segregated from the rest of the home. Another key issue was a narrow passageway existing in the hallway, only 78 cm wide. This turned out to be emerging from the structure of the apartment, comprised of three parallel concrete walls: two of them formed the extremities of the apartment, and the other one goes across its center, dividing ...

On one hand, a tiny space is found for the baby's room in the living room, with a folding wall to be able to use the space when the baby is awake, or when he needs more space to play. This partition wall is covered with mirrors to disappear and increase the feeling of space. On the other hand, the kitchen is opened to the living room, for a more modern way of living, al...

Located 3 km from Parque Estadual do Monge, in the city of Lapa/PR, the project sought since its conception to enhance the privileged horizon of nature. Sky, rock and vegetation extend to the east of the site, these elements were the starting point to create the atmosphere that was intended to inhabit the building. The verticality of the openings, in counterpoint with t...

Forest Park House, set in a leafy part of Queens, New York, paints an idyllic picture of city living. The four-storey townhouse, designed by the architect Javier Robles, and purchased by the clients a decade ago, has undergone a complete top-to-bottom renovation with only the outside perimeter walls untouched. Expanded to include an excavated basement, which enabled he...

Articulated around a spatial device combining pure geometries, tension between spaces and rhythmic sequences are the characteristic features of a flat in the centre of Milan, recently renovated by studio Llabb Architettura. The 60 square metre space is meant to be explored: constantly transforming, it features sliding panels that hide or show rooms according to the needs...

They implemented this idea in a high-rise apartment in the central area of Shenzhen. The owner of the apartment has a dual identity of being an artist and a successful entrepreneur in the medical field. In her ideal world, she imagined the apartment is a flexible space that not only meets the needs of the team working, but also a place for business gatherings and enterta...

The master plan aimed to break through the existing barrier between these two zones, in order to link the different contexts in one gesture . The site is largely car-free and has been made accessible for pedestrians and cyclists at several places. The whole consists of two blocks of terraced houses adjacent to the residential area, two blocks in the inner area and one e...

The project includes a 6,830 sq m exclusive Club House, lush gardens with art exhibitions, and sports amenities. The development offers apartments ranging from simplex 690 sq m to 1,640 sq m for the duplex penthouses, with every apartment satisfying 100% compliance with Vastu planning, a traditional Indian design principle, catered to the local market demand. The projec...

Nestled in the affluent neighbourhood of Janakpuri, Delhi, this contemporary urban residence features modish design details that constantly outshine each other as they settle into a plush definition of exalted luxury. It boasts a magnificent curation of evergreen elements interpreting an eclectic theme of tastes and stipulations in different parts of the house. Adhering...

The Grade II-listed building, designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger, originally opened in 1972 to provide social housing for the neighbourhood of Kensal Rise but has since become a landmark of brutalist architecture thanks to its distinctive lift tower. Peter Heimer and Buchholzberlin have renovated a Trellick Tower flat The renovation works were carried out in a privat...

Called Alberni by Kengo Kuma, the 43-storey residential skyscraper by Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA) is located in downtown Vancouver, near the waterfront in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood. Its curved structure has a massing that arches away from the street as it rises and straightens out near the top. The studio described this form as "Boolean scoops", which were incl...

Mathieu Lehanneur has debuted a selection of never-before-seen works as part of a pied-à-terre at Selene New York, with a series of collectible furniture designs also created especially for the project. It is the latest chapter for Selene New York. Launched in 2022, the space in midtown Manhattan, designed by Foster + Partners and William T Georgis, provides a sun-lit h...

The original loft was opened up with a set of four modern arcs that turn the old and dreary interior into a modern apartment full of natural light. A wall of glass adds to this visual appeal with the open living area, dining room and kitchen on the lower level and the bedrooms above. Beyond this one finds the rooftop terrace that offers a private and lovely refuge amidst...

When tasked with an apartment renovation, an architect is rarely afforded the opportunity to make significant spatial transformations. Limited by the base building’s structure, location of services and plan configuration, often a designer will be cornered into an approach that relies on furnishing the space with bespoke cabinetry and new material finishes, fixtures and f...

The development's prime location provides residents with easy access to amenities in the city centre, making it highly desirable. The development combines two smaller plots to create a spacious Gross Floor Area of 22,579 sq m, with a total of 319 residential units. The development boasts six 12-story residential towers elevated 11 meters above ground, forming a unique w...

The Pujades 141 Apartment in Barcelona is one such tiny space that was revamped and given a fresh, new lease of life by Aramé Studio by turning to an open floor plan and innovative use of round windows that end up stealing the spotlight. The old and dark apartment was transformed by opening up the rooms, reducing the length of the corridors and creating a flowing design ...

The ShedBOX House designed by Atelier Janda Vanderghote in Ghent, Belgium is another one of those gorgeous spaces where the old and the new meet in an exciting and innovative manner. What was once a busy brewery has now been transformed into a contemporary home unlike any other. Instead of completely dismantling the dilapidated old brewery, architects used its concrete ...

The key objective of the project was to create a spacious kitchen, considering the student's passion for cooking. As a result, a spacious and functional kitchen was created, featuring a specially designed hood that provides effective ventilation. The project also took into account ample space for storing and displaying cookbooks and kitchen accessories. By combining the ...

Designed by local firm Kadre Architects, the adaptive reuse project involved converting a 20,000-square-foot (1,858-square-metre) motel built in 1984 into a shelter for families transitioning out of homelessness in LA's Westlake neighbourhood, one block north of MacArthur Park. The Alvarado project was led by Los Angeles County and its nonprofit partner, Hope the Missio...

The mixed-use tower, which will house "intimately-scaled" urban apartments, is set to take the title of Quito's tallest building from Danish studio BIG's nearby Iqon tower. It also marks MAD's first project in South America. Qondesa's exterior is designed with a "stone colouring" in reference to the surrounding buildings in Quito, many of which were constructed from vo...

What makes the project really stand out is how Baumiller managed to both celebrate the property’s classical architectural heritage and introduce a unique, whimsical aesthetic of contemporary boldness. “I have deliberately juxtaposed rich plaster mouldings, classical parquet and traditional wooden doors with reflective tiles and colour lacquered steel and glass in order t...

The Terrace Apartment by Estudio Guto Requena stands out in more ways than one. It is the Brazilian architect's own base, designed as the forever home for himself, his husband and their two dogs; it is housed in an icon of São Paulo's modernist architecture, designed in 1962 by Botti Rubin Arquitetos; and importantly, it also a unique urban retreat that brings, quite lit...