Residences
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Inner space
From a picture-perfect beach club on the Atlantic coast to a series of discreet holiday villas, a sense of intimacy is at the heart of three new Portuguese openings that have caught our eye.
Design
The practice revitalising a Taiwanese waterfront, an impressive new concrete bridge in Aarau and creative takeaways from Mallorca.
Second coming
A neglected workers’ housing project by Alvar Aalto is being lovingly revived by design-minded Finns.
Better nature
Experience Mallorca’s natural beauty at Es Racó d’Artà, a farm estate where the landscape, local produce, hills, and pools offer a relaxing experience.
Standing tall
The Spanish city’s first residential high-rise signalled that Valencia was on the up. Six decades later, it remains a status symbol.
Family unit
Refusing to be derailed by natural disasters and ever-rising costs, Samantha Mink’s architectural debut is a remarkable and liveable modernist home for her parents.
Phoenix rising Global
As Japanese accents appear in Oslo and Italian touches take root in Tokyo, a familial Lebanese home has been rebuilt following a devastating fire.
Carlo Scarpa’s Zürich masterpiece is a mid-century residence built friendship and tragedy
A spectacular hillside retreat in Zürich has some equally intriguing tales behind it – not least that of its architect, Carlo Scarpa.
Switzerland’s Halen Estate: A 60-year success story in community living
A progressive 1960s concrete estate in the middle of precious woodland would alarm many design circles. But Siedlung Halen just outside Bern is a quiet, friendly triumph where nurture sits alongside nature.
