House at the Foot of Mt. Asama / norari works

This building is a house of a couple in their 50s who own a condominium in Tokyo and live there with their daughters, one of whom is working and the other is a university student. In addition to the owner couple's use for living through a whole year, and usability as a villa (second home) and as a remote work office, the building was required to be used in a variety of situations: The octogenarian grandmother of the daughters can live with the couple there; their cousin can take her husband and children and sleep over there; the couple can invite their friends who own villas in Karuizawa; they can eventually give the villa to one of their daughters; and other situations.

Piedade House / Nitsche Arquitetos

The architectural project of the "House in Piedade" was developed with a focus on efficiency to precisely meet the specific needs of the local environment and the demands of the client. Located in the interior of São Paulo, the house, with approximately 1,500 square feet, stands out for its programmatic simplicity, speed of construction, and reduced costs.

Herojus School / Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners

The building, located in the picturesque central part of Kaunas, is an important industrial site – it housed one of the largest and most significant printing presses in Lithuania, "Spindulys," which operated from 1928 to 2009. Although the printing house, built according to a typical interwar industrial building design, was not considered an architecturally valuable structure, it was much more than just an industrial object. It is a culturally, economically, and historically significant part of Kaunas city – this is where particularly important publications of the time were printed, and even the Lithuanian Republic's coins were minted here (including the 1925, 1936, and 1938 series).

House WBVD / BASIL architecture

The street façade of this 1870s townhouse reveals nothing of the architectural interventions that were used to transform it into a contemporary home. Once the room-high door of the entrance hall is opened, you are surprised by the openness and architectural interventions. The original main volume was retained and extended with two diagonally stacked glass volumes. In the process, each intervention was accentuated in concrete or green colours. The kitchen with the void and the light-flooded central stairwell are the eye-catchers of this design, in addition to the bathroom with a view of the historic city centre of Bruges.

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