What was once a civil courtroom now unfolds as a place to dwell. The former institutional structure has been reconfigured into 16 long-stay residential units, transforming civic rigidity into domestic spatiality through a position of critical reuse and architectural editing.
Project name
Vila Catarina Apartments
Architecture firm
MASSLAB
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Lourenço Menezes Rodrigues
Design team
Fábio Teixeira Ferreira; Pedro Machado; Marta Vaz
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
NCREP
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This apartment embodies a contemporary eclectic style infused with Eastern influences. Designed for our long-standing clients, the interior harmoniously blends a warm color palette inspired by Eastern aesthetics, soft textures, and thoughtful functionality.
Project name
LESOPARKOVIY
Architecture firm
Starikova Architects
Location
Lesoparkoviy Residential Complex, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Photography
Liza Gurovskaya
Design team
Yulia Starikova
Collaborators
Stylist: Elena Gergert
Interior design
Starikova Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This sophisticated DIFC duplex apartment presents a masterful study in tactile luxury and refined minimalism, where natural materials and subdued elegance converge to create an urban living tailored for a young expatriate family.
Project name
DIFC Duplex: Where Natural Luxury Meets Urban Living
Architecture firm
OBSSDCO Design Services LLC
Location
Jumeirah Living Residences, Dubai, UAE
Photography
Natalia Chaban
Principal architect
Shushanik Kostandyan
Design team
Shushanik Kostandyan, Aflah Habeeb, Zulaikha Thasnim
Interior design
Shushanik Kostandyan, Aflah Habeeb, Zulaikha Thasnim
Environmental & MEP engineering
Supervision
Shushanik Kostandyan, Aflah Habeeb
Tools used
Corona Render, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Designer Yara Lysiuk created this apartment’s interior for her own family, blending gallery-style design objects and advanced technology in a bright, minimalist space – a bold choice few of her clients dare to make.
Photography
Yevhenii Avramenko
Principal architect
Yara Lysiuk
Design team
Maksym Lysiuk
Built area
140 m² / 1507 ft²
Site area
140 m² / 1507 ft²
Interior design
Yara Lysiuk
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Plywood, Concrete, Stone
Client
Yara Lysiuk, Maksym Lysiuk
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The growing unaffordability of home ownership in cities has led to the resurgence of models such as rental housing and cooperative apartments. Both models emerged as a response to the long-term unavailability of housing and the high property prices in urban areas. While cooperative apartments offer benefits such as the option to purchase a share.
Architecture firm
BEEF ARCHITEKTI
Location
Mickiewiczova 2256/18, Bratislava, Slovakia
Photography
Lenka Némethová
Principal architect
Rado Buzinkay, Andrej Ferenčík, Peter Baroš
Built area
Usable floor area 559 m²
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
DTD (particle board laminated) – custom furniture, kitchen. Sololit – furniture in the closet
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This 64 m² two-levels apartment in Bucharest was created by interior designer Aleksandra Tinovschi of Home Zone by A.Tirnovschi specifically for rent. The goal was to create a bright and airy interior that would offer a comfortable living space for a young couple or a single person.
Project name
Ocean Breeze
Architecture firm
HOME ZONE by A.Tirnovschi
Location
Bucharest, Romania
Photography
Kateryna Zolotukhina
Principal architect
Aleksandra Tirnovschi
Interior design
Aleksandra Tirnovschi
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
PAINT Jotun, furniture - LoSpazio, TheHome, Ikea, ZARA HOME
Supervision
Aleksandra Tirnovschi
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, ArchiCAD
Typology
Residential › Two-Level Apartment
Designed by architects Camila Trombini and Luiza Monclaro, from ARQ+CO Studio, this 348-square-meter apartment is located in Caiobá, a beach town in the municipality of Matinhos, on the coast of Paraná, Brazil. Conceived as a true seaside retreat.
Architecture firm
Arq+Co Studio
Location
Caioba, Paraná, Brazil
Photography
Eduardo Macarios
Principal architect
Camila Trombini, Luiza Monclaro
Design team
Juliana Rufino, Bianca Miranda
Interior design
Arq+Co Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering
Civil engineer
Overlap Engenharia
Landscape
Praia Brava, Caiobá
Lighting
ELed Light Studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, SkecthUp,V-ray
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Renovation of an attic space in a historic building at Arbes Square into a two-level apartment with a gallery, intended for exclusive rental.
Project name
Arbes Square Apartment
Architecture firm
Formafatal
Location
Arbes Square, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Katarina Varsová, Petra Dagan
Collaborators
Main contractor: DOMINO - promont Technical supervision: Petra Klapka. Custom furniture: Interiéry Tesař TTK. Locksmith work on the custom furniture: Richard Bold. Metal production [staircase, glass partitions]: Kurel. Epoxy coatings [floor, walls]: Different design [Pavel Trousil]. Patinated painting: Artdecor Vladimír Jeniš. Wooden floors and staircase supplier: Empiri Wood Design. Ceramic tiles and flooring supplier: Archtiles. Lighting supplier and installation: Bulb. Standard furniture supplier: Design Studio. Sanitary supplier: ELITE BATH. Home accessories: Coclea
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wall surfaces: painting (matte white), patinated painting, toned epoxy coating, bleaching of original wooden columns – fireproof coating + base coat by bleaching, ceramic tiles. 2 Floors: large-format ceramic tiles (technical areas), wooden three-layer floor – M-dub Rustikal, brushed, Degas gray oil, epoxy coating, staircase – steel structure with wooden cladding in M-dub Rustikal, brushed, Degas oil. Metal elements associated with construction (metal production): subtle structure made of painted steel profiles, perforated sheet metal PERFO LINEA, matte lacquered (comaxit) – staircase railing, partially backed with super mirror sheet metal, profiles of glass partitions – 1x pivot door (clear glass), 1x slanted glass door (bathroom – wire glass) – subtle painted steel profiles in a creamy shade, matte finish. Metal elements associated with custom furniture: subtle structure made of painted steel profiles, perforated sheet metal PERFO LINEA, matte lacquered (comaxit). Doors: door frames without casings in various finishes (HPL unicolor or wood decor, base for painting, coating), 2x door leaves without casing in line with the wall cladding. Renovation of existing windows, new Velux tilt-and-turn roof windows, entrance door to the apartment: according to the requirements of the heritage office, the entrance door was made in accordance with the original design
Typology
Residential › Apartment
