In the shadow of the Brdy hills, a dense fog veils the landscape in mystery. The morning rays of the sun, piercing through it on their way to a new day, gradually unveil the contours of spruce trees. And where there once stood a carpentry workshop and an old school, now emerges the silhouette of a new house.

Valentina Ageikina: New apartment project on the 18th floor. Even more subtle work with space, proportions, a more subtle immersion in the organization of ordinary interior items in modern life.

Chapter One Studio: This duplex apartment, home to a family with two teenage daughters and a Yorkshire terrier, is located in one of Kyiv's newest residential complexes. The designer’s main approach to the project centered around strategic zoning and the use of color, ensuring a balance between shared and private spaces.

n Levallois-Perret (Greater Paris), the Château of the Hertford British Hospital is about to begin a new chapter. Built between 1877 and 1879 by architect Paul Ernest Sanson, this neo- Gothic building with English-inspired design long welcomed British patients, notably in its maternity ward, which remained in operation until the end of the 20th century.

The plot is only 10 meters wide and is surrounded by abandoned land, so designing a layout to suit a resident was quite challenging.

The £7.6m transformation of the Grade I-listed John Rylands Library in Manchester - one of Europe’s finest neo-Gothic buildings and one of the great libraries of the world –

In 2006, the Akanaev family—renowned Kazakh artists—purchased a plot of land and built what they called the “House of Arts.”

It’s the kind of house you remember long after you leave. Weathered limestone walls glow in the golden coastal light. A curved colonnade loops gently around a central courtyard, framing vistas of sandstone, water and sky. This is not a new build pretending to be old-nor a relic stuck in time-but a timeless retreat that embraces its past while living comfortably in the present.