The leitmotif for this project, set in California’s Coachella Valley, dates back to the 1970s, when a wave of modernity washed over the desert, and the colours and somewhat psychedelic motifs breathed life into a glamorous oasis. 

The quest for a place to concentrate on their writing led a pair of authors to build a set of volumes that come together to form what can be defined as a creative retreat. It is located in Wyoming and fosters moments of contemplation. 

Volume and grandeur define the type of work undertaken by Serôdio Furtado & Associados architecture office. Located on the seafront, this is a project that challenges the horizon within the comfort and fluidity of the home. 

Sculpture was his first love, but destiny would have it that he would express himself through architecture. With a deep respect for the landscape and a humility that transpires in everything he does, Luís Rebelos de Andrade describes himself as a man of passions - for art, for architecture and for life. In the year he turns 70, he welcomed us to his new office - which occupies what was formerly the wine cellar of the small palace of the Carbide’s Counts - to talk about his career, about architecture and about the things that lie ahead.  

It was in London that the synergies emerged and the Kallos Turin duo combined the precision of minimalism with a desire to challenge a more reductionist approach to the creation of forms. With residential, cultural and commercial projects to their name, the notes of their extravagance and eccentricity contrast with the simplicity of the architecture of these designers. 

They are a working community consisting of architects and designers who believe in the spirit of a place and who create beautiful, timeless spaces with a purpose.

From the fleeting to the permanent, and from São Paulo to the world, MNMA Studio’s approach is rooted in drawing as narrative, and is centred on the subtlety of everyday life and on architecture as a catalyst for experiences. This year, Lisbon will be home to one of its projects, a café/grocery store in Madragoa. 

In Grândola, surrounded by the Alentejo province yet emerging from the horizontal landscape, Casa Azul, which embraces an earthy colour, is all about poetry, art and mindfulness. The architectural project is by Ricardo Bak Gordon. 

Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran became friends long before they started sharing their studio where, since 2013, they have continued to express their meticulous and integrated vision, using a large team of collaborators to recreate the timeless beauty of Californian modernist houses. Through discipline and a good dose of optimism, the American pair restore the original to contemporary spaces, revealing how architecture can, ultimately, transcend the inexorable power of its locations.

When architecture responds in an exemplary way to an idea as poetic as that of a startled child pulling up and covering themselves with their bedsheet. This “hill over the valley” embodies that feeling of protection and cosiness. 

A space nestling in the midst of nature, where the owner is committed to harvesting the fruit planted by previous generations. 

Surrounded as if by an unending natural canvas, dotted with olive groves, vineyards and oak and chestnut woods, it is in the Umbria region, bordering Tuscany, that the Hotel Castello di Reschio rises majestically.