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. 

Kisawa means unbreakable and it’s that kind of connection that this sanctuary – extending over 300 hectares of forest, dunes and beach on the southern tip of Benguerra island, in Mozambique – wants to build between the people and the place, life and the land. 

Established in the regenerated Seongsu-dong district of South Korea, Gurum Lee and Woosung Jung invite us to reflect on the transformational power of plants in our daily lives. 

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

It’s at number 10 on Milan’s buzzing Via Savona that we find the most recent project by the Italian restaurateur Enrico Buonocore. 

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. 

Through an accumulation of voids, stories multiply and a space is created “for meditation and balance”, bringing alchemy to modern life. 

In the interiors of this home, the appeal to a distant, yet omnipresent past pervades the walls bearing witness to family affections and collective memories. 

Combining a discerning eye with tremendous curiosity, not to mention a healthy dose of humour and unpredictability, David Flack turns each new challenge into "a blank canvas for emotion and human exploration", dividing his time between the residential, commercial and furniture design worlds. 

What started out as a "challenge between friends, aiming to bring together different origins, essences and prisms under the umbrella of a common educational background (architecture)", led to the creation of Atelier Data. Now, 15 years later, Marta Frazão, Filipe Rodrigues and Inês Vicente believe that the success of this collective, consisting of a vast team of partners and collaborators, is based on the"contradictions, divergences and diversity in thinking" that the trio applies to solving architectural problems.

Concealed from prying eyes, but open to those who live in it, this house contains an essential element: the swimming pool. This being the beginning, middle and end of the whole project. 

Immersed in the art of "creating ambience, invoking emotions and transforming states of mind", The Ivens hotel can be found on the intersection of two emblematic Lisbon streets, Rua Ivens and Rua Capelo.