Residential
The best of residential and non-commercial living spaces, and the most inspiring of houses and homes
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Peel away a north London cottage façade to discover a private sanctuary rooted in cultureA cottage in Muswell Hill gets a fresh extension by Collective Works, which worked closely with the clients to create a dream private sanctuary
By Tianna Williams Published
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Lautner’s Castle is a midcentury Los Angeles gem refreshed for the 21st centuryConner + Perry Architects restore Lautner’s Castle, a modernist house by the 20th-century master, dating from the early 1980s – take a look around
By Carole Dixon Published
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A triplex apartment in Central London blends highly crafted materials with expansive spacesThe Apartment Arabescato by Grafted is an impressive extension of a Fitzrovia flat, a showcase for craft, space and material
By Jonathan Bell Published
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This thoughtfully remodelled garden villa in the British countryside exudes quiet luxuryDedraft’s renovation of an Edwardian garden villa in Berkshire combines sensitivity to heritage, understated luxury and a clear contemporary language
By Léa Teuscher Published
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The Kappe House, one of LA’s most significant midcentury modern houses, is on the marketThe architect Ray Kappe completed his own house in 1967. Owned by the Kappe family until 2025, the Pacific Palisades residence has now gone on the market for the first time. We take a tour
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Three Ukrainian guesthouses in a meadow blend the vernacular with modern amenitiesYOD Group has completed the Reed Roof Guesthouses in central Ukraine, self-contained structures designed as a retreat from the harsh realities of everyday life
By Jonathan Bell Published
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This refreshed Costa Rica house is tuned to water, wildlife and ritualGreg Kahn Melitonov and Ines Guzman have renovated a 15-year-old property in Punta Islita – infusing a cheerful ‘contenta’ personality through touches of colour and design
By Aditi Sharma Published
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This New York apartment is a spatial puzzle, with details that satisfyingly slot into placeSurprisingly spacious, this one-bedroom New York apartment is an ode to the building’s warehouse history and perfectly precise joinery, which is satisfying to look at (and use)
By Tianna Williams Published
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An architect-designed Paris apartment with modernist roots hits the marketA recently renovated 11th arrondissement apartment showcases Cyrus Ardalan’s minimal, industrial-leaning design with plywood and glass-paste details and an open, light-filled layout
By Anna Solomon Published
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A new house by Denizen Works provides far-reaching views across Japan’s Seto Inland SeaThe architects have designed a coastal bolthole and studio space in south-west Japan for clients seeking a return to nature
By Jonathan Bell Published
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This modern Utrecht house by Mart van Schijndel could be yoursA rare chance to live inside one of the Netherlands’ most radical modernist homes, preserved in meticulous detail by its longtime custodian
By Michael Webb Published
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An immersive Nova Scotia house is a viewing platform for rugged Canadian natureEast River Residence by architect Omar Gandhi opens up to the drama of the surrounding landscape, drawing nature in
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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In Palm Springs, a Donald Wexler midcentury home is on the market for under $2 millionJust in time for Palm Springs Modernism Week 2026, The Royal Singapore, designed by Wexler in 1966, could be yours
By Tianna Williams Published
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Tour an architect’s minimalist home built around a living, breathing courtyardIn a former Australian mining town, architect Stephen Collier finally found the perfect plot to design a home of 'moving parts'.
By Stephen Crafti Published
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The Japanese house offers lessons in living for everyoneA new book, ‘A House in Japan: Lessons in Living’, brings together over 40 contemporary projects that showcase the rich diversity of the country’s housing design
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A minimalist Spanish house has an industrial heart – step inside Casa GuadalupeDesigned by architects Hanghar in Asturias, the prefabricated home bridges contemporary aesthetic ambition while remaining firmly rooted in its context
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This Dulwich home, an accomplished example of British modernism, could be yoursSix Pillars is a Grade II*-listed architectural gem, designed in the 1930s and later restored. Now listed for £3.2 million, it remains a key example of early British modernism
By Anna Solomon Published
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Indoor-outdoor living becomes a reality at this leafy Hampstead homeA home that becomes a nature-viewing experience, Panoramic House by architecture studio Mata, is a finely crafted addition to a London family's daily life
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A home true to its name, Serene brings minimalist calm to London’s Queens ParkThis textured, new-build home by Coeus London was created to foster a sense of ‘slowing down’ and a connection with nature in the heart of the city
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This Canada Water penthouse’s natural warmth belies its industrial settingThe penthouse of The Founding development in London, by Conran and Partners, brings rich tactility to a raw setting
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Inspired by a Japanese phrase, this Dulwich house unfolds like a paper puzzle of light and layersFor this Dulwich house, architects ConForm were inspired by ‘komorebi’, a Japanese expression describing the uplifting feeling of dappled sunlight through leaves
By Tianna Williams Published
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the monthThese are the best architectural projects that Wallpaper* has profiled this month, from to a home sunken into a London garden to a 1960s modernist icon come to market
By Anna Solomon Published
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A Neo-Georgian Islington house is a soothing retreat to unwind from the cityDesigned collaboratively by Architecture for London and Hamish Vincent Design, this Islington House is defined by its natural material palette and a cascading spiral staircase
By Tianna Williams Published
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Tour a dreamy beach house on the wild Jersey coast, built of rammed earthA new beach house experiments with pink limestone and rammed earth; welcome to Wishing Well, a striking Channel Island home
By Léa Teuscher Published
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This sun-drenched Le Corbusier villa – where modernism meets the Mediterranean – could be yoursIn Villa de Mandrot, the architect translated his purist, industrial modernism into a South of France setting – now listed for €2.3 million
By Anna Solomon Published
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Our three 'houses of year' share an important materialIn the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026, we highlight earth architecture as our 'Best Use of Material'. These three houses provide important case studies in using the ancient, and yet surprisingly progressive, building technique
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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This Washington State home cements an extended family’s connection to the Pacific NorthwestMent Architecture designed Heritage House for a partner’s parents, making the most of a spectacular site and a strong connection between family and place
By Jonathan Bell Published


