Contemporist is an online community that celebrates contemporary culture, focused on architecture, interiors, design, art and travel. https://contemporist.com/custom-rss-768-width-images/ en-us https://www.contemporist.com/the-mountain-cottage-that-found-its-identity-again/ A timber log cottage located in Strazne, Czech Republic, once buried under layers of additions has been reborn. Mimosa Architects focused on restoring its spirit rather than chasing historic detail, creating a home that feels authentic and intimate. With multiple bedrooms and living spaces scaled according to original beams, the cottage reconnects people, craft, and nature while offering comfort in a mountain setting. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:02:06 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248562 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/the-small-concrete-house-that-opens-to-the-garden/ What does a small concrete house need to feel generous? On the edge of Murska Sobota, Slovenia, this one bedroom home reveals it is not about size, but openness. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:01:07 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248533 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/this-wooden-grid-roof-floats-above-stone-and-terracotta/ The JCA House in Itaipava, Brazil, was designed by Magarão + Lindenberg Arquitetura and completed in 2025. From the first glance, one element quietly takes the lead, a sweeping wooden grid roof that curves across the main living areas, held up by just eight slim metal pillars. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:25:16 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248480 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/where-geometry-meets-green-shingles-in-a-london-backyard-studio/ In a quiet South West London backyard, a small building rises like a playful secret, tucked behind a terrace and shaded by garden trees. Designed by Studio Ben Allen, this backyard structure serves as both an office and a guest retreat, a clever solution for a family that had simply run out of room inside their home. With two young children, the owners wanted a place where work, play, reading, and rest could coexist in one compact, flexible space. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:23:31 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248508 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/the-fluted-fireplace-that-reframed-an-1860s-interior/ On a quiet Brooklyn street, an Anglo Italianate townhouse dating to around 1860 has been reshaped into a calm retreat for a young couple who travel frequently for work. Partnering with Barker Associates Architecture Office, they expanded the relatively compact structure with a three story extension and reimagined the interiors throughout. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:29:58 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248460 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/behind-this-plain-facade-lies-a-light-filled-interior/ On a quiet street in Glen Iris, a suburb of Melbourne, a white rendered wall stands almost silently among its neighbors. Designed by Australian architecture and interior design firm studiofour, the house does not announce itself with ornament or elaborate gesture. Instead, its front facade acts as a canvas, catching the shifting shadows and reflections of a large oak street tree. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:29:07 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248441 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/where-a-rock-ledge-becomes-the-foundation-for-modern-living/ In Cornwall, where the Connecticut Valley opens into rolling woodland and quiet roads, Desai Chia Architecture designed the Ledge House, the modern home that sits among trees, replacing an old cottage that once occupied the site. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:01:09 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248421 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/a-low-slung-los-angeles-home-that-lives-between-indoors-and-out/ In Los Angeles, Assembledge+, in collaboration with Susan Mitnick Design, created a modern residence organized as three single-story pavilions linked by glass corridors. Rather than reading as one solid volume, the house reveals itself gradually through a sequence of light-filled spaces. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:00:20 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248390 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/a-green-roof-blurs-the-edge-between-house-and-jungle/ Not far from the Costa Rican town of Uvita, on a jungle covered hillside above Playa Hermosa, a house settles so quietly into its surroundings that it almost disappears. Designed by Dagmar Stepanova of Formafatal, the home was conceived as a private family retreat within the larger Art Villas resort. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:14:28 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248344 Erin

]]>Design https://www.contemporist.com/a-rotated-floor-and-a-wall-of-glass-on-a-quiet-dutch-canal/ In Schiedam, a city in the Netherlands better known for its historic windmills and gin distilleries, Stats Architecten has designed a house that quite literally shifts perspective. Set along a quiet waterfront, the villa announces itself with an irregular angled floor that subtly breaks from the predictable geometry of its neighbors. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:13:20 GMT https://www.contemporist.com/?p=248367 Erin

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