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ARTÈ, Aurora's restaurant, retains its 1980s bones: a stepped white bas-relief carpentry runs the length of the rear wall above a pale banquette, while rust velvet chairs, burl-topped tables and a glossy timber-strip ceiling gather beneath brass-framed mirrors.

Aurora Hotel, Merano: Hannes Peer Layers Cinematic Modernism Into Six Decades of Family History

The courtyard of the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes gathers fragmentary antiquities against a crenellated stone wall: a draped headless torso, a lion sculpture on a plinth, ancient vessels. A ribbed, coil-built ceramic column stands among them, contemporary work set in quiet dialogue with the classical.

The Biennale of Contemporary Keramics 2026 in Rhodes Recasts Clay as a Living Language

A plywood-lined corridor at Casa Iriarte draws the eye towards a light-filled living area, where a buttoned leather armchair and footstool sit on a Persian rug. Sliding glazing opens to a courtyard with metal café furniture, and a yellow-framed element edges the view.

Casa Iriarte by SOCO Estudio Reworks a Narrow Las Palmas Plot Into an Adaptable Concrete Home

Textured terracotta brick walls frame a timber portico entrance, where hand-painted fish motifs decorate the pivoting wooden doors. A fishbone-patterned timber screen shades the upper storey, while a green mosaic-tiled plinth displaying a drum-inspired ornament and lush planting soften the threshold as a staff member steps inside.

Laku Beach Club: Studio Locomotive's Riviera-Inflected Retreat on Phuket's Coconut Island

An area at SHA-LA Waterfront with changing facilities and refreshment stations leads onto the mezzanine lounge. Mirror panels, chrome furniture, pale cabinetry and polished dark floors create a clean, futuristic atmosphere, while glimpses of brickwork, curtains and concrete hoppers keep the industrial context in view.

SHA-LA Waterfront Brings Yoga to a 19th-Century Grain Storehouse in Berlin's Kreuzberg

The open-plan kitchen and living space at Skylark, where a chestnut-timber beamed ceiling meets pale brick and polished concrete floors. A dark veined marble island with tan leather stools anchors the room, while floor-to-ceiling glazing and a tan leather armchair draw the wooded garden into the warm, mid-century-inflected interior.

Skylark by House Of EM: A Confident Architectural Debut Rooted in Materiality and Landscape

The attic office at iolair, where a built-in plywood desk runs beneath the steeply pitched white ceiling. A raking skylight and a circular window frame a tree canopy, while a sheepskin-draped chair, a small mushroom lamp and a ribbed wall light fixed to an exposed Douglas fir post warm the spare, light-filled room.

iolair: A GO′C-Designed Artist Residency Takes Root in Orcas Island’s Creative Community

From above, the playground’s circular platforms, spiral stairs and red mesh railings form a playful topography among dense olive canopies. The bright yellow flooring threads through the existing trees, emphasising ZAV Architects’ adaptive reuse strategy of building with, rather than over, the landscape.

ZAV Architects Transform an Olive Orchard into a Whimsical Playground in Iran

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