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Faro is known to be the gateway to the Algarve region, but few are aware of the port city’s architectural heritage. Faro is an important centre of southern European modernism, with around 500 buildings that were built between 1920 and 1980 in the styles of Art Déco and South Modern. One of these buildings is “The Modernist”, located in the city centre and designed in 1977 by Portuguese architect Joel Santana.

Larix Lodge

Apartment // House

The Larix Lodge in the village of La Villa (Stern) in Alta Badia is modern, yet rooted in tradition.

Haus Wald

Apartment // House

The name gives away the location: The holiday home in Neustift in the Tyrolean Stubai Valley is situated on the edge of a forest.

Ferienhaus Strandgrau

STRANDWEISS & STRANDGRAU

On the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, a family from Berlin built two holiday homes exactly as they wanted them to be.

Villa Mayr

Villa Mayr in Vahrn near Brixen, South Tyrol is a house steeped in history.

Iselhof

Mountain world and city life, tradition and modernity—a holiday at Iselhof in Lienz in East Tyrol has many facets.

The Moselle Chalets in Pommern, one of the oldest wine-growing villages on the Moselle, appeal not only to wine lovers but also to people with an interest in modern architecture. With their straightforward design, the three wooden houses are set apart from the traditional half-timbered architecture of the region. Since it was important to host Holger Maurer to integrate the view of the Moselle valley into the interiors, the houses are completely glazed on the side facing the valley...

Haus am Kellersee

Haus am Kellersee is a Wilhelminian-style villa situated directly on the shore of the second-largest lake in Holstein Switzerland. Situated on the edge of a forest between Eutin and the spa town of Malente, the villa from 1910 has been extensively refurbished and converted. It includes two holiday flats — both furnished in a modern style and with views of the lake, and each with its own character.

Tiny House Laresch

Pensiun Laresch has grown! The Tiny House expands the facilities of the mountain lodge that Marianne Peyer and Lukas Hug opened in 2015 in Mathon, a village in the Beverin Nature Park, Switzerland. The little house is in dialogue with both the landscape and the main building. With its wooden shingle façade, it has a different feel than the mountain lodge, which is reminiscent of a rock, while the asymmetrical roof shape connects both houses. Just as with Pensiun Laresch, a lot of emphasis was placed on sustainability when designing the Tiny House.

The Benedikta holiday home in the village of Vandans in the southern part of Vorarlberg is a typical Montafon house. The hostess has converted the building, the former home of her grandmother Benedikta, into a holiday home, thus creating a place that preserves memories and traditions, while at the same time offering space for new uses.