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Resourcer Armchair is a minimalist armchair created by Brussels-based designer Thomas Serruys. The chair’s most striking feature—its hollow-centered cushion—transforms what might be considered a design limitation into a conceptual strength. This magnetic coconut cushion, with its circular void, doesn’t merely serve functional purposes; it becomes a visual metaphor for the designer’s philosophy of “considered absence.” The negative space invites contemplation about what furniture must provide versus what it might suggest.

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MtO 09 is a minimalist table lamp by the London-based design practice, ObjetsMito. Designed as part of the Edition I collection by ObjetsMito’s founder, Abid Javed, the lamp takes inspiration from mitochondrial biology, offering a fresh take on sculptural lighting.

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Frame House is a minimal home located in Faro, Portugal, designed by Pedro Domingos Arquitectos. In the arid Barrocal landscape of the Algarve, a concrete monolith emerges like an ancient ruin, its raw state echoing the harshness of its surroundings. Yet this is no archaeological find but a contemporary dwelling that plays masterfully with our perception of time and place. 

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Dori Series is a minimalist collection of pieces created by Seoul-based studio generalgray. The series takes its conceptual foundation from traditional Korean hanok architecture, specifically the dori—a crucial structural beam that bears the weight of the roof. What’s compelling about this translation is how it honors both function and cultural heritage simultaneously.

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Park Hyatt Kyoto is a luxury hotel located in Kyoto, Japan, with interiors designed by Tony Chi and landscaping by Yasuo Kitayama. The stone steps of an ancient garden wind their way up to Kyoyamato, a seventh-generation kaiseki restaurant that has stood since 1877. This physical journey—from worn stone to culinary treasure—perfectly encapsulates the essence of Park Hyatt Kyoto, where every architectural and design choice participates in what might be called a temporal conversation across centuries.

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Casa Nogal is a minimalist house located in San Mateo Atenco, Mexico, designed by Escobedo Soliz. The architects have choreographed a material dialogue between the neutral concrete envelope and the expressive industrial brick interior volume. This inner core, housing the essential services, becomes the haptic and visual anchor of the open-plan living space. 

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Convention is a minimal home located in Paris, France, designed by Atelier Apara. The designers approached this renovation with archaeological sensibility, first stripping away layers of previous finishes to reveal the building’s original skeleton. What emerged was the unmistakable structural language of late-1960s modernism—reinforced concrete floors and walls designed by architects Marc Villemant and Paul Verny.

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Radiator is a minimal lamp created by New York-based designer James Cherry. In the corner of James Cherry’s bicoastal studio, a collection of seemingly disparate objects awaits transformation: discarded piano wire, fabric scraps, and chunks of recycled clay.

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The Barros Apartment is a minimal home located in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Cometa Architects. The building itself stands as a testament to Barcelona’s rationalistic Catalan movement (1960-1975), where architectural luminaries like Coderch, Correa, and Bohigas prioritized function over ornament. When Cometa Architects approached this renovation, they made the bold decision to strip the dated 1980s interior back to its structural skeleton, revealing the raw concrete framework and central installation piping that would become pivotal to their design narrative.

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O-Studio is a minimal space located in Kumamoto, Japan, designed by aki(architects). The architects’ approach reflects a deliberate resistance to contemporary trends in Japanese residential design. While many modern homes in Japan have become increasingly enclosed—shutting out natural elements like wind, light, and sound—this design seeks to reestablish a more permeable relationship with its surroundings.

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AO-25 is a minimalist furniture collection created by Buenos Aires-based studio Valuarte. In the stark geometries of Antonio Llambías’s AO25 Exterior Series, a conversation unfolds between the purposeful and the poetic. The galvanized steel pyramid doesn’t merely occupy space—it negotiates with it, establishing a dialogue between human precision and natural entropy.

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Hplace Cafeteria is a minimalist space located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by ATELIER PROTOTIPI. The genius of this interior lies in its deceptive simplicity. What appears as minimalist at first glance reveals itself as deeply textural upon closer inspection. Travertine blocks—some polished to a sophisticated sheen, others intentionally raw—create a visual dialogue between refinement and ruggedness. 

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Hedeskov Center for Regenerative Practice is minimalist architecture project located in Djursland, Denmark, designed by Djernes & Bell. What immediately strikes the visitor is the building’s clay finish—a geological autobiography rendered in earthy hues that map directly to core samples taken from the site itself. This isn’t decoration; it’s a material manifesto. 

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The Additions Collection is a minimalist furniture collection by the New York-based design practice, Atelier FM. Designed as an extension of the studio’s debut Continuous collection, this sophomore release embraces more pared-back forms with a strong emphasis on materiality.

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Iorram is a minimalist cottage located in the Scottish Highlands, designed by Baillie Baillie Architects. Colin and Megan Baillie’s self-built cottage represents a contemporary reimagining of vernacular Highland architecture, one where material consciousness drives both aesthetic and ethical considerations. The monolithic clay block walls—plastic-free, durable, and straightforward to construct—anchor the structure to age-old building traditions while fulfilling contemporary sustainability demands.

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Zenith House is a minimal residence located in Menorca, Spain, designed by NOMO STUDIO. The first thing that strikes you about this coastal Menorcan home is not what it announces, but what it withholds. In an era when architecture often shouts for attention, this single-story dwelling whispers its presence across the landscape, its eight tangent square modules creating a gentle cadence that follows the natural slope of the terrain.

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House of Horns is a minimalist residence located in Los Altos Hills, California, designed by WOJR. The design’s most radical gesture happens at the outset—re-burying the lower level into the hillside to restore the original topography. This act of reconciliation with the landscape establishes two distinct environments that work in counterpoint: an open, airy gathering space above, and a series of cave-like chambers below.