A matter of meaning: we can’t say 2025 brought radical shifts in how we conceive domestic space, but we certainly saw many houses acquire new significance over the months – whether it was the Eames House reopening after the Los Angeles wildfires, Wright-designed homes restored by Diane Keaton, or the small, pink, message-loaded “Casita” that Bad Bunny dropped into the middle of his live shows. The market remains the toughest arena where the future of living is being negotiated: “Can we really buy houses on Amazon?” some wonder, as cities like Milan continue inflating their property values and as broader segments of the population find themselves pushed out of housing access. Meanwhile, the market saw the return – some for the first time – of numerous modern icons, opening new chapters for Bauhaus architectures, Wright’s villas, and Le Corbusier apartments, not to mention New York’s Bubble House or a Los Angeles manifesto such as the Stahl House. Cinema, too, pushed our collective imagination forward, with expressive interiors such as Guadagnino’s for Queer and After the Hunt. And the international gatherings of an increasingly transversal design community took us into homes that hovered between provoking wonder and provoking questions: from the Venice Biennale to the Lisbon Triennale and Milan Design Week, where Villa Borsani opened – this year with an entrance fee – and the opening of Albini’s Villa Pestarini has been announced for 2026. Above all, the most relevant matter of our research is the meaning invested by the new projects selected and published by Domus this year: homes that are sensitive, sustainable, interspecies, and increasingly born from a dialogue with the city, with the landscape, with existing architectures that are seen, listened to and reactivated. This is why, in our 2025 selection, you’ll find homes that have taken on new meaning for all of us this year, and homes that were created to continue the ongoing work of building meaning, even before building walls and doors.
The best houses of 2025
New houses, reimagined houses, houses that took on new roles: from apartments and villas to films, experiments, and architectural icons, in Domus’ 2025 the home has been a matter of meaning.
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- Giovanni Comoglio
- 10 December 2025
The Eames House reopened after the Los Angeles fires
Domus met with Eames Demetrios and Adrienne Luce of the Eames Foundation to rediscover how this “anti-iconic icon” of California Modern is also inspiring the future of a recovering city, in a way different from what you might expect. Read more
A Venetian home transformed by Tolia Astakhishvili during the Biennale
Photo Marco Cappelletti
© CHANEL. Courtesy of Chanel
Over the course of four months, Georgian artist Tolia Astakhishvili has transformed a 15th-century Venetian house — now home to the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation — into a total artwork. The result is hauntingly powerful. Read more
Bad Bunny’s “Casita Rosa”
Built for this summer Bad Bunny’s residency in Puerto Rico, the Casita has become a symbol of the Latin diaspora, with replicas in Miami and New York. Read more
Lloyd Wright houses restored by Diane Keaton
The great actress and director, recently passed away, once reconstructed the lost interiors of a 1920s home in Los Feliz, and later lived among the midcentury lines of a 1950s residence in the Pacific Palisades. Read more
Erwan Bouroullec’s country home in rural France
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Philippe Thibault and Charles Petillon
Photo Charlotte Vuarnesson
Courtesy LVA Architects
Courtesy LVA Architects
Courtesy LVA Architects
Courtesy LVA Architects
French designer Erwan Bouroullec reflects on a renovation that serves as a manifesto for design: a quest for “degree zero,” a fresh simplicity that has emerged after the first 25 years of his career. Read more
Vittorio Giorgini’s Esagono and Dinosauro houses revisited
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
Foto Daniele Ratti
With the two projects in the Gulf of Baratti in Tuscany – among the few he realized in his career – the Florentine architect developed the construction of his architectural vision, an original synthesis of nature and technique. Read more
Mario Galvagni’s post-brutalist home in the Ligurian hills, as seen by Domus
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Photo Allegra Martin
Domus returns to Carbuta, in the inland hills behind the western Ligurian Riviera, where in the late 1960s the architect-painter created his home studio. A dialogue that moves beyond brutalism, between raw concrete organic forms, the shape of the landscape, and the architecture of an old olive press. Read more
A rationalist concrete sculpture of a house in Cyprus
Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou has designed a home as a box within a box, deconstructed from the inside out, shaped by an introverted yet layered and lived-in residential concept. Read more
A German barn transformed into a radical interior home
It's not just salvaged traditional elements. In the renovation of a former barn in Ingolstadt, Büro Mühlbauer incorporated concrete and glass, creating an interior with brutalist echoes. Read more
The idea of Mediterranean villa, reimagined in Catalonia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Photo José Hevia
Project drawing
Project drawing
Project drawing
Project drawing
Project drawing
Twobo Arquitectura developed a house near Girona as a system of patios and pavilions encouraging movement and relaxation as new domestic rituals, amid ceramics, exposed concrete, and terracotta screens. Read more
Contemporary architecture carved into the slopes of a volcano
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Diez + Muller Arquitectos, Casa El Pastizal, Machachi, Ecuador
Designed by Diez + Muller Arquitectos, this villa is located in the Andes at an altitude of over 3,200 metres and blends into the landscape by interpreting its topography. Read more
A Kuwaiti villa, born an oasis between Gulf and desert
In Taep/Aap's project, openspaces and intimate spaces follow each other in a long strip that connects the desert and the sea, gathering around a tower born from a need for contemplation. Read more
A multispecies habitat in a greenhouse-home in Berlin
Photo Tobias Schrammek
Photo Tobias Schrammek
Photo Tobias Schrammek
foto Marina Hoppmann
foto Marina Hoppmann
foto Marina Hoppmann
Photo Tobias Schrammek
foto Marina Hoppmann
Photo Ruben Beilby
foto Marina Hoppmann
Photo Tobias Schrammek
Photo Ruben Beilby
foto Marina Hoppmann
foto Marina Hoppmann
foto Marina Hoppmann
foto Marina Hoppmann
Usage scenarios. Courtesy supertype group
Project drawing. Courtesy supertype group
Project drawing. Courtesy supertype group
Project drawing. Courtesy supertype group
Site plan. Courtesy supertype group
supertype group extended a historic building with an open, hybrid structure, where living and garden spaces can be inserted and combined as plug-in modules. Read more
Two houses in Mallorca, united through a long central patio
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Photo Luis Díaz Díaz
Project drawing
Project drawing
Project drawing
Isla Architects have translated the local character of the Balearic Islands into a dialogue of earth, stone and white interiors gathered around a linear open space. Read more
A 1960s Belgian house retaining its brutalist temperament
Studio Kaai 7 transformed a dentist's office into a home through a renovation and extension project that scrupulously (and playfully) reaffirmed the brutalist character of the spaces. Read more
Contemporary vernacular architecture for a lakeside home in Argentina
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
Photo Federico Cairoli
In the heart of the Córdoba Mountains, the vbrügg studio has designed a residence that combines a light, contemporary architectural structure with a massive concrete tower. Read more
A monolithic house floating among Portugal’s forests
The design by studio OODA gets a brutalist-flavored concrete volume floating on a transparent band of glass and wood, embracing a small hillside to create a private oasis in harmony with the landscape. Read more
An early-20th-century apartment in Milan, restored to its original elements
The renovation by Noe9 reinterprets historic textures and materials to create a contrast of optical geometric textures, neutral surfaces and design icons. Read more
An Athens apartment where Japanese domesticity meets modern Greece
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
Photo Francesca Iovene
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plan with subtractions and additions
By exposing the raw concrete of the structure and replacing masonry partitions with the translucent lightness of shoji screens, this renovation in the Exarcheia district reinterprets Athens’ modernist architecture through a minimal and flexible spatial language. Read more
Concrete, tiles, and industrial design in a contemporary open-space home in Santander
Restored by Bian Office, the apartment overlooks the Spanish city’s bay and features a new organization of spaces and an eccentric choice of finishes and colors that bring a contemporary lifestyle to the interior. Read more