Between minimalism and light, quiet architecture emerges as a discreet form of luxury. Claudio Silvestrin, Kengo Kuma, and Peter Zumthor sculpt pared-down spaces where emptiness becomes substance, clarity an ornament, and silence a language. Places of retreat that invite us to feel the essential — far from noise and ostentation.

From the glass undulations of the Rolex Learning Center to the diaphanous veils of Dior’s runway, transparency flows through architecture and couture as a shared language. Between lightness and fragile density, it blurs boundaries, inhabits the in-between, and redefines the elegance of almost nothing.

Portrait of Architecture Studio KO: Olivier Marty and Karl Fournier create projects where raw materials meet refined details. A look into their style and their most iconic works.

A wall crumbles slightly. Light catches a grain of plaster. Linen wrinkles without apology. What if true luxury lies precisely here? In an era that glorifies the uniform and the smooth, imperfect interiors — textured, raw, inhabited — are reclaiming space through sincerity. What was once considered a flaw is now seen as a language.

At the Bourse de Commerce, renovated to house the Pinault Collection, Japanese architect Tadao Ando inscribes a concrete circle at the heart of the Haussmannian fabric. A hushed yet irreversible gesture, where matter becomes language, and space becomes emotion.

Since his arrival at the helm of Céline in 2018, Hedi Slimane has not merely rewritten the house’s stylistic codes.

Villa Cavrois, a landmark of 1930s architecture, is an invitation to step back in time through its clean lines and sumptuous materials.