Light, air and shadow are “core design tools” for Chilean courtyard house
Chilean studio Paralelo Transversal has utilised passive strategies, including multiple courtyards for ventilation, in the design of a house…
Barcelona social housing is a “tribute to the cultural roots of its inhabitants”
Spanish studio MIAS Architects has renovated a historic housing block in the centre of Barcelona into a series…
trees and patios shape mexican house by estudio villagálvez
estudio villagálvez builds casa gálvez around existing trees Casa Gálvez by Estudio Villagálvez stands at the edge…
Beachfront Spanish apartment blends “the artisanal and the architectural”
Valencia-based studio Paloma Bau incorporated architectural detailing when renovating this seaside apartment, which was designed to nod to…
Hé replaces traditional roof of Flemish home with glazed winter garden
Brussels-based architecture studio Hé! has updated a traditional Flemish home in Belgium, inserting a glazed timber and metal…
Solum carves “labyrinthine” alleyway through coastal home in Italy
A narrow alleyway winds between the monolithic, blocky volumes and patios of this coastal home in Sicily, designed…
Inverted roof creates sculptural interiors for home in Porto by Fala Atelier
An inverted pitched roof creates sloping and curved ceilings that “blur structure and sculpture” at this home in…
‘the rambler’ by GO’C glows among pacific northwest forests
a brick-screened home completes north of seattle The Rambler, hidden within a heavily wooded site northwest of…
77 studio’s ‘house on the slope’ camouflages beneath meadowed green roof in poland
a house embedded into the sloping landscape The House on the Slope by Warsaw-based 77 Studio is…