casa texcal
HGR Arquitectos The clients – a married couple with sons and grandchildren – desired a vacation residence that responded to its immediate context, while also favouring views of Cerro Del Tepozteco, a craggy mountain that rises up behind their property. https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/30/casa-texcal-hgr-arquitectos-house-mexico/
dark brick house
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur The house for a couple and their two children comprises several interconnected volumes arranged in a U-shape around the garden and pool area. https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/17/villa-tennisvagen-johan-sundberg-architecture-sweden/
es pou house
Marià Castelló Martínez The intervention is located in the western area of the plot, parallel to a trace of more than a kilometer in length, oriented to the south and protected from the setting sun by a mass of vegetation, thus releasing the most fertile area to give continuity to the existing agricultural activity. https://www.archdaily.com/960053/es-pou-house-in-formentera-maria-castello
dawnridge house
Field Architecture “Allowing these movement patterns to influence our design process, we thought also about the way in which visitors would move through the site and through the architecture, and the way in which the architecture itself would wind through the landscape,” it added. As part of an ambition to provide a strong connection to […]
the brick house
Srijit Srinivas – ARCHITECTS Located on a long and irregularly narrow site in Trivandrum with its longer side facing west, the The BRICKHAUS, Kerala, India is designed to be both a place of respite and exhilaration for the Clients – a young family both Doctors and their two kids. The plan addresses the diverse requirements […]
perth extension
David Barr Architects “They were very keen to capture the character of the existing structures in the design of the new addition – the texture of the brickwork, the aged timber and the instant warm that you get from the finished product,” the practice’s founder, David Barr. https://www.dezeen.com/2020/07/29/marine-house-extension-david-barr-architects-perth-australia/?fbclid=IwAR1XW72Ob-BSDemPAe6JLanaT41KUhhAJAsluAH0xVOhjq_wy_esHk37A0A
brise-soleil
architects use brise-soleil as solutions to overheating in many hot climates with long days of direct sunlight. These permanent sun-shading structures range from simple patterns of concrete fins to more elaborate wing-like mechanisms that can be adjusted based on different solar angles throughout the day and across the seasons. Some buildings incorporate louvers into the […]
eco-brutalist residences
Brutalism is back. The long-maligned style, with its glorious exposed concrete surfaces, has seen renewed interest across the globe. Perhaps nowhere more-so than in the tropics where concrete was a hallmark of late modernist construction projects. While brutalism may be best-known for obtrusive public developments, these six designs showcase a domestic side of brutalism, conscientiously […]
valley of the moon retreat
Butler Armsden Architects Perched on a wooded stretch overlooking the Valley of the Moon, this family retreat is at once warm and embracing, and light and spacious. Approaching the large, sloped site with a bold hand, Butler Armsden placed this Sonoma home on a poured-concrete platform, providing expansive views that reveal themselves only after visitors […]
casita house
The Ranch Mine “casiTa,” spelled with a capital T, derives its name from its ‘T’ shaped plan that features 2 symmetrical bedrooms that sandwich a kitchen/laundry/bathroom plumbing core adjacent to the open living space. The 974 square foot home lives much larger than its footprint thanks in part to a 750 pound, 12 foot wide pivot […]