Month: April 2022

The refurbished and expanded property was part of a single-family housing complex built in 1939. Front-facing houses were replaced by a high-rise apartment building, while the back plots underwent various independent schemes of refurbishment and expansion. The cornerstone decision of our project was to return to the house’s original concept by reverting a series of interventions and enlargements that had rendered the spaces locked in, and deprived the whole property both of natural light and ventilation. New house owners requested an increase in the living surface which required demolition work.

The refurbished and expanded property was part of a single-family housing complex built in 1939. Front-facing houses were replaced by a high-rise apartment building, while the back plots underwent various independent schemes of refurbishment and expansion. The cornerstone decision of our project was to return to the house’s original concept by reverting a series of interventions and enlargements that had rendered the spaces locked in, and deprived the whole property both of natural light and ventilation. New house owners requested an increase in the living surface which required demolition work.

Home renovation activity has reached its highest rate since 2018, according to the just-released 2022 U.S. Houzz & Home Study. Renovation spending, up 20% in 2021 compared with the previous year, also has hit its highest rate in four…

In the rural north of Minas Gerais, the small town of Campo Azul sheltered for decades a willful couple who raised their family there. In total, they raised 11 children, who generated 21 grandchildren and, until now, 17 great-grandchildren. Big family, from the countryside.

through ‘la hacienda jardín’, the design team sought to provide a reinterpretation of Mexican Haciendas, adding a modern touch, both combined into a harmonious whole.
The post central garden of getaway home frames mountainous mexican surroundings appea…

PALMA experiments with an undefined typology in Sayulita   For their latest project, the architects at PALMA wanted to see how different users would interact with one another in a hybrid building that’s part house, part hotel. Named ‘C…

PAD studio has completed a new four-bedroom eco-conscious family home in the sensitive New Forest National Park district with intimate connections to the surrounding landscape. Making the environmentally-driven decision to downsize from their existing six-bedroom home located next door, clients Graham and Charlotte Thompson briefed PAD Studio to design a compact family home with minimal energy usage and upkeep. Nestled in the dense woodland surrounding their plot, the new home sits in an area formerly occupied by the old gardener’s cottage to their former home, with sweeping views over the hills beyond.