Articles by James Brillon

TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru

June 1, 2019 James Brillon 0
Container House by TRS Studio

Two shipping containers are joined together and topped by an angular polycarbonate extension in this conceptual design for low-cost housing by Peruvian firm TRS Studio. TRS Studio designed the speculative dwellings for communities that struggle with housing issues and lack resources to devote to buying construction materials. The studio uses Peruvian town Pachacutec, a small

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Wooden shutters shade Edificio Criba apartments in Ecuador by Rama Estudio

May 26, 2019 James Brillon 0
Edificio Criba in Ambato, Ecuador by Rama Estudio

Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. Edificio Criba is located in the residential neighbourhood of San Antonio. Rama Estudio, an architecture firm with offices in Quito, designed the property to improve the area’s street life, which it says has been in

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Bamboo screen fronts minimal home in Mexico’s West coast by Zozaya Arquitectos

May 19, 2019 James Brillon 0

This holiday home in Mexican beach town Zihuatanejo was designed by Zozaya Arquitectos to step down a steep slope towards the Pacific Ocean. Casa Z sits high above the small town, which is a popular tourist destination on Mexico’s Pacific coast due to its warm climate and expansive beaches. “The main concept of the project

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“Lace-like” terracotta screens keep Cobogó House in São Paulo airy and light

May 11, 2019 James Brillon 0
Cobogo House by Guilherme Fiorotto in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Architecture studio YTA has used traditional Brazilian Cobogó bricks to create screens that help keep this home in São Paulo naturally lit and well ventilated. The two-storey house is built with a suite of simple materials including steel frames, cement blocks and the Cobogó bricks – a hollow ceramic block commonly used across South America to allow for ventilation and lighting in

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Gardens surround board-marked concrete house in Mexico City by PPAA Arquitectos

May 4, 2019 James Brillon 0
Sierra Fria Residence Mexico City by PPAA

Mexican firm PPAA Arquitectos has used board-marked concrete to frame a patio on the rooftop of this house in Mexico City, where residents can lounge in a hammock.  The residence called Casa Sierra Fría is located in the capital’s residential neighbourhood Lomas de Chapultepec. The property rises at the centre of the plot as three

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Pelletier de Fontenay draws on local barns for Hatley House in Canada

April 28, 2019 James Brillon 0

Montreal studio Pelletier de Fontenay has included a plywood-lined meditation room in one of the three gabled volumes that form this home in Hatley, Quebec. Hatley House is named after the small, rural community in southern Quebec, near the Canada-America border. Elevated on a natural plateau, the steep gables of the home are visible from a

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Pelletier de Fontenay draws on local barns for Hatley House in Canada

April 28, 2019 James Brillon 0

Montreal studio Pelletier de Fontenay has included a plywood-lined meditation room in one of the three gabled volumes that form this home in Hatley, Quebec. Hatley House is named after the small, rural community in southern Quebec, near the Canada-America border. Elevated on a natural plateau, the steep gables of the home are visible from a

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Board-marked concrete hides patio in Casa Closed by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac

April 21, 2019 James Brillon 0
Casa Closed in La Plata Argentina by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac

A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. Felipe Gonzalez Arzac completed Casa Closed in a residential area of La Plata – the capital city of Buenos Aires Province – called City Bell. From the street, the

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Atelier Boom-Town completes Quebec getaway “like a piece of driftwood”

April 14, 2019 James Brillon 0
Chalet Du Bois Flotte Residence in Montreal Canada by Atelier Boom Town

Montreal architecture firm Atelier Boom-Town has covered this holiday home overlooking the estuary of Quebec’s Saint Lawrence River in cedar planks that will gradually silver in contact with the sea air. The holiday residence named Driftwood Chalet was completed in Quebec’s La Malbaie. The area known for views of the estuary, which is located downstream

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Studio MK27 completes slender Catuçaba house off-the-grid on Brazil farm

April 7, 2019 James Brillon 0
Catuçaba by Studio MK27

Screens made from eucalyptus run along the front of this long and thin prefab residence, which São Paulo firm Studio MK27 has completed on a farm tucked into the rolling hills of Catuçaba, Brazil. The Catuçaba house is built on a remote site located 1,500 metres above sea level, in an agricultural area midway between Brazilian

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