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Cotaparedes Arquitectos completes Mexican home built around two courtyards

February 2, 2022 James Brillon 0
La Piedad

This minimalist white house in Mexico was designed by Cotaparedes Arquitectos as “introspective architecture” focused on a pair of courtyards. The villa is located in La Piedad, a city that sits roughly halfway between Guadalajara and the capital Mexico City. A short flight of stairs leads from the front yard to the main entrance. A

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Slope House by El Sindicato Arquitectura steps down a Quito hillside

February 1, 2022 James Brillon 0
Slope House

This home on the side of a hill in Ecuador was designed by El Sindicato Arquitectura to provide maximum privacy to its owners and their two daughters. Located in the Cumbayá district of Quito, the Slope House project was completed for a family that wanted private living spaces, plenty of outdoor areas, and a home

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Wooden slats shroud Córdoba House by Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos

January 30, 2022 James Brillon 0
Obra Luyaba

Argentinian architects Nicolás Barrionuevo and Juan Villanueva have completed an isolated home in Luyaba that is wrapped by a terrace with operable wooden screens. The Obra Luyaba project is located in Traslasierra Valley in Córdoba and occupies a steep and isolated lot. “Getting there requires taking some precautions, and the notion of neighbour is not

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Anonimous and JAHS repurpose historic Querétaro villa as a boutique hotel

January 27, 2022 James Brillon 0
Ta Hotel de Diseno

An early 20th-century mansion in the centre of Querétaro, Mexico, has been turned into a boutique hotel by architecture studios Anonimous and JAHS. The Tá Hotel de Diseño, or Tá Design Hotel, encompasses 11 rooms within a neocolonial villa that formerly belonged to Doña Carmen Septien de Soto – a local philanthropist and creative figure.

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Imbue Design completes glass-and-steel home in Utah desert landscape

January 24, 2022 James Brillon 0

Salt Lake City architecture studio Imbue Design has built a house outside Zion National Park in Utah with sweeping views of one of the USA’s most renowned landscapes. The Watchman Cabin was completed collaboratively with a nature-loving client who was “captivated” by the area’s natural surroundings after visiting. Located in Springdale, the site is near

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Light wells puncture roof of concrete house in Brasília by Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura

January 22, 2022 James Brillon 0
Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura

Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. Completed last year, the 300-square-metre residence was designed to provide a clear distinction between its various programme elements with a simple structural concept.

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Concrete walls frame desert views in remote Chihuahua home by OAX Arquitectos

January 21, 2022 James Brillon 0
The exterior of Casa Majalca by OAX

The earthen tone of this off-grid holiday home in Northern Mexico was selected to match the rock formations of the nearby Cumbres de Majalca National Park, which is known for its dramatic landscapes. OAX Arquitectos completed this remote home as a vacation getaway for a large family. It is located within a national park in

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CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces

January 13, 2022 James Brillon 0
Mercury Store

Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough’s Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. The overhauled building is home to The Mercury Store, an organisation dedicated to the performing arts. “The Mercury Store offers residencies, studio and co-working space, community and funding,” according to

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Estudio Mola completes block of elevated row houses in Buenos Aires

January 11, 2022 James Brillon 0
Complejo 8 by Estudio Mola

Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola. The Complejo 8 (“Complex 8”) project is located in Castelar, a city in Argentina that is part of the broader Buenos Aires metropolitan area. As the name suggests, it

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Zozaya Arquitectos completes housing development beside Mexico’s Lake Avándaro

January 6, 2022 James Brillon 0
Avándaro 333

Traditional construction materials are used in contemporary forms at this residential development by Zozaya Arquitectos in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Named after the nearby picturesque Lake Avándaro, two hour’s drive west of Mexico City, the Avándaro 333 housing complex contains 27 residences spread out across nine smaller buildings. Even though each of these blocks contains

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