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SAU Taller d’Arquitectura opens up narrow interior during Spanish home renovation

September 2, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

A double-height living area crossed by a small wooden bridge sits at the centre of this home in Girona, Spain, renovated and extended by SAU Taller d’Arquitectura. The Sant Daniel House is just 3.5 metres wide and sandwiched between party walls, so the Barcelona-based practice wanted to open up its interior as much as possible.

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Weathering steel roof shelters Utah desert home by Studio Upwall Architects

September 1, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Sunny Acres Residence Studio Upwall Architects

American practice Studio Upwall Architects has designed a house on a desert site in Moab, Utah, sheltered from the harsh climate by a weathering steel roof. Overlooking panoramic views of red rock cliffs, the rusted steel and weathered wood cladding of Sunny Acres Residence was chosen by the Washington-based practice to reference the colour palette

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23o5studio completes textured Pink House in Vietnam

September 1, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Circular opening above a pool at pink house

Vietnamese practice 23o5studio has completed a home in Da Nang City featuring pink pebble-wash walls inside and out, cut through by geometric openings and planted patios. The rough exterior and interior surfaces of The Pink House, designed for two sisters who chose its distinctive colour, reference the rough textures of the Marble Mountains in the

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Graux & Baeyens slices concrete Belgian home with triangular openings

August 25, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

House N-DP in Mechelen, Belgium, by Graux & Baeyens

A stack of triangular, prow-like terraces define this concrete home in Mechelen, Belgium, designed by local practice Graux & Baeyens Architecten. The Ghent-based practice designed House N-DP to provide privacy from passers-by, while also opening out to views of the surrounding fields and the Vaart canal with large angular windows. “Each storey is set back

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Patio Estudio fills “introverted” home in Argentina with internal patios

August 24, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Argentinian practice Patio Estudio has completed a concrete and stone home in the city of Córdoba that features living spaces arranged around a checkerboard of 11 planted patios. Casa Mono was designed for a couple who wanted a private, “introverted” retreat that also had a strong connection to the outdoors. Patio Estudio slightly raised the

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Large wooden shutters filter light and air into Mallorcan home by Company Studio

August 24, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish practice Company Studio has completed a family home in Mallorca featuring large wooden shutters that allow the living spaces to extend onto a south-facing garden and pool. Alaro House, named after the historic Spanish town in which it sits, was designed by the local practice to reflect the area’s traditional typology at its northern

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Nielsen Jenkins designs Brisbane home to withstand bushfires

August 19, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has completed a “tough” family home with lush green courtyards protected from extreme bushfires by high blockwork walls. Mt Coot-Tha House sits on a challenging site characterised by a steep slope at the foot of Mt Coot-Tha, in the suburb Brisbane of Bardon. Faced with the requirements of the second-highest bushfire

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Kengo Kuma draws on fairytale landscapes for Hans Christian Andersen museum in Denmark

August 18, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Hans Christian Andersen Museum designed by Kengo Kuma in Odense

Winding maze-like hedges wrap a series of green-roofed timber pavilions at a museum dedicated to the work of Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark, designed by Japanese practice Kengo Kuma & Associates. The new museum building, announced in 2016 to coincide with the author’s 211th anniversary, is tucked behind the yellow buildings of the fairytale

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Espacio 18’s La Casa del Sapo opens out onto a beach in Mexico

August 16, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura has designed a concrete seafront home on Zapotengo beach in Oaxaca, with two wings oriented to follow the rising and setting of the sun. Called La Casa del Sapo, or Toad’s House, the “timeless” minimalist design was created as a reflection on life’s necessities. The local practice was inspired by

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Atelier Xi designs peach-coloured concrete pavilion in rural China

August 14, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese practice Atelier Xi has completed Peach Hut, a tinted concrete community pavilion and bar overlooking a field of peach trees in Henan Province. The Shenzhen-based practice was initially approached to design a 300-square-metre arts centre in Xiuwu, but proposed that its scattered rural communities would be better served by a more dispersed series of

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