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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

February 21, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica, California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. Completed in 2023, the twin five-bedroom houses measure 3,900 square feet (362 square metres) each and are divided by a privacy wall and rectangular

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Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout narrow Mexican house

February 15, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. With a floorplan of 251 square metres, Casa Malbec was completed in 2022 by Cesar Andrés Mancillas de la Torre, an architect based in the northern Mexico state of Baja

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Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout narrow Mexican house

February 15, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. With a floorplan of 251 square metres, Casa Malbec was completed in 2022 by Cesar Andrés Mancillas de la Torre, an architect based in the northern Mexico state of Baja

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DB Arquitetos stacks house with wooden screens on Brazilian coast

February 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Brazilian architecture studio DB Arquitetos has completed a holiday home surrounded by a wooden screen in a forested site outside of São Paulo, Brazil. Known as Casa VJC Iporanga, the 660-square-metre summer retreat is located in a residential condominium complex in Guarujá, roughly 100 kilometers southeast of São Paulo on the Atlantic coast. The home

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Saunders Architecture creates steel-clad house for Carraig Ridge in Alberta

February 12, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Norway-based Saunders Architecture has created a Y-shaped house clad in Corten steel with floor-to-ceiling glazing in a design-focused neighbourhood near Calgary, Alberta. The aptly named Y House has a footprint of 190 square metres and was completed by design firm Saunders Architecture in 2022. The residence is located in a designed-focused community called Carraig Ridge,

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Bloco Arquitetos drapes screens over cantilevered steel house in Brazil

February 7, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has used prefabricated elements to create a house with two stacked, perpendicular volumes clad with screens in Brasília. Known as the 350 House, the 500-square metre residence can be completely opened to light and views or closed for privacy because of the many screens along its side. BLOCO Arquitetos – which

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Suspended weights counterbalance cantilevered pavilion in Mexico

January 31, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Suspended gabions weights provide a counterweight to the steel cantilever in this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico. Known as Espina, the pavilion sits high above a cattle ranch in Santiago de Querétaro, opening visitors to a 360-degree, panoramic view of the mountain landscape of central Mexico. Architects Emiliano

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Populous designs “modular” Cricket World Cup stadium for New York

January 29, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Global design firm Populous has unveiled designs for a temporary cricket stadium to be constructed with repurposed elements in New York. The Nassau County International Cricket Stadium is a modular sporting facility and will be constructed to host eight matches of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s 2024 T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted

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Moises Sánchez uses local construction methods for cubic Mexican house

January 23, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Guadalajara-based architect Moises Sánchez has created a stucco-clad, cube-shaped holiday home shaded by a large tree in western Mexico. The simple, 450-square foot (42-square metre) structure, known as Tonalli House, was completed in 2023 in Jocotepec, Jalisco, minutes from Lake Chapala, the country’s largest lake. “The project arises from the pursuit of a peaceful experience,

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Juan Alberto Andrade adds workspace onto multifamily housing in Ecuador

January 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Ecuadorian architect Juan Alberto Andrade has completed an extension to a multifamily housing complex with rammed earth walls in Guayaquil. Known as El Retiro, the nine-square metre (97-square foot) addition doubles the common space of a 305-square metre (3,282-square foot) residential complex, protruding into the front setback along the street and blurring the line between

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