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Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos clads triangular Argentina home in corrugated metal

September 15, 2022 James Brillon 0

Rancho Serrano by Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos

Corrugated metal, steel and wood were used for a remote Argentinian retreat that can sleep up to 20 members of a large extended family. The Rancho Serrano project was completed by Argentinian studio Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos (DMA). It is located in a rocky region of Argentina’s Cordoba province, in the Punilla Valley. “The clients needed

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Studio Guilherme Torres places courtyards throughout rammed-earth retreat in São Paulo

September 12, 2022 James Brillon 0

A rammed-earth wall that was made with sand taken from the site encircles this villa with multiple structures in Brazil by Studio Guilherme Torres. The project is located in the Fazenda Boa Vista neighbourhood, a vacation community located roughly two hours away from São Paulo by car. A young family with two teenage children commissioned

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Birdseye references Vermont farmhouses with all-black cottage on Lake Champlain

September 7, 2022 James Brillon 0

Vermont architecture studio Birdseye referenced a nearby barn to develop the detailing of this all-black country retreat on the shores of Lake Champlain. Homestead is located in South Hero, Vermont, on a 12.6-acre site that slopes down towards Lake Champlain. It is surrounded by several farms, including an immediate neighbour with a barn building that

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Void Studio layers Tulum apartments around pools and courtyards

September 5, 2022 James Brillon 0

Mexican architecture studio Void Studio has completed a small residential development in Tulum called Cuatro Cielos that features internal courtyards and exterior corridors that are designed to promote encounters among the residents. With a blank facade facing a residential street, the four-unit development was designed around internal courtyards. “With a discreet facade, the architects devised

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Estudio Atemporal tops Mexican holiday home with oversized gabled roof

August 31, 2022 James Brillon 0

An oversized gabled roof sits atop this Mexican countryside home by local architecture studio Estudio Atemporal, creating a covered space that extends the living room outside. Located roughly two hours driving from the Mexican capital, the 143-square-metre house was completed as a retreat for a city-dwelling family. It is in the village of San Simón

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Instagram account dank.lloyd.wright aims to “amplify narratives that are excluded from architecture’s official consensus”

August 30, 2022 James Brillon 0

Meme culture can be an important form of critical discourse in architecture and design, according to the anonymous satirical Instagram account @dank.lloyd.wright. “The problem is that traditional power relations and patterns of extraction carry on as usual under a veneer of progressive language,” the anonymous administrators of the Instagram account told Dezeen “We want to

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Plup! Studio completes pair of low-cost dwellings in Costa Rican jungle

August 30, 2022 James Brillon 0

Costa Rica studio Plup! has completed a pair of structures topped with dramatic skylights on the slopes of the Barva Volcano using inexpensive materials. The series of structures were completed in 2021 in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. The area’s climate is extremely damp, which led the studio to favour a design that

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North River Architecture adds Passivhaus-certified home to heritage farm

August 28, 2022 James Brillon 0

North River Architecture designed Gallatin Passive House as an extension to an 18th-century farm in upstate New York, repurposing the existing barn as a double-height play space for the owner’s three children. The project, which was completed in 2021, sits on a former farm that occupies a 163-acre lot in Gallatin, within New York State’s

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Craig Steely Architecture tops Musubi house in Hawaii with dramatic roof

August 26, 2022 James Brillon 0

There are practically no doors in this Hawaii retreat by Craig Steely Architecture that has a triangular inner courtyard, massive skylight and a cantilevered roof. The house earned its nickname, Musubi, from one of the builders who remarked that its triangular shape resembles the popular Japanese rice snack also known as onigiri. It is sited

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Black-clad volumes set into a hillside form Ghent House by Thomas Phifer and Partners

August 25, 2022 James Brillon 0

Arched passageways that act as tunnels connect the six black-clad, single-room volumes of Ghent House in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York by Thomas Phifer and Partners. Ghent House is located on an expansive, 78-acre site in upstate New York, a two-hour drive from Manhattan. The home was completed in 2020. It is made

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