Central Courtyard Replaces Living Room in Saekdong House Amid Urban Enclosure
Threshold of Passage: From the Narrow Alley to the Street FrontageSaekdong House does not reveal itself all at once; instead,…
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Transforming a Concrete-Covered Plot into Six Infiltration Courtyards in “La Colmena”
From Urban Enclosure to the Revitalization of the GroundThe project is located in Durán, a satellite city of Guayaquil, within…
Kuska in Cusco: Four Adobe Buildings Shaping the Relationship Between Isolation and Shared Living
“Kuska”… When Elevation Becomes a Condition for DwellingAt 3,100 meters above sea level, amid the Andes Mountains near Cusco, the…
4015 House and Studio in Portland: A North-Facing Façade and Views for Consistent Interior Lighting
4015 House and Studio: Reconfiguring Space in the Era of Remote WorkThe project is located in the hills overlooking Portland…
Functional Distribution in Casa Noor Consolidates Daily Living Requirements on a Single Ground Floor
Threshold as a Concept: Abandoning Formal RitualsCasa Noor adopts a different approach to the traditional threshold in the home. Instead…
Sorriso House: Linear Planning and Projecting Roofs as a Climatic Response to a Narrow, Deep Plot
Architectural Response to the Horizontality of the CerradoThe house is situated within a clearly defined geographical context: vast plains, an…
Split Mass Residence Distributes Its Residential Mass Across Stepped Levels Toward the Roofscape
From Visual Design to Kinetic SequenceSome houses are designed to be looked at, while Split Mass, completed in 2026, is…
West Garden Florist Uses Ground Screws Instead of Concrete to Preserve the Soil
West Garden Florist: Minimal Material Architecture and Maximum PerformanceLUO Studio continues in this project the design logic it began exploring…
Crux South Uses Circular Roof Openings to Bring in Daylight Without Compromising Neighboring Privacy
Wall Continuity and Opening EfficiencyThe principle of top lighting allows the climbing walls to remain uninterrupted, free to extend vertically…
Casa Florinda: Adapting Rural Space to Modern Living
Casa Florinda: When Ruins Become a Home and an Architectural PositionThe project began with a practical question faced by its…
Coronation Park Centre: A Raised Velodrome for Everyday Life
Coronation Park Centre: When the Track Becomes a Public SpectacleThe Coronation Park Centre project is built on a core design…
Chessboard Design Conceals Its Technology Within a Stone Form
Spatial Scenography and the Archaeological FormThe chessboard transforms from a gaming tool into a self-contained scenographic element, taking the form…
Post-Pandemic Reviews Reshape Colégio Bernoulli’s Spaces
Permeability of Massing and Integration with Urban TopographyThe Colégio Bernoulli campus in Vale do Sereno inaugurates research developed by BCMF…
Casa 22 Varies Spatial Experience Through Angled Volumes
Spatial Relationship Between Architecture and the EnvironmentThe scenographic reading of Casa 22 is based on the reciprocal relationship between the…
Nokken Addresses the Gap in Hotel Wellness Promises
Redefining the Recovery Experience Through Spatial TransitionThe design approach responds to a clear gap between what hotel wellness facilities promise…
Restelo House Defines Daily Rhythm Through Light and Shadows
The Textural Interaction Between Memory and RadicalismIn the Restelo neighborhood, a row of terraced houses dating from the 1950s forms…
Casa MDL Uses Client Artwork to Complete the Interior
Balancing Urban Logic and the Natural ContextThe architectural concept of the volume is based on achieving a balance between the…
Casa M in São Paulo Preserves the Original Facade Height in Lapa
Spatial Editing and Environmental ReorientationThe architectural intervention is based on reorganizing the spatial relationships of a property that originally consisted…
Suzhou Museum Turns the Lang into a Pavilion Link
Circulation Logic and the Scenographic Analysis of SpaceThe building experience begins with its quiet relationship to its site on the…
Spitfire Roastery Connects Visitors to Production
Lifestyle Infrastructure in the Rural LandscapeAmid the social transformations taking place in contemporary China, with increasing numbers of young people…
The Overlook: Architecture Shaped by Mountain Terrain
Rooted in the Site and the Dialogue with Glacial TerrainThe The Overlook project offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the Idaho…
