The Column System in Villas Raíces as a Structural Response to Site Topography Without Excavation
Architecture as a Response to the Terrain, Not an Imposition on ItVillas Raíces is grounded in a clear design position:…
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Project documentation and analysis across building types, scales and locations. Coverage examines the brief, spatial organisation, material choices and relationship to place, distinguishing design proposals from work under construction and completed buildings.
Compare projects through building typologies, examine their materials and construction methods, and place individual works within the wider discussion of architecture.
Mibu House in Tochigi: When Site Constraints and Access Conditions Become a Design Principle
Mibu House: Architecture Shaped by Constraints, Not Despite ThemKobe-based Tato Architects did not approach the constraints imposed on Mibu House…
Fazenda Boa Vista: Horizontal Expansion Around Existing Vegetation Instead of a Concentrated Building Mass
When Topography Determines the Occupation StrategyThe land extends across an area of 14,000 square meters within the Fazenda Boa Vista…
Null House with Steel and Wood Proposes a Research Model for Low-Energy Housing
Null House: Redefining Shelter Through Disciplined ReductionNull House is founded on a premise that runs counter to the prevailing logic…
Kemilau Ubud: Integrating Water and Vegetation Beyond Traditional Functional Separation
Forest Threshold: Movement Between Vegetation Density and WaterKemilau Ubud seeks to recreate the sensation of exploration within a tropical forest,…
The Gallery Addresses the Tension Between Light and Privacy Through the Central Courtyard
Architecture as a Continuous Journey: From Mass to Movement“The Gallery” moves beyond the idea of the residence as a collection…
From Industrial Container to Retreat Unit: Luna Cottage’s Approach to Limited Space
From Industrial Container to Forest RetreatA 266-square-foot space inside a shipping container set in an Ohio forest does not, at…
Two Parallel Structures in La Grieta Pavilion: An Interlocking Timber System and a Team Learning Through Construction
The Pavilion as an Exercise in Light and MaterialLa Grieta Pavilion is based on the idea that architecture is both…
Valley Winds Become a Musical Performance in The Sound of Wood Through a Horizontal Layer of Bells
The Valley as a Space to Be HeardNestled in the hollow of the valley, the village rests between the surrounding…
Bangbae Rental Building: A Rough Concrete Core and Metal Wall Separate Service from Rental Units
The Service Core in the South: A Logic of Height and SetbackIn the neighborhood facilities designated for rental use, the…
Seamstresses’ Working Environment in the VAVI Building: Daylight and Clarity in the Production Process
From a Small Workshop to a Production EnterpriseThe architects began collaborating with Jirka Vávra and Katka Jirotová several years ago….
Using Conventional Timber in Match House to Create an Unexpected Form
Material Research as a Design PracticeYoung Projects’ work begins by questioning the conventional uses of materials and the ways they…
When Limited Space Becomes a Design Logic: A Vertical Dwelling in Mini Atalhada
From a Storage Space to a Vertical DwellingMini Atalhada begins with a small storage building on the southern coast of…
A Multigenerational Home on the Edge of the Moor: Integrating “Alpamire” with the Terrain
Integration with the Terrain: A Building on the Edge of the Moor“Alpamire” occupies a transitional position, as it is the…
Why the Gandarillas House Raises Its Mass: Freeing the Ground and Letting Water Pass Beneath It
The Open Ground as a Living SpaceUpon entering the site, the visitor does not encounter a mass occupying the ground,…
Courtyard House with an Avocado Tree: The Garden as an Organizing Structure for Movement, Views, and Materials
The Garden as Primary Infrastructure, Not an Attached ElementThe project reorders the priorities between the garden and the dwelling; here,…
“Casa del Loro” in Yucatán: When Birds Drive Architectural Decisions
When a Name Becomes an Architectural ProgramThe name “Casa del Loro” (“House of the Parrot”) reveals the essence of the…
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…
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…
