Mid-Century Modern Homes: Balancing Functionality and Environmental IntegrationMid-century modern homes were built upon practical principles emphasizing functional living and harmony with the surrounding environment. One of the defining features of these homes is the use of glass walls, which serve…
✕ Anchoring opposite ends of the Eastern seaboard, Martha’s Vineyard and Miami Beach could not be more different as oceanfront destinations. But below the sandy soil, these locales share a common element: the use of helical-pile foundations, intended to withstand…
✕ In an era of suburban teardowns, with older homes replaced by lot-stuffing mansions, architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano have charted a different course at their own family compound in northern Madrid. Like the other pavilions they have built…
✕ In the living room of Arbour House, a recently completed residence by Patkau Architects in Victoria, British Columbia, sunshine enters through skylights above a folded lattice of hemlock struts and forms patterns that glide slowly across the fireplace wall….
✕ Before the Mexico City–based architect Fernanda Canales put pen to paper to design what would eventually become the striking Casa 720—a country house for a family of six set on 3.7 acres, about 90 miles southwest of the Mexican…
✕ Location: Itzimná, Mérida, Yucatán, México Project size: 1,560 square feet Program: To make use of a long and irregular infill lot, Mérida, Mexico–based FMT Estudio developed an unconventional approach when designing El Tirón. The architects “deconstructed” a traditional residence…
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