Although Daedalus built the labyrinth in Crete, it is now on the other side of the Ionian Sea that an intricate, inward-looking construction rises, opening out to the surroundings on only one of its sides, towards the sea horizon. With the simplicity
Evoking the architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman villas of Ampurias, the Tres Patis House in Albons (Girona) reinterprets the essential elements of those classical constructions on a contemporary note. The residential project, designed by Twob
Looking like a rectangular origami of concrete and glass, this sculptural dwelling presents volumes in layers that preserve privacy while leading to a courtyard with a garden. Adopting the classic Mediterranean model with a central courtyard, the low
“Majorca is paradise, if you can stand it!” This warning pronounced by Gertrude Stein, directed at Robert Graves when he told her about his plans of leaving cold England, echoes in a house that harnesses traditional wisdom to create an agreeable redo
The topographic drop of the plot is solved with a central courtyard that favors cross ventilation and with a structure of longitudinal loadbearing walls that connects both sides of the house, defining and organizing the interior spaces around the cou
With its marés stone walls and vaults the dwelling reinterprets the traditional distribution of the courtyard-house, now decomposed into units that are shifted from the center to the perimeter to play with the geometry of the floor plan and cross ven
The vast expanse of land around Bozeman – a city in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, not far from Yellowstone National Park – has been seen by many, and even more so with the pandemic, as an ideal place to escape from the madding crowd and enjoy
This freestanding dwelling is placed in the middle of a parcel between woods and farmland near the village of Buggenhout. The modular steel fence that encloses it is an integral part of the design, defining the volume of the house and setting it apar
A work of the Madrid firm Junquera Arquitectos, this complex of 34 homes mainly pursues the typology of the courtyard house. Through the privacy-ensuring walled courtyard, the place where the family can gather in the open air, the different domestic
Bringing contemporary life into this traditional courtyard without diminishing memory was the objective of a project fundamentally pursuing dialogue between past and present. Located in a typical alley or hutong in old Beijing, the construction falls
A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermost shell covers the entire premises, creating a covered, semi-indoor garden. The second shell encloses a limited area i
The project involved renovating a siheyuan – a historical Chinese type of residence – located in Beijing’s Dongcheng District. Originally there was a group of unconnected volumes under a flat roof, a rare feature in constructions of this kind, charac
The renovation of this Siheyuan-style residence is carried out using a gray brick pavement that curves to generate walls and ceilings and to produce a dynamic connection between indoors and outdoors, as well as to separate auxiliary spaces... [+]
Built in 1959 and in 1963 respectively, the Kingo and Fredensborg houses share one same system of organic growth based on the repetition of the same residential type. In both cases, the main idea is to combine the privacy of domestic life – through i
Built in 1959 and in 1963 respectively, the Kingo and Fredensborg houses share one same system of organic growth based on the repetition of the same residential type. In both cases, the main idea is to combine the privacy of domestic life – through i
Located in the Metropolitan Manila municipality of Parañaque, in one of its many low-density ‘villages’, this dwelling adopts the traditional courtyard-house type inherited from the centuries when the Philippines was a Spanish colony. Based on this
The traditional Chinese courtyard is the typological motif in which the house is inspired. Following the vernacular, the construction is based on massive adobe and brick walls showing subtle patterns on some sides.
Built on barren land with walls of basalt stone and wood, and taking inspiration from the traditional architecture of the place, the house distributes its pavilions around a courtyard.
At the N House, located on a small plot amid the dense urban fabric of Chiba, the relationship between the public and the private space is nuanced thanks to the positioning of three boxes perforated by large openings and the partially covered garden
A couple with three children living in the center of Bordeaux planned to build a new house outside the city, but took years to decide on an architect. When a serious road accident left the father disabled on a wheelchair, the family resumed its inter
At the client’s insistence on absolute independence, it was decided that the solution would be an enclosed space, a hortus conclusus. The house, bordered by four walls rising 3.5 meters, is an 18x18-meter square divided into three equal parts. Only t
Guadajoz es un pequeño núcleo, próximo a Carmona, que tuvo por origen el asentamiento de los trabajadores de las obras del canal y del ferrocarril de la zona. Asentamiento transformado en Unidad Vecinal de Absorción a principios de los sesenta, con u
