This 370-square-meter building is thought out as a typical dwelling in the town, seeking to blend with the surroundings through a re-reading of vernacular tradition. Its earthy walls have a lime mortar texture with a Tyrolean finish, and the only per
In Salsipuedes, located 30 kilometers from Córdoba, Argentina, this house immersed in nature adapts to a steep slope. Containing an area of 106 square meters, the prism seems to levitate over the mountain. The house is organized linearly within a spa
Next to La Loma Country Club, in the Mexican city of San Luis Potosí, stands this two-floor house sculpted in exposed concrete. With an area of 800-square-meters, the composition of volumes generates a play of lights and shadows at different heights
A work of the Madrid firm led by Teodoro Núñez and Almudena Ribot, the design of this house in Madrid’s Aravaca neighborhood began with a desire to take advantage of the space occupied by an underused paddle tennis court underground, which became the
An abandoned house integrated into its environs has been refurbished by occupying the ruin and expanding a series of interwoven interior spaces and gardens. Generating a counterpoint with the tower of the neighboring house, the stone, mud, and concre
Nestled on a slope of the Allegheny Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian range, in the Shenandoah Valley, this house and retreat with its elongated plan and its forms seeks to mirror the gentle topography of the site. A work of the American
With breathtaking views of the bay of Palma, this terraced house is located in the upper part of the plot, adapting to the sloping topography of the land through different levels. Three courtyards are introduced in the facade as transitional spaces b
The village of Santa Lucía Alto, in the region of Yungay, is surrounded by fertile plains and high peaks. One of its lush forests in the foothills of the Andes Mountains becomes the site for his house-studio, an ambitious project of over 2,400m² that
Project carried out by Iván Bravo together with Martín Rojas (associate architect), in collaboration with Juan Oyarzún. “To avoid being tied up / Let nothing unite us.” These verses from Pablo Neruda’s poem Farewell were proud thoughts of a couple th
As per Passivhaus standards for maximizing energy efficiency, in consumption terms this residence qualifies for the NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) certificate, impacting very little on the environment. It has a fully industrialized timber structu
This 780-square-meter residence unfurls on the site with straight elements connected by gentle curves, giving rise to a series of courtyards. Adapting to the topography, the geometric composition forms three storeys. The bedrooms are in the uppermost
Like a boat stranded on the rocky coast of Tarifa, the concrete house is embedded in the terrain in the form of linear prisms that stretch out towards the sea horizon, creating terraces and different covered spaces with each staggering...
Taking the slogan ‘good, nice, and affordable’ as motto, the house adapts to the steep slope – with 10 meters of difference in level –, perched as it is on the terrain in a staggered manner. The local masonry walls further integrate the volume into
A bold concrete volume, rising four heights, rests on a sloping terrain facing the Mediterranean Sea. Like a belvedere, two platforms with outdoor stairs are confined by a retaining wall along its side facades and rear area...
Three structures clad in burnt wood are connected by pathways in a mountainous landscape: the actual house (1,200 square meters), a bathhouse with perimetral spaces that include a hot bath, a sauna, and a steam shower, surrounded by a swimming pool (
The design of this home for a young couple reduces architecture to the minimum elements, concisely and efficiently, through the scale of the project, the proportions of the pieces, and the materials used. With a built area of 195 square meters, the
The concrete volume with a rectangular base is perforated by voids on the facade in checkboard fashion, and also three-dimensionally, inside, through a double-height in the main space. On the ground floor, the four large windows at the angles become
For centuries the floating houses of the river Babahoyo were the main places for sorting, storing, and resting along the trade route between the Ecuadorian cities of Guayaquil and Quito. When river ceased to be a commercial path, the structures afloa
A clean-up of the rear brick wall revealed the word .lavadero, the place having been one of the public laundry spaces built in Barcelona during the 19th and part of the 20th centuries, at the intersections of the torrents flowing down from the Collse
Adapting to a very pronounced slope, this residence hovering over the ground is located in Zahara de los Atunes, a village belonging to the municipality of Barbate, in the southern Spanish province of Cádiz. The grayish base, which visually connects
The architecture office of Nataša Stanaćev and Manu Granados, based in Santiago, Chile, was commissioned for this small, 72-square-meter dwelling in Matanzas, on the coast of the commune of Navidad. Casa Kuvo is a 6 x 6 x 6 prism built with wood and
The firm Verne arquitectura – Víctor Larripa Artieda, Javier Martínez Labeaga, Daniel Ruiz de Gordejuela Tellechea – built this house in Munguía, a municipality in the Basque province of Biscay. The strategy adopted for the project came from a desir
This three-floor residence rises on a flat, square-shaped plot in the Limonar neighborhood of Málaga. A work of Marina Uno Arquitectos (Juan Manuel Sánchez La Chica and Adolfo de la Torre Prieto), it is organized by a system of parallel bands running
This single-family dwelling, built in 1982, is a work of the Argentine architect Ricardo Gomara, located in one of the most favored areas of Punta del Este, Uruguay. Situated on the front line at stop 20 of Playa Brava, this house illustrates a perio
If there is no doubt that ‘size matters’, and that scale is one of the main factors in architecture, it is also true that the propositional interest of a building is independent from its size. To support this argument, the sixteen houses selected her
The only oceanfront home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright has sold for $22m in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, the dreamy coastal enclave where Clint Eastwood once served as mayor... The Guardian. ‘Delicate as the seashore’: rare Frank Lloyd
The tough experience of lockdown during the pandemic has made us reflect on the design of domestic space, and particularly on its connection with the outdoors. Inserted in built-up urban spaces, located in sprawling suburban areas, or embedded in nat
Interior life needs the outdoors. During the recent viral pandemic, lockdowns reminded us that we need contact with others and with nature. From this intimate withdrawal, which is both shelter and cell, we must open up to others and to the world. Per
Just 35 minutes from Manhattan, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Socrates Zaferiou House sits on 2.5 private acres within Clausland Mountain Park in Blauvelt, New York. “It’s a complete escape from our New York City life, so it’s meant to be a decompression,” Sa
El plan de las autoridades, que ya han retirado la mayoría de estas estructuras, ha recibido críticas por parte de quienes las consideran un símbolo cultural y urbano…
Last year Japan’s Serendix Partners caught our eye with its concept for spherical, 3D-printed houses. Not only do they have a stylish, futuristic appeal, Serendix wants them to be low-priced enough to make the cost of buying their 3D-printed houses c
Marcel Breuer’s first binuclear house, Geller I in Lawrence, New York has been demolished in the dead of night. Geller I is largely considered the project that propelled Breuer to private practice in New York and prompted the Museum of Modern Art to
On Nov. 17, the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, took a new name: the Edith Farnsworth House. This five-letter change marks a small but significant gesture in the decades-long effort to tell the story of one of America’s most famous modern homes,
Ever since he was a child, Hannes Coudenys had been annoyed by the “visual chaos” around him. On the road from home to his school in Bruges, he found a mishmash of architectural styles – haciendas, villas, farm-style houses, all mixed up with boxy ma
One by one, houses can become imbued with the arrogant aura of the extraordinary. Associated, they acquire the fertile condition of what can inspire familiar or serial progeny. Beyond the urban or ecological critique of detached homes, the house is c
Bernd and Hilla Becher photographed between 1959 and 1973 a large number of timber-frame houses, transformed into types by the strict German regulations, and their publication in 1977 turned the documentary series into a mythical work. For his part,
Abatch of new houses across California is selling unusually fast. In the past two months, 82 have been snapped up, and the waiting list is 1,000 long. That demand should, though, soon be satisfied—for, while it can take weeks to put up a conventional
In 1996, Editorial Munilla Lería published one of the first monographs on the work of Alberto Campo Baeza. Compact and practical in format (14x20 centimeters) and published in black and white, its nearly 250 pages summarized the first years of the ar
This house was built with healthy living in mind for naturopath Phillip Lovell. Completed in 1929, the building has numerous porches designated for nude sunbathing and cubic living spaces drenched in light via huge steel-framed windows. The Los Feliz
Para el ruso Melnikov, su vivienda se convirtió en su cárcel. Philip Johnson exhibió su día a día en la Glass House y Le Corbusier eligió para él la cabaña más pequeña que jamás había diseñado. El edificio de viviendas sociales de El Ruedo (Madrid, 1
The walls of the garden enclose a project of individual happiness. Growing one’s own orchard and tending one’s own garden are metaphors of the abandonment of collective passion; and the tamed, intimate nature of the garden is an acceptable substitute
Accustomed to thinking of the family house as a consumer unit, we often forget about its essential role as a unit of production. Essential in the rural world, where agricultural exploitation and the residence are inseparable, and no less important in
If there is a domestic area where etiquette reigns, surely it is the dining room. Table manners are just the basic catechism of an elaborate theology of food and eating. Habits and rituals intertwine to weave a dense fabric of identities and differen
In the beginning was the fire: a single fire around which the family gathered and the house was built. When the hearth was multiplied and divided, the house fragmented into individual fires warming bodies, heating water, and transforming foods. The c
Associated with the bedroom in a shared sphere of secluded intimacy, the bathroom wavers between hygiene and pleasure. The wellbeing that bodily regeneration gives fuses with the warm sensuality of the water that moistens the skin, opens up the pores
Bedroom, hub of intimacy, protective shell of the seed, place for terms and principles, for consummations and consumptions. Children and projects are conceived here, the frontiers of dreams and life are crossed. Up to quite recently, here one was bor
Philip Jodidio Homes for our Time
Various authors
Lima 2022
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - 188 Pages
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Berlin 2019
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Xavier Guzmán Urbiola Victor Jiménez Toyo Ito
México 2014
RM - 127 Pages
Fernando Távora
Oporto 2013
Universidade do Porto
Peter Eisenman
Nueva York 2003
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