Solo Arquitetos builds Brazilian holiday home Casa do Lago using reclaimed bricks and local stones
Brazilian firm Solo Arquitetos sourced red-hued stones from a local quarry and repurposed bricks from a defunct factory to build this vacation home near Brazil's Paranapanema river. More
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HW-Studio steps Casa Ja down a slope in central Mexico
Architecture practice HW-Studio took cues from the steps and plazas found in traditional Spanish architecture to design this residence in central Mexico. More
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Garret Cord Werner includes three pools in Seattle house designed for avid swimmer
A reflective pond, a lap pool, and a jacuzzi intersperse and organise the spaces of this residence that Garret Cord Werner designed for an island in the middle of Seattle's Lake Washington. More
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TRS Studio envisions shipping containers as affordable housing in Peru
Two shipping containers are joined together and topped by an angular polycarbonate extension in this conceptual design for low-cost housing by Peruvian firm TRS Studio. More
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Wooden shutters shade Edificio Criba apartments in Ecuador by Rama Estudio
Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. More
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Bamboo screen fronts minimal home on Mexico's west coast by Zozaya Arquitectos
This holiday home in Mexican beach town Zihuatanejo was designed by Zozaya Arquitectos to step down a steep slope towards the Pacific Ocean. More
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"Lace-like" terracotta screens keep Cobogó House in São Paulo airy and light
Architecture studio YTA has used traditional Brazilian Cobogó bricks to create screens that help keep this home in São Paulo naturally lit and well ventilated. More
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Gardens surround board-marked concrete house in Mexico City by PPAA Arquitectos
Mexican firm PPAA Arquitectos has used board-marked concrete to frame a patio on the rooftop of this house in Mexico City, where residents can lounge in a hammock. More
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Pelletier de Fontenay draws on local barns for Hatley House in Canada
Montreal studio Pelletier de Fontenay has included a plywood-lined meditation room in one of the three gabled volumes that form this home in Hatley, Quebec. More
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Board-marked concrete hides patio in Casa Closed by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac
A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. More
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Atelier Boom-Town completes Quebec getaway "like a piece of driftwood"
Montreal architecture firm Atelier Boom-Town has covered this holiday home overlooking the estuary of Quebec's Saint Lawrence River in cedar planks that will gradually silver in contact with the sea air. More
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Studio MK27 completes slender off-grid Catuçaba house on Brazil farm
Screens made from eucalyptus run along the front of this long and thin prefab residence, which São Paulo firm Studio MK27 has completed on a farm tucked into the rolling hills of Catuçaba, Brazil. More
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YH2 completes vacation home "hanging from" remote cliff in Canada
A narrow bridge leads to this holiday home among woodland outside Montreal, which local firm YH2 has designed to be reminiscent of a treehouse. More
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Studio Saxe creates "tropical atrium" within Jungle Frame House in Costa Rica
The simple steel, wood and glass frame encasing this Costa Rican holiday home was designed by Studio Saxe to keep residents exposed to the lush jungle surrounding. More
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PPAA Arquitectos completes "isolated" Aculco retreat for two brothers in Mexico
Stone sourced from a nearby quarry was used to build this house in Mexico, which architecture studio PPAA Arquitectos designed for two brothers who wanted to get away to "the middle of nowhere". More
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Board-marked concrete box protrudes from Felipe Gonzalez Arzac's Casa Rex in Argentina
The cantilevered concrete volume that tops this minimal home in La Plata, Argentina, was designed by architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac to look as if it is "suspended in the air". More
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Stilted Apus House by Aguilo + Pedraza peeks through Chilean forest
Santiago-based studio Aguilo + Pedraza Arquitectos has elevated this glass, concrete and wooden house above its Chilean landscape setting to offer views of oak trees, a lake and five volcanoes. More
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Toshihiro Oki links pale brick volumes to form Long Island weekend retreat
Clay bricks "stacked in a random pattern" create varying hues across the walls of this holiday home in Long Island, which New York-based architect Toshihiro Oki has designed for a client to host friends all year round. More
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Charred cedar clads Ontario lake boathouse by Akb Architects
Toronto studio Akb Architects has designed this blackened wood holiday home and boathouse alongside a large deck for diving into an Ontario lake. More
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Curved bookshelf organises Pascali Semerdjian's VLP apartment in São Paulo
Brazilian studio Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos has overhauled a São Paulo apartment inside a 1960s building, adding in a semi-circular wooden library to house the owner's extensive book collection. More
