Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos "transforms memory into architecture" at Brazilian beach house
Local practice Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos has completed a house with a glued-laminated timber structure on the coast of São Paolo that opens to the surrounding landscape through multiple screens and brise soleil. More about Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos "transforms memory into architecture" at Brazilian beach house
JSa transforms Mexican factory for its own architecture studio
Mexico City-based studio JSa has adapted a mid-century factory into an office and studio space for its practice, maintaining many industrial details as a "manifesto in regenerative design". More about JSa transforms Mexican factory for its own architecture studio
Nitsche Arquitetos focuses on "broad adaptability" for modular house in Brazil
Local studio Nitsche Arquitetos has completed a modular, cross-laminated timber house with a rectangular dogtrot-style plan outside of São Paulo, Brazil. More about Nitsche Arquitetos focuses on "broad adaptability" for modular house in Brazil
Fernanda Canales orients circular Mexican house as "solar clock"
Mexico City-based studio Fernanda Canales Architecture has tucked a circular house into a remote site, allowing for views in every direction of the landscape outside of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More about Fernanda Canales orients circular Mexican house as "solar clock"
nArchitects designs twin park pavilions on either side of the Hudson River
Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects has designed two waterfront park pavilions that address the conditions of flood-prone sites along the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, USA. More about nArchitects designs twin park pavilions on either side of the Hudson River
Lake Flato Architects evokes "feeling of being on a porch" at Texas library
Texas studio Lake Flato Architects has created a library with a porch-like scheme, featuring mass-timber elements and a designated space for children, outside of Austin, Texas, USA. More about Lake Flato Architects evokes "feeling of being on a porch" at Texas library
Specht Novak designs Austin ADU devoid of windows
Architect Scott Specht has completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Austin that is clad entirely in corten steel with no exterior windows. More about Specht Novak designs Austin ADU devoid of windows
Central Park recreation facility designed as "ultimate fusion of landscape and architecture"
Susan T Rodriguez has designed a revitalised recreational facility in Central Park, rebuilding a 1960s ice rink and pool and reconnecting the park's natural waterways in the centre of New York City. More about Central Park recreation facility designed as "ultimate fusion of landscape and architecture"
Shingled Canadian house blends forms into fluid composition
Canadian studios Oyama and Julia Manaças Architecte have designed Waterhouse, a woodland house clad in wood shingles that blends into a natural clearing in Sutton, Quebec. More about Shingled Canadian house blends forms into fluid composition
CRB Arquitectos creates timber building with "vertical gardens" in Mexico City
Local studio CRB Arquitectos has completed a timber apartment building with planted atriums and sculptural staircases in the heart of Mexico City. More about CRB Arquitectos creates timber building with "vertical gardens" in Mexico City
Max Núñez Arquitectos designs metal Chilean house as "site-specific piece of technology"
Chilean studio Max Núñez Arquitectos has raised a prefabricated steel house onto columns for a sloping site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Chile, comparing it to a "lunar lander". More about Max Núñez Arquitectos designs metal Chilean house as "site-specific piece of technology"
SHED Architecture & Design renovates home for Seattle restaurateur
Local studio SHED Architecture & Design has renovated a 1920s building into a compact two-level home with a black exterior and interior references to its history in Seattle. More about SHED Architecture & Design renovates home for Seattle restaurateur
MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub
International studio MASS Design Group renovated and adapted six derelict factory buildings into a mixed-use community hub in New York's Hudson Valley. More about MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub
OF Studio designs Argentinian mountain house that "emerges from the terrain"
International architecture practice OF Studio has created a brutalist concrete house with a cantilevered terrace and sloped foundations shaped by its site on a mountainside in Mendoza, Argentina. More about OF Studio designs Argentinian mountain house that "emerges from the terrain"
V Taller references Tower of Babel in design of Mexican residential complex
Mexican studio V Taller has completed a residential complex in Tulum, Mexico that features a series of vaulted apartments surrounding a tower representative of the mythical Tower of Babel, all finished in pink stucco. More about V Taller references Tower of Babel in design of Mexican residential complex
Aidia Studio tops Mexican market with parabolic roof system
International design practice Aidia Studio has lofted a wave-like vaulted roof with green details over a market in Quintana Roo, Mexico. More about Aidia Studio tops Mexican market with parabolic roof system
Miller Hull Partnership "embraces levitation" for Washington cabin on stilts
With an emphasis on "long-term thinking", American architecture studio Miller Hull Partnership has placed a modular wood cabin on steel columns on a sloped island site in Washington state. More about Miller Hull Partnership "embraces levitation" for Washington cabin on stilts
Circular Pictograma winery in Mexico designed to "echo the land"
Mexican design studios Rojkind Arquitectos and AMASA Estudio have collaborated to create a wheel-shaped winery with radiating vaults in Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico. More about Circular Pictograma winery in Mexico designed to "echo the land"
51-1 Arquitectos creates pink concrete convent in Peru
Local studio 51-1 Arquitectos has stacked a vertical convent made of pink-coloured concrete and grey brick screens onto an urban site in Lima, Peru. More about 51-1 Arquitectos creates pink concrete convent in Peru
Light, air and shadow are "core design tools" for Chilean courtyard house
Chilean studio Paralelo Transversal has utilised passive strategies, including multiple courtyards for ventilation, in the design of a house oriented around a skylight on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile. More about Light, air and shadow are "core design tools" for Chilean courtyard house