"It's co-existence and survival of the fittest" says architect
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing No Footprint House in Costa Rica and sharing their views on other top stories. More
-
-
No Footprint House is a prototype prefabricated home in Costa Rica
Slanted wooden louvres offer natural light and cross-ventilation in this prefabricated house in Costa Rica, which architecture studio A-01 created as a prototype for a series of future zero-carbon homes. More
Charred teak wood clads Costa Rica house with views of the Pacific Ocean
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has completed this house in Costa Rica and covered it with dark charred wood to blend it with its natural surroundings. More
-
Studio Saxe tops white Costa Rican house with pointed roof
An angular roof spans across this white house designed by architecture firm Studio Saxe in a remote part of Costa Rica. More
-
Concrete swimming pool protrudes from Art Villa holiday home in Costa Rican jungle
Czech studios Formafatal and Refuel Works took cues from buildings by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to design this concrete villa nestled into the jungle in Costa Rica. More
-
Green roof and charred wood blend Atelier Villa into Costa Rican jungle
Czech architecture studio Formafatal has used blackened wood, perforated aluminium panels and a green roof to form this low-lying holiday home in Costa Rica. More
-
Studio Saxe adds plant-covered athletic centre to Costa Rican hotel
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has designed this athletic complex for a Costa Rica hotel to be like "a small village amongst the trees". More
-
Olson Kundig designs Costa Rica Treehouse to tread lightly on the earth
American firm Olson Kundig Architects has completed a three-storey nature retreat in Costa Rica, featuring local teak wood, slatted walls and columns made of tree trunks. More
-
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
-
Waterfall cascades from Costa Rica beach retreat by LSD Architects
This beachfront retreat in Costa Rica, by local studio Laboratory Sustaining Design, includes a waterfall that flows between the outdoor pools stepped down its steep site. More
-
Studio Saxe transforms Costa Rican lodge into The Gilded Iguana surf resort
Costa Rican architecture firm Studio Saxe has expanded an existing residence with hotel rooms and a pool to create a new resort in the beach town of Nosara. More
-
Staggered pavilions form holiday resort on lush hill in Costa Rican surf town
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has stepped a series of pavilion-like guest rooms down a slope facing the Pacific Ocean, creating a hotel in a Costa Rican beach town. More
-
Studio Saxe creates contemporary villa in Costa Rican rainforest
San Jose-based architecture firm Studio Saxe has built a house in Costa Rica with an indoor-outdoor great room and cantilevered porches upstairs that overlook dense tropical foliage. More
-
Studio Saxe surrounds Costa Rican yoga retreat with jungle planting
San José-based practice Studio Saxe has designed this hotel in Costa Rica so that guests can perform yoga flows or rigorous boxing workouts in a studio surrounded by lush vegetation. More
-
Outdoor terrace divides two sides of zinc and concrete home in Costa Rica
Two volumes, one made from zinc and one from concrete, are separated by a glazed walkway and terrace in this Costa Rican house by MG Design Studio. More
-
Five of the best houses in Costa Rica on Dezeen
Costa Rica is slowly gaining recognition for its contemporary architecture, so here are five residential projects that demonstrate the small Central American country's particular style of tropical modernism. More
-
Grove of trees shades hillside Costa Rican house by Carazo Arquitectura
Costa Rica studio Carazo Arquitectura has completed a concrete residence that sprawls across the summit of a hill and steps down the slope into a canopy of vegetation. More
-
Steel and glass Costa Rican home by Cañas Arquitectos projects towards views of San Jose
Extensive glazing across this house in Costa Rica by local firm Cañas Arquitectos provides vistas of the verdant landscape by day and the twinkling city below at night. More
-
Movable wooden walls front Benjamin Garcia Saxe's Ocean Eye House
Wooden walls can be folded back from the front of this house on Costa Rica's coastline, opening up ocean views for the bedrooms and living spaces within (+ slideshow). More
-
Costa Rica residence by Obra Architects boasts indoor and outdoor rooms
A folded roof shelters a pathway between the indoor and outdoor rooms that form this holiday home in Costa Rica by Obra Architects (+ slideshow). More
