Machu Picchu's "museumification" more harmful than new airport says Jean Pierre Crousse
A controversial new airport is not the biggest threat to Peru's Machu Picchu, says the co-founder of leading Peruvian architecture firm Barclay & Crousse. 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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Students build woven pavilion to shade archaeologists in Peru's desert
A woven white canopy, bamboo cane walls and earthen floors form this workspace for archaeologists on digs in Pachacamac, Peru, which was built by architecture students from Zurich and Lima. More
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Modular housing system allows you to add rooms to your home
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a concept for a modular housing system that allows residents to easily add extra rooms around the outside of their homes. More
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Fraying grass roof tops Mil Centro restaurant in Peru's historical Sacred Valley
This Peruvian restaurant, which overlooks an archaeological site, was designed by Lima-based Estudio Rafael Freyre as a laboratory and hub for experiments in local gastronomy. More
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Peru offers architects "tremendous freedom" say Barclay and Crousse
After decades "erased from the architectural map", Peru is making a comeback thanks to international recognition of impressive new buildings in the country, according to this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize winners Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse. More
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Wood, stone and adobe create cosy interior for Lima's MĂ©rito restaurant by Ghezzi Novak and Blanco
This compact dining spot in Lima is designed by local studios Ghezzi Novak and Blanco as a snug space, decorated with natural materials that reflect the authenticity of the food. More
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Barclay & Crousse's award-winning Edificio E captured in movie by Cristobal Palma
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has created a film showing Peruvian firm Barclay & Crousse's concrete university building in Piura, which was awarded the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2018. More
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Gonzalez Moix designs Biblioteca Sur community library in Lima
A library by Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura is the latest addition to a cultural complex in the residential district of La Molina, Peru, which also includes a plaza, school, and public park. More
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Barclay & Crousse's "deceptively simple" school in Peru wins Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has won this year's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for its fragmented concrete university building in rural northern Peru. More
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Barclay & Crousse designs clifftop villa to blend in with the Peruvian desert
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse used local stone, and cement with a reddish hue, to make this house on the outskirts of Lima match the colour tones of the Peruvian desert. More
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Barclay & Crousse completes "labyrinthine" university building in Peru
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has completed a wood-textured concrete university building in Peruvian city Piura. More
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Mountain rubble forms curving wall inside coastal Peru house by Marina Vella
To build this seaside house in Peru, Lima-based architect Marina Vella sourced stone from a nearby mountain. More
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Cheng + Franco cantilevers trio of Corten-clad volumes from rural Peruvian house
This countryside house in Peru by Lima-based studio Cheng + Franco Arquitectos features three volumes clad in perforated Corten steel that cantilever above a grassy bridleway. More
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Peruvian archaeology museum by Barclay & Crousse replaces another destroyed by earthquake
Red pigmented concrete provides the geometric forms of this archaeology museum in Peru, designed by Barclay & Crousse to replace another destroyed during an earthquake. More
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Grafton Architects wins inaugural RIBA International Prize for university campus in Peru
RIBA International Prize: a vertical, concrete university campus in Peru by Grafton Architects has been named world's best new building by the Royal Institute of British Architects. More
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Martin Dulanto installs vibrant orange staircase inside Peruvian house Casa Blanca
A fluorescent orange staircase spirals up through the centre of this house that architect Martin Dulanto has completed in Lima, Peru (+ slideshow). More
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Tesla windscreen factory in Peru features fluted and coloured glass fittings
Tinted and textured glass delineate areas inside this office and factory completed by V.oid Architecture for the Lima-based company that manufactures car windscreens for Tesla (+ slideshow). More
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Rafael Freyre uses natural and local materials to connect House in Azpitia with its setting
Stones from surrounding mountains and bricks from a local kiln were used to build this house bordering a desert in Peru, so it appears "like a new layer on the landscape" (+ slideshow). More
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Unbalanced Hotel by OOIIO Architecture
Madrid firm OOIIO has designed a lopsided photo frame-shaped hotel that appears to have crashed into a cliff face near Lima in Peru. More
