Five of the best houses in Peru
Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian residences in natural surrounds. More
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Textile House in Peru by Ghezzi Novak has concrete walls informed by woven fibres
Architecture studio Ghezzi Novak has completed this house on Peru's coast with weathered concrete blocks it describes as like "fibres weaved into a fabric". More
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51-1 gives culinary school in Peru an industrial aesthetic
Peruvian studio 51-1 Arquitectos has completed an academic building in Lima that is meant to serve as a "gastronomic machine" for training culinary and hospitality students. More
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Greenery spills over chunky concrete beams in Lima's Statera Restaurant
A rooftop garden and concrete beams filled with green vegetation are among the features of this restaurant in Lima designed by local firm MD 27 Architects. More
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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 Mérito 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
