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GOAA uses prefabricated panels to create naturally ventilated school in Brazil

September 28, 2022 James Brillon 0

Brazilian studio Gusmão Otero Arquitetos Associados has completed a campus for the Pequeno Príncipe School on the outskirts of the city of Ribeirão Preto using concrete and prefabricated panels. The campus was completed earlier this year for the institution, which serves children from elementary school through high school. The campus encompasses four main buildings, totalling

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Ludwig Godefroy’s Casa TO hotel presents a “reinterpretation of a Oaxacan temple”

September 26, 2022 James Brillon 0

Architect Ludwig Godefroy used concrete to create a cavernous structure with a central pool that is designed to facilitate natural cooling for a hotel on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The two-storey hotel — sited in La Punta Zicatela near Puerto Escondido — contains nine rooms and encompasses 600 square metres. “The name, Casa TO, comes from

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Evelop Arquitectura creates “garden with a house” in San Miguel de Allende

September 22, 2022 James Brillon 0
Evelop Arquitectura

Evelop Arquitectura drew inspiration from the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán for this wood-and-stone house in San Miguel de Allende, which is interspersed with lush garden courtyards. San Miguel de Allende is Guanajuato state’s largest city and was favoured by the iconic Mexican architect Luis Barragán. According to local firm Evelop Arquitectura, Barragán admired

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Dupont Blouin orients brick-clad MI-2 Residence around central courtyard

September 21, 2022 James Brillon 0
Montreal home with grey brick

Pale-grey brick clads this compact residence with a courtyard on the outskirts of Montreal designed by local architectural studio Dupont Blouin. MI-2 Residence is located in Laval, a suburban island north of Montreal, separated from the city by the Prairies River. Although it is now a part of Greater Montreal, the island initially developed as

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Repurposed wooden slats cover Hamptons residence by Birdseye

September 20, 2022 James Brillon 0
Lathouse by Birdseye

Vermont architecture studio Birdseye has wrapped a Hamptons cottage in thin wooden slats based on those used in local, traditional buildings for lighting and ventilation. The project was completed in 2020 and is located on the South Fork of Long Island, in the town of Sagaponack. While today the area is mostly known as an

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Estudio Santa Rita places saw-tooth roof over Mérida art studio

September 16, 2022 James Brillon 0
Estudio Santa Rita

Estudio Santa Rita has completed a compact and efficient building with colourful storage units and a saw-tooth roof that houses the offices and workshops of a creative couple in Mérida, Mexico. Estudios MF is for a couple, a fashion designer and a painter, who commissioned Estudio Santa Rita to design and build their workspace. The

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Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos clads triangular Argentina home in corrugated metal

September 15, 2022 James Brillon 0
Rancho Serrano by Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos

Corrugated metal, steel and wood were used for a remote Argentinian retreat that can sleep up to 20 members of a large extended family. The Rancho Serrano project was completed by Argentinian studio Diaz Marcellino Arquitectos (DMA). It is located in a rocky region of Argentina’s Cordoba province, in the Punilla Valley. “The clients needed

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Studio Guilherme Torres places courtyards throughout rammed-earth retreat in São Paulo

September 12, 2022 James Brillon 0
Jatobá House by Studio Guilherme Torres

A rammed-earth wall that was made with sand taken from the site encircles this villa with multiple structures in Brazil by Studio Guilherme Torres. The project is located in the Fazenda Boa Vista neighbourhood, a vacation community located roughly two hours away from São Paulo by car. A young family with two teenage children commissioned

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Birdseye references Vermont farmhouses with all-black cottage on Lake Champlain

September 7, 2022 James Brillon 0
Homestead in Vermont by Birdseye

Vermont architecture studio Birdseye referenced a nearby barn to develop the detailing of this all-black country retreat on the shores of Lake Champlain. Homestead is located in South Hero, Vermont, on a 12.6-acre site that slopes down towards Lake Champlain. It is surrounded by several farms, including an immediate neighbour with a barn building that

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Void Studio layers Tulum apartments around pools and courtyards

September 5, 2022 James Brillon 0
Cuatro Cielos Void Studio

Mexican architecture studio Void Studio has completed a small residential development in Tulum called Cuatro Cielos that features internal courtyards and exterior corridors that are designed to promote encounters among the residents. With a blank facade facing a residential street, the four-unit development was designed around internal courtyards. “With a discreet facade, the architects devised

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