Articles by James Brillon

An oversized gabled roof sits atop this Mexican countryside home by local architecture studio Estudio Atemporal, creating a covered space that extends the living room outside. Located roughly two hours driving from the Mexican capital, the 143-square-metre house was completed as a retreat for a city-dwelling family. It is in the village of San Simón

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North River Architecture designed Gallatin Passive House as an extension to an 18th-century farm in upstate New York, repurposing the existing barn as a double-height play space for the owner’s three children. The project, which was completed in 2021, sits on a former farm that occupies a 163-acre lot in Gallatin, within New York State’s

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There are practically no doors in this Hawaii retreat by Craig Steely Architecture that has a triangular inner courtyard, massive skylight and a cantilevered roof. The house earned its nickname, Musubi, from one of the builders who remarked that its triangular shape resembles the popular Japanese rice snack also known as onigiri. It is sited

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Herchell Arquitectos designed this courtyard house in Mexico with a split-level configuration that allows the owner to rent out a portion of the home without sacrificing their privacy. Named Casa Patio, the house in the town of San Sebastián del Oeste in the Mexican state of Jalisco contains the owner’s living spaces on the ground

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Gradient Architecture has used a planning rule from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to help revitalise an unused lot in New York City’s Red Hook neighbourhood, which was severely affected by the 2012 storm. This white brick house in Red Hook in Brooklyn is located on a compact lot that could not accommodate a single-family

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