Casa Escondida is an architectural project located in Saltillo, Coahuila, north of Mexico. Three core principles merged together to develop this project. The first objective was to design a house with excellent quality in their areas, materials, and equipment, raising existing standards and questioning the status quo of the current housing offering. One of the main challenges was to design flexible spaces that would serve a wide diversity of people, families, and inhabitants with various habits

Residential complex of single-family homesOn a dense pine forest gently sloping down to a landscape of meadows and lakes, this complex of twenty-three homes is proposed. The aim is to hide under the thick shade of the pines and go unnoticed with a slow, local and surprising architecture.Alejo BaguéAlejo BaguéEach home is made up of cubes of different proportions that are set at different levels following the natural terrain. The homes are grouped together to reduce visual impact and share the

Since before the Coronavirus pandemic, I had started looking for land parcels along the river near the ocean. Whenever I can find the time, I enjoy an idyllic life of camping and visiting the snowy mountains, where there existed no architecture. The experience of being in a place where no infrastructure is readily available is to me, heartily enriching every time I visit.I often think about how to create something close to this natural experience through architecture in a wide-open space.If we c

Since before the Coronavirus pandemic, I had started looking for land parcels along the river near the ocean. Whenever I can find the time, I enjoy an idyllic life of camping and visiting the snowy mountains, where there existed no architecture. The experience of being in a place where no infrastructure is readily available is to me, heartily enriching every time I visit.I often think about how to create something close to this natural experience through architecture in a wide-open space.If we c

The newKärdlaCity Pavilion located on Dagö Island just off the west coast of Estonia is one of several projects that was initiated to celebrate the nation’s declaration of independence 100-year anniversary. Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter along with Mareld Landscape won an open international competition to renew the city’s central square and create a new life in the city center with a new market hall and cultural center. Part of the competition project now constructed is the new city

SOT-Tì-LE. As the name reveals, Sottile House is about subtlety petrified in an architectural gesture, where a 50m prism sits on the hill to observe the vegetation mass that presents the view towards which the residence is oriented.The project is developed in an unconventional way since the hall and main access take place in a private block. This block combines the use of metal and wood, contrasting coldness with coziness, having the dark structure designed in a rhythm that frames the warmth of the wood that covers the private suites

On a remarkable site whose backdrop is the hillsides of the Seine Valley, this new school is attached to the Norman village ofHeudebouville(France). A landscape of the wooded countryside. From the history of the place, the school borrows materials and morphology: the wood of the half-timbered houses of the city center for the glazed frames and the framework; the slate of the bell tower and the town hall to clad and protect the facades and the roof.The morphology of the houses and farm buildings

The project deals with the reconstruction of the rectory from the 16th century (2nd phase unfinished) and the design of the social hall (1st phase completed) of the Parish Center of the Roman Catholic Church inLidečko. Construction modifications respond to the relocation of functions within the building and adapt their availability to best suit the new requirements. The community hall conceptually closes the plot, connects its parts, and creates a space for outdoor activities. Symbolism in

he green, wild Cretan landscape and the richness and heritage of traditional crafts define this new, thoroughly contemporary residential design by Block722. Sat on the northern foothills of Thrypti mountain within the Greek island’s eastern side, the project is a commission by a private client. It called for a 280 sq m home on a slope, including two guestrooms and generous outdoor areas.Balancing the needs of the brief with the natural setting that combines vistas of mountains, plains, and the

In contrast to the extremely urbanized downtown, the mountain area surrounding the city center ofBeijingis still kept rural and natural. The site was a primary school abandoned for years in a mountain village inBeijing, consisting of four rows of brick and timber frame houses arranged in a repeated way and surrounded by high perimeter walls. As a rental property, the client wanted to renovate it into a high-end boutique hotel. Due to the lease terms and local regulations, any addition, subtracti