Void Studio layers Tulum apartments around pools and courtyards

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. More

Instagram account dank.lloyd.wright aims to "amplify narratives that are excluded from architecture's official consensus"

Meme culture can be an important form of critical discourse in architecture and design, according to the anonymous satirical Instagram account @dank.lloyd.wright. More

North River Architecture adds Passive House-certified home to heritage farm

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. More

Black-clad volumes set into a hillside form Ghent House by Thomas Phifer and Partners

Arched passageways that act as tunnels connect the six black-clad, single-room volumes of Ghent House in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York by Thomas Phifer and Partners. More

Gisele Borges Arquitetura wraps tapered apartment block in perforated "second skin"

A perforated metal facade wraps this angular apartment building in Belo Horizonte designed to offer views from the inside while protecting the residents' privacy. More

Zozaya Arquitectos tops cliffside home in Mexico with open thatched roof

An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. More

Arquitectura Nativa creates rammed-earth retreat for retired archaeologist

Arquitectura Nativa has completed a home in Mexico for a retired archaeologist and their partner, using "rudimentary and artisanal techniques" that help the home blend into its surroundings. More

Combeau Arquitectura clusters gabled forms for Chilean ocean getaway

Three gabled volumes come together to form this "village-like" coastal residence in Chile called Casa El Pangue by local architecture studio Combeau Arquitectura and Andrea Murtagh. More

Tetro Arquitetura uses black stilts to lift angular house in Brazilian forest

Tetro Arquitetura has lifted an angular, lily-shaped home on stilts in a lush Brazilian forest in a way that prevented the unnecessary removal of surrounding trees. More

Estudio MMX tops gabled Mexican holiday home with dramatic skylight

Estudio MMX used a strategy of "stylistic hybridization" to conform to local building guidelines for a four-gabled holiday home with a central skylight in Mexico. More