Moontower Design Build creates "plant-based" cabin in Austin
Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. More
MODA ramps rooftop garden along Calgary multifamily housing
Local architecture studio Modern Office of Design + Architecture has wrapped a multifamily housing development in wood siding and topped it with ramped roof gardens in Calgary, Alberta. More
Aidia Studio outfits Oaxaca community centre with "mysterious" concrete lattice
International design firm Aidia Studio designed a community centre in Oaxaca, Mexico complete with vaulted roofs that shade a series of screens composed of square concrete blocks. More
BHY Arquitectos adds gabled greenhouse to 1980s Buenos Aires home
Argentinian studio BHY Arquitectos has renovated a 1980s house in Buenos Aires, adding a two-storey, gabled greenhouse to the compact residence. More
Appareil Architecture tops wooden Quebec home with sloped single-pitch roof
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has created a wooden, light-filled mountain house with a single-pitch roof in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. More
Kartwheel Studio "honours and revamps" mid-century Texas beach motel
Austin-based design agency Kartwheel Studio has renovated a structure to preserve the mid-century modern atmosphere of the 1960s seaside motor lodge in Galveston, Texas. More
Triptyque designs Team USA accommodation in Paris Olympic Village
Franco-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has designed a building to house the United States delegation in the Olympic Village, which will be converted to affordable housing after the Olympics. More
RA! turns Mexican house in on itself with interior courtyards
Local studio RA! has created a blocky house called Casa LL with polystyrene panels and concrete in Tepoztlán, Mexico. More
Indigenous design "is the way forward" on sustainability says Elisapeta Heta
Most of New Zealand's built environment has been designed without considering the culture of Māori and Pacific Islander communities, architect Elisapeta Heta tells Dezeen in this interview. More
JSa and Mta+v create housing complex in Mexico City with three towers
Mexican studios JSa and Mta+v have teamed up to create a curving housing complex in Mexico City with three volumes wrapped around a central spiral staircase that leads to a rooftop garden. More
Arkitito Arquitectura places São Paulo house between terraced gardens
Local studio Arkitito Arquitetura has created a trapezoidal, stucco-clad house on a triangular garden lot in São Paulo, Brazil. More
Omar Vergara Taller and Renata de Miguel create brick house as "dignified environment for ageing"
Local studio Omar Vergara Taller and designer Renata de Miguel have designed a brick home for the residents to age in place outside of Mexico City. More
WXY Architecture creates welcome centre for New York nature preserve
New York City-based studio WXY Architecture has unveiled a wooden, light-filled visitor centre for a nature preserve on the seaside in Rockaway, Queens. More
Mork-Ulnes balances ADU on California mountainside
International studio Mork-Ulnes Architects has created an angled accessory dwelling unit in the mountains of Marin County, California with wooden interiors and a loft space. More
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design creates "contemporary interpretation" of A-frame cabin
Canadian studio Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has wrapped a lakeside cabin in cedar and topped it with a split gable roof that reinterprets a traditional A-frame cabin in Ontario. More
Brick and stucco meet for "harmonious flow" of Quito house
US studio PJCArchitecture has collaborated with local studio Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora Arquitecto on a two-toned house with a brick base in Quito, Ecuador. More
Lake Flato plans to create "vibrant, mixed-use waterfront district" on Fort Worth island
Architecture studio Lake Flato and HR&A Advisors have unveiled updated plans for a waterfront development that will reroute the Trinity River to create a mixed-use island in Fort Worth, Texas. More
Domestico Estudio clads house with grey brick in Mexican forest
Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. More
"Mad Men meets Apple store" at Ménard Dworkind's revamp of IM Pei tower interior
Local studio Ménard Dworkind has retrofitted a 1960s building designed by IM Pei with an office interior for a tech company in Montreal. More
Oza Sabbeth Architects creates East Hampton house with cedar cladding
New York-based design studio Oza Sabbeth Architects has wrapped an L-shaped beach house in cedar and topped it with a standing seam gabled roof on Long Island. More