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McLeod Bovell uses cantilevers in “fortress-like” West Vancouver house

December 22, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local design studio McLeod Bovell has completed a seaside home with a dramatic cantilever and multiple lightwells in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver-based McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed the 10,940-square foot (1,016-square metre) Liminal House in 2022. “The ‘liminal’ is a transformational state between where one thing begins and another ends; the position where something

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Lakeside mass-timber theatre in Chile features “box within a box” construction

December 19, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

An architecture team of Nicolás Norero, Leonardo Quinteros and Tomás Villalón has created a community theatre out of glued laminated timber along a lake’s shoreline in Panguipulli, Chile. The Theater of the Arts of Panguipulli (Teatro Educativo de las Artes) was completed in November 2022 on the banks of Panguipulli Lake. The compact theatre serves

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WMR Arquitectos runs wood-framed house down a Chilean cliffside

December 12, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted wooden house with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the sea in Matanzas, Chile. Known as Casa Ladera, the 2,130-square foot (198-square metre) residence was completed in 2022 in La Vega de Pupuya along Chile’s central coast, which is known for its high cliffs and windy climate.

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Partisans creates pixelated brick facade for Toronto house

December 5, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto, Ontario. Named Canvas House after the homeowner’s art collection, the 5,220-square foot (485-square metre) residence is “reminiscent of a painting, using brick as a medium,” said Partisans co-founder Alex Johnson. The 2022 design is a

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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen

November 29, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Known as Casa Mendoza, the 2,150-square foot (200-square metre) residence was completed in 2022 on a 3,350-square foot (330-square metre) lot at the connection of

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Lucio Muniain designs Mexican concrete house as “habitable sculpture”

November 23, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Completed in January 2023, the 8,600-square foot (800-square metre) house – known as Casa HMZ – was designed as a sculpture that you can live in, and follows Mexican architect Luis Barragán’s approach

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Stanaćev Granados divides levels of Chilean beach house with cargo-net floor

November 16, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Chilean architecture studio Stanaćev Granados has created a seaside house with a concrete and wood-clad exterior and a cargo net in the floor in Chorrillos, Chile. Known as the Primeriza House, the 2,750-square foot (256-square metre) residence was completed in 2020 in a small clearing in a cypress-filled hill that slopes steeply down to the

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Michael Hsu rounds the corners of limestone Austin residence

November 14, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has completed a house clad in limestone bricks and hemlock siding overlooking a nature preserve in Austin. The 3,447-square foot (320-square metre) house – known as the Greenbelt Residence – is located in the Bouldin Creek neighbourhood, set on a cliff that overlooks a protected greenbelt. The cantilevered

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CCA runs arched colonnade through community centre in Mexico

November 13, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a concrete community centre defined by a series of arches in Jálpa de Mendez, Mexico. The 13,350-square foot (1,240-square metre) Community Development Center (CDC) was completed in 2022 near the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA), which was founded in Mexico City by

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Dialog uses “gradient of architectural intensity” for Calgary recreation centre expansion

November 8, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian architecture studio Dialog has renovated and expanded a gymnasium with an indoor park in Calgary, Alberta. Completed in 2023, the Vivo for Healthier Generations measures 269,000 square feet (25,000 square metres), nearly doubling the 143,000-square foot (13,285-square metre) facility that was completed in 2004 by JSA Sport Architecture, Inc. on a 23.5-acre lot in

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