Example of housing architecture
Example of housing architecture

Housing Architecture

Housing architecture is the field of architecture whose purpose is the study and construction of spaces - houses - in which people can live. Here you will find new stories and projects from all over the world that address these issues in many different ways: home renovations that observe long-standing traditions, housing projects that challenge existing paradigms, vernacular architecture, modularity, eco and minimal. All this is housing architecture.

Residential architecture is one of the most important fields of architecture, which aims to create buildings for people to live in. These are projects that use a variety of disciplines, such as building geometry, structures, natural and artificial lighting, outdoor landscaping and accessibility. An architect must consider all these factors to create a comfortable and safe place for people to live.

The fundamental elements for residential architectural design are:

  • Choosing the right site: variables such as potable water and drainage, access to main roads must be taken into consideration. The architect should also take into account the environmental regulations in force in the country concerned.
  • Size of the structure: the size of the building will also depend on the individual preferences of the users: they can be luxury buildings with large internal spaces or very small individual homes to be furnished with space-saving solutions
  • Available budget: factor to be considered in establishing the most innovative construction materials and technologies to be used in the building.

In stylistic terms, the architectural styles most commonly applied to residential architecture include the American or European colonial style, the Italian or German modernist style; but lately contemporary and ecologically aware styles such as sustainable or bioclimatic styles are spreading more and more. Naturally, there is no shortage of hybrid styles that mix the different styles together to create solutions that are increasingly suited to the expectations of end users.

 

An organised architecture for Villa EB. A luxurious residence on the renowned Strada del Vino
An organised architecture for Villa EB. A luxurious residence on the renowned Strada del Vino

Large windows, curved structures and materials in complete harmony with the surrounding landscape define the elegant Villa EB, the product of a complex renovation of an existing villa dating back to the 1960s performed by the studio monovolume architecture + design

"Tardis": the deception of Doctor Who's time machine translates into architecture

The time machine "Tardis" from the sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" echoes the architectural project executed by Cumulus Studio: the illusion of a house apparently small but extremely spacious on the inside

Challenge in London: a home to experience a year-round green life, the Harefield Road East House
Challenge in London: a home to experience a year-round green life, the Harefield Road East House

In Harefield Road East House, a seeded courtyard at the center of the ground floor of a typical semi-detached house in South London provides an urban oasis of tranquility and greenery

Rose-toned villa among verdant hills. Walls frame the spectacular view
Rose-toned villa among verdant hills. Walls frame the spectacular view

The vibrant pool villa located in Miryang, South Korea was designed by Moon Hoon Studio on an irregularly shaped site surrounded by fruit trees, and stands out for its distinctive pink tones like a flower blooming among green leaves

Concrete shell in a eucalyptus forest. A multiplicity of paths and spatial relations
Concrete shell in a eucalyptus forest. A multiplicity of paths and spatial relations

In the private neighbourhood of Las Prunas, in a green area south of Mar del Plata, Argentina, TAM architectural studios have designed a perforated cement shell intersected by trees, paths and ramps in which the interior and exterior coexist

View of the facade from top to bottom
Contemporary interpretation of the Bow Window. Curved glass and brick masonry

DROO architects designs a housing complex in a relevant area of London that reinterprets a recurring theme in English architecture, the bow window, through the use of curved glass that enlarges the living space

Pool villa
Single family house in Andalusia. Prefabricated modules for a customized project

Starting from prefabricated structural panels, the Spanish studio, Ismo Arquitectura, creates an architecture that uses the slopes of the ground as a scenery, uniting hill and vegetation

Contemporary villa in Alicante
Villa in Alicante. HOUSE suspended between Blue "sky" and blue "sea"

The Spanish Studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has designed this Villa in Alicante, sandwiched between the mountains and the sea, reflecting blue with its glass and its swimming pools, to enhance the quality of the architecture, capable of making it possible to build in the air.

Modern home combines design and functionality. Simple lines combined with natural and refined materials
Modern home combines design and functionality. Simple lines combined with natural and refined materials

Garden Void House, a single-family home located in Toronto and designed by Alva Roy Architects has a garden inside, an oasis that starts in the basement and develops through the empty space of the house

Villa in Abu Dhabi. Minimal and iconic design in a luxurious style
Villa in Abu Dhabi. Minimal and iconic design in a luxurious style

A modern villa with a minimal but iconic design, this was the client's wish. This is how the project for a villa in Abu Dhabi was developed using essential shapes and refined materials in the name of luxury and comfort

House with pink and green plaster. The colours break the connection with the traditional design
House with pink and green plaster. The colours break the connection with the traditional design

The new Salmon House rental home, with salmon-pink plaster and deep green details, was designed by English studio Office S&M, which makes effective use of the corner plot in which it stands, in the London suburb of Newham

Stone for the perimeter walls of a house in Spain. The design is inspired by the local natural monument
Stone for the perimeter walls of a house in Spain. The design is inspired by the local natural monument

Architect Valentin Arrieta's design for this house in the municipality of Canicosa de la Sierra, in the province of Burgos is inspired by the famous local "Pino-Roble", a pine tree growing inside a hundred-year-old oak tree which has become a symbol of the local population

Residence-park in Bologna. Nine independent villas for a new living dimension
Residence-park in Bologna. Nine independent villas for a new living dimension

 The project involved the demolition of some existing buildings and the new construction of buildings for residential use for a total of nine independent villas. The design concept focused on the construction of a residence park, considering the large areas of landscaped and widespread green in which the new structures are integrated

House in Catalonia. Local ceramics and stone as protagonists of the construction
House in Catalonia. Local ceramics and stone as protagonists of the construction

Spanish architecture studio MESURA designs a home in Baix Empordà, Catalonia, created through the interpretation of the local building culture, using contemporary construction techniques and aiming to create a personal feel of the place

Villa located between the interior and exterior. Alternating open and closed volumes to maximize visual interaction
Villa located between the interior and exterior. Alternating open and closed volumes to maximize visual interaction

Dutch studio Studioninedots designs "Villa Fifty-Fifty" in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, a pavilion house with a minimalist style, in which the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces are eliminated through the use of transparent materials.

Modern villa with swimming pool
House G. Two superimposed building structures for a single-family villa in Bolzano

The monovolume architecture + design monovolume architecture + design, in the Italian municipality of Lana in the province of Bolzano, has designed a single-family house called "house G", with two above-ground floors and a basement with parking, equipped with large terraces, a swimming pool and a spacious garden

Stone villa in the mountains
Villa on the mountains in Mexico. Between stones and vegetation, an Architecture that blurs between inside and outside

Situated on the rocky mountains on the outskirts of Tepoztlán, this architecture, designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales studio, reinterprets the hardness of stone, making the space comfortable thanks to the interpenetration of nature.

Villa with concrete structure and corten facing windows
Villa in Montana. Corten, concrete and glass as a metaphor for the surrounding landscape

A villa perched on a mountain in Montana where the choice of the materials and structure emerge as a consequence of the conformation of the surrounding environment. The exterior of the house consists of a composition of Corten steel panels, concrete and large windows to capture the breathtaking views that the site offers

interior house cement wood
The present as a neutral moment suspended between the past and future. Evocative architecture in a house in Zenpukuji

The opportunity to design and inhabit one's own home is a precious opportunity for artists to experiment with unconventional and often poetic ways of living. This is the case of the House in Zenpukuji, a residential district in the hills of Tokyo, belonging to the designer couple of aoyagi design studio that was designed for themselves and their children

Villa with pool Los Angeles main view
Los Angeles Villa. Internalizing the landscape to experience the house as being one with nature

Composed of three pavilions connected by a series of glass corridors, this one-story residence becomes a residential oasis in the heart of Los Angeles. A villa integrated into the surrounding nature where the outdoor space is designed with the same attention as the interiors becoming one with the house

house forest reinforced concrete structure
Garden House in Buenos Aires. The structure made of exposed reinforced concrete opens towards the outside

Alberto Campo Baeza's Studio carries out the project of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two-level structure was designed with an exposed reinforced concrete structure, where some walls disappear to open the "structural box" towards the garden

Miner Road House
Sustainable villa made of corten, glass and wood. A home to live in contact with the rhythms of nature

The clients who commissioned the project are a couple of environmental scientists who, together with their two children, moved from the Oakland Hills to the summer climate of Orinda. A new sustainable home was constructed from the ruins of the old structure, giving its occupants the opportunity to live in close contact with nature

Villa Catwalk in Minorca white volumes
Villa Catwalk in Menorca. A walkway stretching towards breathtaking sea and mountain views

The house is located in Coves Noves, in the north-eastern part of the island of Menorca, Spain, on a plot of 2600 square metres. The entire complex is built on a slope that gives each house a breathtaking view of the sea, the peculiarity of the site on which this house stands is that in addition to the sea view it also has a beautiful view of Monte Toro, the highest mountain on the island

House by the sea with container extension
House by the sea in Spain. A container as an expansion and the luxury of the lagoon view

A small fishing house in the front line on a salt lake in the south of Spain was the perfect place to experience a new life, fulfilling the dream of the new owners, to live by the sea. The project envisages a low cost expansion thanks to the use of a container

structure concrete skylight color
Volume and colour for a residence in England. The structure unfolds outwards like an open space

Architects Bureau de Change designs a concrete structure to create an expansion in a historical residence. The focal point is a prefabricated concrete roof that establishes a link with the landscaped environment and creates a pleasant view from the upper floors

The living area opens to the outside
A residence made of stone and glass in Australia. The "surface" makes the building appear almost ethereal

Studio Bearchitecture has designed a three-storey residence that almost seems to float, thanks to the perception of light penetrating through its granite facades, like a monolithic sculpture carved on a single stone

office tower glazed light ceiling
The fifth tallest building in the world is located in Seoul. Ethereal, luminous spaces and futuristic interiors

Penson completes the project for the Lotte World Tower in Seoul. The fifth tallest building in the world with its twenty-three floors. There are showrooms, luxury salons, bars and offices with a minimalist futuristic design whose focal point is the use of natural and non-natural light

outdoor patio brick cladding
Staggered volumes for a house in Mexico. Palette of materials for outdoors and terraces

The proposal of BAC Barrio Arquitectura Ciudad exploits and strengthens the layout of the existing building, creating new volumes and covering the exterior/interior as a palette of materials, in which roofs are also an essential part of the design

villa infinity pool glass panorama
Luxurious Residence in the hills of Los Angeles. Glass walls and an overflowing pool

In the exclusive neighbourhood of West Hollywood, the Svetti Architecture Studio creates the interior of the luxurious villa overlooking Down Town in collaboration with Mary Ta and Lars Hypko, the histrionic owners of Mass Beverly and Minotti LA, where light and lightness are the key words

sculpture coating round volume
Sustainable villa in India. The inner courtyard becomes an integral part of the project

Cadence Architects carries out the project with the intention of moving the garden inside the house as an integral part of the usable spaces. The large pergolas help to shade the double-height space and eliminate the blinding effect, while the green wall reduces the heat