Housing Architecture

Pierattelli architectures explores the façades of a residential building, made of overhangs, recesses and splays, converting two buildings built at the turn of the 1940s and 1950s for residential use, redefining the existing volumes

Six houses, four identical and two distinctive, share a common garden, within a block, whose composition of the interior space is full of different and fragmented geometries and different materials.

The Brunoarchitettura Studio redesigns an existing building starting from its basic volumes, then using the intersection of geometric blocks to create a double volume and spaces open to the outside, a continuum between internal and external architecture.

The Whitaker Studio, after the great success with the design of the Joshua Tree Residence, again proposes the modular scheme thinking of infinite variables that can be realized in any type of terrain and place and can be easily and quickly assembled

A "green" volume in the greenery, an old garage is renovated by Act_Romegialli Architects, who transform it into a pavilion used as a kitchen and space for conviviality

Dellekamp Arquitectos designs this community residence in Letrán Valle, Mexico City. The aim was to develop a different concept within the market range, offering a materiality and spatiality above the standards

Due to the use of cement finishes and the elimination of ornamentation, this building, designed by Matt Woods, has been nicknamed "the concrete bunker", in which the geometric interiors are designed to celebrate the district's industrial heritage

The GrandTower, which will be the tallest residential building in Germany, will also be furnished with tiles from Porcelaingres. It is currently being built in Frankfurt am Main, where multi-storey buildings of various types already characterise the impressive skyline.

Currents for Currents, designed by the Dada Studio, is a housing solution for vulnerable coastal communities where homes are powered by the tides and solar energy collected by technologies incorporated within the units themselves.

One Kleomenous is designed by the Omniview Studio as a response to a new way of thinking about architecture, not only focused on functionality if not for its task: the building must harmonize with the aesthetics that surrounds it, merging urbanization and nature.

The Von Weise Associates studio carries out the complete renovation of a home located inside a critical dune site on the shores of Lake Michigan, transforming it into a large cottage of almost 5.000 sqm.

The location of the house, between the beach and tropical vegetation, are the basis of the project by Studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales: a reinforced concrete building that flexibly opens and closes to the outside, blending with it.

Casa Meztitla is a project by Studio Edaa, created to welcome the family, move away from the world and immerse yourself in the flowers of bougainvillea, in a valley on the outskirts of Tepoztlán.

The Edaa Studio reworks a multi-family building in Mexico City, mixing contemporary architecture with shiny cladding: a black square façade that blends in with the setting.

In one of the most beautiful districts of Amsterdam, a 230m2 garage is converted to accommodation by i29 Architects. Openings on the roof and a large patio bring light inside, between plays of shadows the material defines the space.

Fraher Architects re-elaborates the layout of the house by adding a basement, where the staircase becomes the central core and becomes a furnishing element. The use of the material was influenced by the proximity to the first surrounding Victorian buildings

This new skyscraper stands in the Skyline of Chicago and has become an icon. With its curvy cantilevered terrace, it appears to move between the lights and shadows, giving the building a sculptural appearance.

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designs this architecture with strong geometries, where the structure defines spaces and functions. The cantilevered upper floor creates a patio on the ground floor that provides shade to the living area of the house, from where you can take advantage of the panoramic view

Located in Porto Feliz, Casa Pasqua is a modernist project by MK27 Studio, which merges reinforced concrete with stone, to integrate with nature and make it penetrate into the house, through large openings and unlimited spaces.

Located west of Vancouver, Canada, the Cranley Drive Residence is a one-storey building on the same floor with large openings that ensure that a large amount of natural light enters

Zicatela House is a project by the Ludwig Godefroy Architecture Studio, located on top of a hill in front of Zicatela beach near Puerto Escondido. The concrete outlines the architecture, between breathtaking views and a swimming pool integrated into the layout, between paths and bridges.

César Manrique chooses an old farmhouse to transform it into his home and his studio, reinterpreting the traditional style through his point of view as a multifaceted artist, a house that dwells between the past and the future

A house made of red bricks, designed by H&P Architects studio that reworks the traditional Vietnamese brick constructions, to create a filter structure with the surrounding environment, to model "a place" in an artificial way

From the collaboration between the Sanahuja& Partners studio and the Dutch sculptor Xander, was born the project of this Villa located near the Natural Park of Peñagolosa, in Spain. The architecture is shaped by the iron pillars and wooden beams that surround the house

The architects of Mei Architects and Planners connect the upper floor of a historic building on Lange Nieuwstraat in Schiedam with a monumental warehouse purchased by the same client Van Stigt Thans

Integrated in the territory, like a fragment that comes off the ground, this house by the Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Studio, exploits the space freeing itself in the void and highlighting with its Archtecture the inclined slopes of the mountain

The Villa, designed by the Alberto Campo Baeza Studio, rises like an infinite plane on the edge of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, built as if it were a pier on the seafront. The travertine structure blends in with the sand and the pool looks like a continuum of the sea

A rooftop pool and tropical nature in the courtyards. The two-storey villa, designed by Oppenheim Architects, overlooks the sea with its glass windows and travertine cladding, creating a continuous interior and exterior

The project, which sees the rebirth of Frankfurt's iconic landmark tower, is characterised by façade and window systems that meet high performance requirements. A safe and high-performance building in terms of thermal and acoustic properties.

A house for the Week End where the two volumes are developed around a central patio. Studio Dellekamp Arquitectos makes nature the protagonist of the project, respecting its architecture and accentuating it with materials and open views towards the lake.