PPAA arranges terraces around house in a Mexican forest
Mexican studio PPAA has created a grey stucco house with open-air terraces that allows residents to reconnect with the forest of Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More
Donaldson + Partners creates arched house "for the twenty-first century"
California-based studio Donaldson + Partners has designed a circular house partially embedded in the landscape with large concrete parabolic arches in Montecito, California. More
Lemay creates mass-timber chalet with sloped green roof in Quebec
Canadian architecture studio Lemay has designed a chalet prototype with a sloped roof and extensive glazing using mass timber in Quebec. More
Campos Studio creates descending off-the-grid house in Baja California
Vancouver-based design firm Campos Studio has created a sculptural white house with a large cantilever on the rocky coastline of Los Zacatitos to celebrate both the sea and the sky in Baja California, Mexico. More
Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood
Chicago-based studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has created a wood-wrapped lake house with three separate structures whose design was informed "by the natural beauty and tranquillity" of Lake Michigan. More
Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture overhaul mid-century Montreal house
Local studios Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture have renovated and expanded a mid-century modern house in Montreal, dividing the original residence from the addition with a monumental skylight. More
Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados creates bird cage-like house on Chilean coast
Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has cantilevered a glass and red-painted wood house off a forested cliffside near the sea in Chile with layers that create "increasing levels of intimacy". More
Wooden vaults sit on stone foundations at Ecuador hotel extension
Ecuadorian architects Ignacio Muñoz Bustamante and Javier Mera Luna have teamed up to expand a hotel with three new guest rooms constructed with metal vaulted roofs over stone walls in Papallacta, Ecuador. More
Espacio 18 and Cueto renovate historic Oaxaca apartment building
Mexican studios Espacio 18 Arquitectura and Cueto Arquitectura have renovated a narrow infill property in Oaxaca, Mexico to create apartments within a space built up with different styles over the years. More
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