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MiMStudios Wraps a 1968 Surrey Hills Home in Dark Timber and Permaculture Gardens
Beech Cottage pairs modernist rectilinear volumes with a two-acre landscape of orchards, herbal lawns, and foraging paths in Haslemere.
LUKSTUDIO Wraps a Guangzhou Roast Meat Restaurant in Corrugated Metal and Cantonese Memory
A 103-square-meter siu mei restaurant in Guangzhou pairs industrial cladding with warm interiors rooted in everyday Cantonese food culture.
kooo architects Strip a Kyoto Sukiya House Back to Its Roots and Add a Garden Waterfall Between Buildings
In the wooded hills of Narutaki, a traditional residence sheds decades of piecemeal alterations to recover the spatial clarity of tea-house architecture.
Estúdio Pedro Haruf Carves a Layered Timber House into a Steep Bahian Hillside
Casa Terramar in Itacaré navigates a 14-meter drop and a narrow lot to deliver 450 square meters of tropical living across three levels.
Paulo Moreira Turns Recycled Steel Drums into Dignified Safety Shelters for South African Volunteers
In Stjwetla, a Johannesburg settlement plagued by crime, two 50 m² prototypes reframe the guard hut as civic architecture.
Urban Interior Pairs a New Villa with a Converted Lamia in a 400-Year-Old Pugliese Olive Grove
Villa Normanni in San Vito dei Normanni arranges two white volumes around a courtyard pool set among centuries-old olive trees.
Mohamed Amine Siana Folds Moroccan Craft and Concrete Into a Butterfly-Shaped Villa in Marrakesh
Near the Amelkis golf course, a 750-square-meter residence channels the metamorphosis of a butterfly through arched concrete, terracotta, and timber.
rhb architectes Grafts a Timber-Clad Gymnastics Hall onto a 1981 Sports Complex in Alsace
In Eckbolsheim, France, raw concrete and Douglas fir extend a municipal sports campus while keeping its horizontal calm intact.
Five Collaborators Build a Culture Center with a Community Kitchen in Rural Oaxaca
In Santa Catarina Quiané, low-tech timber construction and rammed earth anchor a communal space born from land tenure struggle.
