Coastal Architecture
Buildings, settlements and design projects shaped by proximity to the sea, from residences and hospitality to oceanic institutions and coastal urban planning.
CAAM Arquitectos Wraps Puerto Escondido Apartments Around an Open Stair Beneath a Pyramidal Green Roof
In Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, a 720 m² extension of Hotel Suuel turns its circulation core into a light-filled heart for slow coastal living.
PINEARQ and Brullet-De Luna Wrap Barcelona's Hospital del Mar Expansion in Timber Shutters and Roof Gardens
A second phase on Barcelona's seafront adds two buildings parallel to the sea, screening clinical floors behind pine louvers and stepped planted terraces.
Luis Canepa Arquitetos Renovates a Praia Preta Beach House Without Erasing Its Stone, Brick and Timber
A 281 m² L-shaped refurbishment in Praia Preta, Brazil, keeps the old house's rubble stone and whitewashed brick while turning it toward sea and sand.
Aires Mateus and MA+Co Rebuild the Australian Beach Shack in Board-Formed Concrete at Mount Martha
Above Port Phillip Bay in Mount Martha, a multigenerational house splits into four concrete pavilions threaded by courts, voids and tea trees.
Opera by the Sea: A Timber Sound Wave That Completes Itself in the Water Below
Nina Niavro's opera house for Estonia raises backlit timber ribs into a waveform, then lets the sea's reflection finish the drawing.
The Waves: An Opera House Born from Collision of Water and Air on Tallinn's Peninsula
Alina Fedoseeva's waterfront opera house translates the behavior of Baltic waves into vertical metal streams, sweeping base curves, and illuminated public
Valge Laev: An Opera House That Docks on Tallinn's Baltic Waterfront
Alief Riyadi's shortlisted proposal reads the port, Linnahall, and the Baltic Sea as generators for a transparent civic vessel.
Opera on the Sea: Driftwood Logic Shapes a Timber Opera House on Estonia's Coast
Trevor Orgill's opera house translates the entangled drift of floating timber into a civic building where wood, water, and music converge.
Immersion: An Opera House Born from Ripples, Sound Waves, and Coastal Terrain
Paulina Walachowska's conceptual opera house translates wave propagation and acoustic geometry into a walkable public landscape.
Opera by the Sea Estonia: Three Shells Dissolving Architecture into Tallinn's Coastline
A winning opera house proposal replaces monumental form with interconnected shells that blur the boundary between building, park and Baltic Sea.
Opera by the Sea: Curved Volumes and Coastal Geometry on Tallinn's Waterfront
A wave-inspired cultural landmark beside Linnahall fuses a 2,000-seat concert hall, library, museum, and public terraces into one flowing composition.
Opera House in Tallinn: Two Overlapping Circles That Dissolve the Stage Door
Paweł Gala's shortlisted proposal for Opera by the Sea uses a dual-circle diagram to merge public life and performance on Tallinn's waterfront.
