Curvilinear Architecture
Architecture and design that employs curved forms, flowing lines, and organic geometries as primary structural and aesthetic elements.
U.GA Architects Wraps a 51 m² Glass Wedge Around a Red Spiral Stair at a Busan Alley Junction
On Busan's Haeridan-gil, a two-storey glass and steel shop rises from an acute corner site, crowned by a red roof terrace and cylindrical stair tower.
STO.M.P Stretches a Street Skyline into a Corten-Screened Valley House in Theni
In Theni, Tamil Nadu, three offset bands of granite, brass and automated Corten rise from a sheltered courtyard to a rooftop pool facing the hills.
LABLANCA Threads a Curved Service Spine Through a 1960s Flat in Badalona's Old Town
A renovated flat in Badalona's historic centre turns its narrow, courtyard-cut plot into an asset, with one rounded joinery core doing most of the work.
Chiasmus Partners Wraps a Concrete Crescent House Around a Hillside Lawn in Yongin
In Yongin's Hyangrindongsan, a 198 m² house curves its glass and white concrete around a courtyard lawn, turning a slope into a private enclosure.
IN arq+design Fits a 100 m² Pizza Bar into a Neglected Historic Building in Downtown Curitiba
In downtown Curitiba, red corrugated panels, plywood counters and whitewashed brick turn a narrow historic shell into a pizza bar built for lingering.
Montalba Architects Threads Garden Courtyards Through a Single-Story Beverly Hills House Under Layered Rooflines
A 7,000 ft² hillside home in Beverly Hills where overlapping roofs, clerestories and woven courtyards favor shade and calm over spectacle.
Plan:b arquitectos Rounds Off a Planted Housing Tower and Gives Its Steep Medellín Slope a Public Stair
In Medellín's Provenza neighborhood, 23 Living pairs curved, planted concrete balconies with a stepped public path that cuts across its sloping block.
CAZA Gathers Circular Rooms into One Porous Church on a Wooded University Campus in Biñan
In Biñan, Philippines, Santuario de La Salle clusters circular chapels behind a ribbed colonnade and fin skin, easing campus bustle into worship.
U.GA Architects Wraps an Oval Rooftop Pool in Curved Board-Formed Concrete on Busan's Jeollidan-gil
In Busan's Jeonpo-dong, a 454 m² mixed-use block stacks a neighborhood facility, guest rooms and an oval rooftop pool inside spiraling concrete walls.
Embrace Architects Wraps a Three-Level Kew House in Curved Render, Bronze Arches and Arched Glazing
In Melbourne's leafy Kew, Thomas Residence turns arches, rounded corners and a central stair into a 1070 m² study in soft classical rhythm.
efcarquitetura Bends a Single Line of Fins into Structure and Sun Shade for a House in Rural São Paulo
In Taquaritinga, Brazil, a 214 m² house curves a row of fins around its garden so that the structure itself does the shading in a warming climate.
caarpa Threads a Mint-Green Stair Between Two Reed-Roofed Glasshouses in a Private Genoa Garden
In a private garden in central Genoa, caarpa turns a modest level change into a stair, two reed-roofed glasshouses and a home for hens.
