Desert Architecture
Architecture designed for desert environments, addressing heat, aridity, and landscape integration.
Re-Coding Post War Syria: Mud Brick, Timber Frames and a Rooftop That Waits to Be Built
Two small buildings in Syria pair broken brick walls with vine-hung pergolas, betting that a community rebuilds itself by finishing what it starts.
TETRO Arquitetura Splits a Bahia Hillside House into Four Blocks Beneath a Light-Filtering Wood Roof
In Itacaré, on Bahia's southern coast, four blocks step down a seaward slope while a biriba wood screen turns tropical sun into moving shade.
S-AR Stacks Three Apartments Inside an Open Concrete Grid Under a Palapa in Puerto Escondido
In Puerto Escondido, S-AR builds a 12 by 15 metre concrete frame where terraces replace rooms and a thatched palapa crowns three open apartments.
Cambra Buró Sets a Kuwaiti Coastal Villa on a Sculpted Travertine Plinth and Lets the Upper House Float
In Abu Al Hasaniya, Kuwait, a 3,000 sqm seaside villa pairs a heavy stone base with clay, cork and walnut to work with the Gulf climate.
MODO Designs Recasts the Ahmedabad Haveli in Board-Marked Concrete for a Family Devoted to Music and Art
On the outskirts of Ahmedabad, a 9,000 sq ft house organises family life around two planted courtyards, terracotta overhangs and board-marked concrete.
Studio Font Builds a Hurricane-Ready Concrete House in Puerto Escondido from Five Planes and a Floating Pergola
On Oaxaca's Macahuite Beach, a 300 m² house of bare concrete walls and a 14-metre pergola frames the dune, the Pacific and the mountains behind it.
Ayoub Architects Stacks Travertine Volumes over a Terraced Hillside Garden in Southern Amman
In southern Amman, JA House embeds its living spaces in a steep slope above a public park, using deep cantilevers and green terraces to keep the oaks.
Studio Font Scatters a Pink Concrete House into Fragments Across the Baja California Desert
Near Todos Santos, three pink concrete guest rooms and an open pavilion of crossing roofs turn a 630 m² off-grid house into a deliberate ruin.
Field Architects Reworks Ladakhi Vernacular into a Passive-Solar Adobe House on the Banks of the Indus
In Chuchot, Ladakh, a naturalist's home pairs double-wall adobe, dry-stone footings and a glazed shelkhang to harvest winter sun.
DINTERPLAY Architects Wraps a Palanpur Family House in Lime Plaster, Stone and Terracotta Screens
In Palanpur, Gujarat, a two-level home uses breathable lime, sandstone cladding and terracotta lattices to temper heat and frame daily family ritual.
ZIM arquitextura Raises a Brick House on a Concrete Base Among the Pines of Costa Esmeralda
A brick and timber coastal house on the dunes of Costa Esmeralda, Argentina, where a glazed clerestory and a shaded deck pull daily life toward the pines.
Zona Arquitectura Más Ingeniería Pairs Stone, Brick and a Glass Lantern in a Jalisco Country House
Near Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, a 295 m² family home stacks rubble stone, red brick and board-formed concrete around a double-height glass room.
