Double Skin Facade
Architectural systems using dual-layer envelopes for climate control, privacy, and aesthetic expression.
MFOLM Arquitectos Designs Two Sister Houses in Mendoza That Share a Plot but Not an Identity
Built for two siblings on a single irregular lot, FCA Houses balance thermal mass, privacy, and mutual generosity in suburban Argentina.
Stark Lifts a Passive House Retreat Into the Canopy of British Columbia's Coast Mountains
A cantilevered timber and metal volume in Pemberton, Canada, meets Passive House Plus standards while framing Mount Currie through the trees.
N2B Arquitetura Turns a Ribeirão Preto Home into a Refuge Behind Concrete Screens and Freijó Wood
A 1,020 square meter single-story house in inland São Paulo dissolves the boundary between domestic life and tropical landscape.
Arid Wraps a 1951 Athens Corner Building in a Perforated Aluminum Veil That Breathes
In Athens' Patissia district, three new floors rise above a postwar house, sheathed in a climate-responsive double skin of movable metal screens.
arqbag Splits a House in Two and Lets the Catalan Hillside Do the Rest
A glazed atrium between two masonry volumes turns a steep slope in Cervelló, Spain, into a passive climate engine.
Studio VDGA Wraps a Pune Courtyard House in Layered Jali Screens That Breathe with Light
On a tight 4,000 sq. ft. urban plot, a lattice of brick, timber, and arches conjures calm in the middle of Pune's density.
FGR Architects Folds a Concrete Curtain Around a Layered Toorak Residence
In Melbourne's leafy east, rippling concrete fins wrap a split-level dwelling that trades suburban spectacle for slow, private revelation.
Fabrication Studio Wraps a 60 m² Garden Suite in Copper at the Edge of a Toronto Park
A compact pavilion in the Bridle Path neighbourhood ages alongside its landscape through a living copper skin and operable glass walls.
Bood Design Bureau Splits a Gilan Residence in Two to Let the Forest In
Double Side House negotiates privacy and openness through interlocking concrete volumes and planted courtyards in northern Iran's humid Caspian lowlands.
Inverted House Turns Tbilisi's Fence Culture Inside Out
TIMM's single-family residence in Okrokana replaces the suburban perimeter wall with a sawtooth facade that absorbs privacy into its very architecture.
Komorebi Family Home: Light Through the Layers
ConForm transforms a terraced house in Dulwich into a carefully layered sequence of courtyards, double-height voids, and dappled light.
Double Header House by D’Arcy Jones Architects: Innovative Multi-Generational Living in Victoria, Canada
The Double Header House features mirrored volumes, steel cladding, and courtyards, enabling multi-generational urban living with privacy, sunlight, and flexible design.
