Latin American Houses
Residential architecture and housing projects from Latin America, showcasing regional design approaches and contemporary building practices.
David Macias Steps a Doorless Stone and Plaster House Down a Tropical Colombian Hillside
In the humid hills of Colombia, Threshold House replaces the front door with an open void and terraces its 850 m² down the slope instead of fighting it.
QBO3 Arquitectos Steps Two Tropical Beach Houses Down a Nosara Hillside Instead of Flattening It
In the hills above Nosara, Costa Rica, two QBO3 residences keep the slope intact and let terraces, pools and timber stairs do the work of the landscape.
Felipe Hess Arquitetos Turns a Blind Stone Wall to the Street and Opens a Brazilian House onto a Courtyard and Canal
A canal-front house in Brazil hides behind painted stone and planting, then opens to an olive-tree courtyard, a reed-ceilinged porch and a curving pool.
Ábode arq Stacks a Charred-Timber Family House in San Isidro Beneath Two Tiered Roof Gardens
On a narrow shared lot near the Río de la Plata, a 235 m² house rises four levels and gives its rooftops back to grasses and gravel gardens.
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.
Clusellas Ades Pulls a Vicente López House Off Its Party Walls and Lets the Garden Climb Them
In Vicente López, Casa Libertad frees a concrete and timber house from its party walls and turns the boundaries into green extensions of the garden.
Agraz Arquitectos Lifts a Zapopan House Above Its Cars and Turns Every Key Room Toward a Suburban Lake
In Zapopan's Los Jales suburb, Eriso House hides parking in a sloped basement and raises one living floor to face a public lake.
Vergara Arquitectos Builds a Fragmented Coastal Citadel Around a Courtyard Street That Frames the Chilean Sea
In Santo Domingo, Chile, three gabled volumes of salvaged laurel and oak hold back the Pacific view until a single courtyard axis lets it in.
Huma Arquitetura Turns a Botafogo Penthouse into a Striped, Tiled Home for a Rio Theater Director
In Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, a 180 m² penthouse for a young actress uses stripes, checkered tile and blue glaze to feel like a house.
Marcio Kogan and studio mk27 Tuck a Lattice-Screened Timber Box Between Stone Walls Near Punta del Este
Near Punta del Este, Uruguay, a single-level house uses local stone walls, a rustic concrete slab and mashrabiya shutters to find privacy on open ground.
Marcio Kogan Rotates the Brazilian Veranda Ninety Degrees to Organize a São Paulo Family House
In São Paulo, House 6 stacks a concrete box over an open veranda on pilotis, making covered outdoor living the organizing room of the home.
Nommo Arquitetos and Coti Arquitetura Float a White Box over a Timber Base on a Wedge-Shaped Curitiba Lot
In Curitiba, Casa Luna stacks a white volume over a timber base and turns a tight triangular lot toward a pool, a garden and the araucarias.
