Residential Complex
Multi-unit housing projects that organize residents through shared spaces, courtyards, and community-oriented design strategies.
Bresciani Valdés Castillo Huidobro's 1950s Santiago Housing Complex Still Holds Lessons
The Matta Viel complex in Santiago, Chile, pairs modernist ambition with courtyard urbanism across four concrete blocks and three shared gardens.
FAMM Arquitectura Organizes Ten Villas Around Courtyards and Jungle in Nosara, Costa Rica
El Molino pairs two elongated volumes with deep overhangs and timber louvers to build a compact coastal community five minutes from the beach.
DIM Architecture Studio Revives the Iranian Courtyard Inside a Mashhad Apartment Building
A 2,500-square-meter mid-rise infill project reinterprets the traditional hashti and central courtyard within the dense urban fabric of Mashhad, Iran.
Powerhouse Company, Orange Architects, and NEXT Architects Build a Harbor District on Amsterdam's IJ
Five residential buildings and a circular pavilion transform a former industrial waterfront in Amsterdam-Noord into a new neighborhood.
Powerhouse Company, Orange Architects, and NEXT Architects Build a Five-Building Harbor District on the IJ
KAAP transforms a former shipyard site in Amsterdam-Noord into 70 large-format loft apartments oriented toward the waterfront.
Oberascher and PLOV Pierce a 105-Unit Housing Block to Let Salzburg's Park Breathe Through
A color-coded residential building on a major Salzburg artery uses strategic openings and undulating balconies to connect street life with parkland.
Carbajo Barrios Arquitectos Wraps 125 Apartments in a Ferruginous Lattice on a Former Railway Site
Three stepped residential bars recall the industrial past of Santiago de Compostela's Cornes Station while anchoring a new green corridor.
Ashari Architects Disguises a Shiraz Apartment Building as the Mountain Behind It
A brick residential tower in the hills of Shiraz uses color, pattern, and deep planted balconies to dissolve into the landscape behind it.
skimA Slots a Vertical Metal Tower into a Yeonnam-dong Brick House to Make It Mixed Use
A 292-square-meter renovation in Seoul's cafe-lined Yeonnam-dong grafts a new circulation spine onto a low-rise residential shell.
Cuatro Cero Cuatro Arquitectura Lines Up Five Identical Beach Houses on Peru's Northern Coast
In Zorritos, five friends split a narrow beachfront lot into a modular housing complex tuned to equatorial sun and Pacific breezes.
Studio P Builds a Moody Three-Generation Home Around a Courtyard on a Sydney Battle-Axe Block
In Wahroonga's leafy canopy, a 703-square-metre dwelling trades lightness for depth, wrapping dark materials around a single cloud tree.
Christos Pavlou Architecture Builds Inward on a Barren Cypriot Plain with Three Courtyards
A 288-square-meter house near Nicosia turns its back on an inhospitable landscape and cultivates its own world within white walls.