Seaside Architecture
Architecture and design projects situated in coastal environments, from clifftop structures to floating systems.
Voice of the Sea: A Glowing Underwater Beacon Drawn to the Rhythm of Whale Migration
Drina Cortez imagines a luminous seabed tower and a floating shell for Bermuda's waters, a vision carried by atmosphere more than by plan.
Opera by the Sea: A Timber Sound Wave That Completes Itself in the Water Below
Nina Niavro's opera house for Estonia raises backlit timber ribs into a waveform, then lets the sea's reflection finish the drawing.
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.
Dom Arquitectura Sets a Stone-Pier House at the Top of a Costa Brava Slope to Give the Garden to the Pool
In Montràs on the Costa Brava, a 735 m² single-level home uses rubble stone piers, oak and deep porches to make outdoor living the daily default.
SEATHECITY Opera: Where a Square Meets a Circle on Tallinn's Waterfront
Veronika Ruppert's shortlisted opera house uses two geometric figures to negotiate the threshold between city grid and Baltic horizon.
Studio Saxe Tucks a Guanacaste House into a Ravine Slope and Lets the Landscape Reveal It in Fragments
In Cabo Velas, Costa Rica, Casa Akíga pairs a stone base with a floating timber roof, staging the house as a slow descent toward the ravine and sea.
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.
Opera by the Sea: A Rotating Auditorium on Tallinn's Baltic Waterfront
Emiliya Marinova's flowing opera house dissolves the boundary between city and coastline with continuous public landscape and adaptable performance spaces.
Croxatto y Opazo Raises a Slatted Timber Vacation Home on Stilts Above the Pacific in Matanzas
In Matanzas, Chile, a 152 m² dark timber bar stands on slender posts 50 meters above the Pacific, letting the steep slope keep running beneath it.
Raketa and Tria Studio Pull the Istrian Landscape Inside a Concrete and Oak Hillside House in Slovenia
Above Slovenian Istria, a 271 m² family house uses perforated block screens, oak joinery and gravel gardens to blur the line between room and terrace.
Lighthouse by the Sea: A Rock Shaped by Waves Becomes an Opera House on Tallinn's Shore
Frederik Pätzmann and Nils Besler fuse maritime symbolism with public infrastructure to reimagine opera house architecture on the Baltic waterfront.
Studio Kennon Wraps a Portsea Family House Around a Light Court Built to Weather the Southern Ocean
In Portsea, a three-part house of board-formed concrete, lime render and salvaged Sorrento limestone is designed to age with salt air.
Novais Arquitetura Brings the Ceará Backlands into a 1970s Seafront Apartment in Fortaleza
On Avenida Beira-Mar in Fortaleza, a 203 m² renovation answers a client's brief for a sertão facing the sea with concrete, timber, and local craft.
The Amber Palace Opera: A Geological Fiction Surfaces on Tallinn's Baltic Waterfront
Pierre Brillard reimagines a Baltic legend as a public landscape, opera house, and waterfront promenade rooted in Tallinn's coastal identity.
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.
LOTE STUDIO Tucks a Low Earthen Beach House into the Coastal Scrub of Chile's Coquimbo Region
On the coast at Punta Hueso in Chile, a 387 m² house of plastered volumes, cane-shaded decks and timber interiors keeps a deliberately light footprint.
Seaside Opera: A Walkable Roof Turns Tallinn's Waterfront into a Civic Stage
Jaakko Kaarala's Estonian National Opera House proposal fuses performance venue, public promenade, and harbor landmark into one sweeping form.
Praksis A and Studio Sted Bend a Red Timber Cabin Across the Granite of Norway's Southern Coast
On the southern Norwegian coast, a 105 m² cabin follows the rock on slender posts, pairing red cladding outside with pine, brick and plywood within.
FCC Arquitectura Wraps a Small Portuguese Infill House in Slate Above a Hidden Timber Courtyard
In Portugal, MV House packs a couple's home onto a tight wedge-shaped plot, pairing a slate-shingled upper box with stone walls and a private deck.
gad and SOM Set Twin Glass Towers with Angled Crowns on the Last Open Waterfront Parcel of Qingdao's Fushan Bay
On Fushan Bay in Qingdao, two blue glass towers with sliced crowns try to hold the city's need for stability against the open pull of the sea.
