Seaside Architecture
Architecture and design projects situated in coastal environments, from clifftop structures to floating systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
