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Villa Vernacular

Contemporary villa design informed by regional building traditions, materials, and cultural identity.

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Luxury Modern Villa

A contemporary luxury villa blending architectural precision with the soul of sculpture.

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Atelier130 Builds a Villa in Abidjan with a Skate Bowl, Infinity Pool, and a Double-Height Void at Its Core

A 600 square meter family residence on a sloped site in Côte d'Ivoire treats outdoor living and passive cooling as inseparable design moves.

Atelier130 Builds a Villa in Abidjan with a Skate Bowl, Infinity Pool, and a Double-Height Void at Its CoreAtelier130 Builds a Villa in Abidjan with a Skate Bowl, Infinity Pool, and a Double-Height Void at Its Core
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Beira Mar House

Built on a plot of land measuring 30 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, it formally establishes itself as a habitable corridor, which, from the moment of entry, is filled with moments of darkness, light, surprise, discovery, compression and, lastly, release… the backyard patio!dfdsfdfsddsfdfffffffffffffffffsdfjzxcklmjnsbjkmdbnjkladmjnkamlmdjnkalmdmbn

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Vásquez & López Build a Brick Villa That Breathes with the Amazon in Pucallpa

A 300-square-meter courtyard house on the urban edge of Peru's Amazonian lowlands uses hyper-local clay brick and passive ventilation strategies.

Vásquez & López Build a Brick Villa That Breathes with the Amazon in PucallpaVásquez & López Build a Brick Villa That Breathes with the Amazon in Pucallpa
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arquitectura.te Plants Three Pale Volumes in an Argentine Pine Forest to Stand Out, Not Blend In

A 133 m² house in Villa Robles, Argentina uses light-toned brick and timber to create deliberate contrast against a dense pine canopy.

arquitectura.te Plants Three Pale Volumes in an Argentine Pine Forest to Stand Out, Not Blend Inarquitectura.te Plants Three Pale Volumes in an Argentine Pine Forest to Stand Out, Not Blend In
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Urban Interior Pairs a New Villa with a Converted Lamia in a 400-Year-Old Pugliese Olive Grove

Villa Normanni in San Vito dei Normanni arranges two white volumes around a courtyard pool set among centuries-old olive trees.

Urban Interior Pairs a New Villa with a Converted Lamia in a 400-Year-Old Pugliese Olive GroveUrban Interior Pairs a New Villa with a Converted Lamia in a 400-Year-Old Pugliese Olive Grove
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Mohamed Amine Siana Folds Moroccan Craft and Concrete Into a Butterfly-Shaped Villa in Marrakesh

Near the Amelkis golf course, a 750-square-meter residence channels the metamorphosis of a butterfly through arched concrete, terracotta, and timber.

Mohamed Amine Siana Folds Moroccan Craft and Concrete Into a Butterfly-Shaped Villa in MarrakeshMohamed Amine Siana Folds Moroccan Craft and Concrete Into a Butterfly-Shaped Villa in Marrakesh
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Saunders Architecture Draws a Single Line in the Air Above a Norwegian Hilltop for a Grieg Descendant

Villa Grieg lifts a Kebony-clad home on steel piloti above the mossy slopes of Bergen, framing Lake Nordås for a family of musicians.

Saunders Architecture Draws a Single Line in the Air Above a Norwegian Hilltop for a Grieg DescendantSaunders Architecture Draws a Single Line in the Air Above a Norwegian Hilltop for a Grieg Descendant
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Calmm Architecture Replaces a Tiny Warehouse with a Light-Filled Townhouse in Boulogne-Billancourt

A 60 square meter warehouse gives way to a 140 square meter home organized around voids, courtyards, and borrowed greenery on a Parisian lane.

Calmm Architecture Replaces a Tiny Warehouse with a Light-Filled Townhouse in Boulogne-BillancourtCalmm Architecture Replaces a Tiny Warehouse with a Light-Filled Townhouse in Boulogne-Billancourt
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Kim Lenschow and Pihlmann Architects Mirror a Renaissance Villa with Its Concrete Twin in Aarhus

Two villas, one from 1897 and one from 2021, frame an Italian-inspired garden on a contested threshold between suburb and city.

Kim Lenschow and Pihlmann Architects Mirror a Renaissance Villa with Its Concrete Twin in AarhusKim Lenschow and Pihlmann Architects Mirror a Renaissance Villa with Its Concrete Twin in Aarhus
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Mohamed Amine Siana Sculpts a Casablanca Villa Around Oval Courtyards and Modernist Memory

Villa LL channels the riad tradition and Morocco's postwar Modernism into a curvilinear concrete house on a 1,000 sqm plot in North Casablanca.

Mohamed Amine Siana Sculpts a Casablanca Villa Around Oval Courtyards and Modernist MemoryMohamed Amine Siana Sculpts a Casablanca Villa Around Oval Courtyards and Modernist Memory
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Story Architecture Wraps a Multigenerational Villa Around a Pool in Vietnam

An L-shaped house near Ho Chi Minh City balances privacy and togetherness through voids, skylights, and planted terraces.

Story Architecture Wraps a Multigenerational Villa Around a Pool in VietnamStory Architecture Wraps a Multigenerational Villa Around a Pool in Vietnam
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Mecanoo Wraps a Dune-Side Villa in Schoorl with Iridescent Ceramic Tiles

Villa BW sits where the Dutch dune landscape meets the polder, its double-curved roof clad in 5,000 handcrafted glazed tiles by Koninklijke Tichelaar.

Mecanoo Wraps a Dune-Side Villa in Schoorl with Iridescent Ceramic TilesMecanoo Wraps a Dune-Side Villa in Schoorl with Iridescent Ceramic Tiles
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Estudio Focaccia Prieto Packs Three Steel-Frame Duplexes into a Trapezoidal Lot in Villa Elisa

A trio of corrugated metal volumes alternate full and void along a Buenos Aires railway corridor, turning constraints into character.

Estudio Focaccia Prieto Packs Three Steel-Frame Duplexes into a Trapezoidal Lot in Villa ElisaEstudio Focaccia Prieto Packs Three Steel-Frame Duplexes into a Trapezoidal Lot in Villa Elisa
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Formafatal Builds Costa Rica's First Rammed Earth Villas on a Jungle Hillside Above the Pacific

Two 90-square-meter villas in Playa Hermosa use excavated clay soil for their bearing walls, blurring the line between architecture and landscape.

Formafatal Builds Costa Rica's First Rammed Earth Villas on a Jungle Hillside Above the PacificFormafatal Builds Costa Rica's First Rammed Earth Villas on a Jungle Hillside Above the Pacific
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ARCHcoop Nestles a White Villa into Armenia's Wine Country Hillside at Rind Village

A 797-square-meter residence in Armenia's Vayots Dzor region steps down a rocky plateau above ancient vineyards and stone terraces.

ARCHcoop Nestles a White Villa into Armenia's Wine Country Hillside at Rind VillageARCHcoop Nestles a White Villa into Armenia's Wine Country Hillside at Rind Village
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Driss Kettani Carves a Private World from Concrete Boxes on a Tight Casablanca Plot

Villa Polo stacks perforated concrete volumes around courtyards and a rooftop pool to shield a family home from the dense urban fabric.

Driss Kettani Carves a Private World from Concrete Boxes on a Tight Casablanca PlotDriss Kettani Carves a Private World from Concrete Boxes on a Tight Casablanca Plot
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RigonSimonetti Converts an Abandoned Venetian Villa into a Layered Coworking Campus

Near Vicenza, a long-neglected 18th-century villa and its barchessa become offices that read centuries of change like strata of sediment.

RigonSimonetti Converts an Abandoned Venetian Villa into a Layered Coworking CampusRigonSimonetti Converts an Abandoned Venetian Villa into a Layered Coworking Campus
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NORD Architects Builds a Climate-Conscious Timber House Disguised as a Danish Barn

Villa Wood brings cross-laminated timber, shou sugi ban cladding, and passive solar strategy to a Copenhagen suburb.

NORD Architects Builds a Climate-Conscious Timber House Disguised as a Danish BarnNORD Architects Builds a Climate-Conscious Timber House Disguised as a Danish Barn
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MAS Architecture Workshop Stacks Concrete Volumes into a Layered Family Villa in Ho Chi Minh City

Villa 68 carves courtyards and light wells through a board-formed concrete house in a new urban district of Saigon.

MAS Architecture Workshop Stacks Concrete Volumes into a Layered Family Villa in Ho Chi Minh CityMAS Architecture Workshop Stacks Concrete Volumes into a Layered Family Villa in Ho Chi Minh City
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