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Some projects just make you sit up straight in your chair, stop whatever else you were trying to do at the time, and pay close attention. This is exactly what happened when I first came across this residential building in Barcelona...

The 1.5 million special Indonesian bricks that make up Katamama all seem to converge at the entrance. The arrival feels as though it was designed to literally pull you into a mini textural vortex. But of course, these are no ordinary...

AntiStatics Architecture seem to have made concrete billow and wave in the breeze of central Beijing. The material-defying feat is an experimental façade—one that looks a lot more like the rolling fabric of a featherweight tent than...

In Brazil, it’s known as Cobogó. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...

The Wall House is a knockout 1,100 square metre home designed by Guedes Cruz Arquitectos, located in the coastal town of Cascais, in an area dubbed the Portuguese Riviera. There are many arresting features within this home set on an...

Having recently acquired the property in Ovar, Portugal, the client commissioned Nelson Resende to transform the entire house, inside and out, in order to maximise their home’s full potential. Having studied the existing conditions in...