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Maracanã House by Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados Location: São Paulo, Brazil Year: 2009 Photo courtesy: Pedro Kok Description: São Paulo. In this city, which contemporaneity is able to perform the most extraordinary urban contrasts for us, living can reveal an encouraging condition. In search of a place...

Pallars Loft by KAYSERSTUDIO Location: Barcelona, Spain Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Cecilia Mota Description: Thank you for reading this article!

Kirchplatz Residence by Oppenheim Architecture + Design Location: Muttenz, Basel, Switzerland Area: 3,015 sqft Photo courtesy: Borje Müller Description: The design of this adaptive re-use project was born initially out of a design competition initiated by the City of Muttenz/Basel. The design was based on the renovation...

Blake Home by 1st Option Location: London, England, UK Photo courtesy: 1st Option Thank...

Hacienda Sac Chich by Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos Location: Yucatan, Mexico Year: 2010 Area: 2,152 sqft Photo courtesy: Marcelo Troché & Pim Schalkwijk Description: A contemporary guest house is inserted in an old patio for tending agave fibers within a nineteenth century Henequen hacienda. Cement mixed with...

Juhu Beach Apartment by ZZ Architects Location: Juhu, Mumbai, India Photo courtesy: ZZ Architects Description: Existing site was an old sea facing apartment with private backyard facing the sea. The existing structure needed a lot of repair. The high walls of existing structure did not sufficiently...

Hill Country Modern by Jauregui Architects, Interiors & Construction Location: Austin, Texas, USA Photo courtesy: Jauregui Architects, Interiors & Construction Thank you for reading...

Offset House by Shieh Arquitetos Associados Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Year: 2012 Area: 5,381 sqft Photo courtesy: Fernando Stankuns Description: The house is a direct result of the site’s complicated geometry. In plan, perimetral lines are given by the highest possible occupation of the property, discounting setbacks (restrained either...

Casa Cubo by Studio MK27 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: FG+SG – Architectural Photography Description: An urban house resting like a monolith over the garden; a single cubic volume housing every function and opening and closing to the outside. Each design has small, very...

Former Barn Remodeled in Castellar del Vallés by Sauquet Arquitectes Location: Castellar del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain Year: 2007 Photo courtesy: Starp Estudi Description: Former block with a single pillar in the middle. The space, a square with a side of 7.5 meters (24 feet), is divided by...