Casa Verde by M2 Senos Arquitectos is inspired by the local “palheiros,” old fishing storage sheds converted into striped houses famously lining Portugal's coastline.
Working on behalf of famous clients in the music business, Michel Architects updated an iconic mid-century residence in Los Angeles, delivering on a brief that called for a home that could readily switch between work and leisure.
Taking the remnants of an outstanding Mexican building that sat unloved and unused, architects Vrtical created a contemporary concrete building that utilized the bones of the old structure, turning it into an extraordinary corner house.
The verticality of exposed timber beams provides a decorative, functional aesthetic on the exterior of the C+C House, a renovated 1930s Toronto brick house by Studio Maignan Architects.
In Japan, Nanometer Architecture used the profile of the tricky site and its long list of restrictions to turn the structure into something out of the ordinary.