On the west coast of Barbados, the land drops away from the hills to the sea. The prevailing breeze comes from the east, easing the consistently warm Barbadian climate, whose winter temperature ...

The building materials were on site, the plans laid across the table. The would-be client, surveying the detailed drawings, cast a discerning eye and asked: “Are there any doors?” The client was my ...

Sited in the historic heart of Monaco, near the cerulean waters of the Mediterranean Sea, this villa rises up in a shape that is at once visionary and natural. “Villa Nuvola is a unique and bold ...

Text description provided by the architects. Home is where the art is. Capturing the character of Dalí, Jugendstil forms, Spanish facades and nautical life in one villa. The 'Villa Dalí' clients asked ...

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a wooden 1:10 scale model representing a portion of the London 2012 Olympic stadium has been installed at the British Pavilion directed by Muf architecture/art for ...

Text description provided by the architects. Located near Aix-en-Provence, in arural area, this project plays with the typology of agricultural farm houses architecture. The clients' brief was the ...

This holiday home in Spain by Laura Álvarez Architecture is built from the walls of a stone ruin and generates more energy that it consumes. Named Villa Slow, the dwelling replaces a former ruin found ...

Dutch firmPaul de Ruiter Architects has triumphed over 110 entries to win the highly-esteemed ARC13 architecture prize with their ecologically-minded Villa Kogelhof. The prestigious award is given to ...

Oxygen Villa is very much about light and air, and the name more than implies the homes breathing new life into a classic Arabic form of architecture — the mashrabiya. Developed centuries ago, the ...

His latest venture is in Munich’s leafy Herzogpark district. A seemingly clear-cut assignment, the commission became an opportunity for Herz to challenge some basic assumptions about what a house ...