Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto designed Casa da Encosta to settle without conflict. The home occupies a generous site with soft topography, but the land offered no striking views or obvious reference points. Rather than fight the context, the architect placed a long, linear volume just above the ground, turning it inward. The result resists external noise […] More
For ARCHISCENE Magazine, Editor Jana Kostic speaks with Melazza co-founders Malena Taboada and Florencia Melazza about Casa Botánica, a residential project shaped by filtered light, tactile materials, and a quiet relationship with nature in Buenos Aires’ Club Tortugas. Designed in collaboration with MEP, the home doesn’t assert itself against the setting but instead listens to […] More
Barker Architecture Office approached the renovation of the Adelphi Townhouse in Fort Greene with a clear purpose: reshape the four-story home to support the needs of a young family while introducing visual clarity and material depth. The original building presented multiple challenges, from a steep, awkward staircase to a visibly bulging rear wall. Uneven floor […] More
In the forested hills of Bromont, Quebec, MUUK Architecture has completed a residence that balances restraint with intimacy. Designed for a sloping site in the mountainous region, the project takes a calibrated approach to modernism, neither loud nor ornamental, but rooted in a sensitivity to terrain, climate, and material logic. The result is a refined […] More
In Toronto’s west end, Studio for Architecture & Collaboration (StudioAC) has transformed a disused church into a sophisticated multi-generational residence. The project, completed in 2024 and titled Junction Semi, reimagines a historic community space as a layered, light-filled home designed to accommodate a family and their parents. The intervention demonstrates a thoughtful approach to adaptive […] More
Bezmirno Architects introduces Skyline House as an exercise in restraint and spatial balance. The project spans three separate yet connected structures, a main residence, a guest house, and a guardhouse, set within a tree-dense site. Rather than dominate the setting, the design extends the horizon. The buildings sit low and wide, allowing the natural rhythm […] More
Sun Yuanliang, founder of Yuan Liang Design, speaks about Qi Yuan, his work-live space in Suzhou, China, completed in December 2023. Conceived as both a private studio and retreat, the project transforms a traditional residential setting into a quiet zone of reflection and flow. In this exclusive interview with ARCHISCENE Magazine editor Jana Kostic, Sun shares […] More
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed a bold new proposal for 175 Third Street in Brooklyn, reimagining a 2023 concept into a sprawling, mixed-use development anchored by terraced architecture and expansive public space. Located along the Gowanus Canal within a former industrial zone, the project is a collaboration with dencityworks | architecture and developers Charney […] More
Casa Galera, designed by Karlen + Clemente Studio, sits on a regularly shaped plot within a residential area. The architectural plan extends the building mass fully across the lot frontage, from east to west. This strategy creates a spacious central courtyard that forms the core of social interaction within the home. The house maintains a […] More
Located at the foot of Mount Saint-Bruno in Quebec’s Montérégie region, the Montpellier House unfolds quietly against its wooded surroundings. Designed by Montreal-based Vives St-Laurent in collaboration with ATA Architecture, the 3,000-square-foot residence presents a study in fluid movement and spatial balance, structured across three levels that echo the incline of the land. It’s a […] More
Andrew Franz of Andrew Franz Architect (AFA) speaks with ARCHISCENE Magazine about the renovation of a 1950s Greenwich Village pied-à-terre overlooking Washington Square Park. In this exclusive interview with editor Zarko Davinic, he unpacks the challenges of reworking a compact post-war apartment and shares how thoughtful spatial planning, rich textures, and sculptural forms brought the […] More
Spaceworkers took on Covelo House as a way to revisit one of Porto’s most characteristic yet overlooked housing structures: the urban island. These residential pockets trace their origins to the 19th century, when they housed working-class families who had migrated to the city for labor. Built as small, semi-detached homes behind bourgeois residences, these units […] More