Wóolis was named by the workers, or rather artisans, who gave life to the built space. Its meaning in Mayan is ball, round, circle; they called the house this way referring to the central cylinder, the heart of the project.
Architecture firm
Arkham Projects
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Zaickz Moz, Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell, Jorge Duarte Torre, Roberto Romero Maldonado
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
LOFT RLO was designed as a pavilion that seeks to capture a life inherently connected to living outdoors. A single -story residence with generous proportions, with just one suite, one bathroom and two half-baths, that values being and living together, blurring the lines that separate the outdoors from the indoors.
Architecture firm
ME Arquitetura
Location
Brasilia, Brazil
Principal architect
Maria Eduarda Oliveira
Design team
Maria Eduarda Oliveira
Interior design
ME Arquitetura
Supervision
ME Arquitetura
Visualization
ME Arquitetura
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Travertine, natural freijó wood, ebanized wood
Typology
Residential › House
Nestled into the quiet middle of a block in the historic center of the beautiful colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, the land for this home is an assemblage of odd shaped portions of several home’s back yards.
Project name
Casa Lluvia Blanca
Architecture firm
House + House Architects
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Photography
Steven & Cathi House
Principal architect
Cathi House
Design team
Cathi House & Steven House
Tools used
rchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Guadalupe Gonzalez Morales
Material
Masonry, Polished Concrete, Steel, Stucco, Wood Cabinets, Glass, Travertine, Slate
Client
Jan & Sylvia Jensen
Typology
Residential › House
The Carpina-based architecture firm NEBR Arquitetura led by Edson Muniz have recently completed ''Casa Carpina'' a single-family home located in city of Carpina in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Project name
Carpina House
Architecture firm
NEBR Arquitetura
Location
Carpina, Pernambuco, Brazil
Principal architect
Edson Muniz
Collaborators
Amanda Brandão and Chico Santos
Construction
RWM Construtora
Material
Concrete, Glass,Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Designed to receive a family living abroad, the country house in the interior of São Paulo needed to accommodate them during long seasons in Brazil. Located in Quinta da Baroneza, with 1,100m², the challenge was, in addition to thinking about the program for prolonged uses, solving the implantation in the very inclined terrain.
Project name
EQ Residence
Architecture firm
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura
Location
Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evelyn Muller
Principal architect
Gilda Meirelles
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › Houses
Designed by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, Nautilus is a whimsical shell-shaped house located in Naucalpan, northwest of Mexico City in the adjoining State of Mexico, and inspired by the work of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain
Location
Naucalpan, State of Mexico
Photography
Jaime Jacott, Francisco Lubbert, Senosiain
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain
Collaborators
Luis Raúl Enríquez Montiel.
Typology
Residential › House
A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
Casa HANNAH, in Merida, Yucatan, is a project that maximizes spatial sensation, by playing with double heights and integrating the exterior with the interior.
Project name
Casa Hannah / Hannah House
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Collaborators
Artesano MX, SOHO galleries Mérida
Interior design
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
Supervision
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
