Kate Mazade

Forma lifts Hudson Valley cedar-clad house on angled legs

January 15, 2026 Kate Mazade 0

US architecture studio Forma has completed a cedar-clad, cube-like house that changes appearance based on angle and lighting on a gently sloping hill in the Hudson Valley. The 1,474-square-foot (137-square-metre) residence was designed by Forma principals Miroslava Brooks and Daniel Markiewicz, who wanted to build a country weekend house for their own use. The three-bedroom,

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Worc Studio centres circular stone table at “reverential” Mexico City restaurant

January 14, 2026 Kate Mazade 0

Mexico-based Worc Studio referenced familial traditions and shared experiences at Savvia in Mexico City, placing a circular, communal table, inside a historic structure in the city’s core. The 153-square-metre (1,646-square-foot) restaurant is located in the mid-20th-century residential Humboldt building in the Centro Histórico. . The studio said the exposed concrete of the structure opened up

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Mesh-covered Buenos Aires wine shop designed to “resonate with the city’s texture”

January 12, 2026 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Juan Campanini – Josefina Sposito has fronted wine shop Enofilo with a metallic mesh facade that responds directly to the complex Buenos Aires streetscape. At 175 square metres (1,883 square feet), Enofilo opened in 2025 inside an existing house on Avenida Juramento in the rapidly densifying Bajo Belgrano neighbourhood. The studio worked to

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HW Studio designs concrete house that “withdraws discreetly” in Mexico

January 8, 2026 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architecture practice HW Studio has created a concrete house on the Pacific coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with a semi-elliptical wall that frames multiple levels of contemplative courtyards. The Morelia, Mexico-based studio completed the 472 square metre (5,080 square feet) Casa Tao in 2025. It was designed through conversations with the clients about their

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Laboratorio de Arquitectura explores “sensory potential” of concrete block in Querétaro

December 31, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Laboratorio de Arquitectura has completed a house with a design geared towards the use of custom concrete blocks in Querétaro, Mexico. Known as the Capuchinas House, the 477-square-metre residence is located in suburban Querétaro. The house’s identity is rooted in contextual response, rather than following the generic typologies of its neighbours. “Capuchinas House

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MRDK creates Toronto pizzeria with an upstairs-downstairs atmosphere

December 29, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has designed a restaurant interior with a casual take-out counter and an upscale bar lounge in Toronto, Ontario. The eighth location of pizzeria North of Brooklyn is located in Toronto’s Etobicoke neighbourhood, comprising two levels with differing atmospheres. The ground floor is a tile-laden takeaway and the upper level a refined,

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Daria Sheina Studio designs off-grid British Columbia cabin

November 26, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Daria Sheina Studio has designed The Nest, an off-grid cabin with cedar-wrapped rotated volumes that allow panoramic views of the Howe Sound off the coast of British Columbia. The 1,063-square-foot (99-square-metre) house sits on the highest point of a 10-acre site on Keats Island, a remote getaway with only 50 full-time residents near Vancouver. Daria

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Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos “transforms memory into architecture” at timber Brazilian beach house

November 20, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Local practice Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos has completed a house with a glued-laminated timber structure on the coast of São Paolo that opens to the surrounding landscape through multiple screens and brise soleil. Known as Casa Guaecá, the 465-square metre (5,005-square foot) vacation home was completed in 2024 in the neighbourhood of São Sebastião on the former

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JSa transforms Mexican factory for its own architecture studio

November 13, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Mexico City-based studio JSa has adapted a mid-century factory into an office and studio space for its practice, maintaining many industrial details as a “manifesto in regenerative design”. Constructed in 1954, the Ice Factory building was part of the Cervecería Central beer factory. Most of the once-full-block factory was demolished after the Mexico City earthquake

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Nitsche Arquitetos focuses on “broad adaptability” for modular house in Brazil

November 12, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Nitsche Arquitetos has completed a modular, cross-laminated timber house with a rectangular dogtrot-style plan outside of São Paulo, Brazil. Located in Piedade, the 140-square metre (1,500-square foot) house is the first modular prototype developed by Nitsche Arquitetos to make house construction faster, more affordable and more sustainable. “The system allows for multiple arrangement

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