Articles by Paula Pintos

Nestled in Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, this secondary residence designed by Patriarche embodies a fusion of contemporary aesthetics and the eternal charm of its surrounding nature.

This project rehabilitated a decaying industrial building near downtown into the new home for All Saints Church. The building was originally constructed as an auto dealership in the early twentieth century but fell into disrepair over the past several decades.

House ES was built in 2021 on a tree-lined plot of land not far from Munich. The new construction addresses the theme of simplicity/complexity. An initially simple, elongated cube is formed into a habitable sculpture solely through subtraction from the volume.

The arrival of The Big Roof – a new low-carbon, low-energy storage and training center in the Cambridgeshire Fens – has been transformational for Forest School Camps (FSC), improving operations of the nationwide volunteer-run charity that provides educational camps for children.

The “Les Ecuries de la Roche” project sits in the middle of nature, just a few kilometers away from Lyon. A natural landscape with exceptional qualities that the project sought to preserve and enhance through a reasoned approach to design.

How many things can be done with the world’s most abundant foodstuff: rice? While three-Michelin-star chef Niko Romito bakes “cookies,” CRA and Italo Rota unveil an experimental installation that starts from the byproduct of rice farming, to create a spatial architecture interacting with the trees at Milan’s Orto Botanico.

Hudson Valley Residence is a ground-up home built on a ridge overlooking the Catskill Mountains. The home was commissioned for a client with multiple residences who envisioned a retreat providing scenic views of the surrounding mountains, serenity, and a gathering place for family. The centerpiece of a 35-acre property, the elongated home runs from north to south on the highest point of the property, with views of the mountain range to the west.

Common Thread is an immersive passage made from a 3D knit textile connecting a previously inaccessible 19th-century monastery courtyard in Bruges back to the city. Inspired by the medieval city’s lace-making tradition, the installation uses an innovative woven fabric to create an intricate spatial experience in a wave-like tunnel. It draws visitors in, emerging into a sunlit courtyard and engaging in a serendipitous exploration of history, craft, and technology. The transformed garden contains multiple worlds, threading past and future, form and matter, memory and space, against the rich backdrop of the monastery’s surroundings.