Tag
Completed in 2020 by Mexican Architecture Studio COA Arquitectura, the Higueras House is located in a plot abundant in trees and vegetation with a jungle feeling. The house shape directly responds to the existing tree conditions seeking views and privacy.
Continue reading
Completed in 2018 among the forested mountain landscape of Tapalpa, Mexico, COA arquitectura nestles the DSA Development dwellings. The intimate stone structure stands isolated from civilization as visitors travel out of Jalisco and take the dirt road leading upward into…
Continue reading
The Sumbanese traditional House (Uma Mbatangu, “peaked house”) refers to the traditional vernacular House of the Sumba people from the island of Sumba in Indonesia. Sumbanese House is characterized by its high-pitched central peak in its roof and secure connection with…
Continue reading
The Red Army Memorial Museum is located in the rural Bing’an Warf, a shoal in the middle of Chishui River, at the border between the regions of Guizhou and Sichuan, in South-West China. Nowadays, the village of Bing’an counts around…
Continue reading
Borgund Stave Church is a stave church located in the village of Borgund in the municipality of Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is classified as a triple nave stave church of the so-called Sogn-type. It is also the…
Continue reading
Cordoba is famous for its courtyards, and once a year during the festival de “Los Patios Cordobeses,” private houses all over the city open up their courtyards to the public for two weeks where the competition for the Best Patio…
Continue reading
The Great Mosque of Djenné, located in Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Bani River, dates from 1907. The building is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The first mosque on…
Continue reading
The shabonos (also known as xaponos, shaponos, or Yanos) are the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. They are circular communal buildings with an open-air central courtyard. The dwellings are reconstructed every few…
Continue reading
Pueblo Bonito (Spanish for beautiful town) is the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico. It was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and 1126.
Continue reading