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Moarqs and Ottolenghi Architects wrap Lamas House with concrete screen
A concrete screen wraps the upper storey of this villa in Buenos Aires Province, blinkering bedroom windows from the street and directing views into a planted courtyard (+ slideshow). Local studios...
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Pabellon Hinrichsen is a chunky concrete outbuilding for a house in Argentina
Argentinian studios Moarqs and Ottolenghi Architects designed this chunky concrete building to provide extra accommodation for a house in Buenos Aires Province (+ slideshow). The cast concrete block...
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Buenos Aires house by Federico Sartor features textured concrete walls and...
Board-marked concrete walls frame this Buenos Aires residence by Argentinian architect Federico Sartor, but at the back they give way to large windows, offering views of a courtyard and lake (+...
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Casa Torcuato Pavilion is a concrete garden room by Besonias Almeida
Argentinian studio Besonias Almeida has added a garden pavilion to a house in Buenos Aires, using board-marked concrete so that the two buildings match (+ slideshow). The pavilion is situated in the...
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Zigzagging roof covers Buenos Aires holiday home by Estudio Borrachia
The zigzagging roof of this wooden holiday home in Buenos Aires by local practice Estudio Borrachia provides shade for a series of terraces, and will eventually be covered in wildflowers and grass (+...
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Bernardo Rosello arranges concrete house around courtyards in Argentina
Board-marked concrete walls, wooden screens and secluded courtyards feature in this house near the coast in Buenos Aires Province, by Argentinian architect Bernardo Rosello (+ slideshow). Located in...
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Estudio Normal builds "fortress of solitude" inside Buenos Aires home
A room with wicker walls forms part of this sanctuary that Argentinian office Estudio Normal has built in the home of a Buenos Aires-based chef. The client requested a space of solitude and relaxation,...
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Luciano Kruk staggers board-marked concrete holiday home across sandy dune
This board-marked concrete holiday house by Luciano Kruk steps over a sand dune in a coastal town near Buenos Aires, offering its summer residents views of a pine and acacia forest beyond. Argentinian...
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Adamo Faiden completes undulating plaza in Buenos Aires' financial district
Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has designed a stepped public plaza to cover an underground carpark in Catalinas Norte, the financial centre of Buenos Aires. The urban landscape, named Plaza Catalinas,...
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CCPM Arquitectos slots skinny corrugated-metal home into dense Buenos Aires...
This small and narrow townhouse by Argentinian practice CCPM Arquitectos is slotted into a gap in a tightly packed neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. The white, corrugated-metal roofs of the...
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Bam! Arquitectura ramps garden up through centre of Buenos Aires home
A curved concrete staircase weaves around a sloping garden that rises through the centre of this house in Buenos Aires designed by local studio Bam! Arquitectura. House MeMo occupies a site in a...
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Polo stables by Estudio Ramos features grassy roof for horses to graze
A spiral staircase made from cast concrete leads up to a turfed roof overlooking a pool and polo field at this stables near Buenos Aires, which was designed by local firm Estudio Ramos for a...
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Concrete-clad home by Dieguez Fridman reimagines Buenos Aires' typical...
Rectangular concrete slabs form the exterior of Dieguez Fridman's four-storey Corner House in Buenos Aires, which puts a vertical spin on the city's typical suburban architecture. Houses in the...
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Concrete walls hide glazed courtyard at house in Buenos Aires
A courtyard brings light into the centre of this board-marked concrete house in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, designed by architects Anibal Bizzotto and Diego Cherbenco. Built for a young family,...
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Reflecting pool fronts linear concrete house in Argentina by Luciano Kruk
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has built a concrete residence on the outskirts Buenos Aires, with an overhanging slab and a reflection pool along its front. Casa Mach is made out of board-marked...
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Concrete house in Buenos Aires by Besonías Almeida fits among mature trees
Argentinian firm Besonías Almeida has built a house in Buenos Aires around existing foliage, using board-formed concrete and dark laminated timber panels. Casa Aranzazu is located in a residential part...
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Alonso & Crippa renovates compact urban dwelling in Buenos Aires
New apertures and an all-white stairwell are among the modifications made by Argentine studio Alonso & Crippa to a two-storey, century-old brick building in a gentrifying district in Buenos Aires....
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Minimalist black warehouse by Moarqs occupies triangular site outside Buenos...
Black-painted steel panels give this warehouse by Argentinian architecture firm Moarqs a stark and monotonous appearance. The Caseros Depot is located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on a tight urban...
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BHY Arquitectos creates austere white Casa Lucia on outskirts of Buenos Aires
Numerous design elements help reduce energy costs in this home by Argentinian studio BHY Arquitectos that overlooks a lake in a new development. The project, called Casa Lucia, is located on a...
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Teresa Sarmiento and Nicolas Tovo create light-filled narrow house in Buenos...
The living areas of this compact Buenos Aires house are flanked by full-height glass doors that flood the interior with daylight to make the spaces feel much larger than they are. Casa Clara occupies a...
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Besonías Almeida Arquitectos creates board-marked concrete summer house
Buenos Aires-based studio Besonías Almeida Arquitectos has completed a holiday home in a seaside resort south of the Argentinian capital, with board-marked concrete walls and overhanging roofs....
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Bernardo Rosello's minimal El Maitén house in Buenos Aires is almost entirely...
Argentinian studio Bernardo Rosello Arquitectura has chosen all-white finishes for this home in Buenos Aires, which was designed for one person but will eventually be expanded to fit a family. The...
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Estudio Galera uses "common bricks" for Casa Rincón in Argentinian seaside town
This brick holiday home by Argentinian architecture firm Estudio Galera, in a seaside town south of Buenos Aires, references the "formal and material austerity" of the surrounding properties. The...
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Concrete shell wraps Luciano Kruk's Rodríguez House in Argentina
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has built a linear concrete house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, with a slatted wood entrance and a large swimming pool in its expansive garden. Based in the...
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Metal mesh covers garden tower in Buenos Aires by Adamo-Faiden
Argentinian firm Adamo-Faiden has built a concrete tower in Buenos Aires, flanked on two sides by metal-grated walls that conceal dozens of private gardens. The seven-storey Bonpland 2169 building in...
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Scalloped cage fronts 18-square-metre corner apartment in Buenos Aires
Argentinian studio IR Arquitectura has transformed a leftover corner of a 1950s building in Buenos Aires into this small apartment, using built-in furniture and a caged balcony. Called El Camarin, the...
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Concrete and glass form Luciano Kruk's Casa BLQ in Buenos Aires
Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has created a family home that follows Mies van Der Rohe's "conception of architecture as the expression of structure". Casa BLQ is located in Nuevo Quilmes, a gated...
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Board-marked concrete hides patio in Casa Closed by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac
A plant-filled courtyard and a long swimming pool feature behind the board-marked concrete walls of this residence in La Plata, Argentina, designed by local architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac. Felipe...
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Adamo Faiden refreshes modernist white house in Buenos Aires
Argentinian studio Adamo Faiden has renovated the curved lower floor of this 1929 home in Buenos Aires to create a light-filled room that opens onto the garden. Located in Vicente López, a...
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SOM designs Buenos Aires office building with "urban window" to waterfront
SOM has revealed its design for a new office complex on the waterfront in Buenos Aires, which will comprise two towers joined by bridges topped with green terraces. One of the glazed towers that make...
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Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa top courtyard house in Argentina with glass...
Argentinian architects Hernan Landolfo and Marcos Asa have extended an apartment in Buenos Aires and reorganised the living spaces around a double-height atrium with an olive tree growing in the...
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Estudio Nu retrofits creative studios in former Buenos Aires workshop
Translucent glass doors fold open to reveal the studio that architecture firm Estudio Nu has created inside a dental mechanics workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estudio Nu had shared the Lerma...
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Torrado Arquitectos carries out subtle renovation of 1930s Buenos Aires house
Argentinian studio Torrado Arquitectos has used material that match the original home for its renovation of House in Barrio Parque in Buenos Aires The local studio renovated and reconfigured the...
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Estudio Mola completes block of elevated row houses in Buenos Aires
Brick screens and patterned metal shutters wrap the outside of this block of row houses in Buenos Aires that was developed by local architects Estudio Mola. The Complejo 8 ("Complex 8") project is...
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Vaulted brick roof tops Casa Monopoli in Argentina by Fabrizio Pugliese
Argentine architect Fabrizio Pugliese has incorporated both handcrafted and industrial elements while creating a family's holiday home just outside of Buenos Aires. Casa Monopoli is located in San...
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Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos completes cantilevered villa outside...
Barrionuevo Villanueva Arquitectos has designed a house outside of Buenos Aires with a cantilevered upper floor that projects towards the nearby Lujan River. The Obra Virazón project is located in...
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Colle-Croce completes all-white steel home in Buenos Aires
Argentinian architectural office Colle-Croce has designed this white home on a compact lot in Buenos Aires to make the most of the available outdoor space. Colle-Croce, based in the city, completed...
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Hitzig Militello sets restaurant within historic Buenos Aires home
Repurposed materials and decadent accents come together in this Buenos Aires restaurant and bar that fits within a historic house overhauled by local studio Hitzig Militello Architects. Named Moshu...
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MAPA completes Passivhaus house on stilts near Buenos Aires
Architectural studio MAPA has completed Argentina's first Passivhaus-certified residence, a house in the San Fernando Delta that is lifted on stilts to accommodate periodic flooding. Named House in the...
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BHY Arquitectos arranges multiple courtyards in white Argentinian house
Local studio BHY Arquitectos has completed an all-white infill house with painted brick on a narrow lot in Buenos Aires, Argentina that features multiple courtyards and patios. BHY Arquitectos...
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Cristóbal Palma photographs ill-famed Buenos Aires slum before redevelopment
As works began to transform the notorious Villa 31 slum into an official Buenos Aires "barrio", Chilean photographer Cristóbal Palma documented its distinct architecture. Villa 31 is the most...
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Dezeen Debate features "excellent and ambitious" photographs of Buenos Aires...
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Cristóbal Palma photographs of a Buenos Aires slum before its redevelopment. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Chilean photographer Palma...
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Juan Campanini and Josefina Sposito clad Buenos Aires co-op in aluminium
Local architecture studio Juan Campanini, Josefina Sposito has concealed an urban apartment building behind a simple aluminium facade in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The six-residence building, known as...
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Mueble Escultura features design and art "without distinction" in Argentina
A divider informed by the Microsoft logo and a sculpture made of a single cord of iron in the shape of a chair were among the objects featured at the Mueble Escultura exhibition in Buenos Aires....
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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen
Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Known as Casa Mendoza,...
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Fungi Kingdom bio-art installation offers contemplative space in Buenos Aires
A hundred mushroom-shaped stools encircle an incubator for growing different fungi species as part of this bio-art installation in Buenos Aires. The Fungi Kingdom – Urban Farm installation was created...
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Florencia Rissotti uses curtains to organise Buenos Aires fabric shop
Local architect Florencia Rissotti has converted a warehouse into a textile shop in Buenos Aires, using fabric dividers to organise the space. To house a retail location for fabric shop Tienda Mayor,...
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Moroni Ciovini and Ana Montero expose textured concrete walls in Buenos Aires...
Local architecture studio Moroni Ciovini and designer Ana Montero have preserved the exposed layers of concrete wall for this bookstore and café in Buenos Aires. At just 247 square feet (23 square...
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Daniel Canda adds "suspended glass box" to 1980s residence in Argentina
Local architecture studio Daniel Canda & Asociados has renovated a 1980s country club residence in Argentina, opening up the interior and wrapping the second floor in ribbon windows. Located in the...
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Julio Sanchez Arimayn transforms warehouse complex into creative studios in...
Local architect Julio Sanchez Arimayn has converted an industrial warehouse building into creative studios interspersed throughout two stories and punctuated by mezzanines in Buenos Aires. Called...
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