An Architect Punches Through the Wall of Two ’50s Properties to Create His Family Home

Hernán Landolfo created natural transitions and a mazelike plan complete with lushly planted courtyards and rooftop terraces.
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The Buenos Aires neighborhood of Parque Chas is a labyrinth. A verdant series of concentric circles morphing into squares toward its outer edges, the area has a spoke-and-wheel layout that keeps taxi drivers out for fear of getting lost. Cars thundering along the surrounding avenues don’t bother trying to take the area’s lanes as shortcuts.

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