Its U-shaped plan hunkers down into the bluff, creating a protected courtyard at the rear with sight lines through the living area of the Pacific Ocean.
Designed by and for an architect couple and their little daughter, Casa Macarena is the latent result of a fusion between origin, dynamics, and technic.
A tiny cabin built as a refuge during the pandemic features a wood-burning stove and hot tub, an outdoor firepit, and a parrilla for cooking over open flame.
At a 1970s flat, architect Ana Sawaia knocked down interior walls for a more open plan and infused it with light, soft colors, and budget-friendly finishes.
In São Paulo, architect Alexandre Skaff restores fixtures and furniture while updating a midcentury apartment that once belonged to his husband’s grandmother.
Local firm Giusto Van Campenhout updates a turn-of-the-century home to feature a central courtyard with a classical oculus rendered in workaday concrete.