South America Architecture and Design

Built for a scholar, Casa Biblioteca is a sanctuary for reading, stargazing, and enjoying a cigar or two.

Starting in 1974, architect Eduardo Longo built the radically organic Casa Bola as a prototype for modular city apartments.

Built of concrete and timber, Casa BS in Córdoba maneuvers around nature, allowing trees to puncture its design.

The residence merges two Brazilian architectural styles with distinctly casual and formal spaces.

Designed to welcome the outdoors in, two modular and minimalist houses provide a blissful escape in the Uruguayan countryside.

Casa El Maqui is a sustainable home with spectacular views of its verdant surroundings.

A concrete slab cantilevers over cinder blocks and glass in this arresting home by Vereda Arquitetos.

Designed as a vacation home for a young family, this tropical modern dwelling uses restrained forms and fundamental materials to stunning effect.

A modular vacation home in the coastal region of Valparaíso lets in light and views with a pleated roof.

Governed by geometry and proportions, this weekend home in Chile opens up to landscape views in all directions.

Located on the southeast coast of Brazil in the surfer's paradise of Ubatuba, this sustainably constructed home embraces its lush surroundings.

Created for a design showcase in São Paulo, Loft Ninho is a warm, oak-wrapped space with an en suite bedroom box.

A green-roofed retreat slots gently into a wooded dell in southern Brazil.

Overlooking the Paranapanema River, Casa do Lago is a weekend home comprising two elevated, staggered volumes that separate public and private space.

The Ribeirão Preto Residence sports a dramatic, cantilevered roof and a robust indoor/outdoor connection.

Built with materials carried to the site by hand, Chalet M is a 270-square-foot cabin that treads lightly on its woodland site.

Casa JB, built near a stone quarry, incorporates the rocky terrain into its design.

The front door of this São Paulo apartment is a wooden board once used to cut slabs of marble.

Set within a forest clearing, this simple yet sophisticated house has black corrugated steel on its street-facing side, and glass on its tree-facing side.

This hillside home with a primitive profile and dramatic views of the Pacific Ocean is for sale.

Designed by Argentine firm Alarcia Ferrer Arquitectos, this holiday home offers sweeping views and two separate autonomous levels for living.

Solar power and a self-sufficient water system keep a family relaxed in Chile.

With a budget of $50,000, a home rich in family history is treated to a bright, airy renovation for the first time since it was built.

OF House by Studio Otto Felix celebrates natural materials and indoor/outdoor living outside the city of Campinas.

Made of 100-percent recyclable materials and equipped with smart home technology, SysHaus is a new model by a Brazilian construction and engineering start-up.

In São Paulo, a modern abode maximizes natural light and integrates a strong sense of the outdoors.

Sandwiched between two concrete slabs, a modern holiday home is fully integrated into nature.

Perched 1,476 feet above sea level, a modern home is designed to beautifully embrace its coastal setting.

The crimson dwelling, nestled in the Chilean commune of San José de Maipo, is composed of four modules stacked to form a cube-like structure.

Stretching along the Chilean coast, reinforced concrete beams come together to create a striking, sculptural home.