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House CO / Estudio Base Arquitectos

Valentina Díaz — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

The CO House, located in Santo Domingo, Chile, was born out of the necessity of a couple looking to settle on the coast with a versatile and flexible home. The design aimed to balance the comfort for the daily use of two people with the ability to comfortably accommodate ten occupants during certain periods of the year, prioritizing functional flexibility.

Kimpton Las Mercedes Hotel / Moneo Brock Studio

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Founded in 1496 Santo Domingo is the oldest city in the New World and a historical landmark in Latin America. As the capital of the Dominican Republic, its Colonial City has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This iconic historic district, with a Renaissance layout dating back to the 16th century, is undergoing an ambitious transformation that goes beyond the mere restoration of a deteriorating environment. It is a comprehensive effort to restore its essence, adapt it to contemporary needs, and turn the Colonial City into a model of coexistence between past and present.

The Standardized Planning of Latin American Cities: Tracing the Blueprint of the Laws of the Indies

Moises Carrasco — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

A look at most of the cities within Latin America reveals striking commonalities across countries, from Mexico down to Argentina: most cities have a well-defined area known as "El Centro" (The Center), anchored by a main plaza (Plaza Mayor), flanked by a church on one side and key buildings like the city hall on another. This is no coincidence, as it can be traced back to an urban planning system established during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. It gave standardized guidelines for city design across its viceroyalties. Unlike French and English colonies, Spanish settlements adhered to regulations that contributed to the emergence of a shared urban identity, with cities displaying similar spatial logic and architectural cohesion despite differing scales and contexts.

Las Vertientes House / Lucas Maino Fernandez

Valeria Silva — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Located in the sector of 'Las Vertientes' in the commune of Rocas de Santo Domingo, Fifth Region of Chile, the housing project is situated at the back of a plot away from the coast surrounded by eucalyptus trees on its southern boundary.

Casa PR21008 / Engawa Archlab

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The project is located in the Province of Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas, in Ecuador. It includes a bedroom, a dressing room, a bathroom, a kitchen and a living room area. The characteristics of the environment of the city where it is located allow the opening of the kitchen and living room towards the outside, without the need to use screens or transparent closing elements.

Ajuala Restaurant / Portafoglio Grupo Arquitectónico + Grupo HCR

Valeria Silva — Fri, 07 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Ajuala is the result of interpreting a customer's passion for what he does; this project, its materiality, and concept, is defined and arises from the first meetings and conversations with Chef Saverio Stassi, the passion and stories that each of its dishes have, was something that infected us to transfer in the Architecture of this project. So, from the beginning we understood that our project had to tell a story, that each of its materials has a strong intention or stories behind it and with this transmit a different feeling or experience, achieve a project that came out of an architecture that is quite standardized in this local market of gastronomy.

Aglae House / AFARQ Arquitectos

Andreas Luco — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 01:00:00 +0000

Casa Aglae is our proposal for a weekend house in Santo Domingo, a coastal area located 120 km. from Santiago. The strong winds that predominate in the summer from the west, made us raise the house in parallel to the length of the land, in east-west direction, forming an interior courtyard protected as the predominant area of the house. Thus, the design consists of a plant in which all the enclosures have been arranged to the north to maximize sunlight. Only the master bedroom looks towards the west, taking advantage of the views towards the sunset.

House for 60 Friends / Martin Hurtado

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Community and privacy: together but not mixed.

SIP Panel House / Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia

Kritiana Ross — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Built with SIP panels (Structural Insulated Panels), this house is conceived as an attempt to rationalize this construction material and achieve a maximum optimization of its structural and dimensional qualities. The totality of the house was configured with two kinds of components: wall panels (122 cm x 244 cm x 11.4 cm) and split-levelpanels (122 cm x 488 cm x 21 cm). In just 10 days, 71 wall panels and 40 split-level panels were built. The loss of material was negligible.

House A / Moure Rivera Arquitectos

Megan Jett — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The house A comes from a reflection and study the structures generated by implicit form, where part by depriving the subject of its traditional meaning or associations, where it discharge or reduction of meaning emerged only by functional approaches. By changing the visual design and the perception of these forms, considering the object from formal positions over space and time, as a sign or fragments detached from a conventional meaning, they acquire meaning in themselves.

Windy House / Estudio Valdés +

Nico Saieh — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0000

This vacation home consists of two separate living areas that reside in a single home. This is an ideal vacation situation for extended family (grandparents, parents, and sons and daughters) as the home provides plenty of privacy for both families.

Arcoiris Sur / Roberto Rijo

Nico Saieh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Los Peralejos is an area located on the Northeastern side of the city of Santo Domingo, just north from Juan Pablo Duarte high-way, the main thoroughfare in the island, and next to Republica de Colombia Ave., which runs along Santo Domingo‘s Green Belt. These are the main access ways into the city from the island's North-Central region (known as Cibao), the area where the country's the main agricultural and livestock production is to be found.

España Library / Giancarlo Mazzanti

Nico Saieh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Background and needs