Tetro Arquitetura’s Xingu House Turns a Complex Brazilian Hillside Into Something Extraordinary

Tetro Arquitetura’s Xingu House Turns a Complex Brazilian Hillside Into Something Extraordinary

Perched above ancient stone walls in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, the Xingu House reads less like a building and more like a geological event. Designed by Belo Horizonte–based studio Tetro Arquitetura — led by principal architects Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, and Igor Macedo — the residence occupies an 8,000-square-meter plot that arrives with its own…

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This Carbon-Negative Neighborhood in the Netherlands Is Rethinking Affordable Housing

This Carbon-Negative Neighborhood in the Netherlands Is Rethinking Affordable Housing

Architecture has long been one of the planet’s most significant contributors to carbon emissions. ORGA, a Dutch studio, is challenging that reality head-on with a carbon-negative neighborhood prototype built in the village of Marknesse, Netherlands — and the results are worth paying attention to. Commissioned by housing association Mercatus, the project consists of 12 affordable…

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