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Fran Silvestre defies gravity on the northern coast of Egypt with a minimalist villa inspired by the figure of the sphin...
29/05/2026

Fran Silvestre defies gravity on the northern coast of Egypt with a minimalist villa inspired by the figure of the sphinx: a bold cantilevered volume suspended over the water transforms the Mediterranean into an almost unreal presence.
More than a formal gesture, the project was born as an exercise in gravitational tension. A single vertical element supports the living volume projected toward the sea, making the house appear as a mass suspended in the void.
Behind this apparent impossibility lies a sophisticated structural logic: the lower body of the house counterbalances the large upper cantilever, while the vertical core becomes the true resisting element of the entire composition.
Fran Silvestre works on the extreme reduction of material, using sharp geometries, extremely thin sections, and continuous surfaces to alter the perception of weight and gravity.
The suspended volume houses exclusively the master suite, conceived as a sort of autonomous home overlooking the Mediterranean, where light, glass, and the horizon continually dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior.
A radical, silent and almost abstract architecture, where the landscape becomes a perceptual experience.

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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

On Lake Como, water doesn't just define the landscape. It continually shapes light, depth, and the perception of domesti...
27/05/2026

On Lake Como, water doesn't just define the landscape. It continually shapes light, depth, and the perception of domestic space.
In this residence designed by Pierattelli Architetture, the relationship with the lake isn't translated into spectacular openings or theatrical gestures, but into a more subtle construction of the living atmosphere.
Spread across four levels, the home strikes a measured balance between comfort, function, and a sense of vacation, maintaining the intimate character of everyday domestic life.
Natural light permeates the rooms, reflecting off light-colored woods, wainscoting, matte surfaces, and custom-made furnishings in a continuous sequence of soft, balanced tones. The lake enters the home indirectly, almost atmospherically: through reflections, variations in light, and glimpses that change intensity throughout the day. Tactile materials, neutral palettes, Italian design, and artwork thus coexist in a sophisticated yet profoundly relaxed space, where nothing appears ostentatious.

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Pierattelli Architetture
Ph Thomas Pagani

In the Upper Florida Keys, where the boundary between land and water is continually redefined by tides, tropical storms,...
25/05/2026

In the Upper Florida Keys, where the boundary between land and water is continually redefined by tides, tropical storms, and climate change, STRANG Design addresses the theme of coastal living as a direct response to a contemporary environmental condition.
Van der Vlugt Residence was conceived as a structure suspended above the landscape: the entire house is raised approximately three meters above the ground to protect itself from storm surges and future sea level variations. This technical choice immediately becomes a spatial choice.
The lower level remains open, permeable, traversed by air, reflected light, and tropical vegetation, while a sequence of concrete pillars supports the large cantilevered volume above.
Exposed concrete defines the identity of the entire architecture. Not as a Brutalist gesture, but as a material capable of absorbing humidity, light, and time. The traces of the metal formwork remain intentionally visible, introducing a precise and tactile texture that also permeates the interiors.
Structural rigidity and domestic fluidity thus coexist in balance, while the house seems to slowly dissolve into the horizontal landscape of the Keys.

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Strang Design
Ph Kris Tamburello

On Capri, modern architecture has often found a particular form of rooting: not a break with the island's landscape, but...
22/05/2026

On Capri, modern architecture has often found a particular form of rooting: not a break with the island's landscape, but a slow assimilation of its light, topography, and Mediterranean living culture. The house designed by Giuliano Andrea dell'Uva for Raffaele D'Alessio fits into this continuity through a refined, material, and profoundly domestic language.
The project eschews any stereotype of the Capri home. The concrete is hand-shaped by local artisans like a continuous, plastic material: the large living room sofa, the master bed, and the fireplace emerge directly from the architecture, almost as if they were elements carved into the space. Historic majolica, hand-forged iron, modern furnishings, and works of art coexist naturally in a slow stratification of memory, design, and everyday life. Even the sea remains a discreet presence. Never spectacular, never flaunted. Capri permeates the house through shadows, reflections, ventilation, and lateral views.
More than a seaside villa, it's a contemporary way of inhabiting the island.

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Giuliano Andrea dell’uva
Ph NathalieKrag

Directly overlooking the Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante,this house designed by FNA Concept forges its relationship ...
20/05/2026

Directly overlooking the Baia del Silenzio in Sestri Levante,
this house designed by FNA Concept forges its relationship with the sea through an intimate, essential, and profoundly material approach. No nautical rhetoric, no explicit vernacular interpretation. Instead, the project focuses on light, ventilation, texture, and spatial continuity. The house unfolds vertically across three levels within an early 20th-century building, traversed by a custom-designed iron staircase that leads to the rooftop, where the view opens onto the Ligurian rooftops and the bay. Limestone, iron, linen, natural wood, and woven fibers create a silent and balanced palette, designed to continually absorb the Mediterranean light and the coastal atmospheric variations. More than a house by the sea, it's an interior traversed by the sea.

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FNA Concept
Ph Monica Spezia

There are architectures that gaze upon water, and others that embrace its presence as a prerequisite for the project. In...
19/05/2026

There are architectures that gaze upon water, and others that embrace its presence as a prerequisite for the project. In this new issue of CONSEIL+ARCH, the sea, the lake, and the coast become atmospheric matter, a climatic constraint, and a perceptual threshold. From Corsica to Mexico, from the French Riviera to the Keys, from Capri to Lake Como, 11 projects illustrate different ways of living by the water.
Swimming pools that stretch toward the horizon, houses suspended over the coast, interiors bathed in sea light, architectures that work with reflections, wind, erosion, and time. Water is never a backdrop. It permeates materials, modifies space, and continually redefines the relationship between architecture and landscape.
A new issue by CONSEIL+ARCH.

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FNA Concept
Pierattelli Architetture
De Cotiis Gallery
Giuliano Andrea dell’uva
Strang Design
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Joséphine Fossey
Studio Asaï

On the island of Syros, Olen Resort by ATENO Architecture Studio extends within the cliff, following the slope and maint...
11/05/2026

On the island of Syros, Olen Resort by ATENO Architecture Studio extends within the cliff, following the slope and maintaining a constant relationship with the Aegean. The project is structured around three conditions—Point, Line, and Plane—that define three different ways of inhabiting the landscape. Close to the sea, a sunken guesthouse disappears into the rock, leaving only a circular platform open to the water visible. Higher up, linear volumes and shared surfaces accompany the movement along the slope, creating a minimalist, calibrated architecture deeply rooted in the site.

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ATENO Architecture Studio
PH. Yiorgis Yerolymbos

On the edge of a gated community in the hilly landscape of Shoolagiri, Chuzhi by Wallmakers takes shape on a plot marked...
08/05/2026

On the edge of a gated community in the hilly landscape of Shoolagiri, Chuzhi by Wallmakers takes shape on a plot marked by rocky outcrops, irregular slopes, and large tamarind trees. A lot considered residual became the starting point for the project. The architecture unfolds through a series of curvilinear walls that wrap around the trees, creating a continuous space free of sharp angles. The accessible roof leaves the ground surface free, while inside, the space follows the flow of the walls, amidst overhead light, vegetation, and recycled materials.

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WALLMAKERS

On the island of Syros, Horizon House by ONUS Architecture Studio unfolds along a linear axis parallel to the sea, follo...
06/05/2026

On the island of Syros, Horizon House by ONUS Architecture Studio unfolds along a linear axis parallel to the sea, following the slope and orienting all the main rooms toward the Aegean. Part of the building is embedded in the ground, using excavation as a spatial and climatic strategy. Local stone, exposed concrete, and reclaimed wood define a simple architecture rooted in the landscape. Courtyards, terraces, natural ventilation, and integrated energy systems transform the house into a balance between topography, climate, and passive sustainability.

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