Black slate / Tag

Lakeside stands in Birmingham, United States, where Disbrow Iannuzzi Architects shape a Y-shaped house along the River Rouge and its mature gardens. The 4,000-square-foot residence channels the client’s background as a curator of Asian art into a quiet composition of white ash and black slate, tuned to long-framed views and changing light. Inside, the rooms read like a lived-in gallery for handcrafted objects and decades of landscape care.

UAN House lands in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, where Alric Galindez Arq places an upside-down plan on a gentle, brushy slope. The house sets living areas above and sleeping rooms below to catch lake views of Ventana and Catedral hills while preserving the low vegetation. It reads as two clear volumes: a residence and a lifted garden that leaves the original ground intact.