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The limestone of the Yucatán Peninsula, shaped by the planet's changes over millions of years, allowed the formation of what we now know as cenotes and caves. This project is situated within one of these natural formations, a cave-cenote discovered within a natural park on the outskirts of Tulum, Quintana Roo.
Project name
Baalman
Architecture firm
Studio 360
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solis, Eduardo Mena
Located at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country, this private wine cave serves as a destination along a secluded bend of the Blanco River. Excavated into the north face of a solid limestone hillside, this shotcrete lined tube is protected on the east and west by tall oak and elm trees, allowing it to nearly disappear within the native landsca...
Project name
Hill Country Wine Cave
Architecture firm
Clayton Korte
Location
Texas Hill Country, Texas, USA
Photography
Casey Dunn
Ensamble Studio: Ca'n Terra is the house of the earth: first just that, earth; after quarry, voided from its Mares stone; then used by the military as ammunition dump during the Spanish Civil War and later abandoned, to be rediscovered decades later and come to be architecture.
Project name
Ca'n Terra
Architecture firm
Ensamble Studio
Location
Menorca, Spain
Photography
Ensamble Studio
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled his design for Sharaan, a resort hidden within the rock dwellings of AlUla, a cultural oasis in north-west Arabia. Showcasing a modern take on millennia-old ways of living, the project puts in place monumental designs carved into the rocks, respecting and preserving the landscape. Inspired by the nearby Heg...
Project name
Sharaan by Jean Nouvel
Architecture firm
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Location
AlUla, Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
The architecture student Alessandro Pagliuca from university of Accademia Architettura Mendrisio - Switzerland has envisioned a cave villa inside an old abandoned quarry in island of Ponza, Italy.
Student
Alessandro Pagliuca
University
Accademia Architettura Mendrisio - Switzerland
Teacher
Architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Cinema 4D, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop