Archello Awards 2023 has revealed its longlist for House of the Year (urban). The longlists celebrate the very best architecture projects and building products selected from over 1,000 entries for the very first edition of our awards program. The projects listed here are located across a range of urban areas in 14 countries including Australia, Brazil, Mexio and Portugal.
Casa dos Santos
Ana de Bastos
What was the brief?Casa dos Santos is located on a region characterized by its elevation with views over the hill of São João da Madeira and the Serra da Freita. The importance of...
Casa Ederlezi
Práctica Arquitectura
The 360° views of hills, mountains, and ridges connect the user with the horizon from the terrace at the top of the house. The interior is distinct, with robust reddish atmospheres, patios, and landscaped spaces t...
Casa Fé
Studio Arte architecture & design
Studioarte has merged Arabic ornamentation with whitewashed geometry in this sophisticated coastal sanctuary. Completely reconstructed across two levels, the traditional facade showcases patterned screen entries that...
CASA JM
AE ARQUITECTOS
Inside a narrow residential cluster in one of the most prestigeous areas of Zapopan, Jalisco, House JM is found. A residence designed for a young family, where the principal aim was to keep an open concept in every sp...
Casa Lioz
Mário Martins Atelier
Casa Lioz is located on sloping land, at the top of a hill, with an outstanding view of an estuary and the outline of the golden cliffs that border the bay of Lagos. To the north, the view extends to the outline of a...
Dhsac Residence
Bitte Design Studio
Located in the heart of South Jakarta, this house was designed as a response to the tropical climate. The building consist of 3 main masses, the front is the semi public area which include garage, service area, powder...
Eden Oasis
Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute
Eden Oasis is a single residence located in southern Taiwan, Tainan. The client is looking for a home away from her busy career but at the same time, spaces should be kept for her friends and clients to visit. It is a...
Eliza House
WALA
CLIENT BRIEF Eliza House is located in an enviable neighbourhood pocket of Black Rock; within 400m to picturesque Beach Road and walking distance to the Sandringham Beach Foreshore Reserve. The homeowners had...
Greenway Parks Residence
smitharc architecture + interiors
Summary - Greenway House is located in an historic 1927 garden neighborhood based on the English Commons tradition of clustering houses around a series of private parkways and tree-lined boulevards...
Helvetia
Austin Maynard Architects
Helvetia is the alteration and renovation of a double storey Victorian terrace in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The home had been separated in the 1960s to operate as a boarding house and reconfigured again in the 1980s into tw...
Hillside house
Cote Architects
The Hillside house is located on a hillside west of Hue City, Vietnam.The architects havemade it as simple as possible because of the inherent beauty of the surrounding terrain. The construction site has a gradually d...
House in Baião
Traço Alternativo Arquitectos Associados
This house is located on a bucolic setting where green vegetation predominates and small-scale buildings can be found, scattered across the land. Winding hills set the limits, north and south. The house was built upon...
House in Gdańsk
SuDe
The main goal of the design was to fit into the historical urban estate while meeting the clients’ requirements. The house which was originally located on this plot had a gable roof and characteristic proportion...
House of Screens
PXP Design Workshop Co
Often regarded as the “screen house”, this tropical home in a private village in Quezon city, Philippines was designed for a small family of 4— the couple, both businessmen and their two children who...
JAC HOUSE
VISIOARQ - ARQUITECTOS
The rehabilitation of this villa calls for various dimensions of dreams, both in the enjoyment of the interior and in the contemplation of the panoramic horizon.
Lua House
Arquitetura Nacional
Located on the shores of a lake, in a gated community on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Casa Lua emerged from the proposal of having a comfortable vacation home all year round. A place where the whole family, grandpa...
Madalena House
PAULO MARTINS ARQ&DESIGN
Madalena House is located in Vila Nova de Gaia, in the parish of Madalena. Composed of an overlapping of pure volumes, its arrangement corresponds to the desire of creating a visual barrier between living spaces and t...
Mirai House of Arches
Sanjay Puri Architects
Designed on a small 622m² corner plot of a residential villa layout, Mirai is a contextual house in response to the hot desert climate of Rajasthan, India. Based on the location, the sou...
No name house
HW Studio Arquitectos
During the design process, fundamental decisions of this architectural project were guided by a shared experience of the future inhabitants, who had been victims of a robbery in their home while away. The situation ma...
OG House
Omar Gandhi Architects
Located in the vibrant, historic North End of Halifax, Nova Scotia on a narrow andabandoned lot. In the decades prior, the adjacent property was the site of a neighbourhood African Nova Scotian barbershop.
Pepper Tree Passive House
Alexander Symes Architect
Pepper Tree Passive House is a small secondary dwelling to a young family’s home in the Australian Illawarra region, perched on a steep site and elevated into the canopy of the site’s eponymous 60 year old...
PH6 House
21 arquitectos
The project is located in a private subdivision in the northern area of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, this land has an unique topographic characteristic, because it was within an interior glen, which was characterized b...
Reflection House
AUN Design Studio
“Visualizing a boy playing with his friends in the neighbourhood. They run into this house and walk in and out of those houses. Picturing adults leaning against the fence chatting and watching their children run...
RO54
Arshia Architects
Perched on a hilltop in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Los Angeles basin, the project gently lands a dynamic building on top of a buried podium that replicates the natur...
Small and Mighty
SUBU Design Architecture
On this small foot print, we created a miracle. The existing structure was built in the late nineties on a postage stamp lot of 1452s.f.. The clients wanted everything. Three full bedroom suites with a large professio...
The Rice Barn House
K-Thengono Design Studio
The text will be published as received. Please double-check credits and spelling!The Rice Barn House design is largelydriven by responding to the site’s environmental condition and by celebrating the inher...
Villa Orizzonte
UNICA Architects
Located in the Italian Pianura Padana, at the urban edge of a small country town facing a river, Villa Orizzonte blends in with the surrounding landscape seeking maximum integration with the environment, also thanks t...
Wallingford
Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects
Set in a dense Seattle neighborhood, this urban infill residence sits on a tight lot that slopes down from the street. The 3,300 square foot home for a family of five is carefully composed to navigate all constraints...
White Bricks House
BLOCO Arquitetos
Important public buildings in Brasilia have white as the predominant external color, whether in painted surfaces or coverings. It can be said that the color white is, therefore, an important “architectural eleme...
Yeats House
BLA Design Group
The Yeats House is a spacious modern barnhouse which takes advantage of an irregular lot and a large rear yard. The clients came to BLA Design Group asking for their dream house; a modern yet comfortable home for thei...
