#coastal-architecture tag

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Dorset Beach House / Architecture for London

Refurbishment of an early 20th-century timber-framed beach house on Ballard Estate, Swanage, preserving seafront location within Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Setimo Ano de Praia Beach Support Facility / Lousinha Arquitectos

Annular beach support facility at Praia da Barra shields users from northerly winds, aligns its ring with a dune high point, and minimizes visual impact.

fromArchDaily

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Bunkeren House / James Stockwell Architect

The house is half-buried, bookends a garden, uses hovering earth platforms and concrete to enhance climatic stability, bushfire protection, habitat, and coastal integration.

fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

La Cour Retreat / N+P Architecture

La Cour Retreat sits within a North Sea dune landscape, offering uninterrupted 180-degree views of wind-swept dunes and the sea.

MVRDV's Taiwan Tourist Facilities Are Designed To Disappear Into the Landscape - Yanko Design

Taiwan's Jialeshui coastline is getting a major makeover, but you might not even notice the changes. That's exactly what MVRDV had in mind when they designed "Nature Rocks!" - a tourism project that's meant to look like it grew straight out of the dramatic rock formations that already define this spectacular stretch of coast. Located in Pingtung County at Taiwan's southern tip, Jialeshui has always been a magnet for visitors drawn to its wind-carved cliffs and ocean-sculpted stones.

Design

sliding curtains veil ecological cork-clad residence by mesure studio in brittany, france

A 100 m² low-carbon poured-in-place concrete house in Brittany uses exposed cork, stainless-steel inlays, a lifted lean-to roof, shaded garden, sliding curtains, and green roof.

fromArchDaily

Omah Tanah House / Budi Pradono Architects

Site links beach and community rice fields; land slopes toward road and hills, with forested hills and distant coal-fired plant emitting constant smoke.

Bay House / McLean Quinlan

Bay House is a low-energy five-bedroom coastal home in North Devon featuring warm, light interiors, custom furniture, and a resilient stone façade.

Two-Family House / Rundell Associates

A sustainably designed two-family seaside house in North Cornwall maximizes sea views, accommodates two families and guests, and nestles into cliffs with a private garden.

Puerto House / TACO taller de arquitectura contextual

Casa de Puerto is a miniature-scale multifamily building, consisting of two flexible housing units, located in the port area of Progreso, Yucatan.

Design

zozaya arquitectos designs home with swimming pool suspended over mexico's pacific coast

A cliffside Mexican residence integrates preserved boulders, a soaring palapa, and a 27-meter cantilevered pool with a glass window framing sea and sky.

extrastudio suspends holiday residence above the coastal slopes of portugal

Casa Plaj is a 120-square-meter elevated holiday house in Portugal that maximizes light, ocean views and landscape connection through a cruciform podium, terraces and targeted openings.

pieris architects embeds layered stone-and-plaster residence into greek hillside

Casa Incognita integrates rough river stone and textured white plaster into a hillside home that balances grounded materiality with luminous, sea-facing openness.