A selection of summer patios not to miss, published on domusweb. A swimming pool set around the ground floor of Aleph Zero’s building in Brazil; the patio and the outdoors connected to the Twin Peaks Residence in California after its renovation by Feldman Architecture; the small outdoor area of Second Home in Los Angeles protected by three interconnected volumes. Outdoor private spaces to live during summer.
10 summer patios
A selection of ten patios from all over the world: enclosed and private spaces, soft coverings, shadows and pools creating peaceful feelings for summer chill out.



Warm materials give a Mediterranean essence to a restaurant in Spain
La Mamba + El Atelier designed the interior of a restaurant at the foot of Castell De Guadalest, a holiday destination near Alicante. Photo David Zarzoso

Brazil. A miniaturised mat-building within an artificial landscape
Aleph Zero’s building mixes the residential, working and recreational functions, organised by a grid of 5x5 meters. Photo Pedro Kok

Faceted cement blocks form patio at heart of Los Angeles home
Three angular blocks seclude a small courtyard between FreelandBuck's Second House and the end wall of an adjoining residence. Photo Eric Staudenmaier

A summer villa hidden in the wild vegetation of the Alentejo
DC.AD renovates a 240 sqm rural house in São Teotónio in southern Portugal, providing it with a new internal organization and a swimming pool that becomes part of the landscape. Photo Francisco Nogueira

Mexico. An introverted house designed around two patios
PPAA + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas conceived Casa La Quinta as a nestle in the urban fabric of San Miguel de Allende. Photo Rafael Gamo

San Francisco. The everyday renovated
Feldman Architecture remodels the Twin Peaks Residence, a Californian home dating from the mid 60s. Photo Joe Fletcher

A concrete house conceived as an inhabitable garden
In Alicante, Grupo Aranea’s introverted and entangled house, sees interiors intertwined with verdant outdoor spaces. Photo Milena Villalba

Concrete arcs frame courtyard views at Melbourne house by Edition Office
Curving concrete shrouds direct views to verdant gardens at Hawthorn House, while the upper floor is entirely hermetic to the outside world, instead favouring views of the sky. Photo Ben Hosking

Mexico. A house retrieving the tradition of rammed earth
In Quinta Gaby, along with the building technique, Taller Tlaiye recuperates typological and formal elements that recall Mexican vernacular buildings. Photo Yoshihiro Koitani

Gabled holiday house stretches out towards golf course gardens
Casa Moulat by Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica experiments on different degrees of permeability between the inside and the outside, architecture and nature near Mexico City. Photo LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo

Warm materials give a Mediterranean essence to a restaurant in Spain
La Mamba + El Atelier designed the interior of a restaurant at the foot of Castell De Guadalest, a holiday destination near Alicante. Photo David Zarzoso

Brazil. A miniaturised mat-building within an artificial landscape
Aleph Zero’s building mixes the residential, working and recreational functions, organised by a grid of 5x5 meters. Photo Pedro Kok

Faceted cement blocks form patio at heart of Los Angeles home
Three angular blocks seclude a small courtyard between FreelandBuck's Second House and the end wall of an adjoining residence. Photo Eric Staudenmaier

A summer villa hidden in the wild vegetation of the Alentejo
DC.AD renovates a 240 sqm rural house in São Teotónio in southern Portugal, providing it with a new internal organization and a swimming pool that becomes part of the landscape. Photo Francisco Nogueira

Mexico. An introverted house designed around two patios
PPAA + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas conceived Casa La Quinta as a nestle in the urban fabric of San Miguel de Allende. Photo Rafael Gamo

San Francisco. The everyday renovated
Feldman Architecture remodels the Twin Peaks Residence, a Californian home dating from the mid 60s. Photo Joe Fletcher

A concrete house conceived as an inhabitable garden
In Alicante, Grupo Aranea’s introverted and entangled house, sees interiors intertwined with verdant outdoor spaces. Photo Milena Villalba

Concrete arcs frame courtyard views at Melbourne house by Edition Office
Curving concrete shrouds direct views to verdant gardens at Hawthorn House, while the upper floor is entirely hermetic to the outside world, instead favouring views of the sky. Photo Ben Hosking

Mexico. A house retrieving the tradition of rammed earth
In Quinta Gaby, along with the building technique, Taller Tlaiye recuperates typological and formal elements that recall Mexican vernacular buildings. Photo Yoshihiro Koitani

Gabled holiday house stretches out towards golf course gardens
Casa Moulat by Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica experiments on different degrees of permeability between the inside and the outside, architecture and nature near Mexico City. Photo LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo
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