Argentinian architect Luciano Kruk has created a family home that follows Mies van Der Rohe's "conception of architecture as the expression of structure".

Casa BLQ is located in Nuevo Quilmes, a gated community in Buenos Aires with relatively small plots of land. Designed by local architect Luciano Kruk, the home sits on a flat, irregularly shaped property that faces a neighbourhood street.
"Originally free of vegetation, the lot is an irregular quadrangular polygon, with a diagonal line parallel to the street cutting its front," said Kruk's studio in a project description.

The clients ? a couple with two children ? requested a master suite with a dressing room, two secondary bedrooms and a work studio for the father. They also wanted a large outdoor terrace equipped with a barbecue grill. The clients asked that the front of the home offer a heightened level of privacy.
"Special emphasis was put on the fact that the house should be sheltered from the street and look out for intimacy in the private areas," the team said.

The architects conceived a single, concrete mass that stretches the width of the site. The front elevation is largely opaque, while the backside of the 200-square-metre house is more transparent. The team incorporated glass walls that overlook a verdant yard.

In the rear, the upper level cantilevers over the lower portion, partially shading a terrace. This "eave" helps with the transition from inside to outside....