NMD Nomadas has arranged this concrete and glass house in Venezuela around a series of courtyards and a slender swimming pool.

Responding to the tropical climate in the city of Valencia, the local firm used a series of different sized volumes to make up Guaparo House, and slotted outdoor areas in between.
The blocks have flat concrete roofs supported by concrete columns and are wrapped with large expanses of glazing that offer views to the surrounding gardens.

"In the tropics the rooms of a house may be inner and outer spaces but overlapping each other; the nature and the house are everywhere," said the architects.
"The basic idea is to provide the construction of spaces that can interact with the outside directly, linking the people with the surrounding nature and not become the house an airtight case that loses the connection to the outside," they continued.
At the front of the residence, shallow concrete steps run alongside a concrete wall that projects from the entrance, shielding the entrance to an underground car park on the other side.
A further band of concrete screens the lower floor of the residence, with glazing wrapping the upper storey beneath an overhanging roof.

An open-plan living, kitchen and dining area occupy this first block. On the southern side, the space opens to the unusually shaped swimming pool, which nearly runs the full length of the building.
A canopy extending at right angles to the residence covers a small, g...