This modern 3,757 sq ft beach house located in Australia, was designed in 2017 by Architects Ink.

The “Casa Gabriela” is a single-detached dwelling located in a zone in process of urban development in the southern Mexican city of Merida.

Interior designer and contractor commissions her son – an upstart fresh out of architecture school – to design a house she will build for herself. The resulting project becomes the social hub for a close-knit family and the inaugural work of a mother-and-son firm.

The “ELLI” project is a prototype for individual inner-city redensification. In a commercially used courtyard area, a five-story residential building emerges, with a minimal footprint and a double underground floor with a spacious studio and event room.