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©2025Pam & Paul's House
Cupertino, 2019
The house floats in the canopy of a dense Oak grove in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains just west of Silicon Valley. The conceptual idea came clearly and quickly—float a glass box in the leaves of the trees on two trunk-like columns, disrupting as few oaks as possible. The dense tree canopy offers the opportunity to build a completely glass walled house, protected from the direct rays of the sun, yet filled with dappled sunlight. The steepness of the site directs the entry to the living level from above through a grass-covered roof, like an open meadow sitting in the tops of the trees.
For Craig Steely
Juan Benavides is an architect whose work encompasses families of projects in no particular order of importance, including drawings, buildings, paintings, music, and films. At present, he is based in the Netherlands mostly making films on contemporary architecture and teaching at The Berlage.
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FEATURED PROJECT
At the Garden’s Pace
FIVE RECENT PROJECTS
Casa Copas, PPAA, Valle de Bravo
Brillhut, Brillhart Architecture, Bahamas
Rain Harvest Home
House in Veľký Klíz, 2023
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course I
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UPCOMING
FILMS
Studio SDS, Graux & Baeyens, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Sint-Martens-Latem, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
BUILDINGS
House in San Jerónimo III, 2025
House in Veľký Klíz, 2023
House in Søfteland, 2021
House in San Jerónimo II, 2019
House in San Jerónimo I, 2019
Weekend House in Valle de Bravo, 2018
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course II
Studies for a Theater Play I
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course I
A Labyrinth with its Own Copy to Attempt a Solution
One Labyrinth with Two Walls, Three Columns, and Four Exits
Four Views from a Restaurant Table
Twenty-three Labyrinths on a Month x Day Grid
An Avocado, a Plate, a Taco, and a Kitchen Towel
One Labyrinth Composed by Forty-nine Labyrinths
Eight Transfers and Nine Sheets of Paper
Many Drawings of Landscapes without Green
Seventeen Drawings with Seventeen Colors
Studies for the Labyrinth of the World
Thirthy-one Labyrinths for December
Twenty-four Marinières
Forty Compositions with Four Colors
Labyrinth with a Solution of One Hundred Decisions
Studies for a One-Hundred-Square-Meter Labyrinth
Infinite Details of One Labyrinth
Four Sections of a Labyrinth
Three Details of a Labyrinth
Forty-one Iterations of a Linear Labyrinth
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Circle
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Square
One Hundred Iterations of a Labyrinth
MUSIC ALBUMS
Minerals (2023)
FILM ARCHIVE (2015–PRESENT)
Sint-Martens-Latem, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
Casa Copas, PPAA, Valle de Bravo
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
The Don Quixote Sculpture Hall, CLOUD, Amsterdam
Climate Portraits: Nieuwe Instituut, IABR, Rotterdam
Pressed & Polished, The Berlage
Morningside Residence, Miami
Stewart Avenue Residenc, Miami
Brillhut, Bahamas
Alma Residence, Bahamas
Thatch House, Bahamas
Among the Firs in Waalre, Eindhoven
Rain Harvest Home, Valle de Bravo
Future Generations, IABR, Rotterdam
MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio, Het Nieuwe Instituut
House with a Yoga Studio, Seattle
Courtyard DADU, Seattle
Ridge House, Sonoma
Frame House, Sonoma
Octothorpe House, Bend
Alton Wines, Walla Walla
Sound House, Seattle
Hood Cliff Retreat, Hood Cliff
Tsuga Townhomes, Seattle
Othello Gardens Multifamily, Seattle
Peach Court Residence, Seattle
Suncrest Residence, Orcas Island
Bunny Lane Residence, Orcas Island
North Beach Residence, Orcas Island
Rotterdam Architecture Month Exhibition
Stories on Earth for Failed Architecture
Terbregsehof 11, Rotterdam
Playtime Studio, Rotterdam
Polson Building Offices, Seattle
Wye Landing Memory Houses
Gortonbounds Bunkhouse, Decatur Island
The Pop-out Studio, Seattle
Courtyard House on a Steep Site, Seattle
Washington Fruit & Produce Company, Yakima
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center, Wasco
Peter & Jan’s House, San Francisco
Pam & Paul’s House, San Francisco
Fairfax Garage Conversion, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles Residence, Los Angeles
Fleischmann Residence, Los Angeles
Rombos III, Mexico City
Santa Fe House, Mexico City
Quinta Huajuco, Monterey
Brisas House, Monterrey
Bosques House, Mexico City
Jojutla Central Gardens, Jojutla
Casa de Campo, Tepejí del Río
Museografia MXCD03, Mexico City
Rochester 64, Mexico City
COR Cellars, Lyle
Cantilever House, Seattle
Kreuzwiesen, Zurich
Center for Hearing and Language, Zurich
Escher Park, Zurich
Campus Moos, Zurich
Europaallee, Zurich
Diakonie Bethanien, Zurich
Entrepinos, Valle de Bravo
Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cuernavaca
The Circular Garden, Colima
House in San Juan de Alima, San Juan de Alima
Desarrollo DSA, Tapalpa
Guanajuato Art Museum, Guanajuato
Botanical Gardens, Culiacán
Memory Houses: Nine Allegorical Works of Architecture
EGL1916 Housing, Guadalajara
LC710 Housing, Mexico City
Helen Street House, Seattle
Courtyard House on a River, Seattle
Little House, Hood Canal
Bedolla House, Monterrey
2i4e House, Monterrey
Palmas House, Texcoco
Museografia MXCD02, Mexico City
Liga 26, Mexico City
Casa Espigas 41, Monterrey
Teotitlán del Valle Community Cultural Center
Liga 25, Mexico City
OMR Gallery, Mexico City
A Room, Mexico City
Liga 24, Mexico City
Liga 23, Mexico City
Cerrada Reforma House, Mexico City
Casa SJA, San Juan de Alima
Casa Atlas, Guadalajara
Casa IC, Guadalajara
Narigua House, Monterrey
Casa RM, Monterrey
Casa Roja, Monterrey
Casa de Uno, Monterrey
Studio SDS, Graux & Baeyens, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Sint-Martens-Latem, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
BUILDINGS
House in San Jerónimo III, 2025
House in Veľký Klíz, 2023
House in Søfteland, 2021
House in San Jerónimo II, 2019
House in San Jerónimo I, 2019
Weekend House in Valle de Bravo, 2018
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course II
Studies for a Theater Play I
Eighteen Drawings of a Golf Course I
A Labyrinth with its Own Copy to Attempt a Solution
One Labyrinth with Two Walls, Three Columns, and Four Exits
Four Views from a Restaurant Table
Twenty-three Labyrinths on a Month x Day Grid
An Avocado, a Plate, a Taco, and a Kitchen Towel
One Labyrinth Composed by Forty-nine Labyrinths
Eight Transfers and Nine Sheets of Paper
Many Drawings of Landscapes without Green
Seventeen Drawings with Seventeen Colors
Studies for the Labyrinth of the World
Thirthy-one Labyrinths for December
Twenty-four Marinières
Forty Compositions with Four Colors
Labyrinth with a Solution of One Hundred Decisions
Studies for a One-Hundred-Square-Meter Labyrinth
Infinite Details of One Labyrinth
Four Sections of a Labyrinth
Three Details of a Labyrinth
Forty-one Iterations of a Linear Labyrinth
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Circle
Ten Iterations of a Labyrinth Inside a Square
One Hundred Iterations of a Labyrinth
MUSIC ALBUMS
Minerals (2023)
FILM ARCHIVE (2015–PRESENT)
2025Studio SDS, Graux & Bayens, Bachte-Maria-Leene
Sint-Martens-Latem, Office KGDVS, Sint-Martens-Latem
Crematorium Polderbos, Office KGDVS, Ostend
House M, Philippe Vander Maren, Grez-Doiceau
Melopee School, Xaveer De Geyter, Ghent
Casa de Barro, GOMA, Amealco
Trestle Cabin, Miller Hull, Decatur Island
Wembury Mews, Russell Jones, London
The Missing Room, Carroccera Collective, Alto Monferrato
2024The Tree House, Faye + Walker, Austin
Casa Copas, PPAA, Valle de Bravo
La Fábrica de Hielo, JSa, Mexico City
Olancha Drive, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
The Box, Anonymous Architects, Los Angeles
Trollhus, MORK-ULNES, Norden
Staggered Cabin, MORK-ULNES, South Lake Tahoe
The Don Quixote Sculpture Hall, CLOUD, Amsterdam
Climate Portraits: Nieuwe Instituut, IABR, Rotterdam
Pressed & Polished, The Berlage
2023Moving Milk & Timber, Estonia, The Berlage
Morningside Residence, Miami
Stewart Avenue Residenc, Miami
Brillhut, Bahamas
Alma Residence, Bahamas
Thatch House, Bahamas
Among the Firs in Waalre, Eindhoven
2022The Auto Drives Architecture, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Berlage
Rain Harvest Home, Valle de Bravo
Future Generations, IABR, Rotterdam
2021Moya House, Mexico City
MVRDVHNI: The Living Archive of a Studio, Het Nieuwe Instituut
House with a Yoga Studio, Seattle
Courtyard DADU, Seattle
Ridge House, Sonoma
Frame House, Sonoma
Octothorpe House, Bend
Alton Wines, Walla Walla
Sound House, Seattle
Hood Cliff Retreat, Hood Cliff
Tsuga Townhomes, Seattle
Othello Gardens Multifamily, Seattle
Peach Court Residence, Seattle
Suncrest Residence, Orcas Island
Bunny Lane Residence, Orcas Island
North Beach Residence, Orcas Island
Rotterdam Architecture Month Exhibition
Stories on Earth for Failed Architecture
Terbregsehof 11, Rotterdam
2020Landmark Nieuw Bergen
2019Skigard Hytte, Kvitfjell
Playtime Studio, Rotterdam
Polson Building Offices, Seattle
Wye Landing Memory Houses
Gortonbounds Bunkhouse, Decatur Island
The Pop-out Studio, Seattle
Courtyard House on a Steep Site, Seattle
Washington Fruit & Produce Company, Yakima
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center, Wasco
Peter & Jan’s House, San Francisco
Pam & Paul’s House, San Francisco
Fairfax Garage Conversion, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles Residence, Los Angeles
Fleischmann Residence, Los Angeles
Rombos III, Mexico City
Santa Fe House, Mexico City
Quinta Huajuco, Monterey
Brisas House, Monterrey
Bosques House, Mexico City
Jojutla Central Gardens, Jojutla
Casa de Campo, Tepejí del Río
Museografia MXCD03, Mexico City
Rochester 64, Mexico City
2018Club de Niños y Niñas, Tecamac
COR Cellars, Lyle
Cantilever House, Seattle
Kreuzwiesen, Zurich
Center for Hearing and Language, Zurich
Escher Park, Zurich
Campus Moos, Zurich
Europaallee, Zurich
Diakonie Bethanien, Zurich
Entrepinos, Valle de Bravo
Teopanzolco Cultural Center, Cuernavaca
The Circular Garden, Colima
House in San Juan de Alima, San Juan de Alima
Desarrollo DSA, Tapalpa
Guanajuato Art Museum, Guanajuato
Botanical Gardens, Culiacán
Memory Houses: Nine Allegorical Works of Architecture
EGL1916 Housing, Guadalajara
LC710 Housing, Mexico City
Helen Street House, Seattle
Courtyard House on a River, Seattle
Little House, Hood Canal
Bedolla House, Monterrey
2i4e House, Monterrey
Palmas House, Texcoco
Museografia MXCD02, Mexico City
2017Casa VR, Guadalajara
Liga 26, Mexico City
Casa Espigas 41, Monterrey
Teotitlán del Valle Community Cultural Center
Liga 25, Mexico City
OMR Gallery, Mexico City
A Room, Mexico City
2016Museografia MXCD01, Mexico City
Liga 24, Mexico City
Liga 23, Mexico City
Cerrada Reforma House, Mexico City
2015Casa Taller Tampiquito, Monterrey
Casa SJA, San Juan de Alima
Casa Atlas, Guadalajara
Casa IC, Guadalajara
Narigua House, Monterrey
Casa RM, Monterrey
Casa Roja, Monterrey
Casa de Uno, Monterrey