"The single-family house remains one of the most complex territories in contemporary architecture. At once intimate and technical, everyday and symbolic, it concentrates debates around comfort, sustainability, landscape, and ways of living, while also serving as an instrument for projecting the identity of its inhabitants. It is within this field that ARK Architects operates. Based in Marbella and Sotogrande, the studio's work, under the creative direction of co-founder Manuel Ruiz Moriche, develops from a direct relationship between architecture, natural light, and environmental context."
"With over 26 years of experience in residential design, the studio works across diverse contexts, from southern Spain to projects in the Middle East, North America, and Australia, engaging with distinct climatic, cultural, and construction realities. Rather than relying on a repeated formal language, each project begins with a careful reading of the site, orientation, and intended mode of inhabitation, understanding the house as a sensitive system of relationships rather than an isolated object."
"This approach is also reflected in the studio's working structure. Architecture, construction, and interior design are developed as a continuous sequence of spatial, technical, and material decisions. Rather than an exercise in control, this integrated process aims at coherence, ensuring that initial intentions are carried through to the built experience. "A unique hallmark of ARK Architects is that we are both architects and builders, specializing in creating bespoke single-family homes," says Manuel Ruiz Moriche."
ARK Architects specializes in bespoke single-family houses that integrate architecture, natural light, and environmental context. The studio, led by Manuel Ruiz Moriche from Marbella and Sotogrande, applies over 26 years of residential experience across climates including southern Spain, the Middle East, North America, and Australia. Projects begin with careful reading of site, orientation, and modes of inhabitation, treating houses as systems of relationships. Architecture, construction, and interiors proceed as a continuous sequence of spatial, technical, and material decisions to ensure coherence. Bioarchitecture principles, bioclimatic strategies, natural materials, and landscape connection guide form and environmental performance.
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