A Father and Son Seamlessly Slot an H-Shaped Home Into a Forest in Argentina

It can feel trite to say that building a home is a labor of love. Yet for father and son Danilo and Lautaro Taranti, both of whom are architects, that platitude is the only way to describe their experience of creating a coastal retreat in Argentina about four hours south of Buenos Aires. The weekend getaway embodies their love of architecture as much as their admiration for each other, they say.

"I am so grateful to my father; he always gave me freedom and valued my point of view," says Lautaro, the younger Taranti, who graduated from Buenos Aires’s Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, four years ago. "We both have a great passion for our profession." For his part, the older Taranti, who has been practicing architecture for thirty years, says his son has broadened his mind. "Whenever he wants to take a risk, I support him," says Danilo. "He has really propelled the studio forward."

The pair began designing the property, dubbed Casa H1, shortly after cofounding Taranti Arq in Buenos Aires in 2019, a relaunch of the studio that Danilo established in the early ’90s.