Studio Saxe

Studio Saxe began in San José, Costa Rica, in 2004, when Benjamin Saxe opened his own practice to explore the relationship between architecture and the natural environment. That office has grown into an award-winning international studio blending technological innovation with handcrafted techniques, and treating sustainability as a structural premise rather than an added layer.

The team works from the conviction that buildings must connect to their landscape, whether a tropical forest or a dense city, and that a global outlook can answer local problems while local craft stays alive. The result includes houses such as Pergola House and Casa Sirena, hospitality work such as Suitree Experience Hotel, and A Forest for a Moon Dazzler, named World’s Best Private House; Saxe received the San José Construye award for 2022–2023.