Arkamos Architecture Costa Rica

28/08/2026

A question worth asking before you approve a design 👇

Not whether you like how it looks. How it will behave. What time the sun reaches that living room, how the house sounds when it is full, whether it still works for you at 75. I have watched too many owners on this coast discover the answers five years too late, and none of those four things can be fixed once the house exists.

Five years after moving in, most homeowners in Costa Rica share the same quiet regrets. None of them showed up in the render. Here is how to see them before you build.

26/08/2026

Nobody signs a drawing on behalf of a machine

Production is getting cheaper every month. Liability is not moving. Someone with a license still puts their name on the work.
So the real question is not how much the machine can author. It is how visible its reasoning stays for the person who answers for it. I wrote an essay on where this goes. The I in BIM is moving from Information to Intent.

Everyone's asking whether AI can design buildings. The better question is who signs when it does. Architecture is entering a new era: Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI), where machines author, humans direct, and a licensed professional still answers for the result. The production layer is collapsi...

05/06/2026

Have you ever walked into a space that felt just right? Not too hot. Not too dark. Not too bright.
The way sunlight enters a home throughout the day can have a significant impact on comfort, energy efficiency, and overall wellbeing.
Using climate and solar radiation simulations, we can study how your future home will interact with Costa Rica’s unique climate long before construction begins. This allows us to make informed design decisions that improve natural lighting, thermal comfort, and the quality of everyday living.
Architecture is not only about how a home looks. It’s about how it feels to live in it.

05/06/2026

Have you ever walked into a space that felt just right? Not too hot. Not too dark. Not too bright.
The way sunlight enters a home throughout the day can have a significant impact on comfort, energy efficiency, and overall wellbeing.
Using climate and solar radiation simulations, we can study how your future home will interact with Costa Rica’s unique climate long before construction begins. This allows us to make informed design decisions that improve natural lighting, thermal comfort, and the quality of everyday living.
Architecture is not only about how a home looks. It’s about how it feels to live in it.