— Her & Him
The Two —
who live within.
Every Casa is composed for two — one Home, lived two ways. Step into each world.
— Who are you
Within the home, who are you?
"Other houses are built. These homes come to life — through time."
No home repeats. Built by Cortes for you — by hand, as a family.
Twelve years of foundations poured by the family that builds every home.
The Connecticut Gold Coast — Fairfield County, Greenwich, and the towns the family knows by hand.
Casa UNO, DOS, TRES — each its own film.
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DMCR.003275
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— Portfolio · Live
More Life Development Group presents
The Casa Trilogy —
Three custom architectural homes
built on Connecticut's golden coast
Three dead-end cul de sacs.
Each its own life.
Together — a unified saga.
— Time
A balance of intimate moments and seamless interaction with nature and light — all framed by the space itself. Decisions that guide our lives, years after purchase.
"Time is the material we work in most."
Experience Time— Her & Him
Every Casa is composed for two — one Home, lived two ways. Step into each world.
— Who are you
Within the home, who are you?
— After dark · the light
By day, it is architecture. By night, a quiet spectacle.
Come home past nine — the Home is already awake. One lamp left on, in a room you haven't entered yet. You'll only feel expected.
Some houses turn on. Ours come alive after dark.
— Commercial · Medellín
EDI MA — poured concrete in Barrio San Francisco. Shops at the street, homes stacked above, a rooftop that holds the whole valley.
Enter the chapter— La obra internacional
— The practice · La casa
We build one-of-one architectural homes on the Connecticut Gold Coast — slowly, by hand, as a family.
More Life is the development name above a twelve-year foundation poured by Cortes. We do not build at volume. Each Casa is authored like a film — light arranged, rooms composed, a single home that will never be repeated. "We don't sell homes. We hand you the years it took to make one." — Jay
— The Land · el terreno
We choose the land first — the light it holds, the trees it keeps, the quiet it carries — and let the Home answer to it.
Enter the Land— The Practice · el oficio
Most homes are drawn on paper. Ours are composed on the land — adjusted by the light, the slope, the hour you'll live in.
Into the Making →
— The Family · los Cortes
Three generations of builders — the hands you'll never see, behind the home you'll never leave.
Meet the Family →— Capital · the partnership
A small circle of partners stands behind each Casa before it rises — fewer homes, made better, held longer.
Partner With Us →
— Renovations · la segunda vida
The bones are good. We bring back the light — and the years it was always meant to hold.
Begin a Renovation →— Everything else · the rest of the house
