Architecture

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Designer: Kris Lin Design Type: Community Center Tag: Architecture

City Of Light

City of Light is a community center built in an old district of Shanghai, China. The building holds a gymnasium, a yoga classroom, a children's themed pavilion, a cafe, an art gallery, an elderly health center and a children's study area. The form follows the rhythm of the river in front of the site, so the facade is curved and continuous like moving water. Aluminum plates, an economical and common material, were shaped into a hyperboloid surface with the help of three-dimensional modeling. The open square in front invites residents to meet and interact.

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Designer: Fernando Valdez Design Type: Multi Unit Housing Tag: Architecture

Best in Black

Best in Black is a project that aims to create a new kind of residential building. The interior design of the apartments represents industrial design meeting Mexican architecture, the materials selected like wood, concrete and marble give the space a warm look and the palate of colors white and black represent the idea of the facade of the interior design. The four facades are clearly inspired in a random placement of the Tetris game shapes forming the walls and windows of the building, creating lighted atmospheres that generate comfort for the user.

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Designer: GOA (Group of Architects) Design Type: Hotel Tag: Architecture

Alila Wuzhen

Alila Wuzhen is a hotel inspired by the water towns south of the Yangtze River. The overall plan takes traditional villages of the region as its prototype, and retains their spatial forms, basic elements, building scales and color relations. Direct decorative elements are avoided, and fine materials, simple structures and quiet modern colors are used instead. Wide glass surfaces, large door leaves and deep overhanging eaves form a continuous and orderly frame. Streets, lanes and courtyards are given new functions. The hotel covers 25000 square meters.

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Designer: Zhang Jinyu Design Type: Chapel Tag: Architecture

Coast Whale

The bionic form of the whale became the language of this chapel. A whale stranded on the coast of Iceland. A person can enter its body through a low fishtail and experience the perspective of a whale looking at the ocean where is easier for humans to reflect on the neglect of environmental degradation. The supporting structure falls on the beach to ensure minimal damage to the natural environment. Natural and environmentally friendly materials make this project a tourist destination that calls for environmental protection.

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Designer: Tengyuan Design Design Type: Public Welfare Architecture Tag: Architecture

We Share

We Share Micro Nest is a pair of small public welfare buildings created as shared city furniture in Qingdao. The Reading House uses a rotated square timber frame, where native wood forms both the structure and the outer skin, and has a building area of 16.8 square meters. The rest station for sanitation workers is based on a cube with two panels that open inward and outward, and the shell is clad in colorful aluminum plate. Both structures make public resources easier to share and invite residents to take part in community life.

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Designer: Ziye Wu Design Type: Renovation Tag: Architecture

Sun Shed

Sun Shed is the renovation of an agricultural shed into a banquet hall on an ecological farm in Jiangsu, China. The layout replaces the common middle-axis plan with a circular arrangement that radiates from a central stage, so guests are seated without primary and secondary positions. Twelve tree-shaped columns woven from yellow-brown bamboo hide the original steel pillars and form a forest within the hall. Yew seedlings grown on the farm surround the space. The renovated hall also hosts meetings, performances and other social events.

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Designer: Tengyuan Design Design Type: Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Langting Mansion

Yuzhou Langting Mansion is an exhibition center built in Qingdao, China. The design takes its inspiration from layered mountains, water and clouds. The roof follows the shape of rising and falling peaks and is clad in dark grey metal verge boards. The central part uses antique copper drawn aluminium squares to suggest multiple ranges of hills, set against a glass curtain wall. A mirror water pool connects the building with the site and completes the view. The planning follows the ritual order, the central axis and the courtyards of the ancient city of Jimo.

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Designer: Qun Wen Design Type: Sales Office Tag: Architecture

Shanxiao

The designer aimed for visitors to experience the artistic conception of ‘hidden in nature.’ the entire project has two parts, the sales office and the commercial area. the sales office is a smaller part of the building, but is executed with an exquisite and delicate aesthetic. it is naturally engraved and hidden in nature, thus highlighting the concept of ‘seclusion’.

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Designer: Peter Kuczia Design Type: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Solarlux House Mondsee

Set against the stunning scenery of Lake Mondsee, this architectural project embodies sustainability and technological progress. Constructed entirely from cross laminated timber (CLT), the house blends seamlessly into its surroundings. The integrated photovoltaic panels on the roof efficiently capture solar energy, while geothermal probes are responsible for heating. The automatic systems control the natural ventilation and heating. With its focus on environmentally friendly materials and energy-efficient mechanisms, this wooden house offers a modern yet harmonious refuge.

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Designer: Daniel de Amorim Design Type: Residential and Commercial Building Tag: Architecture

Maestria

A sophistication of living well. Mastery, which in Portuguese is called Maestria, comes from the power to do something with excellence. And that's how this project was shaped, the brutality of reinforced concrete being faceted by metal, the video, the textures, lighting, and light forms making the building transform into a sculpted jewel, shining and being embraced by the nature that surrounds it. The perfect work so that it is possible to combine the tranquility of living and the grandeur of being able to be master.

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Designer: ZIZU ARKI Development and Construction Design Type: Residence Building Tag: Architecture

Splendid View

Splendid View is a group of six villas built in Linkou, Taiwan. Each villa has four and a half floors, a private elevator and a garage on the ground floor. The structure is reinforced concrete, and the site area is 975.2 square meters. The materials include low-emissivity laminated glass, Viscount White stone, Japanese wood grilles and kiln-fired wood pattern tiles. Large floor-to-ceiling windows bring daylight into the interior. Planting on the balconies and in a green corridor raises the green coverage to 40 percent.

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Designer: GEORGI KATOV Design Type: Event Space and Residential Architecture Tag: Architecture

Dot Sofia

Dot Sofia is a mixed use building for events and urban living in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two volume structure holds a contemporary art and events space, a signature restaurant and residential units. Dot Sofia stands in the historic market district, an area long linked to trade and neglected in recent decades. The facade is made of rusted steel and recalls the aged materiality of the neighborhood. Oversized shutters open and close, following the rhythm of market life. The building was completed in 2023 and has a gross floor area of 1576 square meters.

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