Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Magazine of Design.

Designer / Brand: Lianhuan Wang Work: Architectural Tag: Architecture

House 4021

House 4021 is a vacation accommodation building located in Danzhou, Hainan, China, set between mountains and the sea. The building uses staggered terraced volumes that recall rolling waves and mountain contours. The overhangs shade the glass curtain walls below during periods of intense sun. The facade is made of treated aluminum panels patterned after waves and sand, giving weather resistance in the seaside climate. The rooftop holds an ecological garden and an infinity pool with indigenous plants. The total area is 2583.04 square meters.

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Designer / Brand: Grand Developments Work: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Realm of Clouds

Realm of Clouds is a residential building with 11 units in Taichung, Taiwan. The design joins architecture with planting, using multi-tiered vegetation, green facades and natural stone. The layout offers green views, daylight, fresh air and open interiors, while private pathways and independent entrances protect privacy. The facade greenery adds natural insulation and supports biodiversity. Rainwater harvesting, energy-efficient lighting and cross-ventilation reduce environmental impact. Locally sourced stone and recycled wood are also used.

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Designer / Brand: SIA DESIGN Work: Residence Tag: Architecture

One Villa

One Villa is a residence located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China. A symmetrical layout, simple lines and a Chinese-style spatial order recall traditional Jiangnan architecture. The slightly curved roof is a modern interpretation of traditional roofs. Metal roof panels, blue walls, dark grey tiles and bronze-colored metal grilles form the outer surfaces. The plan has three layers, a front gateway, a middle transitional space with a corridor and water feature, and a back courtyard with a viewing loft. The design offers a calm and secluded living environment.

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Designer / Brand: Tengyuan Design Work: Corporate Headquarters Tag: Architecture

Rencent Office Center

Rencent Office Center is an office building on the coast of Qingdao. The building slabs are extended in line with the surrounding shoreline, echoing the terrain and the nearby buildings. Sea view windows are set between the slabs like floating boxes. Facing the city, the facade is treated as a scene frame with a diagonal cut. Only three materials are used: glass, stone and dark metal. A sunken plaza resolves the two story height difference across the site and improves the circulation of the building spaces.

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Designer / Brand: Joy Alexandre Harb Work: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Chalets Dada

The basic geometrical design was inspired by a child's scribbling when he was asked to create a house. A play between solids, voids and materials was experimented in order to have the final result Located in the high highlands of Lebanon's Faraya Resorts, Chalets Dada exemplify beauty and luxury. The composition is built on the foundation of a ground level hosting one large apartment bordered by a flower garden. Two unusual duplexes are stoned with Terrazzo on the first and attic floors.

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Designer / Brand: Shujian You Work: Office Building Renovation Tag: Architecture

Matrix Beyond Bronze

This project transforms the modernist Seagram Building into a future workplace, prioritizing human well being and environmental responsibility while preserving its iconic bronze facade. A new double skin structure enhances energy performance, within which the added structures define adaptable zones, serving as partitions and storages that reshape the open plan layout. Addressing post-pandemic workplace needs, this intervention revitalizes the Seagram Building, reestablishing its relevance through a renewed internal matrix.

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Designer / Brand: Yuji Iida Work: Welfare Facilities Tag: Architecture

Nagomi

Nagomi is a welfare facility designed for the employees of a factory in the suburbs of Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The name Nagomi means to ease the mind in Japanese. The two-floor building covers 1691 square meters and holds a cafeteria, a fitness center, a gallery, relaxation areas and indoor and outdoor event spaces. A curved form and a sloping roof shelter the approach from winter wind and snow. Trussed wings give the cafeteria a wide open space, where the lines of the wooden ceiling are set in a random pattern to create a light and warm interior.

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Designer / Brand: JQYY Work: Nautical Club Tag: Architecture

Renovation in Ohrid

Renovation in Ohrid is a conceptual nautical club designed for a modernist building on the waterfront of Ohrid, North Macedonia. The original structure, completed in 1955 as a summer retreat, is restored by removing later additions. Brick walls are replaced with glass blocks, which keep the rhythm of the facade and bring daylight inside. Two new cubic volumes are built in steel, and a large mesh canopy unites the three forms and shapes sheltered spaces between them. A distinct paving pattern marks the footprint of a former bar, recalling the history of the site.

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Designer / Brand: sanzpont [arquitectura] Work: Office Building Tag: Architecture

D525 Barcelona

D525 Barcelona is an office building created through the sustainable renovation of an existing structure from the 1970s. The project covers 7,000 square meters and holds ten levels of offices and networking areas. The main facade combines large windows with photocatalytic Krion three-dimensional modules that help purify the air. Photovoltaic louvers on the south facade give shade in warm months and generate clean energy. A roof garden planted with low-consumption native species adds insulation and improves the local microclimate.

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Designer / Brand: Yaser and Yasin Rashid Shomali Work: Holiday House Tag: Architecture

Kujdane

Kujdane retains the old while blending it with the new. It still has that A-frame silhouette like a traditional cabin in the woods but takes a step closer and sees that the structure has been tweaked with modern architectural elements. Wood is of course the element of choice to evoke that warm, cozy, cabin vibe and is complimented with cool-toned interior details for balance. The cabin is elevated by the sloping A-frame sides which makes it look like it is effortlessly hovering above ground level without visible stilts or pillars.

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Designer / Brand: Wei Ting Lin Work: Real Estate Sales Center Tag: Architecture

Treasure Chest

Beitou, an area with a rich natural environment and cultural assets is where the project locates. Combining the box concept to collect the local features, adoption of translucent materials, and green landscaping, an organism accompanied by greenery is created. The interior corridor, patio, and courtyard setting like the Zen Garden, moreover with teak materials, infuse a harmonious integration with the environment as well deepen the locals' emotional connection and recognition to the community.

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Designer / Brand: Vadim Martynov Work: House Tag: Architecture

Riga Residence

The project provides for the reconstruction of an existing residential building and landscaping of the site. The architecture of the facades of the building after reconstruction is emphatically modern, the principles of building facades are based on modernist principles, corresponding to current global trends. Contrasting colors and materials are used in the facade decoration, which emphasizes the complex and unusual shape of the building, more clearly revealing its features.

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