Architecture

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

Designer / Brand: Ricardo De Castro Work: Residential Tag: Architecture

La Cima

La Cima is a house of 340 square meters located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. The house is designed to follow the topography of the mountain and to limit intervention in the terrain. Sustainability, airtightness and self-sufficiency guide the design. Orientation was set according to the local climate and sunlight, following bioclimatic principles. Large glass facades frame views of the mountains, the city and the sea, while the greenhouse effect and the Venturi effect help regulate indoor temperature. Local natural stone, teak wood and roof solar panels are used.

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Designer / Brand: Mei Ee Loh Work: Building Tag: Architecture

Rackson House

Rackson House is an office building created by refurbishing an old structure in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The existing block retains its heritage roof, verandah, bay windows and stairs, and holds the main spaces. A new extension of steel and glass is inserted without touching the old walls, which remain visible with traces of past interventions. The new block is more open, taller and covered by a glass roof, and contains servicing spaces. A calm reflecting pool meets the base of the glass volume and mirrors the site. Natural light fills the interiors.

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Designer / Brand: Wei Ting Lin Work: Detached Villa Tag: Architecture

Staycation

Light is the core of this project. The villa has multifaceted day lighting. Multi level arrangement and front to back connection are used to make the space ventilated and bright, while forming a connection with the view. The staircase has the problem of western exposure, so the wooden grilles are used to adjust the sunlight and solve the overheating problem. The bathroom adopts switchable glass, which can change from transparent to translucent upon preference, to protect one's privacy.

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Designer / Brand: doT & associates Work: Mini House Tag: Architecture

House a Half

House a Half is a small wooden house designed for a quiet life away from the city. The cabin has a floor plan of 45 square meters, with a living room, kitchen, dining room and bathroom on the main level and a bedroom in the loft, giving 60 square meters in total. The house is assembled from prefabricated wood parts and hardware by following assembly instructions. The timber comes from thinned forests in Kochi, Japan. Camphor wood chips surround the house to repel insects. A smokeless fireplace burns alcohol, so no exhaust pipe is needed.

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Designer / Brand: Bernard Gomez Work: Vehicle Showroom And Service Center Tag: Architecture

Mercedes Benz Center for Excellence

Mercedes Benz Center is a vehicle showroom and service center designed as an experiential interaction between visitors and the brand. The building is arranged as a series of terraced pavilions linked by ramps. Multi-level green terraces and ramped vehicular access allow vehicles to be brought into the main activity spaces, including the show car area, the vintage museum and the auditorium, where events and product launches are held. The long showroom pavilion is poised above road level and gives the vehicle exhibits wide exposure.

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Designer / Brand: Alexandru Zingaliuc Work: Prefab Cabin Tag: Architecture

Deuz

Deuz is a concept for a portable prefabricated cabin designed for one family. The cabin is made of four modules, two forming the living space and two forming the roof. Each module has a metal case with a thermal insulation core, plywood on the inside and charred black wood on the outside. The modules are assembled on site and rest on an adjustable metal structure, so the cabin can be placed on many types of terrain. The interior holds a bedroom, a bathroom and a living area with a kitchen. Large sliding walls open the interior to daylight and the landscape.

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Designer / Brand: Negar Akhoundi Work: Metaverse Design Tag: Architecture

Edge Meta Mansion

Edge Metamansion is a virtual residential building designed for the metaverse. The structure has five floors, each with a height of 4.20 meters, and a building area of about 1,400 square meters, matched by a similar area of green space. The building is shaped around a river that crosses a mountain, so the water passes through the design without being obstructed. The form is inspired by the cells of the body, which gain meaning only when connected. The intent is to keep technology close to nature and to support peace of mind.

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Designer / Brand: Gronych + Dollega Architekten Work: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Kylie

Kylie is a residential house located on the outskirts of a city near the countryside. Like a sunflower, the building rotates with the course of the sun. In winter, solar gains reduce the heating demand, while in summer turning into the shade prevents overheating. Kylie was built as a prefabricated timber frame structure, with oak used for the terrace decking, furniture, wall cladding and parquet flooring. Heating is provided by a groundwater heat pump, and a photovoltaic system on the roof generates electricity. Overall, the house produces more energy than it consumes.

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Designer / Brand: Ling Chen Work: Multifunctional Club Tag: Architecture

Xixi Endliess Garden

Xixi Endliess Garden is a multifunctional club set in the Xixi Wetland of Hangzhou, China. The traditional structure of pavilions and corridors defines the buildings, the spaces and the functions. The pavilions stand within the wetland and are linked by corridors. A box like structure without central pillars adds a modern character to the traditional form. White walls and gray windows follow the building tradition of southern China. The construction area is 5,642 square meters. The planning limits the size of buildings and roads to protect the original wetland ecology.

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Designer / Brand: Ioannis Panagiotou Work: Residential Architecture Tag: Architecture

Polygon House

The building is dominated by the broken geometries created by the reconstruction of the architectural form while maintaining at the same time the capacity of the lines and volumes, the desired functionality and the tranquility that the users of this holiday home are looking for. The open field of view both indoors and outdoors adds elements of visual comfort and relaxation to users who can see the horizon around them unobstructed. The relationship of the building with the environment is characterized as provocative in terms of highlighting its volumes.

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Designer / Brand: Joy Alexandre Harb Work: house Tag: Architecture

Villa Olympea

The Residential Villa in the mountains of Lebanon is integrated with its surrounding nature. Its design consists of 2 L-shaped structures on the ground floor, which interact together to create an internal green patio, visible from all spaces in the house. This concept was thought of in order to avoid having corridors in the house, for aesthetic reasons as well as for avoiding loss of space. A cedar tree was planted in the internal patio,it being the emblem of the country found on the national flag , becoming the heart of the house.

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Designer / Brand: Katsufumi Kubota Work: Villa Tag: Architecture

K

K is a villa located in Nasu, Tochigi, Japan. The floors, walls and roofs are treated as thin separate planes rather than joined volumes. Slender columns of 90 millimetres in diameter support the reinforced concrete slabs, so the structure appears light. The underside of each tapered slab is finished with a stainless steel mirror, which reflects the surrounding landscape. Internal partitions are reduced to a minimum, so the rooms flow into one another. The design aims to connect daily life with the nature around the house.

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