Architecture

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

Designer / Brand: HYP-ARCH DESIGN Work: Sales Center Tag: Architecture

Poly Chief Palace

Poly Chief Palace is a sales center in the Tiexi District of Shenyang. The facade uses a three-part composition that combines Chinese architectural details with industrial details drawn from the surrounding old industrial base. Pipelines, metal frames and valve assemblies are reinterpreted as building components. In the spatial structure, the Four Treasures of the Study are expressed in architectural language: the wall as paper, a moon-like sculpture as the inkstone, an infinity pool as ink, and trees as the brush.

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Designer / Brand: Shintaro Fujiwara Work: Architecture Tag: Architecture

House in Toyonaka

House in Toyonaka is a private residence in a dense residential district in northern Osaka, Japan. The site is surrounded by closely packed houses and has no distant views, so privacy was the main concern. The house therefore avoids large windows and stays closed to the street. A glass floor, split-level floors and skylights let the line of sight pass slightly through each part of the interior, reducing the sense of enclosure. The limited daylight also makes the passing of time clearly perceived. The total floor area is 107.62 square meters.

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Designer / Brand: Jun Tang & Yaozong Han Work: Sales Centre Tag: Architecture

Design of Complementary Building

Design of Complementary Building is a facade renovation of a sales centre at the main entrance of the Qin Lake Scenic Area in Taizhou, China. The original outer skin was removed, and the west facade was rebuilt as a wind curtain wall clad in reflective stainless steel, which brightens the narrow passage between the two building volumes. A large canopy marks the entrance and completes the curtain wall. The east facade uses a perforated aluminium curtain wall to enrich light and shadow. The renovation adapts the building for new use as an exhibition hall.

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Designer / Brand: Zhang ZhaoYong Work: Hotel Tag: Architecture

Chinese Quadrangle

Chinese Quadrangle is a hotel built in the form of a traditional Chinese courtyard house in Luoyang. The project covers 5460 square meters and was completed in 2019. A brick screen wall marks the entrance, followed by heads shaped as the twelve Chinese zodiac signs. The arrayed brick walls are made entirely of grey recycled bricks. The second inner courtyard holds guest rooms and public facilities, reached through a winding veranda, and the third inner courtyard contains the reception hall. Layered spaces bring the landscape into the courtyard.

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Designer / Brand: David Chen Work: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Dua Tau Din Village

The project location is in Hsinchu City, Taiwam; it's a rezoning area from farmland and a military base. The village that once stood there dates from 1950. The memories of the old village and childhood neighborhood are rapidly disappearing with modern development. The ideal of this project is to recreate a space that reminds one of an old village by using modern architecture, a place where streets and courtyards are available for children to play in and nature is nearby, and to stimulate diversity for each household through a combination of residential and park.

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Designer / Brand: Qingfan Zhang Work: Tea Space Tag: Architecture

Phoenix Tree Garden

Phoenix Tree Garden is a tea house garden set in a hutong courtyard in Beijing. The design turns a single large space into a series of linked scenic spots. A folding cloud wall and a curved moon door shift the internal axis and divide the outside of the garden from the inside. Small bridges, waterways and a stacked red rock mountain organize the new landscape order. Materials include a steel grille bridge, gray and colored cobblestone paving and small gray tiles. Several tea rooms with different views were created within 214.99 square meters.

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Designer / Brand: Yun Lu Work: Flower Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Wenjiang Shouan

Wenjiang Shouan is a flower exhibition center built in Minjiang village, Shouan town, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. The building brings together a flower planting exhibition area, a business conference center, a township training center and a sales space for local products. The roof follows the traditional form of Sichuan folk houses and is made of blue tiles and a local timber structure. A free spiral line fills the irregular triangular site and is stretched vertically to shape the interior. Skylights and scattered facade openings bring natural light inside.

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Designer / Brand: Fatemeh Fooladi Work: House Tag: Architecture

Alina

Alina is a two-story private house with a total built area of 480 square meters. Several styles are combined, and the forms, colors and materials are chosen to reflect the emotions and personality of the client. Industrial metal, glass, concrete, stone and wood are the main materials. A glazed corridor placed before the entrance limits the entry of cold and heat. A smart system controls the electronic devices and the lighting through a simple application. A smart water supply system eases irrigation across the whole house.

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Designer / Brand: Nikki, LK Ho Work: Residence and Restaurant Tag: Architecture

The Wine Hub

The Wine Hub is a village building that combines a residence and a restaurant. The design aims to create a gathering place and to renew interaction among neighbours. Horizontal fins, inspired by traditional wine rack storage, shape the facade. The fins come in six different sizes, creating varied density that filters wind and sunlight and gives each interior function a different level of privacy. Glass panels on the ground floor can be opened, so the boundary between inside and outside is softened and the surrounding nature is brought into the interior.

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Designer / Brand: POTIROPOULOS and PARTNERS Work: Residence Tag: Architecture

Panorama Villa

Alluding to the structure of a typical Mani village, the concept is conceived as a series of individual stone fragments revolving around the atrium, entrance and living spaces. The rough volumes of the residence open a dialogue with their natural surroundings, while the rhythm of their openings either ensures privacy or invites in panoramic views of the horizon, constructing a direct experience of successive and diverse narratives. The Villa is located in Navarino Residences, a collection of luxury villas for private ownership at the heart of Navarino Dunes resort.

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Designer / Brand: Tengyuan Design Work: Residential Area Tag: Architecture

Caishi

Caishi China Railway City is a residential complex built in Jinan, China. The design follows a new Chinese style that joins classical order and proportion with modern function. Local features such as swallow tail ridges, gable heads and lattice walls are reinterpreted in a simple form, and the colours stay calm and quiet. Polycarbonate panels are used for the roof decoration boards, which allows slender supporting members. A four constant air system controls indoor air quality, temperature and humidity. The layout follows the existing terrain to limit earthworks.

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Designer / Brand: Chuan-Chih Chang Work: Fire Station Tag: Architecture

The Big Roof

The Big Roof is a fire station in Keelung, Taiwan, a mountainous and rainy city. The design adapts the local mountain house style, so the building reads as a landmark and still blends into the terrain. A large sloping roof forms a new layer over the mountain surface. Balconies and openings create sheltered spaces between the landscape and the building. These spaces add depth, reduce direct sunlight in summer and allow natural ventilation. A scenic path beside the fire station leads to the park and the surrounding landscape.

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