Architecture

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

Designer / Brand: Shun Ming Chang Work: Office Building Tag: Architecture

Flow

Flow is an office building located in Yunlin City, Taiwan, completed in July 2019. The property covers 7546 square meters. Staggered high and low volumes form an inlaid composition of solid and open parts. Changes in the angles of the volumes widen the field of vision. Glass surfaces bring in views of the surrounding greenery and let light and wind pass through the interior. The raised indoor lobby increases the vertical dimension of the space. The intent is an open, bright and comfortable place to work.

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Designer / Brand: Teng Guo Yan Jiao Work: Club Tag: Architecture

Automotive Social

Automotive Social Club is a building designed as a social space for car enthusiasts. The L-shaped structure stands on a triangular site between two railway tracks and covers 410 square meters. One part is a single story building with a repair shop, a cleaning workshop and a detailing workshop. The other part has two floors with a bar, sales and display areas, offices, a kitchen, a dining area and a terrace. Large interior steps separate the inner and outer zones. The facade is made of red and black pressed steel plates.

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Designer / Brand: DC Alliance Work: Archives Tag: Architecture

Urban Construction

Ningbo Urban Construction Archives is an archive building located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. The design interprets the history of the city as a history of construction. Buildings are understood as assemblies of blocks, so the archive is composed of stacked blocks that combine the properties of space and material. The blocks are grouped into three types: transparent, solid and special. The site area is 6567 square meters, with 17190 square meters of floor area on eleven levels above ground and 6405 square meters on two levels below ground.

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Designer / Brand: Ardh Architects Work: Residential Tag: Architecture

Al Azra Home

Al Azra Home is a single storey residential building in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The house was designed as a quiet retreat for a retired lady, on the plot where her family home once stood. Two bedrooms, an office, an open plan living and dining area, a semi open kitchen with a breakfast island and a maid's room are arranged around an inner courtyard. Stone cladding with a ventilation gap and triple glazing reduce heat, dust and noise. Porcelain floors are set on one level for easy movement. Native trees and plants provide privacy and a sense of calm.

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Designer / Brand: Michihiro Matsuo Work: Office Building Tag: Architecture

WSG

This is the headquarters plan of a company that manufactures and sells weddings and tablecloths. He quotes the shape of the table and the softness of the cloth in the buildings and materials, structurally supports the large overhanging circular parts, and gives a sense of floating to create the future. The design is impressive with a large volume, but harmonized with the natural and local environments.

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Designer / Brand: Ardh Architects Work: Private Club House Tag: Architecture

Majlis

Majlis is a private club house designed for hospitality in Dubai. The name Majlis is an Arabic term for a formal gathering space, and in Arabic culture the term also covers buildings made for private hospitality. The single storey building has an L-shaped plan on a plot of 60 by 60 meters. The layout includes formal and casual living and dining areas, two ensuite bedrooms, an office and a detached service block with a kitchen. Stone cladding, marble interiors, triple glazing and a shading canopy suit the desert climate.

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Designer / Brand: Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan Work: Social Housing Complex Tag: Architecture

Radiance Iris

Radiance Iris is a social housing complex located in Bangalore, India. The project contains 77 row-houses arranged along a central spine path with ten branches. Each branch forms a courtyard shared by six homes. Six unit types range from 160 to 250 square meters. A semi-open clubhouse of 1400 square meters stands at the entrance, and an open park with an amphitheatre closes the other end. Ninety percent of the existing trees were preserved. Each home receives natural light and ventilation while privacy is maintained.

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Designer / Brand: Yun Lu Work: Landscape Residence Tag: Architecture

Shandong Dongping

Shandong Dongping is a residential community in Dongping, Shandong Province, China. The plan is inspired by the movement of fish swarms. Surrounding landscape and buildings converge in a central landscape, forming a continuous shared space. All residential blocks face south to receive maximum sunlight. Large glass curtain walls on the south facade provide light and open views. Horizontal aluminium louvres on the north corridor facade form a partly opening surface. Staggered floor slabs create local diamond patterns. The design opens the ground level and sky gardens to shared use.

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Designer / Brand: Joaquín Work: Family Housing Tag: Architecture

Montecarmelo Townhouses

Montecarmelo Townhouses is a family housing project in Madrid, Spain. The design responds to a neighbourhood of terraced houses with a repetitive and aligned appearance. The facades are covered with rough brick screens that shade the interiors from the sun. The idea comes from traditional sun protection systems, such as the esparto blinds found in the vernacular architecture of southern and eastern Spain. The bricks are larger than the standard size and are laid vertically. The built area is 586.4 square metres. The work was carried out between October 2017 and March 2019.

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Designer / Brand: Summer Chang Hin Cheong Work: Villa House Tag: Architecture

Heart By Tree

Heart by Tree is a villa house located in Gunung Pulai, Malaysia. The villa is formed by four building blocks arranged around a central courtyard. Lawn and willow plants cover the bedroom roofs and improve heat insulation. Two tall ancestral trees were transplanted onto the site as a token of gratitude to the owner. Zinc and fiber form the chassis of the lawn roof, suited to the hot climate. Ceramic tiles, granite and glass discarded by factories were reused in the decoration. The layout follows the traditional courtyard house concept.

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Designer / Brand: Junghee Lee Work: Commercial Cafe Tag: Architecture

Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor

Junghee Lee tried to divide a large floor space into several small spaces. For this purpose, the architect set the basic direction as a skip floor, and it is a two-story building, but it actually became a space of four floors up to the outside deck on the roof. On the same floor, exposed concrete wall was exposed in the middle and divided it into two parts again. The floor and ceiling finish produces contrasting effects. in addition, by installing a skylight, natural light enters the room during the daytime.

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Designer / Brand: Aico Ltd Work: Mixed Use Tag: Architecture

CR Land Linyi MiXC

CR Land Linyi MiXC is a mixed-use complex located in the historical district of Linyi, China. The project includes a retail podium with five floors above ground, an office tower and six apartment towers. A three dimensional park stretches across the blocks, unifying the surrounding urban landscape with nearby cultural spaces. The facade pattern is inspired by the local culture of kite flying and uses a collage of diamond shapes. Green materials improve the thermal performance of the building envelope, and the landscape follows sponge city planning requirements.

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