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Urawa Garden Bldg. Office

Nobuaki Miyashita Office Architecture

Urawa Garden Bldg.

Urawa Garden Building is an office building in Urawa, Saitama, Japan. A through passage crosses the site and links the surrounding streets, recalling the former Nakaginza Seven shopping street. Open plazas along the passage give pedestrians and office workers places to meet. The facade carries floating glass cubes with varying transparency, so the appearance shifts with the daylight. Natural materials, greenery and art are used in the interior workspaces. Energy-efficient lighting and passive design strategies support comfort and sustainability.

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Awakening Immersive Experience

Nathália Cristina de Souza Vilela Telis Immersive Experience Architecture

Awakening

The project blends architecture and nature in the Amazon, emphasizing sustainability and ecological harmony. Bamboo and low-impact methods are used to integrate the building into the landscape, reducing environmental harm. Spaces engage the senses and reflect local biodiversity. Biomimicry-inspired design fosters a profound connection between humans and nature, prioritizing ecological balance while promoting a sustainable future. It offers a unique experience that enhances the well-being of both inhabitants and the environment.

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Twist Bridge Pedestrian Overpass

Ge Wang Pedestrian Overpass Architecture

Twist Bridge

Twist Bridge is a pedestrian overpass built between Huagai Mountain and Fengling Mountain in Shunde, Foshan, China. The form is inspired by a twisted sheet of paper, and the deck turns in the air like a ribbon. The rotating railing does not block the view. Instead, the railing guides pedestrians toward the open city landscape. The inner length is 65.588 meters, the outer length is 71.191 meters, and the width is 3 meters. Twist Bridge links the walking paths of the two mountains and offers a safer crossing over the road below.

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Albadoor Villa Private Residence

Drew Gilbert Private Residence Architecture

Albadoor Villa

This signature villa is a bold expression of precision and dynamism, designed to captivate with its crisp geometry and striking visual presence. The interplay of sharp lines, volumetric massing, and bronze accents creates a facade that reflects light dynamically, enhancing its sporty yet sophisticated identity. Advanced parametric modeling guided the design process, ensuring seamless integration of materials and maximizing spatial efficiency. Prefabrication and high precision construction techniques enabled the realization of its sculptural form, maintaining architectural purity.

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Theater House Residential Home

Tonny Wirawan Suriadjaja Residential Home Architecture

Theater House

Theater House is a residential house in Jakarta, Indonesia. The design connects each part of the house through a split-level layout, from the entrance to the centre of the home. The main space is an open living and dining room with openings on both sides that face the outdoors, allowing natural light and air to circulate. A planter box above the entrance portal forms a soft visual buffer and gives a garden view from within. The upper floor holds the bedrooms, each with access to a roof garden. Textured paint in three tones of grey and natural wooden planks form the finishes.

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Cloud of Luster Wedding Chapel

Tetsuya Matsumoto Wedding Chapel Architecture

Cloud of Luster

The Cloud of luster is a wedding chapel located inside a wedding ceremony hall in Himeji city, Japan. The design tries to translate the modern wedding ceremony spirit into physical space. The chapel is all white, a cloud shape enveloped almost entirely in curved glass opening it to the surrounding garden and water basin. The columns are toped in hyperbolic capital like heads smoothly connecting them to the minimalistic ceiling. The chapel socle on the basin side is a hyperbolic curve allowing the whole structure to appear as if it is floating on the water and accentuate its lightness.

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Yokohama Symphostage Complex Building

Ryosuke Okawa Complex Building Architecture

Yokohama Symphostage

Yokohama Symphostage is a mixed-use complex building located in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, Japan. The building has a total floor area of about 183,000 square meters and contains offices, a hotel and shops. Yokohama Symphostage is connected to the pedestrian network that links central Yokohama with the surrounding areas. Two pedestrian routes cross the site and are joined by a multi-layered plaza with public facilities for gathering during events and disasters. Simulations of wind, sunlight and pedestrian flow guided the design of each space.

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Jaqalan Villa

Yaser and Yasin Rashid Shomali Villa Architecture

Jaqalan

Jaqalan, translating to friends in Turkish, comprises two architecturally unified villas in the verdant landscape of Zekeriyakoy, Istanbul. Characterized by striking sloped roofs that descend to the ground, the design addresses the region's heavy rainfall while creating a bold visual identity. Expansive terraces and floor to ceiling windows foster a strong indoor outdoor connection. With solar panels and energy efficient materials, Jaqalan exemplifies sustainable living, redefining contemporary residential architecture through minimalism and contextual harmony.

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Taizhou Z Center Office Building

gad Office Building Architecture

Taizhou Z Center

Taizhou Z Center is an office building with commercial areas in the central business district of Taizhou, Zhejiang. The L-shaped main slab building rises 90 meters and extends along Shifu Avenue. Cantilevered and overhead volumes create sheltered space for shops on the ground floor. A diagonal path crosses the site and links the high-rise and the shopping center. The main building and neighboring buildings enclose an open public square. Glass and perforated aluminum panels wrap the folded plate facade. A sky garden divides the two functional blocks and offers a shared view of the landscape.

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Valiant Residence Housing

Serhan Pacaci Residence Housing Architecture

Valiant

Valiant is a four storey residential building located in the Altintas district of Antalya. The design takes inspiration from the layered forms of the nearby cliffs and their contour lines. Each floor slab is shifted forward or backward by 1.20 to 2.70 metres, which provides shading, privacy and a private green terrace for every unit. The structure uses a reinforced concrete frame, with high performance glass and glass fibre reinforced concrete panels on the facade. The plot covers 1,154 square metres, and floor areas range from 275 to 400 square metres.

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The House of Breathing Void Residential Home

Sylvia Georgiadou and Katerina Vagianou Residential Home Architecture

The House of Breathing Void

House of the Breathing Void is a residential house organized around a central atrium. The atrium acts as an open void where air and light circulate freely, forming the environmental core of the home. The atrium also creates a continuous dialogue between interior and exterior spaces. The house follows bioclimatic principles, with a clear southern orientation that captures sunlight, supports passive heating and encourages natural ventilation. The same orientation gives the building a diagonal form, a response that is both spatial and climatic.

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Forest Archetype House

Genta TAKANO House Architecture

Forest Archetype

Forest Archetype is a residential project that translates the spatial order of a forest into a compact architectural form. The design is organized through a layered structural system rather than conventional room divisions. Vertical structural elements define movement and activities while maintaining visual continuity across the interior. This layered composition creates open voids and semi outdoor spaces that support flexible daily use. Through clear structural logic and spatial sequencing the house achieves richness and openness while remaining restrained in scale.

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