Architecture

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Designer: Shimu Wang Project Type: Cinema Tag: Architecture

Open Village

Open Village is a cinema located in a rural village in Fenyang, Shanxi, China. The building was converted from a former cement plant. The original structure is preserved and enclosed within a new brick facade, whose pierced patterns act as a shading device. A glazed staircase of colored glass rises through the outer shell. Adjacent cement silos were refurbished into a bookstore. The venue also contains an auditorium and a long exhibition wall. Film and literature festivals are held there for local residents and visitors.

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Designer: Nontawat Charoenchasri Project Type: Residential Tag: Architecture

OB House

OB House features a cubic form that highlights the creativity of its homeowners. The architects developed a unique architectural language by creating a rhythmic balance of solid and void across the elevations, achieving overall harmony. The design embodies minimalism and timelessness, giving the home a distinctive identity. Each space is carefully designed to provide ample natural light, comfort, and privacy, blending visual sophistication with practical functionality.

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Designer: NDA Group Project Type: Headquarters and Creative Offices Tag: Architecture

Citychamp Dartong Plaza

Citychamp Dartong Plaza is an office building designed as a corporate headquarters with creative offices in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. The building covers 37,350 square metres over five floors and holds a company headquarters, three affiliate offices, retail units and shared spaces. The circular plan is arranged around a large courtyard, recalling traditional Fujian tulou dwellings, while the vertical rhythm of the facades refers to local wooden shipbuilding. Green atriums and cantilevered terraces shelter movement and reduce energy loss.

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Designer: Shamsudin Kerimov Project Type: Residential Tag: Architecture

House in Repino

House in Repino is a private house located in Repino, Leningrad region, Russia. The house has a total area of 1000 square meters. The villa community set one strong rule: all residences had to follow a Wright-like style. The design takes the rule into account and interprets the style in an original way. The house is integrated into the landscape. Existing trees are preserved as far as possible, and some trees pass through the canopies to create a rhythm and a closer relation between architecture and nature. Stone, wood and metal are the main materials.

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Designer: POTIROPOULOS and PARTNERS Project Type: Office Building Tag: Architecture

Serrated Transparency

The office building is located in Ellinikon with unobstructed sea views. The building outline introduces a trapeze, which expands over the site and addresses the prominent corner. The space is perceived as a field of forces where the delineated space is contested by the striated organization of the facade, navigated by the views towards the sea, the orientation of the sun, resulting in a subtle expression of the complex dynamics between them. The concept investigates the smooth and the striated in a broader field, with the varying degrees of transparency implied by the jagged main facade.

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Designer: Yahya Kashi Project Type: Residential Tag: Architecture

Roof House

The Roof House project, situated on the roof of a car showroom in Kermanshah, challenges conventional beliefs about residential spaces. This project explores alternative ways to transfigure the house concept and shift its understanding from a new perspective. It reinterprets the generic house through three key concepts: Destruction, where external forces deform the house; Explosion, where structural and non-structural elements exaggerate and withdraw from the debris; and Expansion, where objects dominate others by spreading their essence.

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Designer: Dr Aleksandar Rudnik Milanovic Project Type: Expo Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Octagon

The octagon, a geometric figure selected by Nikola Tesla for his tower served as the motivation for creating a distinctive pavilion complex. By rebuilding the tower using energy efficient technologies, with a lookout as the focal point of this architectural ensemble featuring eight pavilions within the octagonal extension of the tower, this facility would serve as a future landmark for any global expo complex. The glazed atrium, is supported by columns shaped to represent lightning. Once the Expo event concludes, this complex could evolve into a mixed-use center, guaranteeing its viability.

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Designer: Chun Yen Chen Project Type: Office Building Tag: Architecture

Swancor Innovation Campus

Swancor Innovation Campus is an office building that serves as the operational headquarters and research and development center for Swancor Group. The configuration and distribution of the building volumes establish a harmonious relationship with the surrounding environment. The architecture is designed to coordinate with the natural setting and to remain community friendly. The campus is centered on the concept of a Knowledge Canyon, which promotes exchange and sharing. The project was completed in Nantou County, Taiwan, in March 2024.

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Designer: Kei Tamai Project Type: Housing Tag: Architecture

Yokohama Tsuzuki

Yokohama Tsuzuki is a detached house built in a densely populated urban area in Japan. The plan is organized around a central courtyard, kept as large as local regulations allow. All rooms face the courtyard, so the interior reads as one connected space. The sky stays visible from every room, marking the change of seasons indoors. The layout is flexible and can be adapted as family needs change. The site area is 213.98 square meters and the total floor area is 160.02 square meters. The design follows traditional Japanese houses, which brought light and air into daily life.

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Designer: Mercurio Design Lab S.r.l. Project Type: Golf Resort Hotel Tag: Architecture

Dusit Thani Laguna

Dusit Thani Laguna is a golf resort hotel in Singapore, located within the grounds of the Laguna National Golf and Country Club. The development joins a renovated three-storey clubhouse and a new six-storey hotel under one continuous roof. The curved roof is made of special cementitious fibre boards and a marine grade membrane, forming a seamless surface with no visible joints. A shared glazed facade opens wide views towards the golf course. The building form is inspired by the undulating green landscape of the course. The project was completed in December 2020.

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Designer: Hooman balazadeh Project Type: Mixed-Use Tag: Architecture

Kohan Ceram Central Office Building

Kohan Ceram Central Office Building is the headquarters of a brick manufacturing company in Tehran. The building contains a showroom, a sales office and a guest unit. A special brick block was developed for the project, combining industrial brick with cast glass. Each block is 19 centimetres thick and holds a thermal insulation layer between two brick layers. The block serves as masonry, finish and insulation at the same time. The same block forms the exterior facade and shapes the interior spaces, bringing daylight inside while protecting privacy.

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Designer: Stephan Maria Lang Project Type: Private Residence Tag: Architecture

House GR31

Providing a private and sheltered space closely tied to the local natural landscape this t-shape sculptural villa for a family is a celebration of Indoor outdoor feeling and is set slightly angled in the site to maximize the views. A simple but sophisticated material and color concept is the perfect setting for the owns. Different light related garden qualities like a sunken courtyard for the indoor pool aerea, the morning sun play and herb kitchen garden, the outside dining terrace and the open lounge to the evening sun.

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