Plaza Avandaro // ORIGEN 19º 41′ 53″ N
Location: Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Architect: ORIGEN 19º 41′ 53″ N. The project is a set of cubes that reinterprets the rural house typology in Mexico. The cubes are arranged to create open sky corridors and interstitial spaces that serve as gardens and areas for social interaction. The architecture is designed to provide a spatial […]
Plain House // Wutopia Lab
Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: Wutopia Lab. The client wanted to renovate his two studios, with the first one being turned into a museum and the second one into his house. The two spaces are connected by a bridge, and the living room in the second studio was painted red to contrast with the gray walls. […]
Pilgrims Oasis // Design & More International
Location: Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Architect: Design & More International. The Pilgrims Oasis is a hotel and residential complex designed to enhance the devotional journey of Muslim pilgrims visiting Makkah. The development includes accommodation, retail areas, recreational facilities, and a mosque, all seamlessly integrated around plazas, courtyards, and avenues inspired by the traditional Makkah and Arab […]
Piedras Bayas Beachcamp // Camilo Moraes
Location: Atacama Desert, Chile. Architect: Camilo Moraes. Piedras Bayas Beachcamp is a sustainable tourism station located in the coastal zone of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The project uses light structures, local materials, non-contaminant sanitary systems, and green-powered facilities to minimize its impact on the natural landscape. The domes are separated by 50 meters […]
Pavilion for artistic presentations // SPEECH
Location: Moscow, Russia. Architect: SPEECH. The square pavilion is designed to be temporarily installed in public spaces for short-term art projects. It was created for the State Tretyakov Gallery to showcase ProYavlenie, a mediaproject that reproduces the creation process of Aleksandr Ivanov’s famous painting ‘Christ’s Appearance Before the People’. The pavilion has a frame structure […]
Pálás cinema // dePaor
Location: Galway, Ireland. Architect: dePaor. The building is an arthouse cinema in the center of Galway, Ireland, owned by the city and leased commercially. It comprises three screens with a bar and cafe, and is built on the plot of a merchant house and its garden. The Georgian facade is designed for the streetscape, and […]
Palace of Justice // Mecanoo + AYESA
Location: Córdoba, Spain. Architect: Mecanoo + AYESA. The new Palace of Justice in Córdoba is located in an area dominated by anonymous housing blocks, but the addition of a public institution creates an opportunity to upgrade the public realm and add a civic quality to the neighborhood. The massing strategy creates urban integration through fragmentation, […]
Orchid Massage Jinhongqiao Branch // maos design
Location: Shanghai, China. Architect: maos design. Orchid Massage faced a challenge when creating a new branch in Shanghai, China. They wanted to convey the essence of traditional Thai massage, but the basement location and local fire code prevented the use of wood or other combustible materials often defining Thai architecture. The solution came from the […]
One Tower Bridge // Squire & Partners
Location: London, United Kingdom. Architect: Squire & Partners. One Tower Bridge is a mixed-use development located in London, designed to blend contemporary architecture with the warehouse vernacular of Shad Thames. The development includes hotel and residential accommodation, cultural, leisure, restaurant and retail spaces, as well as landscaped public spaces and pedestrian connections linking Tower Bridge […]
Oakwood Tower II // PLP + University of Cambridge + Smith & Wallwork Engineers
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Architect: PLP + University of Cambridge + Smith & Wallwork Engineers. The use of timber in the built environment is increasing due to its potential to improve wellbeing in a city context. Oakwood Tower II is a proposed building located in the historic center of a major city in the Netherlands. The […]
NUBO Chatswood // PAL Design Group
Location: Chatswood, Australia. Architect: PAL Design Group. NUBO, a new learning center for kids in Chatswood, Sydney, aims to provide a stress-free and multi-functional environment that stimulates children’s creativity. The center has opened up the interiors to recreate an outdoor playground inside and has created a village-like communal space for children under its open-up exposed […]
NTNU Gjøvik // Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Location: Gjøvik, Norway. Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. The new university building for NTNU Gjøvik is designed to be an arena for knowledge and education, providing classrooms, open study spaces, a student café, a large mechanical workshop, and an administration unit. The building is designed as a simple rectangular body to integrate well into the symposium […]
Niavaran residential // opia
Location: Tehran, Iran. Architect: opia. The modernization of Iran has been ongoing for over a decade, resulting in changes to the structure of cities and houses, as well as lifestyle. Historical buildings in Iran represent the culture and provide harmony between people’s lifestyle and social structure. The designs of these buildings have evolved from geometry […]
New lecture room block at the Alioune Diop University // IDOM
Location: Bambey, Senegal. Architect: IDOM. The lecture-room block project in Bambey, Senegal, was designed to respond to the harsh life conditions of the area, with a focus on shade and water. The project was an extension of the University of Bambey, catering for 1,500 students with lecture rooms, laboratories, computer rooms, and offices. The building […]
Naumi Hotel Auckland Airport // Material Creative and Muir Design Solutions
Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Architect: Material Creative and Muir Design Solutions. The Naumi Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand was created from an existing hotel that was in poor condition. The clients wanted a unique boutique hotel that embodied the Naumi brand’s ideals of being playful, unexpected, sexy, youthful, and considered. The hotel was designed to […]
Museum of Traditional Mongolian Medicine // Shan Jun Atelier
Location: Tongliao, China. Architect: Shan Jun Atelier. The Museum of Traditional Mongolian Medicine is a unique cultural hub that balances the urban and natural environment, nomadic and agricultural civilization, and day and night. The museum is located in Tongliao, where the urban environment ends and the natural landscape begins. To minimize its impact on the […]
Museum of the siege of Leningrad // Studio 44
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia. Architect: Studio 44. The Siege of Leningrad was a devastating event during World War II, resulting in the deaths of approximately one million citizens from starvation, cold, and air raids. The proposed museum aims to revisit this experience and showcase the personal pain, suffering, and courage of individual citizens, in addition […]
Museum and Center for Biodiversity // Erkal
Location: Ankara, Turkey. Architect: Erkal. The Museum and Center for Biodiversity building is located on the Hacettepe University’s Beytepe Campus in Ankara, which is under pressure from urbanization and land fragmentation. The building aims to preserve the natural resource of the interconnected valleys and ridges that extend to neighboring campus lands. The building is situated […]
Mulan Weichang Vistor Centre // HDD
Location: Mulan Weichang, China. Architect: HDD. The Mulan Weichang building is located in the northeast of Hebei province and is designed to blend seamlessly into the surrounding natural landscape. The building is inspired by local architecture and uses local materials such as old stone, used wooden beams, and rattan. The design incorporates elements from traditional […]
MPavilion // OMA
Location: Melbourne, Australia. Architect: OMA. The Naomi Milgrom Foundation commissions a temporary pavilion each year from a leading international architect to encourage design debate and cultural exchange. The MPavilion in the Queen Victoria Gardens becomes a design and cultural laboratory from October through February, and is home to a series of talks, workshops, performances, and […]