Architecture

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

Brand: Mohamed Shabana Project Type: Commercial Tag: Architecture

Foundry

Foundry is a mixed-use commercial building designed for a community near a downtown area. The exterior combines original historic brick with a metal frame glass greenhouse of geometric shapes. The interior includes a multi-purpose event hall, restaurants, coffee shops, meeting rooms and an art space. Reused and recycled materials are applied, including reclaimed wood, bricks and copper plates on the facades. Interior finishes include stucco, reused metal panels, wood floors and local interlocking stone. The design repurposes an established property and links past and present.

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Brand: Seyed Hamed Jafari Project Type: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Rouzan

Rouzan is a residential building in Isfahan, Iran. The design brings together a traditional Iranian house and a modern apartment. The facade is made of bricks produced from local materials, aligned vertically with concave sections and sharp angles. Semi-transparent bricks and wooden canopies with decorative niches and cavities recall traditional Iranian homes. The rooftop holds a water fountain, a garden and a barbecue area. Electrical rotating canopy windows are controlled remotely, expanding to admit more sunlight in winter and contracting to limit heat in summer.

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Brand: Atelier Global Limited Project Type: Commercial and Residential Tag: Architecture

Show Time Square

Fuzhou Show Time Square is a mixed use complex of commercial and residential buildings in Jiangxi. The project covers 290000 square metres and is divided into a commercial district and a residential district. A commercial avenue runs from east to west and links marketplaces, retail stores, food and leisure areas. A round central plaza and an outdoor commercial mall form layered public spaces. Brightly coloured horizontal features, inspired by the water resources of the region, help guide visitors. The materials include aluminium sheet, glass, stone and ETFE.

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Brand: Prashant Sutaria, PSA Project Type: Commercial Hospitality Tag: Architecture

Tab

Tab is a mixed-use building in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Tab brings together a five star hotel, offices, retail units and public parking in one structure. Separate entry and exit points keep each group of users apart. The design draws on the temples of Bishnupur and on the campus of Shantiniketan. Terracotta covers part of the facade, and verses of the poem Gitanjali are placed in weathering steel on the lower eastern face. A reinforced concrete frame on a raft foundation supports the building. High performance glass limits solar gain.

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Brand: Ping-Hsin Chen Project Type: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Hidden Home

Hidden Home is a residential building located in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, with a property area of 542.8 square meters. The main structure is made of fair faced concrete and slate stones, combined with linear wooden grilles that resemble a square curtain. Massive olive green stones on the exterior give a solid appearance. Light passes through the wooden grilles, while vertical wooden shelves and furniture create a warm and calm interior. The layout is based on a courtyard, and a water wall with planting supports a relaxed and private family life.

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Brand: Chen Xiao and Chen Dilong Project Type: Hotel Tag: Architecture

Ancestor House

The Ancestor House is a hotel formed by renovating a family mansion built in 1898 in Zhouwujie Village, China. The property is a traditional courtyard dwelling with three halls, two wings and four internal courtyards. The Huizhou-style facade and walls were repaired and reinforced with a steel and concrete structure. Damaged timber frames were rebuilt to match the original form, while sound beams and stone plinths were kept. Removed grey tiles were reused for paving and roof details. A glass screen wall brings daylight into the lobby. The hotel offers 14 rooms.

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Brand: Beto Magalhaes Project Type: Modern Townhouses Tag: Architecture

Cube XL

Cube XL is a townhouse design created for small and heavily wooded plots in Sao Paulo. Cube XL extends the standardized Cube concept to larger homes of 250 to 400 square meters. The plan can be adjusted in both directions to suit the size of the land and the position of existing trees, which are preserved. Internal walls are not structural, so interiors can be opened and arranged as two or three bedrooms. The ground floor and the top level can be configured for parking, leisure or work. A mobile application controls the cameras and the gates.

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Brand: Alexander Kravchenko Project Type: Universal Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Tranquility

Universal the Pavilion is a multifunctional pavilion designed for a park site in Moscow. The rectangular building is enclosed on three sides by stained glass windows with wooden inserts and covered by a flat roof that cantilevers over the entrance areas and long terraces. Two entrance groups lead to a cafe on the north side and to a universal hall for public events on the south side. An internal corridor connects both areas. A glass covered platform between them protects visitors from rain and snow. Panoramic glazing opens the interior to the surrounding landscape.

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Brand: Chuan Wang Project Type: Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Lamborghini Zhengzhou

Lamborghini Exhibition Center is a car exhibition building completed in 2019 in Zhengzhou, China. The building covers 1030 square meters and holds four main areas: a new car exhibition space, a sales and service shop, a VIP lounge and a management office. The form is shaped by a twisting volume based on 60 degree angles, inspired by the lines of sports cars. A continuous revolving facade uses parallelograms and triangles, integrating the windows into one surface. A visual corridor between the two floors reduces the visual weight of the volume on the small site.

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Brand: Atelier Global Limited Project Type: Guangzhou Tag: Architecture

Run Science Park

Run Science Park is a science and technology park in Guangzhou. The complex covers 120000 square meters and joins office space, exhibition areas and flexible areas. Seventy-five percent of the space is used for offices, five percent for flexible use, five percent for exhibitions and fifteen percent for mixed use. The structure is lifted off the ground and uses interlocking and shifting forms. A sunken plaza brings daylight to the lower levels. Glass, aluminum panels and paint form the facade. The design creates an open and connected shared community.

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Brand: Fouad Naayem Project Type: Mountain Seasonal Residence Tag: Architecture

Private Chalet

At the summit of a steep hill, lies a private residential project built to provide their owners with a secondary residence. The project makes the use of a difficult terrain, in order to create a practical and aesthetically pleasing living space. In fact, the triangular plot, which is located on a steep slope, has a setback line that limits design possibilities. This challenging complexity called for an unconventional design. The result is an unusual proportioned triangular building.

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Brand: Adrian Light Project Type: Day Treatment Centre Tag: Architecture

QMC Hospital

QMC Hospital is a day treatment centre located on the campus of the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The building holds 15 departments, including diagnostics and theatre suites, across two operational floors of 9,500 square metres. The plan is arranged around a central atrium, which brings natural light into the interior and supports high levels of sustainability. Circulation areas are enclosed in clear glass. A careful study of consultation space made the building about 20 percent smaller than standard criteria would require.

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