Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Lifestyle Design.

Designer: Eg MÜh Design Type: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Istanbul 245 House

The design team have been determined as serenely living naturalness. They have included a lot of natural wood and natural stones in architecture and interior design. Natural solid wood is a living material. Natural materials and natural tones are determined. The autumn breeze was strongly reflected in the spaces. Oak and walnut are the colors of our project that can be used with stone and rock. They were careful to keep their formal forms calm and simple to rich touches from time to time, blending them with matte brass and linear slats.

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Designer: Hamidreza Khademi and Mina G.Jahromi Design Type: Office Classification: Architecture

Lakeside Workspace

The conceptualization of the Lakeside Office design had been rooted in a profound aspiration to establish a symbiotic relationship between the constructed milieu and the encompassing natural landscape. Through the seamless incorporation of the office tower within its scenic lakeside locale, the architects formulated a spatial configuration conducive to heightened productivity and the cultivation of employee well-being, achieved by fostering an immediate rapport with the surrounding natural elements.

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Designer: C.M CHAO ARCHITECT&PLANNERS Design Type: Service Area Classification: Architecture

Heart of Dawu

Heart of Dawu is a highway service area built at Dawu Fishing Port in Taitung, Taiwan. The two-story building takes the image of a lighthouse, and its curved walls in earth tones link the blue sea in front with the green mountains behind. Reinforced concrete, wood and glass form the main structure. Reversed beams create space for planting, while the top floor holds a walkway and an observation deck facing the Pacific Ocean. The building provides resting areas and a center for local agricultural and fishery products, and presents the culture of Taitung to travelers.

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Designer: Wey-Duan Luo, Tzu-Ping Chan Design Type: Reception Centre Classification: Architecture

ERC Autumn Village

ERC Autumn Village is a reception centre in Taipei, Taiwan. The building combines a bookstore, a cafe and a sales reception area within one space of 926 square metres. A skylight courtyard with a waxberry tree stands at the centre, surrounded by interlacing platforms of different floor heights. The steel structure has wooden floor slabs and an external brick wall fixed with H beams and metal parts. Seats, lighting and cabinets are custom made from recycled wood pallets. Flexible layouts allow exhibitions, lectures and forums to be held.

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Designer: Shigetaka Mohizuki Design Type: Residential Classification: Architecture

Fuwaku

The building is a modern interpretation of traditional techniques and craftsmanship. The deep eaves of the sloping roof and the linear impression of the wooden latticework, combined with the painted walls, create a peaceful exterior atmosphere. The interior features a six-layered coffered ceiling composed of horizontal and vertical lines, and the beauty of the traditional painted walls and unique structural beauty expresses a Japanese sense of aesthetics and outstanding design.

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Designer: GEORGI KATOV Design Type: Event Space and Residential Architecture Classification: Architecture

Dot Sofia

Dot Sofia is a mixed use building for events and urban living in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two volume structure holds a contemporary art and events space, a signature restaurant and residential units. Dot Sofia stands in the historic market district, an area long linked to trade and neglected in recent decades. The facade is made of rusted steel and recalls the aged materiality of the neighborhood. Oversized shutters open and close, following the rhythm of market life. The building was completed in 2023 and has a gross floor area of 1576 square meters.

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Designer: Archiland Design Type: Museum Classification: Architecture

Samaranch Memorial

Samaranch Memorial is a museum built to commemorate Samaranch and to present the Olympic spirit. The design is derived from the five Olympic rings. Two intersecting circles form the main building, while three further circles become sunken courtyards that hold additional sporting spaces. The infinity shaped form contains a ramping loop that links the entrance, exhibition areas, roof gardens and service functions in one sequence. The memorial also includes a lecture hall, a temporary exhibition hall and a winter garden. Daylight was studied in detail to reduce energy use.

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Designer: Daniel de Amorim Design Type: Residential and Commercial Building Classification: Architecture

Maestria

A sophistication of living well. Mastery, which in Portuguese is called Maestria, comes from the power to do something with excellence. And that's how this project was shaped, the brutality of reinforced concrete being faceted by metal, the video, the textures, lighting, and light forms making the building transform into a sculpted jewel, shining and being embraced by the nature that surrounds it. The perfect work so that it is possible to combine the tranquility of living and the grandeur of being able to be master.

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Designer: ZIZU ARKI Development and Construction Design Type: Residence Building Classification: Architecture

Splendid View

Splendid View is a group of six villas built in Linkou, Taiwan. Each villa has four and a half floors, a private elevator and a garage on the ground floor. The structure is reinforced concrete, and the site area is 975.2 square meters. The materials include low-emissivity laminated glass, Viscount White stone, Japanese wood grilles and kiln-fired wood pattern tiles. Large floor-to-ceiling windows bring daylight into the interior. Planting on the balconies and in a green corridor raises the green coverage to 40 percent.

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Designer: Ziye Wu Design Type: Renovation Classification: Architecture

Sun Shed

Sun Shed is the renovation of an agricultural shed into a banquet hall on an ecological farm in Jiangsu, China. The layout replaces the common middle-axis plan with a circular arrangement that radiates from a central stage, so guests are seated without primary and secondary positions. Twelve tree-shaped columns woven from yellow-brown bamboo hide the original steel pillars and form a forest within the hall. Yew seedlings grown on the farm surround the space. The renovated hall also hosts meetings, performances and other social events.

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Designer: GOA (Group of Architects) Design Type: Hotel Classification: Architecture

Alila Wuzhen

Alila Wuzhen is a hotel inspired by the water towns south of the Yangtze River. The overall plan takes traditional villages of the region as its prototype, and retains their spatial forms, basic elements, building scales and color relations. Direct decorative elements are avoided, and fine materials, simple structures and quiet modern colors are used instead. Wide glass surfaces, large door leaves and deep overhanging eaves form a continuous and orderly frame. Streets, lanes and courtyards are given new functions. The hotel covers 25000 square meters.

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Designer: Peter Kuczia Design Type: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Solarlux House Mondsee

Set against the stunning scenery of Lake Mondsee, this architectural project embodies sustainability and technological progress. Constructed entirely from cross laminated timber (CLT), the house blends seamlessly into its surroundings. The integrated photovoltaic panels on the roof efficiently capture solar energy, while geothermal probes are responsible for heating. The automatic systems control the natural ventilation and heating. With its focus on environmentally friendly materials and energy-efficient mechanisms, this wooden house offers a modern yet harmonious refuge.

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