Architecture

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

Designer: Cristina Vaz Santos e Paulo Rodrigues Design Type: Factory Classification: Architecture

Bradco

Bradco is an industrial building designed for the production of watch straps and luxury leather goods in Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. The factory is planned around natural light. Several skylights were placed on the roof so that the production area stays bright for the employees. Stone from the region was used on the exterior, together with glass and steel, to link the building to its territory. Large glazed areas create transparency between the interior and the surrounding landscape. The project was carried out between 2019 and 2020.

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Designer: Petr Franta Design Type: Double Skin Solar Collector Classification: Architecture

ETFE Membrane Facade

ETFE Membrane Facade is a double skin facade designed for a research and teaching building. The outer skin is formed by welded transparent cushions of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, three metres wide and up to sixty-two metres long, kept under constant air pressure and installed diagonally on a secondary steel structure with aluminium clamps. The facade cavity acts as a solar collector, and warm air is drawn into the ventilation units, reducing energy use by up to 30 percent. The membrane is cleaned by rainwater and adds acoustic protection from street traffic.

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Designer: Shiyan Chen Design Type: Ferry Terminal Classification: Architecture

Soundview Ferry Terminal

Soundview is a ferry terminal designed as a mixed use complex on a waterfront site in the Bronx, New York City. Three building volumes are clustered along the waterfront beside an existing dock, forming a semi-enclosed courtyard for an outdoor market and public events. Two passageways on the ground level allow movement into the market and towards the landing dock. The larger upper levels are connected and offer full height, naturally lit spaces for small business incubation, offices and storage. The cantilevered upper floors are supported by a space frame resting on fanning columns.

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Designer: THAD Design Type: Teaching Building Classification: Architecture

Yuanbo

Yuanbo is a renovated teaching building on a university campus in Zhuhai, China. The original structure consisted of fifteen separate cubes with two courtyards, and the renovation respected this character. A continuous loop of stairs and corridors now connects the roofs, courtyards and indoor spaces, creating places for exchange and social interaction. The two courtyards were rebuilt as a square one and a round one, with outdoor exhibition and stage areas. A dry-hanging brick facade and a new window casing system reduce direct sunlight and heat, which helps to save energy.

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Designer: LIN, CHU-SHIUAN Design Type: Villa Classification: Architecture

The Wisdom Domain

The Wisdom Domain is a guest house villa in Kenting, in southern Taiwan. The building covers 1650 square meters. Two symmetrical buildings form a square floor plan, surrounded by circular trails paved with gravel. The layout reflects the traditional idea of circular heaven and square earth. An ecological pond marks the entrance, and the garden holds flowers and trees. Large fair-faced concrete walls, slanted roofs, iron-gray metal grilles and an oval entrance recall the five elements of fengshui. Sixteen rooms differ in lighting, color, scent, music and surface materials.

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Designer: Rodrigo Kirck Design Type: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Terrace

Terrace is a vacation apartment building located in Picarras, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The building has 59 units on 25 floors, reaches 87 meters in height and offers 11,179 square meters of built area. Every apartment includes a large terrace facing the sea, and the repeated terraces form a monolithic facade that links the ground floor to the upper collective terrace. Exposed reinforced concrete at the base is combined with sliding panels in the apartment frames. The design was inspired by the old beach houses once found on the site.

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Designer: Torres Arquitetos Design Type: Residential Bulding Classification: Architecture

Sant Andrea

Sant Andrea is a residential building located in Caxias do Sul, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. The building has sixteen floors, with one apartment per floor. Each apartment offers 200 square meters of private area and three suites. The form is a tall vertical volume marked by vertical and horizontal lines. Balconies with exposed concrete slabs and wooden brise soleil panels give the facade a sense of movement. The entrance is marked by a large wooden volume that extends toward the street. Ceramic tiles are also used on the facades.

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Designer: Vasilis Mylonas Design Type: Lighthouse Classification: Architecture

Cubes Aleorion

Cubes Aleorion is a concept lighthouse that was developed for the edge of the breakwater of the seaport of Volos, Greece. The lighthouse tower is composed of cube shaped concrete blocks stacked upon each other, gradually shifted off center, differentiating in size and cut out in various ways, creating internal voids that house a stairway to the top. Openings on each level, frame different perspectives of the city, the port, the bay area and the opposite coast. The exposed all concrete structure echoes the materiality of the city port, the paved breakwater and the urban surroundings.

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Designer: Kiyotoshi Mori Design Type: Residence Classification: Architecture

Yatsugatake Villa

Yatsugatake Villa is a summer residence located in Hokuto-City, Yamanashi, Japan. The building is formed by three trapezoid tubes arranged in a fan shape and opening to the south. The wide southern opening admits sunlight during the cold winter, while the extended roof and side walls block the strong summer sun. Windows on the north and south sides let breezes pass through the interior. Traditional Japanese wooden construction is used, with cedar, plaster and shoji screens. Closed shoji screens give soft light, and open screens frame the surrounding mountain landscape.

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Designer: Tengyuan Design Design Type: Office Classification: Architecture

Yilong International Centre

Yilong International Centre is an office complex in Qingdao, China. Two towers are linked by an aerial bridge placed on the top of the lower building. The bridge holds a shared pavilion space and creates a vertical circulation loop between the two towers. Stepped retreat platforms face the landscape, so the building reads like a scattered group of mountains. The towers use concrete frame core tube and frame-shear wall structures, and the bridge uses a multi-truss steel structure. The design links a dense urban area with the nearby mountains and sea.

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Designer: Central-South Architectural Institute Design Type: Building Classification: Architecture

Seal

Seal is an archive building located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. The building has a gross floor area of 57,487 square meters and a height of 66 meters. The form combines a tower and a podium, which frees shared space on the lower floors and places the archive storage on the upper floors. Public and professional circulation routes are separated. The facade is inspired by the Chinese seal and presents timelines of historic events in the city. Local materials and low carbon technologies are applied. A multipurpose hall and a large meeting room are open to the public.

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Designer: mohamed yasser Design Type: Housing Units Classification: Architecture

The Square

The Design idea was to study architectural relations between different shapes that are being composed together to create like moving units. The Project consists of 6 units each one is 2 shipping containers fixed over each other forming an L Shape Mass. these L shaped units are fixed in overlapping positions creating Voids and Solid to give the feeling of movement and to provide sufficient daylight and a good ventilation environment. The main design goal was to create a small house for those who spend the night in the streets with no home or shelter.

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