Architecture

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

Designer: THAD Design Type: Checkpoint Classification: Architecture

Meiyuan Pavilion

Meiyuan Pavilion is a checkpoint structure built at the entrance of an old residential community in Beijing. The pavilion offers shelter, a temperature checkpoint, package storage and a resting place. Three separate circulation routes divide entering pedestrians from residents collecting packages, which reduces congestion. Each module is formed of paper tube columns and beams joined by plywood tenon joints and steel bases. Digital fabrication allowed assembly within 24 hours and left the existing pavement intact.

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Designer: Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan Design Type: Residential Dwelling Classification: Architecture

S90 Residence

S90 Residence is a two-generation dwelling located in the northern part of Tainan County, Taiwan. The house is built with a steel structure and an exterior panel finish. The sloped roof is angled for good sun exposure, so photovoltaic solar panels can be added later. The white facade matches the green fields around the site and reduces heat gain from strong direct sunlight. The plan holds three functions: a shared public space, a second floor for the young couple, and a single story volume for the parents. The total development area is 324 square meters.

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Designer: SUIADR Design Type: Fire Station Classification: Architecture

Tian Liao

Tianliao is a fire station in Guangming District, Shenzhen, China. The building follows a centralized layout and combines a three-story office building with a seven-story training tower. The gross floor area is 5,039.5 square meters, of which 3,985 square meters are above ground, and the floor area ratio is 0.97. The internal floor level is raised above the municipal road to prevent rainwater from entering. Open areas are placed on the lower floors, so daily training is not disturbed. Gardens are set in several places on the site.

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Designer: Nahian Bin Mahbub Design Type: Single Family Residence Classification: Architecture

Sustainable

This is a single-family residence design based on a site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The goal was to design a sustainable living space in one of the most populated, polluted, and busiest cities in the world. Because of rapid urbanization and overpopulation, Dhaka has very little green space left. To make the residence self-sustainable, spaces from the rural area like the courtyard, semi-outdoor space, pond, deck, etc are introduced. There is a green terrace with every function which will act as an outdoor interaction space and protect the building from pollutions.

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Designer: Adel Badrawy Design Type: Mixed-use Building Classification: Architecture

The Hub

The Hub is a mixed-use building located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The design brings together restaurants, small retail shops, a large recreational area for young people and office spaces, each with its own entrance and vertical circulation. All functions are gathered under one large canopy, which shades the spaces below and recalls the traditional souq. Corridors, bridges, roof gardens and landscaped areas link the different volumes. The total built-up area is 20,000 square meters, including 8,400 square meters of outdoor and landscaped space.

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Designer: Adel Badrawy Design Type: Residential House Classification: Architecture

U Villa

The U-shaped house was inspired by the horseshoe and the outer envelope was inspired by the Burqa’a. Two essential but different elements in the Saudi culture. Elements that resemble both pride and humbleness, strength and privacy, beauty and mystery. Quite an interesting formula. Which is what this house is all about.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Design Type: Community Shopping Center Classification: Architecture

Uni-park Daxing

Uni-park Daxing is a five-story community shopping center in the south of Beijing. A co-living space occupies the third to fifth floors in the northwest corner and serves as a public place to rest and meet others. The three-story-tall space opens to the street through a large glass wall. Stepping terraces on the west facade create several outdoor activity areas. A rooftop garden is reached from the terraces and from the co-living space. A steel structure carries the upper floors, which overhang the main entrance by five meters.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Design Type: Mixed Use Classification: Architecture

CR Land Linyi MiXC

CR Land Linyi MiXC is a mixed-use complex located in the historical district of Linyi, China. The project includes a retail podium with five floors above ground, an office tower and six apartment towers. A three dimensional park stretches across the blocks, unifying the surrounding urban landscape with nearby cultural spaces. The facade pattern is inspired by the local culture of kite flying and uses a collage of diamond shapes. Green materials improve the thermal performance of the building envelope, and the landscape follows sponge city planning requirements.

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Designer: cocoon architecture ltd. Design Type: Residential Classification: Architecture

Soleil 88 Phnom Penh

Soleil 88 Phnom Penh is a residential development of 88 row houses in Cambodia. Row houses are common in Phnom Penh, where large groups of similar units are hard to tell apart. The project keeps the existing structure and reworks a facade zone of 1.5 metres. Staggered balconies are recessed at different levels, creating buffer zones between neighbouring houses. The mix of solid and void allows light and shadow to change across the elevation. Each house becomes distinguishable, connected to the others yet separate.

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Designer: Prashant Chauhan Design Type: Multi Storey Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Molten High

Molten High is a multi storey residential building located in a hot and dry town in India where pottery was a traditional profession. The design recalls a clay container deformed during making and then baked. A parametric skin covers the southwest staircase and brings filtered light and ventilation to the stairs, forming a contrast with the simple array of windows and balconies. The molten appearance of the facade is created with custom made recycled plastic ribs. The building measures 20 by 4 metres in plan and rises to a height of 50 metres.

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Designer: WEI-CHENG LIN Design Type: Educational Institute Classification: Architecture

Colorful Palette

Colorful Palette is a kindergarten designed in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The building has a streamlined volume with curved walls and irregular classrooms that allow the layout to be changed at any time. A rainbow trail leads to a central square framed by colorful stairs, where a large camphor tree stands as the core. An ecological farm, a natural planting area, activity zones and a sandpit support learning through hearing, seeing and touching. The structure is reinforced concrete, and floors and walls are finished with weather-resistant stone paint in colors chosen for children.

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Designer: CHUN FU DEVELOPMENT Design Type: Hotel Classification: Architecture

Tranquil

The Lakeshore Hualien Tranquil is a hotel located in Hualien City, Taiwan. The design draws on the local mountains and the Pacific Ocean, and on the painting The Beauty of Taroko by Ma Paisui. Mountain ridges become pentagonal geometry in the beams and columns of the first floor, while triangles appear on the corridor and ceiling. Undulating lines on the facade suggest sea waves. A wooden grille and light transparent glass bring in daylight and outdoor views. Upper floors are set back to create terraces, improve ventilation and reduce shading of neighboring buildings.

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