LyA Coffee by MAS Architecture transforms an old steel-frame building into a peaceful retreat from busy traffic, using layered spaces with a central garden and shaded sidewalk corridors. A partially opened tile roof connects indoors to nature, while recycled wooden pallets form striking curtain systems. The design balances creativity and low cost, fostering calm, environmental care, and a slower rhythm of life.
Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa by Edifice Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and YH2 Architects draws from the morphology of the traditional Himalayan village, creating a dialogue with the site. Anchored around the idea of a Darbargadh, it merges with the neighbourhood and magnifies the rustic settings of nature. Local materiality, construction knowledge, and sustainability shape a resort that respects its environment while offering a serene retreat.
YH2 Architects is a practice that approaches architecture as the art of place, simultaneously engaging with its surroundings and shaping intimate interior worlds. Guided by research and exploration, the studio emphasizes materiality, spatial clarity, and an economy of means where every element must earn its place. From landscape to detail, yh2 creates thoughtful, award-winning designs that transform daily life.
Edifice Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is an award-winning architecture practice built on collaborative design and driven by a globally educated, experienced team. They approach projects from the smallest detail to the larger vision, guided by sensitivity and diverse design philosophies. With each project, they aim to enhance surroundings, improve well-being, and deliver sustainable solutions that go beyond certifications.
Linho House by Tetro Arquitetura is a poetic residence inspired by its inhabitant, a fashion designer’s work with fabrics and sewing. Its defining feature, a curved concrete roof evoking a white cloth in the wind, creates lightness and movement over a slate-clad base rooted in the terrain. The design weaves together social and private spaces, harmonizing materiality, lifestyle, and landscape into a living architectural narrative.
Kazan Menzo, an interior design project by Reiichi Ikeda Design, features an udon restaurant that blends Japanese craftsmanship with modern design to share Japan’s food culture in China. Using plastered walls and floors, a rusted iron lattice ceiling, and a striking noren entrance, the space blends the artistry of udon-making with its architecture, creating an inviting, culturally rich dining experience.
Casa da Ria by Mário Martins Atelier is a light, elegant residence near the Alvor Estuary, designed to blend with the landscape and capture panoramic views. Built with two floors instead of the permitted three, it achieves horizontality and reduces visual impact. Its open, transparent spaces seamlessly blend the interior and exterior, balancing light and shadow, nature and architecture, in the spirit of Mediterranean living.
‘Arroyo De Encuentros’ is an architecture thesis by Jadier Cristian Quispe Vilches from the ‘Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo – PUCP.’ This project explores urban landscape design to rehabilitate Huamanga’s ravines through ecological regeneration, cultural practices, and education. By integrating water management, native vegetation, and spatial interventions, the ravines become living landscapes that sustain traditions and rituals while strengthening intergenerational bonds between elders and children.
Villa O by YCL Studio is an organic architectural sculpture nestled on a lakeside plot, opening to all four cardinal directions. Departing from standard house forms, its circular volume integrates four semi-enclosed sunken courtyards that blend interior and exterior. At its core, a cross-shaped space unites living areas while framing unique views and welcoming natural light and landscape into every room.
The Municipal House in Rudimov by Ateliér Mur and Mimosa Architects replaces its outdated predecessor with a functional structure that offers communal and administration spaces. Designed to integrate with surrounding buildings, its form draws from the archetype of a rural barn and the neighboring fire station. The building creates a new public space, blending with the landscape while achieving an energy-efficient, sustainable design.
Ateliér Mur is a Slavičín-based architecture practice that seeks to create high-quality spaces with soul, refined down to the smallest detail. They offer a range of services, including concept studies, project documentation, building permits, construction supervision, and contractor selection. Their work ranges from tackling large-scale projects to smaller commissions, exploring Czech architectural landscapes.
The Nice Rice Chengdu Concept Store by Say Architects reimagines the retail space as an architectural expression of Chengdu’s “opera watching and tea drinking” lifestyle. A wooden opera stage installation, paired with shifting light films, mimics the dappled shade of a tree canopy. This flowing spine unifies irregular spaces, blending natural rhythm, shelter, and calm into an immersive shopping experience rooted in local leisure culture.
Nomads by Seeders | Biophilic Architecture Studio is a boutique resort in Pondicherry conceived as an experiential journey through architecture. Rooted in the idea of life as a nomadic voyage, it offers culturally immersive spaces inspired by global regions and conceptual themes. Each room is designed as a distinct world, crafted with authentic materials and landscapes, offering a unique model for hospitality projects.
UH INFONAVIT CTM Culhuacán by AMASA Estudio features the transformation of a deteriorated plaza into a new social hub, featuring a colorful gabled structure that adds scale, spatial definition, and character. Organized around this central spine are sports courts, a playground, and gathering spaces, integrated with landscape improvements and universal accessibility to restore the social value of public space and foster community care.
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Tottori Takahama Cafe | Kengo Kuma and Associates. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Twin House by Andblack Studio and Modo Design, designed for two brothers, showcases two homes with a shared architectural language yet distinct identities. Anchored by courtyards, the layouts balance openness and privacy, while double-height spaces enhance vertical connection. Exposed concrete unifies exterior and interior, with thoughtful openings and overhangs ensuring light, comfort, and a harmonious indoor-outdoor connection.
Casa Cono by Estudio Atemporal serves as a woodland retreat for a young couple, integrating living, working, and daily life within nature. Featuring two layered, rotated volumes, the design creates a simple yet dynamic layout, optimizing views and connecting interior and exterior through translucent façades. Embracing each tree, the design offers a light, serene residence where architecture and landscape exist in harmony.
Estudio Atemporal is a Mexico City-based architecture studio focused on creating good design that should feel right, not just look good. The team includes architects, designers, and craftspeople collaborating from day one, shaping projects from big ideas to smallest details. Guided by history, honest materials, and real-life use, they seek to create timeless spaces made to be lived in, today and decades from now.
‘Adaptive Reuse Recreation Center’ is a Bachelors Design Project by Chloe Crawford from the ‘Pratt Institute School of Architecture.’ The project transforms a disused federal parking structure into a dynamic recreation center that addresses urgent urban needs. Through adaptive reuse, minimal yet deliberate interventions, and precedent-informed design strategies, the project creates a dynamic architectural environment where community life, ecological integration, and the site’s original structure coexist in harmony.
Vanessa Villa, designed by The Grid Architects, explores the balance between modern comfort and ecological harmony in this beautiful natural world. Guided by biophilia, the design of the residence fuses light, air, greenery, and natural materials to create calming indoor-outdoor spaces. The dwelling prioritizes inhabitants’ well-being and supports site biodiversity, offering a tranquil, climate-responsive space deeply connected to nature.
Fisherman’s House in Cadaqués by Bea Portabella and Jordi Pagès features the restoration of a dilapidated house, adapting it to the demands of contemporary life while preserving its original spirit. Respecting its traditional architecture and façade, the design reconfigures the interior to create a functional, bright home connected to its surroundings, where tradition and modernity coexist harmoniously.
Jordi Pagès Ramon is an architect based in Barcelona, Spain.
Bea Portabella is an architectural practice founded in 2006, with over 20 years of experience in architecture and interior design. They seek to create warm, harmonious spaces that support living, working, and personal growth. Drawing on timeless classics and traditions, the practice seeks designs that transcend fleeting trends, offering enduring environments shaped by both function and beauty.
‘Matriarchs Rise!’ is a Masters Design Project by Jueda Coku from the ‘School of Architecture and Cities – University of Westminster.’ The project explores speculative architecture with the aim to radically transform Wormwood Scrubs Prison into a women-led, eco-socialist community that reclaims and reuses its historic Victorian architecture. It seeks to dismantle patriarchal and capitalist systems while addressing medical misogyny through the creation of the Matrispital, a holistic healthcare model where women are listened to, respected, and cared for.
