Swatt Miers Architects is an architectural firm that believes in consistently creating beautiful, sustainable and user-responsive buildings. Their projects range from internationally acclaimed single-family residences to a diverse array of public service buildings, including nationally-recognized animal care facilities which have set the standard for this building type throughout the United States and Canada.
The White Bleached House by Neogenesis+Studi0261 features a minimalist palette of plain white with cool and calming interiors that adorn the home to form a flawless canvas. The dispersion of ample light into all parts of the house brightens up the interiors to be as consistently bright as the exteriors, brewing up both the experiences that these spaces bring. The house is fairly resolved, is not visibly cluttered with endless colours, and is relaxing enough to heal the residents’ strain.
The residence Casa Bonsai designed by Cotaparedes Arquitectos features an indoor pool and an open ground floor plan adapting to the clients’ needs. Taking advantage of the 2m of elevation and using half levels, the social area is based on the ground floor and bedrooms a level above. The ground floor was designed as an open space, a dining room attached to the kitchen; the living room and pool open out to two gardens.
Tiffany Façade Singapore Changi by MVRDV features a coral-inspired screen, 3D printed using recycled plastic and fishing nets, highlighting the brand’s commitment to sustainability. Using the patterns seen in coral species as a guide, the team designed a screen to cover the store’s façade with an organic, cell-like pattern. This screen foregrounds a layer of glass that was screen printed with a colour gradient, transitioning in different shades of blue.
The architectural project Yard by Skylab features a tower and a podium that respond to the context and create a shared community landscape environment. The roof of the podium elevates a native planted landscape to the level of the famous Burnside Bridge to create an interactive social setting, while its folded roof shape abstractly recalls the natural slope of the waterfront site.
HasleTre by Oslotre AS is a sustainable architecture project with a mass timber framework and a flexible 5×5 m grid system supporting various plans like cell offices, open workspaces, meeting areas and smaller rooms. HasleTre is a 3,000-square-metre building with five stories, a basement and roof terraces. The goal was to design a commercial structure that was inventive, flexible, and ecologically sensitive and could be disassembled and reused.
Oslotre AS is a consulting firm with expertise in timber construction that works in the fields of architecture, timber design, and construction technology. With the help of bioclimatic concepts and natural ventilation, they put an emphasis on constructing durable and healthy structures out of timber. Their design philosophy embodies a playful simplicity that maximises timber’s ability to produce beautiful, sturdy, and cost-effective structures.
The architecture project Noema, by K-Studio and Lambs and Lions, is a hybrid space designed to inspire a strong sense of community and place. A warm and welcome contrast to the gleaming lime-washed lanes of Mykonos town, the subdued palette of charcoal, seal, and sand evokes the granite boulders, drystone walls, and golden beaches of Mykonos. In keeping with Noema’s natural ethos, earthenware and large plants create a tropical Mediterranean ambience.
The Vagar – Country House by Filipe Pina Arquitectura and DB Arquitectos is a restoration project that enhances the architectural, historical and landscape heritage existing in the Portuguese countryside, Cova da Beira, in the town of Belmonte. The intervention aimed at providing the complex with conditions of habitability, comfort and well-being, and guaranteeing an internal functional organization, with independent spaces for private use.
Walker Warner Architects’ House of Flowers aims to modernize and preserve natural heritage while transforming existing facilities into a unique destination. The new hospitality house, which was formerly a warehouse, gives visitors an overview of the site and conveys the Flowers’ story. In order to help the buildings blend into the context and let the landscape take centre stage, the structure has been dyed a dark, ominous black, inspired by the nearby redwood grove.
Olson Kundig’s Bilgola Beach House attempts to address Australia’s varied climate, where harsh sunlight, high winds, and flooding are common. The structure is set on concrete piles, allowing sand and water to move in and out beneath the building. The design also allows the family to connect with the natural environment, with shaded retractable window walls that merge inside and outside and provide passive ventilation.
Anandi by Avartan design studio is a residence that fosters a sense of tranquility and offers refuge from the hectic pace of everyday life. This residence seamlessly combines traditional aesthetics with modern sensibilities, offering a harmonious blend of functionality and serenity. The design incorporates elements that mimic the surrounding landscape, making the home visually appealing and in tune with its environment.
Avartan design studio is an architecture practice based in Maharashtra, founded by architect Rohit Jagadale.
EskewDumezRipple’s architectural design for the Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum is influenced by musical instruments and music itself. The building’s exterior is inspired by the hollowed-out body of a guitar, and various instruments, including violins, guitars, and brass instruments, are represented by sinuous and flowing lines in certain elements and building details both inside and outside the structure.
Nara House by Nirostina Nisani effectively deals with the challenge of the limitation of a narrow and disordered form of land in terms of design criteria. The house functions in order of access by having the original store section in front. The central area has an inner courtyard that separates the store from the main house and exposes the natural light and the space inside. The design is playful yet simple, and it is hard to predict its functions from the outside.
Nirostina Nisani is an architecture firm based in Thailand.
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Skip House by KiKi ARCHi is an interior design project that emphasizes the diversity of living space through clarifying space layers. By utilising the original spatial qualities, KiKi ARCHi made the decision to create an open, simple “half-floor living room” that can connect everywhere. The original functions that were fractured are reintegrated in the home as the natural and smooth circulatory relationships come into reality.
Concon Hotel by ARB Architects is a project with seven floors that appear to float in the sky, separated from each other by stilt-like columns. The design is inspired by the feeling of nooks and crannies created when a piece of the old town is transformed by its social history. The goal was to create the sense of the cramped living quarters’ extension, where people still find small spaces of their own where social interaction is still possible.
ARB Architects is a design firm that possesses expertise in developing projects in transitioning economies and adapting to diverse cultures. Their experience enables them to assume responsibility for all aspects of any particular project from feasibility analysis to final implementation. As such, the firm is well placed to handle significant and complex commissions both in terms of scale and program at any given time and any location.
‘Nexus Innovation Hub’ is an architecture thesis by Bichoy Fathi Zaki Thaoufilis, from Faculty of Fine Arts – Department of Architecture, Helwan university, that seeks to maximise the site’s potential and design a smart, adaptable structure that can host a variety of events. designed to promote tech education, research, and community outreach.The proposal promotes tech education, research, and community outreach. The project, which is the first of its kind in Egypt, establishes a new benchmark for sustainability and shows that living structures are achievable in even the most extreme climates.
Gymnasium Beekvliet by MVRDV is an architectural renovation project that upgrades the look of a secondary school and also makes it contemporary again in terms of sustainability. This goal was to create a challenging and stimulating learning environment for pupils and provide space for meetings and interaction. The addition of a new auditorium to the front of the building was also required.
Alarine Earth Home by Zarine Jamshedji Architects is a home that blends into the land and landscape without being intrusive to the context. Unlike a conventional home, there is no main door to this house. One enters below an array of solar panels into a seamless communal living, dining, and kitchen space and further into a column-free sit-out that merges ahead, uninterrupted with the landscape and the paddy.
Zarine Jamshedji Architects is a design and architecture firm that balances and draws inspiration from both aesthetic and technical aspects. Even though the firm is titled as an architectural practice, its boundaries go beyond that. They look at any design solution in the same way as they deal with architecture. They enjoy the creativity offered by the smallest of design projects and the discipline the larger ones bring on a very different scale.
