Moca Architecture is an architectural studio that believes in collective. They work on projects that result from collaboration and the exchange of ideas. They have no strings attached and seek constant challenges and, therefore, deliver creative answers that have the power to surprise.
2xm is a residence designed by TDA that reflects on compactness which proposal rethinks coexistence based on practicality in the face of the fear of abandonment and, above all, of oblivion. Considering the functional requirements and, above all, the spatial qualification rather than the quantification of m2. Abstraction and structural dignity, rich spatiality, controlled lighting and human scale.
Chapel and Meditation room is a chapel designed by Studio Nicholas Burns intends to create a series of inward-facing contemplative spaces without impacting the historical buildings of the place and the natural context. The building is designed to be quiet and disappear into the site; over time, the vegetation will shroud the built forms, growing around, over and on the building—a ruin.
Studio Nicholas Burns is an architectural studio that designs the space by combining elements to place the structure in the landscape sensitively. The studio also focuses on prioritizing the client’s experience, enhancing the quality of life and a sense of wellbeing. The experience of working in different parts of the world creates a unique perspective, starting with a honed understanding of the local conditions and then drawing references to design typologies from other places and cultures, deepening the scope and richness of design potentialities.
Archidiaries is excited to share the ‘Project of the Week’ – Viettel Academy Educational Centre by VTN Architects. 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.
Return Restaurant II is designed by an architectural firm Return. The design team wanted to create a dining environment that naturally triggers emotional reactions in this underground space. The design team brought in a large area of blue as the highlighted visual element. It’s like an invitation that the sea sends to people, conveying calmness and restraint under the dynamic ocean surface. The overall spatial expression is intended to invite people to “slow down and stop for a rest”.
House Of Dappled Shadows: Nestled In The Mango Trees is a residence designed by architectural firm Mudbricks Architects. The fundamental intent behind the design was to create a space that would function to amalgamate the built structure with nature. Working on a lush site with big broad crowned Mango trees and a spectacularly stunning Golden shower tree, the first thought was to integrate and incorporate the grounded aesthetics and earthiness into the home, but in a sophisticated manner.
Mudbricks Architects is an architectural firm that adheres to ‘design rooted in the context’. They strive to create unique spatial and functional experiences while recognizing simplicity as the vital essence of a good design. They develop designs that blur out the boundaries between built spaces and surroundings. They seek to knit a transparent fabric between the outdoors and indoor spaces through various architectural elements, materials, and intentional positioning.
AAYI – (House in Goa) is a residence designed by architectural firm Collage Architecture Studio that embodies the brief of being contemporary and minimalistic while being in harmony with the countryside context of the site. To harmonize the structure with the buildings it is straddled by, we have played with skylit courts to create an internal micro-climate while maintaining privacy. One of the courts forms the central node of the structure while sitting on two perpendicular axes.
FLORA & AILEY is a retail store designed by an Interior Design firm JYDP focusing on practicality and creativity. JYDP team analyzed the brand’s core values and accurately captured three keywords — “young, approachable, elegant”, to define this brand space. The brand intended to create an experimental store space that integrates retail activities and brand image display, hoping to set a benchmark standard for its future stores.
JYDP specializes in interior design and brand design consulting by injecting international and diverse creativity and adheres to respecting the domestic culture. JYDP focuses on continuously developing lifestyles and trends, creating more value for the project and brand via unrestrained creativity. When respecting customers’ requirements, JYDP incorporates unique creative ideas; while pursuing excellence, and we strive to make every task into sophisticated work.
Residencial La Palma, a residence designed by Taller David Dana, is based on a raised platform, which allows it to position itself as the main volume in the hierarchy, becoming the heart of the space. The permeability in the passage is perceived as sheer. The lines intersect in the horizontal-vertical direction achieving a pleasant tune.
AHW Studio is a retail design by interior design firm INK interior Architects that challenges the store aesthetic with mood lighting, shadow play, intimacy and warmth. The product became a springboard for the initial finishes’ palette and conceptual beginnings of the project. Aged brass also carries the brand ethos into the built space as AHW Studio are steadfast in celebrating the beauty of imperfections. The materiality of the store directly reflects the tactility of the product.
INK interior architects is a creative design practice established and driven by Dana Vuletic, focusing on high-end retail and hospitality interiors. The firm thrives on working with clients aiming to establish an identity through their interior and allow us to bring something unique to their space. The aesthetic is contemporary with masculine accents paired with texture, neutral colors and raw materials. They believe in quality design and well-crafted construction.
Viettel Academy Educational Centre designed by architectural firm VTN Architects is aimed to create a quiet and peaceful space for the trainees to focus on their studies, away from the hustle and bustle of city life. In addition, it will provide short-term accommodation and training courses for the staff of Viettel Corporation, Vietnam’s largest mobile network operator. Local bricks are used as the building finishes, creating an impressive red-brick facade for the whole project. The monolithic facade exudes a rustic and robust presence.
Zhejiang Private Penthouse is a residence designed by Interior Design Firm YuQiang & Partners and EK Design where the space is created through asymmetric, three-dimensional and curving forms of arrangement and the rebuilding of structure, light and shadow, and artworks. Considering functions and environmental protection, the designer did not reorganize the apartment’s structure but divided the functional layout of the space utilizing deconstructionism while proceeding from the perspective of creativity and art.
YuQiang & Partners is an Interior Design firm established by Mr Yu Qiang in 1999 that developed an overall design services system of architectural and interior design, soft decoration and engineering, and product agency. It is the firm’s core value to “foster infinite creativity”. By upholding the principles of “bring creativity to design, and allow professionalism to all sectors”, the firm sticks to its design philosophy to create design projects that are visionary, valuable and exemplifying.
EK DESIGN, founded by Mrs Mao Hua in 2021, is a high-end design brand under YuQiang & Partners that focuses on expressing the emotional connection between people and space from a fashion and artistic perspective. EK is specialized in adopting the “deconstructive” design logic and ingenious language to create multiple spatial possibilities.
Banja Vrućica SPA designed by architectural firm ENOTA is an extension done in Hotel Kardial. The extension and overhaul of the bathing and wellness sections of the hotel is thus a logical next step in the complex’s gradual transformation in this direction. The visual design of the retained spaces is markedly organic, based on circular strokes. To achieve a homogenous final visual expression of the complex, this approach is applied as the starting point for further designing the envisaged buildings and exterior layout.
Guangxi Yan is a restaurant designed by WUXING YOUXING SPACE DESIGN is a miniature version of “mysterious Guangxi” that brings the marvellous natural landscape to the city’s bustling centre, entertaining guests in a welcoming gesture. The restaurant Guangxi Yan adopts traditional Guangxi cultural elements as the design thread, unifying the overall spatial design. After systematic concentration and artistic refinement, numerous representative local elements are presented in the space.
Wuxing Youxing Space Design is an architectural firm that focuses on the environmental and cultural context and combines traditional ideas and the modern context in symbiosis. It incorporates art and nature into space, aiming to create unique spatial aesthetics. The team believes that each design work deserves to own its unique attitude and soul.
Hulme Living Leaf Street Housing is a housing project designed by architectural firm Mecanoo is a fourth-generation urban renewal housing development that combines apartments and single-family homes in one building mass. The S-shape of the building creates two semi-enclosed public green spaces. The entrance court is turned to the Hulme Arch Bridge and has the character of a garden square. Facing Leaf Street is a park area where children can play.
Art Maisonette in Letna is a residence designed by architectural form Este Architekti. The distinctive personalities and temperaments of our long-term friends reflect the colour paintings and installations that gradually filled their living space and the chosen concept of interior adjustments and shifts. To step outside the comfortable minimalist design zone, the investors themselves inspired us with their distinctive taste and the investor’s non-conforming wardrobe.
Este Architekti is an architectural firm that is involved in housing, public and commercial projects. Whether it is a housing, public or commercial project, we always base the design process on close contact and involvement of the investor, team of designers and suppliers. They are an essential part of the journey from the first sketch to a good result.
