Office of Frames by Playce Studio was designed for a father and his son who run different set-ups but share the same office space. The design idea balances individual cabins with a shared work space, allowing privacy and meetings while encouraging quick interactions and easy workflow. A fairly tight budget led to smart details and simple materials to create a connected, open office.
Playce Studio is an architecture and interior design practice that embraces ‘play’ as a mindset for inventive problem-solving and experiential design. They view architectural design as a means to craft spaces that foster connection and enhance everyday living, merging functions with imagination across projects of varying scales. Their goal is to create diverse spaces, all characterized by a rooted yet contemporary aesthetic.
‘Chronoshift’ is an architecture thesis by Khaled Yousre Galal El-Hageen from the ‘Department of Architecture – Kafrelsheikh University.’ The aim of the project is to heal the degraded urban fabric of the Magra El Oyoun Aqueduct by restoring its ecological, social, and cultural significance. It seeks to reconnect the community with its heritage, revive lost green spaces through sustainable systems, and transform the site into a resilient environmental and community hub that links past, present, and future.
Tinyleaf by GO’C is conceived as a small outpost bermed into a steep slope site in Mazama, Washington, with a strong relationship to the topography and the drastically different seasons of the Methow Valley. Designed for an outdoor enthusiast, the project maximizes connection to the outdoors while using simple materials and efficient planning to merge the cabin into its landscape year round.
Greater Poland Uprising Museum by WXCA is conceived as a space of “face-to-face encounters” that strengthens collective identity and community. A contemporary urban square, understood as an agora and place of dialogue, forms the symbolic center, while the true “heart” of the museum is located underground. Austere stone architecture recalls early settlements and connects historical memory with present-day civic values.
Irwell Hill Residences by MVRDV demonstrates how efficiency and cost-effectiveness can coexist with character and individuality. Using a highly efficient prefabricated, modular PPVC system as its base, the project introduces a pixelated façade that creates the illusion of variation within a repetitive structure. Recessed and extended units add depth, visual interest, and a lively identity while highlighting green communal spaces.
‘Flow’ is a Bachelors Design Project by Alex Li from the ‘School of Architecture – University of Waterloo.’ The project aims to develop robust yet flexible design frameworks that enable designers to generate and fabricate kinetic geometries across multiple scales. By connecting digital simulation with material-driven fabrication, the project emphasizes adaptability, performance, and designer autonomy, allowing the systems to be applied to a wide range of design contexts.
Golf House by David Guerra Architecture and Interiors is located on the edge of a golf course and was designed to enhance open views and integration with the landscape. Conceived as a single-story residence, the project explores light and contemporary architecture, emphasizing horizontality, spatial fluidity, and a constant dialogue between indoors and outdoors, with large integrated spaces oriented toward the gardens and the golf course.
Desert Ark by designRESERVE explores architecture as a resilient, modular system for extreme environments. As China’s first 3D-printed concrete structure in a desert environment, the project supports ecological restoration in the Tengger Desert while testing rapid prefabrication and reversible construction. Shaped by wind and sand, it serves as a functional campsite and an architectural prototype for future extraterrestrial habitat of humankind.
DesignRESERVE is an architectural studio committed to a sustainable physical society. Drawing from urban design, architecture, landscape, art, and curation, the practice focuses on creating progressive spaces for urban economy and culture. Through context-specific work, it advocates a “participation domain” that fosters vitality, diversity, and inclusiveness by integrating contemporary life with local history and ecology.
Casolare Biordo Vecchio by Studio Bressan is a regeneration project that transforms an old rural building into a contemporary residence while preserving the authenticity of its origins. The design concept balances tradition and modernity, maintaining the original stone facade and proportions toward the road, while opening the house to the landscape through a southern portico with a double-height glass volume.
‘The Fragile Mountain’ is an architecture thesis by Maximilian Loeschke from the ‘Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment – TU Delft’. The project aims to rethink architecture in the Alpine landscape by engaging erosion as a generative force rather than a threat. It investigates how material flows caused by climate change, such as rock, driftwood, and sediment, can be intercepted, reused, and made visible through architectural systems that support flood mitigation, education, and public engagement.
Coconut Yoga Garden by RAD+ar is designed as a unique yoga center that evokes feelings and experiences through a serene, nature-driven design concept. Using minimalist construction techniques, the project employs reinforced in-situ rammed earth, timber, and locally sourced limestone to complement the island landscape. A circular, fluid spatial organization embraces light, shadow, and organic forms, allowing architecture, nature, and wellness to merge seamlessly.
7+Select Shop by Say Architects is a women’s fashion retail space located on Xinhua South Street in Zhengzhou that turns imagination into reality. Drawing inspiration from Zhengzhou’s deep connection with rivers, the design translates the idea of “River” into a spatial framework. Flowing forms, light, and shadow create a lucid, inclusive realm where each garment is a stone in the stream, shaping an immersive journey of aesthetics.
Rubra by Ignacio Urquiza and Ana Paula de Alba is conceived as a discreet restaurant defined by a sequence of spatial transitions that disconnect guests from the urban context and immerse them in nature. Blind façades, compressed thresholds, and monolithic volumes frame views toward the ocean and Sierra Madre, while a single sand-toned concrete material creates seclusion and balance between food, light, and landscape.
Ana Paula de Alba is an architectural practice based in Mexico City, Mexico.
Ignacio Urquiza is an architectural practice based in Mexico City, Mexico.
‘The Eddy’ is a Masters Design Project by Han Lin and Michael Yeh from the ‘Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning.’ The project aims to create a slow, immersive space within Sydney’s fast-paced CBD, using the thermae as a model to reconnect people with leisure, water, and social interaction. By treating water as a journey of temperature, form, and flow, the bathhouse encourages pause and reflection, transforming the urban environment into a site for sensory engagement, relaxation, and restorative experiences.
Solace Abode by Studio Habitect is conceived as a calm, light-filled retreat redefining compact urban living. Organized around a central courtyard, the home fosters connection between light, air, and daily life. Perforated jaali-inspired screens and carved voids balance modern minimalism with warmth. The design integrates spirituality and nature, creating a serene dwelling that feels rooted and contemporary.
Viraam by Avani Mudra Design embodies its literal meaning, “a pause,” conceived as an urban sanctuary for retreat, relaxation, and introspection. The project reimagines a contemporary home as an introverted, light-filled void centered around a landscaped courtyard, allowing natural north light while maintaining privacy. Interconnected spaces, earthy materials, and integrated landscapes create a calm refuge from the constant demands of modern life.
Avani Mudra Design explores architecture as a transformative backdrop for life, balancing material pragmatism, cultural aspirations, and imaginative poetics. Approaching each project with curiosity and humility, it creates honest, elegant, and meaningful spaces that reflect identity, respond to site and climate, and leave lasting, thoughtful imprints on people and the planet.
COR Cellars by GO’C is a winery organized around a protected exterior courtyard that becomes the heart of the project. Responding to the Columbia River Gorge landscape and steady westerly winds, the courtyard acts as a central organizing system that provides refuge while welcoming visitors into the tasting room. The winery berms into the hillside and opens toward Mount Hood, using simple forms and a refined palette to rest comfortably within the site.
GO’C is an award-winning architecture studio blending rational design with artistic expression. Working across residential, commercial, and civic projects, the firm embraces site-specific challenges through a collaborative, research-driven process. Listening to place, culture, and client vision, GO’C pursues expressive, enduring architecture defined by clarity, material honesty, and responsible, timeless design.
Raigarh Guest House by SpaceMatters revitalizes VIP accommodations and social spaces through a regionally rooted interior retrofit. The design blends minimalist modernity with rustic warmth, introduces shaded transitional corridors for comfort and privacy, and celebrates local craftsmanship. Inspired by Chhattisgarh’s landscape, art, and materials, the project enhances function while honoring cultural context.
