PopSockets Pop-Up Store, an interior design project by Tens Atelier, showcases a visually appealing and experiential consumer scene within a limited time and space. Featuring colorful curvature clusters, the display space was designed to emphasize the product’s core position and visual focus. This design approach invites shoppers to engage with the products and fosters interaction within the mall.
MK Residence, designed by ONG&ONG, harmoniously integrates modern architecture with the natural landscape of its surroundings. The residence combines steel framing with Japanese timber construction, blending modern and traditional techniques. A simple, continuous roofline enhances its cohesive aesthetic, while natural materials and layered spaces create harmony with the surroundings, offering a serene retreat in nature.
The Concert Hall in the Imperial Spa by Petr Hájek Architekti, inspired by the historical “peat machine,” with modern scenic and acoustic technology integrated into a versatile, adaptive space. The hall was conceived as a “transformer,” capable of adjusting its spatial and acoustic features to suit different events. It serves as a multifunctional “Swiss army knife,” offering diverse capabilities.
Petr Hájek Architekti, established in 2009 by architect Petr Hájek, is a Prague-based architecture practice in the Czech Republic.
Office Building FA 206 by Tchoban Voss Architekten is a modern, trapezoidal structure located on a corner plot in Berlin’s Lichtenberg district. Featuring a green inner courtyard and a bold rust-red clinker brick façade, the design draws inspiration from early 20th-century industrial architecture while standing in striking contrast to the surrounding GDR-era postmodern buildings.
Casa Forca-Vouga, designed by RVDM Arquitectos, features a balance of exposure and enclosure, organized across three floors plus an attic. Perched like a floating mass, the house anchors a line of residences, addressing the surrounding topographic transition and the street. Inside, the design of the residence prioritizes common spaces, blending them seamlessly and minimizing circulation areas.
RVDM Arquitectos, a Portuguese architecture practice established in 1997, specializes in a diverse range of projects, including residential housing, hotels, and various commercial and institutional buildings. The firm also excels in interior design, offering comprehensive solutions across its portfolio.
Jinji Shangshuli Showroom by MIX Architecture presents a pure and clear vitreous object that flows beside the busy South Jiefang Road, resembling a lantern. The key feature of the design is a façade that creates a stereoscopic pattern through colored glazing and printed patterns. This design signifies volumetric sensation and dynamics, resulting in a façade of fascination and homogenization.
The Visitor Center at Longquan Mountain, an architecture project by Atelier LI, serves both tourists and locals, offering versatile public spaces. Two main volumes integrate with the sloping terrain, with an elevated lower volume connecting offices, meeting rooms, and reception areas. Blending modern design with local culture, it aims to host community activities and introduce an urban leisure lifestyle to the area.
Mana Resort by Plan Loci is a landscape design project that aims to evoke the river’s glistening waters as the building settles on the riverbed. A narrow water feature along the pathway symbolizes the river, while the linear spatial layout reflects its course, blending into the landscape’s hard and soft elements. The gentle flow of water is metaphorically recreated through the meandering movements across the site.
Plan Loci is an Indian architecture practice that seeks to create spaces that transcend their physical form, fostering lasting experiences. The firm believes every design challenge demands a unique, context-driven solution tailored to the specific needs and desires of each client. Their client-centered approach prioritizes understanding both the explicit and implicit requirements of every project.
Casa Emma by HW Studio aims to create an immersive experience of serenity and calm through light, aiming to touch those who enter the house. The residence is envisioned as an excavation, carving a void shaped like a Purépecha granary called Troje. The wooden interior emphasizes this inspiration, evoking traditional structures with respect and continuity while preserving the serenity and calm conveyed through light.
Pedre, a housing project by JSa and Miguel de la Torre mta+v, embodies a harmonious architecture composed of functional structures, solid constructions, optimal materials, interiors that become exteriors, custom-made furniture, and landscape panoramic views that dialogue with the territory. The project integrates into the surrounding area and complements the modernist architecture of its neighbourhood.
JSa is a Mexico-based architecture practice whose work focuses on urban acupuncture projects and recovery of architectural heritage. Since 1996, the team has promoted the vision of a city that reconverts, rehabitates, restores, reoccupies, and rehabilitates its urban fabric through specific and comprehensive architectural interventions. They seek to learn from the context, act pragmatically, and adapt to social, urban, and environmental changes.
Cottage in Šumava, an architecture project by Markéta Cajthamlová, seamlessly blends into its surroundings with its stunning views and vernacular design. The design incorporates traditional materials like dark-stained wood, local recycled stone, low retaining walls, and terraces. A large window symbolizes the Alpine Gallery sign, inspired by traditional green shutters, which provide full ventilation openings.
SpActrum Shanghai Office, an interior design project by SpActrum, utilizes the hidden behind-the-scenes forces and reuses some of the abandoned materials on the construction site as surface material for their office/exhibition space. Their physical characteristics allow their forms to be easily perceived while reaching new ways of use, re-establishing the connection with the new functional needs.
Valencia House by Padovani Arquitetos is a vacation home featuring seven suites, focused on creating a harmonious blend of indoor-outdoor spaces for a seamless socializing atmosphere. The residence offers comfort and privacy, with essential recreational areas like a pool and gym for physical activities. The project aims to blend functionality, aesthetics, and comfort, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable stay for guests.
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The Tamouh – Asia Phu My Residence by MIA Design Studio seamlessly blends innovative design and natural beauty, inspired by floating villages in the Mekong Delta. The project replicates the river’s waterscape into villa clusters, with swimming pools in each residence’s backyards connecting to the region’s natural elements. This design not only offers luxurious amenities but also preserves and celebrates the Mekong Delta’s waterscape.
Earthy Home, an interior design project by Studio Ikshha, combines simplicity and elegance, inspired by earthy tones and contemporary elements. The thoughtful selection of materials and textures reflects a seamless blend of modern aesthetics and natural warmth. Each room is carefully curated to evoke comfort while maintaining a sophisticated ambiance, inviting both relaxation and gatherings.
Studio Ikshha is an architecture and interior design practice based in Vadodara, India. At Studio Ikshha, the architects believe in developing comfort in simplicity. They envision building spaces that not only depict minimalism but also timelessness. At Studio Ikshha, they strive “to see “each space evolve into an ageless masterpiece.
The Family House in Prague-Modřany by mar.s architects is uniquely positioned to balance privacy with its surroundings while optimizing garden views. The residence presents a simple volumetric design: a minimalist structure with an open ground floor featuring light concrete overhangs that frame a semi-enclosed atrium. From this base, a smaller vertical volume rises, housing the bedrooms.
The Barn, a residence by Alexis Dornier, is constructed mainly from ethically sourced reclaimed timber (kaltimber). Featuring 16 curved columns that once were part of a road in Borneo, they are integrated into a functional structure that supports walls, stairs, balconies, and sliding doors. Built over three levels, the design highlights a three-dimensional spatial experience centered around these unique columns.
The House at California Layout by Architecture+Swath features a bold yet simple design that blends contemporary elements and elegant materials. The design of the residence is centered around an L-shaped landscape on the north-eastern side, attracting more wind and shade than sunlight. A central water body on the first floor serves as the focal point of the interior design and a vertical link between all floors.
