O-Kart D Market by Patara Architects and Love Architects is designed to reflect the lifecycle of agricultural products in Klong Kuen while strengthening the value of the region’s Three-Season Mangoes. The architecture merges modern construction with familiar, time-tested materials, creating a landmark that bridges tradition and contemporary design while expressing permanence, local identity, and sustainable community development.
Pranaam by Intraa Design Studio is a humble restaurant designed to create a space that isn’t overwhelming as an experience but has the ability to stand out. Drawing from traditional spatial memories and a thoughtful use of materials and colours, the design balances familiarity and uniqueness, crafting a subtle, welcoming canvas that feels timeless, comfortable, and rooted in context.
Intraa Design Studio is a Pune-based architecture and interior design practice led by Ar. Chinmay Huddar and Vrunda Satarkar. Blending architectural precision with interior sensitivity, the studio creates context-driven, timeless spaces through a collaborative design process. Its work emphasizes natural materials, sustainability, and thoughtful spatial experiences that balance function, atmosphere, and lasting value.
‘The Spatial Interface of Urban Vitality’ is an urban design thesis by Jacob Nuttall from the ‘Manchester School of Architecture (MSA).’ The project aims to develop a computational urban design methodology that enhances urban vitality through evidence-based spatial strategies. By integrating generative design, behavioural analysis, and performance evaluation, the project creates adaptable, walkable, and resilient urban environments that respond to complex site conditions and support long-term human-centred development.
The Stair Court House by RC Architects reimagines the staircase as the organizing principle of domestic life. Rather than a purely functional element, it becomes a vertical court that combines circulation, light, ventilation, and social interaction into a single architectural space. The design transforms movement through the house into the primary spatial experience, creating openness and connection within a compact urban home.
Ottumpura by Quern Design Studio reinterprets Kerala’s regional building traditions to create a retirement home for a large, socially active family. Centered around a contemporary ‘thinnai,’ the design blurs the boundary between the private household and the public street while remaining firmly anchored in its cultural and geographic context, combining traditional forms with modern living.
Quern Design Studio transforms ideas, aspirations, and context into purposeful, timeless spaces through thoughtful exploration and rigorous design. Rather than following a fixed style, each project develops its own authentic design language, guided by function, climate, materiality, and the people who inhabit it. Every decision is intentional, creating architecture and interiors that enrich everyday life and foster a lasting sense of place.
Redge Contemporary Art Center by Atelier Meadow transforms the first three floors of an existing office tower into a public cultural infrastructure through adaptive reuse. Guided by the concept of lightness, the intervention uses subtraction, insertion, and spatial reorganization to release the rigid office layout, creating permeability, visual continuity, fluid movement, and a more open, light-filled environment for art and community.
The Layered Studio of SKA by Saurabh Kayalkar Architects is conceived as a minimal yet layered workspace that balances openness, focus, and collaboration. Exploring transparency as both a material expression and a spatial experience, the design allows light, movement, and interaction to flow seamlessly across the office. The studio becomes a calm, evolving environment where ideas are thoughtfully shaped into built reality.
Saurabh Kayalkar Architects is an architecture practice based in Nagpur, India.
Plato Contemporary Art Gallery by KWK Promes transforms a historic slaughterhouse into a contemporary art gallery, preserving its industrial character while making art more democratic. The design is based on revolving walls that open the exhibition spaces directly to the city, allowing art to go outside the building. The surrounding contaminated site was transformed into a biodiverse public park for residents.
Stadtforum Work by Tchoban Voss Architekten is conceived as a contemporary administrative centre that reconnects Ferdinandplatz with Dresden’s urban fabric. The building volume follows the surrounding streets, creating a new public square while marking the edge of the historic city centre. Its design expresses transparency, accessibility, and civic identity through open public spaces, framed city views, and a façade referencing historic architecture.
CY Casas de Campo by Reyes Ríos + Larraín is a private residential retreat conceived as a low-impact compound that also accommodates hospitality use. Guided by a master plan that responds to the site’s natural character, the project establishes a strong connection between architecture and landscape through the careful placement of buildings along an east–west axis linking the property’s two cenotes.
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance Office by at-tempt is designed as a light-filled, orderly workplace that translates institutional clarity into physical form. Within a compact footprint, the design balances diverse functional requirements while preserving openness, transparency, and flexibility. Through clean geometry, seamless spatial transitions, and restrained materiality, the office reflects the institution’s values of precision, innovation, and trust.
At-tempt is an architectural practice driven by curiosity, honesty, and exploration. Every project begins with questions, not assumptions, responding to site, context, and human needs rather than a fixed style. The practice creates meaningful, sustainable spaces by balancing beauty with purpose, embracing innovation, adaptability, and the courage to continually redefine architecture’s role in shaping lives.
Guilin Lebei Homestay Hotel by aoe architects is designed to create an immersive accommodation experience close to nature. Inspired by the ancient tree house, the hotel is elevated above the ground to offer wide views while reducing its impact on the site. Blending with the surrounding trees and river, the architecture strengthens the relationship between people and nature, creating a light, natural, and memorable retreat.
Moonlight Garden by Damai Interior Design is conceived as a people-centered communal space where nature and humanistic sensibilities shape the rhythm of everyday life. Guided by the spirit of place, the interior design weaves together reading, learning, movement, and leisure into a seamless experience. Rather than a collection of amenities, it becomes a warm extension of home, encouraging connection, relaxation, and unexpected encounters.
Damai Design is an interior design studio specializing in hospitality, office, showroom, and commercial spaces. Guided by the philosophy “Design Creates Value,” the firm delivers end-to-end design services, from research and planning to interiors, lighting, FF&E, and construction coordination. With an innovative team, projects across China, and multiple award-winning designs since 2011, Damai blends creativity, business, and culture to create impactful spaces.
‘The Breathing City’ is a Masters Design Project by Kashyap Arvind Meshram from the ‘Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni – AUIC.’ The project aims to transform abandoned urban spaces into climate-resilient public environments that reduce the urban heat island effect through ecological design. By restoring soil, increasing vegetation, improving water management, and creating shaded, comfortable spaces, the project enhances biodiversity, thermal comfort, and community well-being while providing a scalable model for sustainable urban regeneration across European cities.
Stem University by Bjarke Ingels Group establishes a new STEM-focused urban campus that breaks down the boundaries between academia and the community. Organized around three interconnected buildings linked by public plazas and green spaces, the design of the institution fosters collaboration, innovation, and hands-on learning while drawing inspiration from Bentonville’s landscape, history, and Ozark architectural traditions.
Sataa Resort Nan by Studio Miti is inspired by Nan’s headwater forest, rice fields, and cultural identity. The design explores physical sustainability and cultural sustainability, creating architecture that grows harmoniously with nature while preserving local wisdom. By reinterpreting Lan Na spatial qualities in a contemporary context, the project offers visitors an authentic experience of Nan’s landscape, culture, and enduring heritage.
GAM Torino by MVRDV and Balance Architettura restores the original clarity of the 1959 museum while transforming it with the qualities of a 21st-century institution. The design creates a more open, flexible, and publicly engaging museum through open-plan galleries, adaptable display systems, and publicly accessible storage, strengthening the relationship between the building, its visitors, and the city.
‘Pause: The Second Home’ by Studio Deshi is a weekend retreat crafted as a sanctuary from the daily hustle, celebrating relaxation, connection, and the gentle art of doing nothing. Rooted in calm and simplicity, the interior design embraces clean, airy spaces, natural materials, and flexible living to create a home that encourages people to pause, breathe, reconnect, and relish the moments that truly matter.
‘Healing Patch’ is an architecture thesis by Md Samuel Samin from the ‘Department of Architecture – North South University.’ The project aims to redefine urban development by transforming a conventional mixed-use superblock into a regenerative ecological system. Through low-carbon design, renewable energy, green infrastructure, and computational optimization, the project reduces environmental impact while restoring ecosystems, improving urban resilience, and creating people-centered, climate-responsive cities for Bangladesh.
