“Americans”—a nod to the name given to this country’s indigenous peoples by European settlers—is a modern, dynamic, multimedia permanent display. The 9,200-square-foot Smithsonian exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. deconstructs conflicts and decisions involving native peoples at specific historic moments and questions the ubiquity [ … ]
Starlight by Studio Joseph
Igniting the majestic circular stair at the heart of the historic interior this site-specific light sculpture marks a new era for the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY). In a way that the Museum has not seen in years, the public is engaging with the architecture and sharing [ … ]
Dropi by Minarc
Like a solitary drop of ebony rain, the Dropi appears to descend in a free fall from the heavens, showered by yards of fabric that gently cradle the softly curved seat of molded metal. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Second Award | Category: Product Design Elements Architects: Erla Dogg [ … ]
OPUS by AABE Atelier d’Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners
“Architecture is without limits … starting with the initial design up until the development of the smallest details of an object. Throughout this process, one single objective is kept in mind: eliminate superfluous elements to retain only what is essential. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Third Award | Category: [ … ]
Xiafu Activity Center by IMO Architecture & Design + Daniel Chen Architects
Every country that has been prosperous, has been able to find a balance between its roots and its progress, it’s history and it’s future. Taiwan has one of the most ancient cultures on the planet while it has been able to develop a growing economy. As a country Taiwan works [ … ]
Junaid Residence by M. Designs Architects
The design objective of the Taaffe residence was to merge cutting-edge technology & sustainable architecture with the genial experience of living among nature. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 First Award | Category: Residential-Private House Architects: Malika Junaid Studio: M. Designs Architects Country: United States Website: www.mdesignsarchitects.com The Taaffe residence [ … ]
Stone House in Cáceres by Tuñón Arquitectos
The house discreetly dominates its location, resting on the hillside next to some lovely preexisting oak trees and looking out over the landscape and city of Cáceres. Yet even from this dominating position, the house is respectful towards its natural-artificial surroundings, and establishes formal and constructive bonds with its immediate [ … ]
TM House by Casas de Mexico
Casa TM is located in the state of Colima, Mexico, within a lot of regular topography and geometry, and a surface of 11,670 sq. m. The project consists of a 769 sq. m. single story residence for a family of 4 members. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Third Award [ … ]
House 3B by Juri Troy Architects
To take advantage of the beautiful view over the small valley in the canton of Aargau, the house sits far up on the steep hillside property. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Honorable Mention | Category: Residential-Private House Architects: Juri Troy Studio: Juri Troy Architects Country: Austria Website: www.juritroy.com The [ … ]
CALYPSO by SOMA ARCHITECTS
On the North side of Jounieh Bay, where the mountains plunge into the sea, Calypso hovers over the water like a crystal emerging from the rocks. Nestled on a small strip of rugged rocks between the main road and the sea, the form of the house is derived directly from [ … ]
GUI by AABE Atelier d’Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners
AABE, the Atelier d’Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners, exerts his trade in Brussels both, where it has his offices, abroad. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Second Award | Category: Residential Architects: Bruno ERPICUM Studio: AABE Atelier d’Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners Country: Belgium Website: www.aabe.be The architecture which it [ … ]
House on the mountain by Juri Troy Architects
This unique house is just as much a product of nature as of humans. It is in perfect harmony with the landscape that surrounds it. In fact, the house is a result of its natural environment and, in particular, a tremendous tree, an oak worthy of the most magical fairy [ … ]
HIFI by AABE Atelier d’Architecture Bruno Erpicum & Partners
This unique house is just as much a product of nature as of humans. It is in perfect harmony with the landscape that surrounds it. In fact, the house is a result of its natural environment and, in particular, a tremendous tree, an oak worthy of the most magical fairy [ … ]
Vila do Conde Apartment by Raulino Silva Architect
Vila do Conde Apartment is on the 3rd floor of an 80’s building not very qualified in the design and finishing materials, which is a duplex by the use of the attic area. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 Second Award | Category: Residential Interior Architects: Raulino Silva Studio: Raulino [ … ]
Villa R by Scannella Architects
GREGORIO (CT) Forme articolate che traggono origine da segni sul terreno, una sostenibilità nella forma e nelle prestazioni. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 First Award | Category: Residential Interior (Concept) Architects: Giuseppe Scannella Studio: Scannella Architects Team: Annamaria D’Imprima, Giuseppe Marcedone Country: Italy Website: www.scannella.it R Villa Articulated forms [ … ]
H Residence by Susan Strauss Design
Our clients for this project are a fabulous, sophisticated couple. The best kind of client, who truly appreciates great design, has vision, and is willing to take “risks” to attain breathtaking results. They each have a busy work life, and a very large social circle. The objective for their home [ … ]
Touguinha House by Raulino Silva Architect
The small property, with an accentuated slope on the topography, is located in the main street of Touguinha, a small village in the north of Portugal. On site, there are houses on both sides of the plot terrain, an old stone wall at the back and, at the front, there [ … ]
214A Magnolias by SAKA Studio
This luxury apartment is located on the fourteenth floor of a residential community in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi in India. It opens to stunning views of the Aravali hills along the horizon and a landscaped golf course that is a focal point of the surrounding landscape. The family required [ … ]
Portas São João by Meireles Arquitectos
DESCRIPTION: One of the premises of the project was to preserve the structural elements of the timber flooring, the stairwell and its partition walls. The entire structure of the existing floors was harnessed, treated and reinforced, guaranteeing a good structural performance. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 First Award | [ … ]
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion by Studio Joseph
As part of a program of Design Excellence, the Dallas Department of Parks and Recreation is replacing dozens of decayed, 1960s shelters in metropolitan public parks. In the case of Webb Chapel, the design also called for relocating the structure in order to provide seating and shade to the recreational [ … ]
Pavilhão do Atlântico by Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos
The building is situated next to “Avenida do Atlântico” in Viana do Castelo. An avenue facing the sea, in which a series of buildings are constructed, which, on a first impression, the urban front, in which the building is inserted, transmits a rather insipid image due to the nature of [ … ]
Van Dutch Center by Sanzpont Arquitectura
Van Dutch Center, is a recreation center, public and sporting space, whose main objective is the integration of the different spaces with the views to the canal and the golf course. Yates van Dutch: Design concept elegance, dynamism and aerodynamic lines of the yachts van Dutch, were the main source [ … ]
Pune Cycle Plan Safe Rides for Everyone Everywhere by Prasanna Desai Architects
The streets of Pune used to echo the sound of cycle bells in the mornings and evenings during the early years when people took their cycles to work and back home . Today, t he cycle bells have been replaced by the honks of motor vehicles that crowd the streets [ … ]
Nepean River Green Bridge by KI Studio
The KI Studio’s invited competition winning bridge concept design was selected by a steering committee including Penrith City Council, The Government Architect, Roads & Maritime Services, Transport for NSW and the local Member of Parliament. World Architecture & Design Awards 2019 First Award | Category: Urban Design Architects: Ingrid Tkatchew [ … ]
Quartyard by RAD LAB
Quartyard, a collaborative project, between RAD LAB and the City of San Diego, located on City owned land explores a series of activities and events that breathe life to that area. This idea was conceived relative to the realization that, due to the economic downturn, a large amount of city [ … ]
Smart City-Healthy Aundh Neighborhood Development Project
Street Design: The Simple Smart Way is a project conceived as a part of the Smart City Mission (executed by PSCDCL and PMC) to create a Neighborhood Up-gradation Programme based on a SMART design i.e. Simple, Manageable, Affordable, Responsive and Technological. The design policies included: World Architecture & Design Awards [ … ]
Botaniko by Landscape Design Workshop
One of the strategies of smart growth and sustainable communities is to promote infill development, Botaniko adopts and embraces this concept. Botaniko, as the name suggests, is a community where the outdoor environment & lush landscape takes center stage. The project is located at the City of Weston, Florida. It [ … ]
Dekanen District by &Rundquist
Dekanen is a district centrally positioned in the city of Malmö, in the proximity of the Triangeln train station and close to many different parts of the city, but it’s not really belonging to any of them. Malmö’s center with shopping and culture is situated to the north, the hospital [ … ]
New Mile Boeblingen by bauchplan ).(
Initially conceived as a car friendly city the open space has been transformed into a pedestrian zone and low traffic shopping area. Paved with natural stone from facade to facade in a pixelated pattern the railway station street turned into an atmospheric space with a multifaceted use. The Elbenplatz, known [ … ]
Ropewalk by Fletcher Studio
1201 Tennessee is a new development by Abaca located at the south-eastern corner of the Dogpatch Historic District. The project is situated on a site that was once home to the Tubbs Cordage Company whose rope walk pier extended out into the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Urban Design [ … ]
Vara De Rey Promenade And City Center Pedestrian Renovation by Aldayjover Architecture And Landscape
In Ibiza, the Paseo Vara de Rey and the Plaza del Parque are the city’s most vital public spaces, located at the base of the renaissance fortification Wall, a World Heritage site. These popular sand and tree-lined XIXth century promenade and square were Ibiza’s living room until a 1960’s unfortunate [ … ]
Lorient-Bretagne Sud Railway Station by AREP – An international Group
The Lorient multimodal hub is part of the “Bretagne à Grande Vitesse” project (“High-speed for Brittany”), a high-speed line which allows a three-hour total travel time between Quimper, Brest and Paris since 2017. The station is being rebuilt on the south, close to the city centre and in the heart [ … ]
Urban Intervention by Studio Emergence
The Urban Intervention is implemented to rejuvenate a major road junction in Dadar, Mumbai. This intersection of Gokhale Road leads directly to Worli which is a major hub for commercial and high end residences. This is a widely used junction and though the footpath here is around 5 meters wide, [ … ]
Kallhäll Train Station by &Rundquist
The Kallhäll Train Station opened to the public in August 2016 and includes a new commuter train station, a new pedestrian and cycling bridge over the railraod, a staircase connecting the bridge with the bus terminal, as well as the platform environment. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Second [ … ]
US/Mexico Work Permit Border Crossing by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Abstract: The project proposes an Earth-cut for the crossing. It represents a very real scar. The building, if any, is buried – invisible. The power of the project is garnered by a submersion into the Earth rather than the occupation of an actual built form. The architecture, therefor, is absent. [ … ]
Atlantic Pavilion by Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos
The building is situated next to “Avenida do Atlântico” in Viana do Castelo. An avenue facing the sea, in which a series of buildings are constructed, which, on a first impression, the urban front, in which the building is inserted, transmits a rather insipid image due to the nature of [ … ]
Orange Park Recreation Center by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
The Orange Memorial Park is an important public recreation venue for the inhabitants of South San Francisco, and provides a vibrant context for the community and recreation center, encircled by soccer fields, picnic areas, basketball courts and other outdoor amenities. The building’s dominant element is an airy, light-filled, central space [ … ]
Dalseong Gymnasium by AMA Andreas Mede Architect
“A veil of perforated steel wraps the sports facilities filtering the light and mediating between the indoors and outdoors” Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Sports & Recreation Architects: Andreas Mede Studio: AMA Andreas Mede Architect Country: United States Website: www.am-a.net The concept developed from an [ … ]
City of Lonetree Athletics and Health Center by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Abstract: What would happen if we unearthed a Stealth fighter at the site of an ancient Mayan city? It would answer nothing, but it would question everything. As context for each other they would inherently become something quite new. Regardless of the power and magnificence each has as individual objects, [ … ]
Nest by Sara Design Studio
The configuration of Light and Lines accompanied by Text and Texture define the overall concept of the apartment. Rigidity of lines brings strength and dynamism to the space, whereas the interplay of lights balances with tenderness and fun. Use glasses to enhance the perspective and lighting of the space. The [ … ]
Ksg Home Studio By Hernández Silva Arquitectos
The project departs from two main elements: the site and its users. The construction is located in an old colony inside Guadalajara where irregular landscapes among different levels ocurre to form small canyons which dominate the area. The ground has a rectangular form where the street is located in front [ … ]
The Flying House by Fahed + Architects
A uniquely attractive 7400 square feet residential building, that stands out boldly in an exquisitely landscaped flat terrain, with a sloping roof that gives the feeling of a flying form about to soar up to the skies. The design concept tries to give form to the “new liberating architecture style” [ … ]
Birch Residence by Griffin Enright Architects
his 3,600 square foot two-story residence on a flat, semi-urban site in the design district of Los Angeles, California provides new vistas to the city and landscape beyond. The residence is compact, yet designed to create a sense of expanded volume. A double story central volume curves through the house, [ … ]
Rio Mau House by Raulino Silva Architect
Rio Mau House is located in the countryside of the outskirts of Vila do Conde. The land plot with about 6800 sqm is surrounded by cultivated fields and pine forest near Serra de Rates. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Residential Architects: Raulino Silva Studio: [ … ]
BillBoard House by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Design Abstract: The idea of habitable space within the confines of an advertisement billboard brings to mind several notions about the rituals of habitation and the narratives between architecture, context, use, and alternative atmospheres. The billboard installs within an existing urban context, yet is seen as a secluded and solitary [ … ]
XY: A SocioPolitical Interactive Retreat by Ayah Abu Al-Rub
Years of marginalization of a city has lead to sociopolitical chaos. Our democratic system is meaningless unless we are able to act in democratic ways that signal democracy: the freedom to vote, purchase, and speak as we choose. A prototype to trigger this chaos is needed. Urban Design & Architecture [ … ]
5 ELEMENTS by Projekt Plus Architekci
A quote from News: “Western culture has raced ahead, conveniently forgetting the fundamental principles of life and all to eager to strip our planet of it’s resources to gain apparent wealth. The ambitious culture of the West has for so long applied pure science and logic that they have allowed [ … ]
Thaxton And Associates Office And Retail Building by Griffin Enright Architects
This office building, a renovation to an owner-occupied building, engages the community with a dynamic street presence. Located on a busy thoroughfare, the design activates the exterior presence of the building with glazing to connect it with the neighborhood. Each office has a window that is shaped to direct views [ … ]
Parasol by AMA Andreas Mede Architect
“Parasol” is an open sculptural pavilion which generates power with its colored semi-transparent photo-voltaic roof structure; inspired by the traditional Chinese parasol and the nearby Na’Tian flower farm. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 First Award | Category: Landscape Design Architects: Andreas Mede Studio: AMA Andreas Mede Architect Country: [ … ]
South Park by Fletcher Studio
South Park is the oldest public space in San Francisco. Originally intended to be an English picturesque strolling park, it had fallen into disrepair and was been subject to ad-hoc improvements over the years. The South Park Improvement Association hired Fletcher Studio to work with the neighbors and community leaders [ … ]
The Untrodden Trail – Al Baqourah by Jude Abu El Ghanam
Capturing the exquisite abandoned & unreclaimed controversial land of Al-Baqourah, located on the Northern borderline between Jordan & Occupied Palestine by a journey that narrates the site’s story and uncovers the inaccessible fragments of the site which holds historical, natural & architectural significance. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 [ … ]
Coordenada by HADVD Arquitectos
The stone constructions of Quinta de Vilar, then denominated, go back to the middle 40’s and the beginning of the 50’s. At that time the owner’s house was built, followed by the adjacent buildings destined for farming: the cellar building for the production of wine, and buildings for petting, drying [ … ]
Edifício Sede Polopique by FGAR
The stone constructions of Quinta de Vilar, then denominated, go back to the middle 40’s and the beginning of the 50’s. At that time the owner’s house was built, followed by the adjacent buildings destined for farming: the cellar building for the production of wine, and buildings for petting, drying [ … ]
FECHAC Regional Offices by GRUPO ARKHOS
In a time of uncertainty and crisis, the counselors of the Chihuahua’s Businessmen Foundation, (FECHAC) for its acronym in Spanish, asked for an “emblematic or iconic” building for their Ciudad Juarez offices. A city trying to revert the negative image it has on the international community, being one of the [ … ]
Yellow Stage Events & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. by Urbane-The Design Workshop
“Design is no longer about the things you make, it’s about the stories you tell” The Yellow Stage : A Work Playground The Yellow Stage is an experiential marketing company of CHOICE for some of the TOP brands in the country such as Harley-Davidson India, Ray-Ban, BMW Motorrad, Oakley, LG, [ … ]
PIT3 TECHNOLOGY PARK by GRUPO ARKHOS
PIT3 project, from Monterrey Tech University, on their Chihuahua Campus. it’s an innovative project on many aspects. The building services Aeronautics and Automotive Design, two of their newest and more emblematic career offers. The building had to show innovation and vanguard. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention [ … ]
Government Office Building by Bharadwaj Bharadwaj & Associate
This project is an office building over 1,85,000 square meter being built on 43 acre site at a cost of 120 million US $ in New Delhi. For the design of the building and architectural competition was held and the design was selected as the best and is now taken [ … ]
XIANG SONG by Noontide Design.LTD
In order to build a scene of harvest during the fall, this restaurant allows you to find the straw facade which was made by aluminium , also set the gathered straw blocks surround the tables and chairs. Farming culture takes advantage of the vogue ”museum box ” to emphasis the [ … ]
Pagaku Residence by Kuvio Studio
The design brief given to us by the clients was to design a contemporary space that is functional, aesthetic and easy to maintain. Each bedroom occupant in this house had different needs and requirements, the challenge was to meet all of these while still maintaining unity throughout the home Urban [ … ]
Design & Staging To Sell by The Interiors NRD
The Interiors NRD, Natasha Rocca Devine is hired to stage a 3-bedroom apartment in Grand Canal Dock to sell. To start, Agent Owen Reilly and Natasha discuss the plans for her staging pre-project. Throughout the project, Natasha shares tips to ‘stage’ and assist your home in selling both faster and [ … ]