Architecture

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Brand: Joaquín Design Type: Family Housing Category: Architecture

Montecarmelo Townhouses

Montecarmelo Townhouses is a family housing project in Madrid, Spain. The design responds to a neighbourhood of terraced houses with a repetitive and aligned appearance. The facades are covered with rough brick screens that shade the interiors from the sun. The idea comes from traditional sun protection systems, such as the esparto blinds found in the vernacular architecture of southern and eastern Spain. The bricks are larger than the standard size and are laid vertically. The built area is 586.4 square metres. The work was carried out between October 2017 and March 2019.

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Brand: Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan Design Type: Social Housing Complex Category: Architecture

Radiance Iris

Radiance Iris is a social housing complex located in Bangalore, India. The project contains 77 row-houses arranged along a central spine path with ten branches. Each branch forms a courtyard shared by six homes. Six unit types range from 160 to 250 square meters. A semi-open clubhouse of 1400 square meters stands at the entrance, and an open park with an amphitheatre closes the other end. Ninety percent of the existing trees were preserved. Each home receives natural light and ventilation while privacy is maintained.

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Brand: Summer Chang Hin Cheong Design Type: Villa House Category: Architecture

Heart By Tree

Heart by Tree is a villa house located in Gunung Pulai, Malaysia. The villa is formed by four building blocks arranged around a central courtyard. Lawn and willow plants cover the bedroom roofs and improve heat insulation. Two tall ancestral trees were transplanted onto the site as a token of gratitude to the owner. Zinc and fiber form the chassis of the lawn roof, suited to the hot climate. Ceramic tiles, granite and glass discarded by factories were reused in the decoration. The layout follows the traditional courtyard house concept.

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Brand: Yun Lu Design Type: Landscape Residence Category: Architecture

Shandong Dongping

Shandong Dongping is a residential community in Dongping, Shandong Province, China. The plan is inspired by the movement of fish swarms. Surrounding landscape and buildings converge in a central landscape, forming a continuous shared space. All residential blocks face south to receive maximum sunlight. Large glass curtain walls on the south facade provide light and open views. Horizontal aluminium louvres on the north corridor facade form a partly opening surface. Staggered floor slabs create local diamond patterns. The design opens the ground level and sky gardens to shared use.

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Brand: Ardh Architects Design Type: Private Club House Category: Architecture

Majlis

Majlis is a private club house designed for hospitality in Dubai. The name Majlis is an Arabic term for a formal gathering space, and in Arabic culture the term also covers buildings made for private hospitality. The single storey building has an L-shaped plan on a plot of 60 by 60 meters. The layout includes formal and casual living and dining areas, two ensuite bedrooms, an office and a detached service block with a kitchen. Stone cladding, marble interiors, triple glazing and a shading canopy suit the desert climate.

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Brand: Michihiro Matsuo Design Type: Office Building Category: Architecture

WSG

This is the headquarters plan of a company that manufactures and sells weddings and tablecloths. He quotes the shape of the table and the softness of the cloth in the buildings and materials, structurally supports the large overhanging circular parts, and gives a sense of floating to create the future. The design is impressive with a large volume, but harmonized with the natural and local environments.

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Brand: Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy Design Type: Gold and Gem Trading Centre Category: Architecture

Doji Tower

Hanoi Doji Tower is a gold, gem and jewellery trading centre in central Hanoi. The building combines classical and modern styles in a diamond-shaped form. The base of six floors is tiled with natural marble. The seventh to the sixteenth floors form a large diamond block made of thousands of specially produced glass sheets, which create a distinct light effect. The tower has sixteen floors and three basements, with a total usable area of nearly 19,000 square metres. The first five floors hold a shopping centre for gold, gems and jewellery.

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Brand: Paul Bo Peng Design Type: Museum Category: Architecture

Wenzhou Urban Wetland

Wenzhou Urban Wetland is a museum located in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The building stands at the heart of a wetland area in the centre of the city. The main body of the museum is elevated, so the wetlands pass beneath it, and a boat tour area is provided. The layout of the exhibition halls follows the courtyard spaces of local dwellings. Changes in level let the lower wetland landscape blend into the upper courtyards. A roof garden forms a further layer. The building area is 20000 square metres.

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Brand: Fabio Su Design Type: Residential House Category: Architecture

The Mountain

The establishment is built and designed under the philosophy of mountains. The outlook of the villa is an imitation of Mountain Alishan. The French casements allow you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of mountain Alishan in any season of the year and Low-e glass is used for the eco-friendly residence. The main wall in living space used the nature stone with different depths in a clear and colorful way which connects to the view of Alishan mountain.

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Brand: Teruo Miyahara Design Type: Residence for Single Family Category: Architecture

Light Welling House

Light Welling House is a detached single family residence built on a narrow urban site in Tokyo. The site is small and irregular in shape, and natural light could not be drawn from the east or west sides. The stairs were therefore designed as a path of light. The steps are made of perforated metal and the stairwell has glass walls, so daylight reaches each room and is carried from the upper level down to the lower levels. The position of the stairs was set by calculating the altitude of the winter sun. The rooms are finished in white to spread the borrowed light further.

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Brand: Bonz Or Man Lai Design Type: Place To Celebrate Life Category: Architecture

Green Funeral Ceremony Center

Gather is a funeral ceremony center built in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. The building follows three stages of movement, named Leaving, Gathering and Connection. An exhibition space allows family and guests to view the deceased. A public atrium offers rest and reflection, with sunlight and tree shadows. A rooftop ash garden brings elements of nature to visitors. The structure combines human ashes with concrete, and recycled materials are used inside. The shapes recall two hands meeting. The intent is to ease grief and support social connection.

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Brand: DENG GUANG-HUEI Design Type: Multiple Functions Category: Architecture

Fulgent Cityscape

Fulgent Cityscape is a mixed-use building design that combines housing with a shopping mall. The concept is based on the numbers three and five. Three horizontal plates at the front extend into five streamlined structures. The form rises from the ground and reaches toward the skyline, ending in a spiral shape. Transparent glass links the interior and the exterior without altering the original structure. Metal baking varnish and plastic boards give a clean technical appearance. The proposal is set in an older urban area and is intended as a landmark for a science park.

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