Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Architecture Magazine.

Brand: ChungYeon Won Project Type: Art Gallery Tag: Architecture

Interpolation

Interpolation is an art gallery designed within Seokchon Lake Park in Seoul. The park contains a lake and two separate ring paths, one inner and one outer, divided by a four meter difference in elevation. The gallery forms an organic passage that links the two paths and creates a new gateway into the park. The building mass is clad in curved aluminum panels, and the deck that meets the landscape is finished in exposed concrete. Ground source heat pumps and roof photovoltaic panels reduce energy use. The intent is to bring art into daily life.

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Brand: KEREM Akin Project Type: Textile Factory Tag: Architecture

Bzj

Bzj is a textile factory in Bursa, Turkey, with a total floor area of 8000 square meters. Production, distribution and administrative functions are combined under one roof. A double facade wraps the building. Glass curtain walls and windows form the inner layer, and perforated aluminum panels form the outer layer. The perforated panels control natural light and heat through the day and the seasons. A prefabricated concrete structure was used for speed and economy. Structural, electrical and mechanical systems are left visible in the administration area.

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Brand: gad Project Type: Sales Center Tag: Architecture

Phoenix Mansion

Phoenix Mansion is a sales center in Chengdu, China. The building covers 200 square meters and is built with aluminum panels, glass and stone. The entrance is placed at a corner, where a long overhang forms a horizontal transitional space that invites visitors inside. Landscape elements in the front yard refer to classic Chinese gardens. Courtyards planted with bamboo are set on the east and west sides. The white central space has a sloped roof that reflects sunlight. French windows connect the interior and exterior spaces.

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Brand: Filippo Caprioglio Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Home PE3

Home PE3 is a residential house located in Cittadella, Padua, Italy. The design responds to the brick fortified walls of the historic medieval city. Two large walls clad in exposed brick define the form of the building and protect the interior toward the garden. A custom version of the MAAX brick was produced with a historic brick company and installed with a ventilation air gap, creating a breathing wall. The footprint is about 500 square meters, with a ground floor, a first floor and a basement for garage and cellar. The interior spaces are flexible and can change as the family grows.

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Brand: Tuomas Kivinen Project Type: Electricity Substation Tag: Architecture

Imatra GIS

Imatra GIS is an electricity substation set in the landscape of the Imatrankoski rapids in Eastern Finland. The project includes a substation building and five power pylons and terminals. The building has a concrete frame and double-skin facades. The outer layer is made of hand-made long bricks laid in a zig-zag profile and supported by a steel frame. The transmission structures are made of triangular welded steel profiles. The design breaks apart aspects of the built context and reassembles the elements in a new abstracted form, in balance with the surrounding landscape.

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Brand: Kyungsik Kim Project Type: Residence Tag: Architecture

Slope House

Slope House is a two-storey residence located on a gentle slope in Wonju city, South Korea. The main design concept is a sloped surface that works as both roof and facade. The roof gives a strong visual impact and recalls the slope of the Kam-Ak mountain near the site. A terrace is carved into the roof and faces the eastern mountain, offering wide views through the year. Zinc panels cover the roof and resist heavy snow, while light gray brick forms the walls. Corten steel joins the two materials. The gross built area is 187 square meters.

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Brand: Chikako Matsuo Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

The Belvedere

The Belvedere is a single-story house built on a hill in Okayama, Japan. The house is arranged like a museum, so that an art collection can be displayed and enjoyed every day. All the walls are made of brick, a simple finish that blends with the surrounding nature. The entrance wraps around the house, and the porch has a bright wood paneled ceiling. Towada stone from Akita Prefecture covers the entrance area. A flat corridor leads to a gallery space with artwork and decorative lighting. Two inner gardens and top lights bring daylight into the long plan.

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Brand: Yue Fei Zheng Project Type: Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Big Aplysia

In the process of urban development, it is inevitable that the same built environment will emerge. Traditional buildings can also seem drab and aloof. The appearance of special-shaped landscape architecture softens the relationship between people in the architectural space, becomes a place for sightseeing and activates the vitality.

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Brand: KEFENG SUN Project Type: Shower And Coffee Tag: Architecture

Renovation of Belight Camp House

Renovation of Belight Camp House is a campsite service center in Jingshan town, Hangzhou, China. Two small former forest protection houses were rebuilt to hold changing rooms, showers and a shared commercial space with a partial glass ceiling. The suspended second floor is wrapped in brushed wavy stainless steel plates, which reflect the colors and shapes of the surroundings. The first floor uses a cage wall filled with pine wood from the nearby forest. The intact roof and main structure were preserved, and all trees on the site were kept.

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Brand: Tetsuya Matsumoto Project Type: Internal Medicine Clinic Tag: Architecture

The OmniDirectional

The OmniDirectional is an internal medicine clinic located in a Japanese suburban town of Hyogo prefecture. The core of the clinic is the endoscopy room, naturally placing it in a central position both spatially and functionally. The entrance gives directly to the central axis of the waiting room, ending in the reception counter followed by a glass opening that showcases the endoscopy room. The materiality of the clinic also plays an essential role for highlighting the endoscopy room as the core of the building by contrasting the materiality of the exterior, interior, and the endoscopy room.

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Brand: Stephan Maria Lang Project Type: Privat Residence Tag: Architecture

House Elvesgarden

The project was an attempt to create something powerful without being loud. A sensitive place that gives tranquility and offers various perspectives to the surrounding nature. It is all about light and the countless approaches to its counterpart: the shadow. The house was build for a young widow as a retreat for her soul. The atmosphere is influenced by the Japanese culture of semi dark shadowed rooms where the colors seem damped and the glow comes from within. A world where darkness is full of warmth and profound colorfulness.

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Brand: Renaissance Planners & Designers Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

3G Home

3G Home is a residential house in Singapore, redesigned as a multi generation family home. The project keeps the existing two storey terrace structure and adds a third storey that is set back from the front, so the house does not tower over the neighbouring units. A pure white facade gives the building a calm and timeless look and helps keep the interior cool. The old roof tiles were replaced with a steel roof and skylights of treated glass that filters most of the heat. A powder coated steel screen shades the master bedroom balcony.

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