Architecture

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

Designer: Hamidreza Khademi and Mina G.Jahromi Work: Office Classification: Architecture

Lakeside Workspace

The conceptualization of the Lakeside Office design had been rooted in a profound aspiration to establish a symbiotic relationship between the constructed milieu and the encompassing natural landscape. Through the seamless incorporation of the office tower within its scenic lakeside locale, the architects formulated a spatial configuration conducive to heightened productivity and the cultivation of employee well-being, achieved by fostering an immediate rapport with the surrounding natural elements.

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Designer: Fernando Valdez Work: Multi Unit Housing Classification: Architecture

Best in Black

Best in Black is a project that aims to create a new kind of residential building. The interior design of the apartments represents industrial design meeting Mexican architecture, the materials selected like wood, concrete and marble give the space a warm look and the palate of colors white and black represent the idea of the facade of the interior design. The four facades are clearly inspired in a random placement of the Tetris game shapes forming the walls and windows of the building, creating lighted atmospheres that generate comfort for the user.

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Designer: Kris Lin Work: Community Center Classification: Architecture

City Of Light

City of Light is a community center built in an old district of Shanghai, China. The building holds a gymnasium, a yoga classroom, a children's themed pavilion, a cafe, an art gallery, an elderly health center and a children's study area. The form follows the rhythm of the river in front of the site, so the facade is curved and continuous like moving water. Aluminum plates, an economical and common material, were shaped into a hyperboloid surface with the help of three-dimensional modeling. The open square in front invites residents to meet and interact.

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Designer: Eg MÜh Work: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Istanbul 245 House

The design team have been determined as serenely living naturalness. They have included a lot of natural wood and natural stones in architecture and interior design. Natural solid wood is a living material. Natural materials and natural tones are determined. The autumn breeze was strongly reflected in the spaces. Oak and walnut are the colors of our project that can be used with stone and rock. They were careful to keep their formal forms calm and simple to rich touches from time to time, blending them with matte brass and linear slats.

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Designer: Kris Lin Work: City Exhibition Hall Classification: Architecture

Snail Bay

Snail Bay is a city exhibition hall in Kunming, China, created through the reconstruction and reuse of old buildings. The hall covers 6800 square metres and presents the future development of the Snail Bay area. The external walls were removed while the original structure and spatial pattern were preserved. A large glass curtain wall faces the natural landscape and opens the interior view. Lake water is drawn into the building, where a regular pool overlaps visually with the lake surface. A corridor connects indoor and outdoor space.

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Designer: Minwoo Ahn Work: Complex Commercial Space Classification: Architecture

Park Avenue

Park Avenue specializes in relaxation and landscaping by providing open space and landscaping space, and connects adjacent linear parks. Through this, it was defined as an urban living room concept that is connected to the surrounding residential complex. As a living room in the city, it was planned to be a unique space of everyday life that provides inspiration to users by adding an extraordinary experience to the connection with the park and the relationship between pedestrians and vehicle users. Through this, users can enjoy convenience, taste, and style in their daily lives.

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Designer: Yun Lu Work: Visitor Center Classification: Architecture

Haikou West Coast Southern Park

Haikou West Coast Southern Park Visitor Center is a visitor center in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. The building has an elliptical form inspired by an oval pebble washed by the sea. The shape follows the streamlined landscape of the park and blends into the surrounding scenery. A continuous roof of white composite aluminium sheet links the indoor and outdoor areas and offers space for rest. The facade uses tempered hollow glass curtain walls with undulating perforated aluminium sunshades. The sunshades reduce direct sunlight and save energy.

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Designer: Nathan Fell Work: Duplex Classification: Architecture

Bienville

Logistics of this working family required them to be home indoors for long periods, which in addition to work and school became disruptive to their wellness. They began to contemplate, like many families, whether a move to the suburbs, exchanging proximity to city amenities for a larger backyard to increase outdoor access was necessary. Rather than moving far away, they decided to build a new house that would reconsider the limitations of indoor home life on a small urban lot. The organizing principle of the project was to create as much outdoor access from communal areas as possible.

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Designer: Shigetaka Mohizuki Work: Residential Classification: Architecture

Fuwaku

The building is a modern interpretation of traditional techniques and craftsmanship. The deep eaves of the sloping roof and the linear impression of the wooden latticework, combined with the painted walls, create a peaceful exterior atmosphere. The interior features a six-layered coffered ceiling composed of horizontal and vertical lines, and the beauty of the traditional painted walls and unique structural beauty expresses a Japanese sense of aesthetics and outstanding design.

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Designer: Torres Arquitetos Work: Residential Bulding Classification: Architecture

Borgio Verezzi

Borgio Verezzi is a residential building located in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The building has twenty-two floors, with one apartment per floor. Each apartment offers 280 square meters of private area and four suites. The form is a vertical monolith with volumes removed at the corners, where large balconies are placed. The balconies are extended to improve the view and the sunlight on each floor. Ceramic tiles, granite, exposed concrete and double glazing are used on the facades. Energy efficiency and water saving solutions are also applied.

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Designer: Chao Zhou Work: Homestay Classification: Architecture

The Peach Garden

In this project, the designer shows enough respect for the old house during the reconstruction. The addition part adopts the form of wood structure, which not only makes the connection between new and old buildings appear natural, but also makes the new part have a light feeling, as well as continuous space. At the foot of the mountains and the Great Wall, the transparent interface is impressive, especially when architecture and nature blend each other.

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Designer: C.M CHAO ARCHITECT&PLANNERS Work: Service Area Classification: Architecture

Heart of Dawu

Heart of Dawu is a highway service area built at Dawu Fishing Port in Taitung, Taiwan. The two-story building takes the image of a lighthouse, and its curved walls in earth tones link the blue sea in front with the green mountains behind. Reinforced concrete, wood and glass form the main structure. Reversed beams create space for planting, while the top floor holds a walkway and an observation deck facing the Pacific Ocean. The building provides resting areas and a center for local agricultural and fishery products, and presents the culture of Taitung to travelers.

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