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Beach Cabin on the Baltic Sea Hospitality

Peter Kuczia Hospitality Architecture

Beach Cabin on the Baltic Sea

This small diner on a Baltic Sea beach near Gdansk with its simple form fits naturally into the beach environment. The building offers two areas: an opaque part with windows and a fully glazed winter garden. The transparent glass house not only offers an unrestricted view of the sea and the beach but also uses solar energy in a passive way to improve indoor comfort in a relatively cool climate in northern Poland. The Solarlux system construction of the winter garden with its slim wood-aluminum profiles enables a filigree effect.

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Taizhou Z Center Office Building

gad Office Building Architecture

Taizhou Z Center

Taizhou Z Center is an office building with commercial areas in the central business district of Taizhou, Zhejiang. The L-shaped main slab building rises 90 meters and extends along Shifu Avenue. Cantilevered and overhead volumes create sheltered space for shops on the ground floor. A diagonal path crosses the site and links the high-rise and the shopping center. The main building and neighboring buildings enclose an open public square. Glass and perforated aluminum panels wrap the folded plate facade. A sky garden divides the two functional blocks and offers a shared view of the landscape.

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Valiant Residence Housing

Serhan Pacaci Residence Housing Architecture

Valiant

Valiant is a four storey residential building located in the Altintas district of Antalya. The design takes inspiration from the layered forms of the nearby cliffs and their contour lines. Each floor slab is shifted forward or backward by 1.20 to 2.70 metres, which provides shading, privacy and a private green terrace for every unit. The structure uses a reinforced concrete frame, with high performance glass and glass fibre reinforced concrete panels on the facade. The plot covers 1,154 square metres, and floor areas range from 275 to 400 square metres.

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The House of Breathing Void Residential Home

Sylvia Georgiadou and Katerina Vagianou Residential Home Architecture

The House of Breathing Void

House of the Breathing Void is a residential house organized around a central atrium. The atrium acts as an open void where air and light circulate freely, forming the environmental core of the home. The atrium also creates a continuous dialogue between interior and exterior spaces. The house follows bioclimatic principles, with a clear southern orientation that captures sunlight, supports passive heating and encourages natural ventilation. The same orientation gives the building a diagonal form, a response that is both spatial and climatic.

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Forest Archetype House

Genta TAKANO House Architecture

Forest Archetype

Forest Archetype is a residential project that translates the spatial order of a forest into a compact architectural form. The design is organized through a layered structural system rather than conventional room divisions. Vertical structural elements define movement and activities while maintaining visual continuity across the interior. This layered composition creates open voids and semi outdoor spaces that support flexible daily use. Through clear structural logic and spatial sequencing the house achieves richness and openness while remaining restrained in scale.

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Haus am See Residential House

Carlos Zwick Residential House Architecture

Haus am See

Haus Am See is a residential house built beside a lake in Potsdam, Germany. The building rests on a steel skeleton carried by 40 diagonal stilts set on ten separate foundations, so the centuries old trees on the site remain untouched. One tree grows through the house. Ceilings, floors and walls are made of pine wood, the thermal insulation is cellulose fiber, and the facade is formed of narrow vertical larch slats. The roof surfaces are planted. Sliding windows three meters high and seven meters wide open the living spaces toward the water.

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Puente 75 Residential House

Enrique Leal Residential House Architecture

Puente 75

Puente 75 is a residential house located in Monterrey, Mexico. The house covers 1,690 square meters and reinterprets the Mexican hacienda, with a central green courtyard from which the rooms unfold. Each bedroom is a self contained suite with a full bathroom and an individual walk in closet. Natural and local materials are used, including stone from the same mountain range, walnut wood, Santo Tomas marble and porfido stone. Double clay brick walls with insulation improve thermal comfort. The layout balances shared areas and private spaces for the family.

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Super Park Complex Public Buildings

MadeMake Architects Public Buildings Architecture

Super Park Complex

Super Park Complex is a science park built on a mountainous site in Chongqing, China. The complex covers 240000 square meters and is organized into six connected functional zones for working, living and leisure. Aerial corridors link the zones, and public green spaces support community interaction. Recycled local materials, modular prefabricated steel structures and vertical greening systems were used. Green coverage exceeds 60 percent, and sponge city measures control 85 percent of surface runoff. The design joins technology and nature in one community.

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City Above The Clouds Multifunctional Office

gad Multifunctional Office Architecture

City Above The Clouds

City Above the Clouds is a mixed-use office and commercial complex in Hangzhou. Four main buildings are stacked on two-storey circular commercial podiums, and the arrangement forms a central green park. The ground level has several entrances that connect the complex to the surrounding city. Glass curtain walls give the facades a calm and open appearance. A vertical greening system links shared spaces on different levels. The combination of work areas, shops and social spaces supports a balanced way of working and living.

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Nadir Resort

Paolo Demel Resort Architecture

Nadir

Nadir is a resort set within the Atacama Desert, designed as architecture that appears quarried from the terrain. Low rectilinear volumes sit tight to the rock, forming deep loggias, wind protected courts and shaded thresholds. Water is used as a cooling mirror, exterior basins reflect the canyon sky, while sunken pools occupy carved chambers. Interiors are shaped by stratified stone surfaces and oculus openings that admit controlled daylight, reducing glare and heat. A restrained palette of sand colored masonry, recessed lighting and minimal furnishings emphasizes shelter and expansive view.

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Resurgence Church

ZEHUA ZHANG Church Architecture

Resurgence

Resurgence is a new church in Altadena responding to post wildfire reconstruction needs. The design references the surrounding mountains through vertical, sculpted forms. Concrete, glass, and landscaped courtyards define the interior spaces, bringing daylight and creating calm environments. The project combines worship areas with community facilities, providing spaces for both spiritual practice and social interaction. It reflects local context while accommodating diverse community activities.

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Stilleness Guest House

Michihiro Matsuo Guest House Architecture

Stilleness

Stilleness is a three-story guest house built on a very small plot in central Osaka, Japan. Living spaces are placed on the upper floors, while the ground floor holds a garage. Traditional Japanese features are reinterpreted through exterior tiles that resemble roof tiles, latticework and a central courtyard garden. A Goemon bath and an alcove are combined with modern facilities. The steel frame structure meets urban fire and earthquake requirements. The courtyard allows greenery to be seen from every floor, so the narrow site gains a sense of depth and calm.

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