Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Cool Design News.

Brand: Minfang Yuan Project Type: Factory Experience Center Tag: Architecture

JAC Zunjie

Feixi New Energy Vehicle Intelligent Industrial Park is an office and industrial complex in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. The park covers 46,223.8 square meters and includes two office buildings, a canteen, an exhibition hall and a corridor building. Curved corridors link the modular building volumes and create a geometric dialogue between them. Parts of the curtain wall use vacuum glass and low emissivity glass to improve insulation and reduce glare. Rooftop greening, vertical greenery and ground level planting help regulate the local microclimate.

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Brand: Reacto Architect & Design Project Type: Office Complex Tag: Architecture

Prestige Life

Prestige Life is an office and commercial complex located in Seyhan, Adana, Turkey. The building stands on a plot of 2835 square meters and has a total construction area of 3500 square meters, arranged over a basement, a ground floor and two upper floors. The structure is reinforced concrete, and the facade uses precast concrete panels. Large glazing units bring in daylight, while vertical sunshades reduce heat gain. The ground floor forms a continuous pedestrian route with commercial units, and a bridge links the upper floors. Terraces and courtyards support light and interaction.

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Brand: Ahmed Habib Project Type: House Tag: Architecture

Tropical Frame

Tropical Frame House is a contemporary project in Kuwait, developed on a 600 sqm plot, redefining the relationship between architecture, climate, culture and human experience. A perforated volcanic stone envelope forms a protective frame that filters light, air, and views while reducing solar heat gain. Shaped by water, tropical planting, and shaded courtyards, a moderated microclimate emerges within. A glass bottom suspended pool allows natural light to pass through water into interior planting zones, casting dynamic reflections that animate the interior and deepen the spatial experience.

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Brand: TOMOHIRO ARAKI Project Type: Cafe and Small Gallery Tag: Architecture

Kunamiterrace Sunset

Kunamiterrace Sunset is a permanent beach house in Iwami Town, in the north of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, next to a geopark national park. The two-story wooden building holds a cafe with sunset views and a small gallery for solo exhibitions by local artists. The exterior is burnt cedar, the roof is galvalume steel sheet and the interior is structural plywood, so the building matches the local streetscape. A high reinforced concrete base protects the structure from strong northerly winds. Terrace seating is limited to keep the scale modest.

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Brand: Yuchen Qiu Project Type: Education Building Tag: Architecture

The Weave

The Weave is an education building created through the adaptive reuse of an H-plan masonry public school in New York City, USA. The central connector is removed and replaced with a mass timber and low iron glass atrium that forms a shared learning commons. Learning is organized as a cycle of instruction, practice, and discussion or reflection. The commons links these modes with visible circulation, study edges, and gathering steps. Daylight and clear orientation aid daily use. Reuse of the masonry shell and timber construction reduce embodied carbon and construction waste.

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Brand: Meng Zhao Project Type: Musical Art Center Tag: Architecture

North Light

The Light of the North is a musical art center in Saynatsalo, Finland. The building has a gross floor area of 2000 square meters and includes a concert hall. The design follows the language of the nearby town hall and adds modern functions for the local community. The entrance facade combines perforated brick walls with a glass curtain wall, and the bricks are set in varied patterns. Curved wooden panels join walls and ceilings, spread natural light softly and improve the acoustics of the concert hall. The center serves children, elderly people and young residents.

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Brand: A Tasarim Mimarlik Project Type: Mixed Use Residential Complex Tag: Architecture

Goktekin Q1

Located on Turgut Ozal Boulevard in Adana, Goktekin Q1 is a mixed use residential project shaped by the natural slope of the site. Commercial units open directly to the boulevard, supporting pedestrian use and daily street life. Housing is placed on a landscaped podium that forms a shared garden. This organization separates street level functions and residential areas while maintaining visual continuity. The project proposes a balanced relationship between the boulevard and residential living.

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Brand: Greentown China Holdings Limited Project Type: Lifestyle Lab Tag: Architecture

Slab Hill

Slab Hill is a lifestyle center built in Changsha, China. The building covers 2071 square meters and is formed from 45 umbrella-shaped structural units. Three unit sizes, based on a three meter module, are combined into a plan that can grow. Almost all interior walls are removed, so the spaces between the umbrella columns stay open and flowing. The umbrella surfaces are clad in glass fiber reinforced concrete with a horizontal cascading texture in earthy colors. The intent is to place a small artificial hill within an everyday suburban landscape.

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Brand: Ke Chen, Mengxi Xu and Jiahua Xu Project Type: Vacation House Tag: Architecture

Mio Path of Water

Mio Path of Water is a vacation house designed for the rainy coastal climate of Yakushima, Japan. Guests arrive under a covered entrance and pass through a dry rain porch into a living and dining core that faces the ocean. Three bedroom suites branch off as quiet rooms, each with a private bathroom, so groups can share the house without losing privacy. A spa follows a simple loop of sauna, cold plunge, bath and cooling terrace. The structure combines steel with an exposed heavy timber roof, and charred cedar cladding protects the facade.

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Brand: Jie Li Project Type: Art Center Tag: Architecture

Lacquer Art Experience Pavilion

Lacquer Art Experience Pavilion is a cultural building located in Fengshou village, Shanghai. The pavilion contains exhibition spaces, artist studios, a tea room and courtyards open to visitors and villagers. Local houses use white walls and grey sloping roofs. The pavilion follows this local practice with six groups of separate sloping roofs and white painted facades. Narrow gaps between the roof volumes form small alleys and squares. Sunlight, air and views pass through these gaps freely. Long windows on the north and south sides support natural ventilation.

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Brand: Seiwa Corporation Co., Ltd. Project Type: Collective House Tag: Architecture

F Tour

F Tour is a collective housing building in Abiko City, Japan. The 14-story structure uses a reinforced concrete and steel hybrid frame with prefabricated modular units. Balcony depths vary from 1 to 2.5 meters, and transparent glass rails frame views toward Lake Tega. Shared floors on the ground and intermediate levels, a rooftop terrace, and observation rooms inspired by bird hides support daily contact with nature and neighbors. The layered plan links private homes, shared areas, and the surrounding city and parks.

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Brand: Viktar Varabei Project Type: Office Tag: Architecture

Lumen Cube

Lumen Cube is a commercial development that seamlessly balances business efficiency with a substantial contribution to the urban environment. It creates a bright, creative, and inspiring space for people. The fully glazed central atrium is the main highlight flooded with daylight by day and glowing warmly at night. The dynamic cubic composition with protruding glass volumes gives the building visual lightness and a distinctly modern character. Open green terraces, flexible office layouts, and energy-efficient solutions make Lumen Cube a prime example of modern, comfortable architecture.

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