Architecture

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

Brand: Peter Kuczia Project Type: Sun and Rain Protection For Walkways Tag: Architecture

Sunopy

The Sunopy project introduces an innovative solution for hot climate cities: a sun harvesting canopy providing pedestrian shelter while generating clean energy. Utilizing a biodegradable bamboo structure with glass photovoltaic panels, it offers rapid installation on steel screw foundations. Designed for aesthetic appeal and sustainability, its modular design allows for flexible adaptation to various urban environments. With the first segment planned for implementation in Malaysia, Sunopy promises to revolutionize urban landscapes, offering a scalable, eco friendly linear power plant.

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Brand: Ruben Segovia Project Type: Housing Tag: Architecture

Seremonia Selva

Seremonia Selva seamlessly integrates architecture with nature, aspiring to cultivate a symbiotic relationship between the built environment and the surrounding ecosystem. At its core, the project embodies a vision where housing units coexist harmoniously with amenities tailored for both physical and mental well-being. Through meticulous volumetric operations, the units are strategically positioned along the plot's edge, thereby delineating an inviting urban environment that seamlessly merges with the lush greenery of the central patio.

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Brand: Archiland Project Type: Museum Tag: Architecture

Samaranch Memorial

Samaranch Memorial is a museum built to commemorate Samaranch and to present the Olympic spirit. The design is derived from the five Olympic rings. Two intersecting circles form the main building, while three further circles become sunken courtyards that hold additional sporting spaces. The infinity shaped form contains a ramping loop that links the entrance, exhibition areas, roof gardens and service functions in one sequence. The memorial also includes a lecture hall, a temporary exhibition hall and a winter garden. Daylight was studied in detail to reduce energy use.

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Brand: GEORGI KATOV Project Type: Event Space and Residential Architecture Tag: Architecture

Dot Sofia

Dot Sofia is a mixed use building for events and urban living in Sofia, Bulgaria. The two volume structure holds a contemporary art and events space, a signature restaurant and residential units. Dot Sofia stands in the historic market district, an area long linked to trade and neglected in recent decades. The facade is made of rusted steel and recalls the aged materiality of the neighborhood. Oversized shutters open and close, following the rhythm of market life. The building was completed in 2023 and has a gross floor area of 1576 square meters.

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Brand: ZIZU ARKI Development and Construction Project Type: Residence Building Tag: Architecture

Splendid View

Splendid View is a group of six villas built in Linkou, Taiwan. Each villa has four and a half floors, a private elevator and a garage on the ground floor. The structure is reinforced concrete, and the site area is 975.2 square meters. The materials include low-emissivity laminated glass, Viscount White stone, Japanese wood grilles and kiln-fired wood pattern tiles. Large floor-to-ceiling windows bring daylight into the interior. Planting on the balconies and in a green corridor raises the green coverage to 40 percent.

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Brand: Daniel de Amorim Project Type: Residential and Commercial Building Tag: Architecture

Maestria

A sophistication of living well. Mastery, which in Portuguese is called Maestria, comes from the power to do something with excellence. And that's how this project was shaped, the brutality of reinforced concrete being faceted by metal, the video, the textures, lighting, and light forms making the building transform into a sculpted jewel, shining and being embraced by the nature that surrounds it. The perfect work so that it is possible to combine the tranquility of living and the grandeur of being able to be master.

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Brand: Yoshiaki　Tanaka Project Type: Clinic Tag: Architecture

Warm Transparency

Conventionally, a hospital tends to be a space that has poor natural color or material due to artificial structure material to improve the functionally and the efficiency. Therefore, patients feel that they are being apart from their daily life. A consideration for a comfortable environment where patients can spend and free from stress, should be taken. TSC architects provide an open, comfortable space by setting an L-shaped open ceiling space and the large eaves by using a plenty of wood material. The warm transparency of this architecture connects people and medical services.

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Brand: Peter Kuczia Project Type: Residential Building Tag: Architecture

Solarlux House Mondsee

Set against the stunning scenery of Lake Mondsee, this architectural project embodies sustainability and technological progress. Constructed entirely from cross laminated timber (CLT), the house blends seamlessly into its surroundings. The integrated photovoltaic panels on the roof efficiently capture solar energy, while geothermal probes are responsible for heating. The automatic systems control the natural ventilation and heating. With its focus on environmentally friendly materials and energy-efficient mechanisms, this wooden house offers a modern yet harmonious refuge.

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Brand: Lars Gitz Architects Project Type: Student Housing Tag: Architecture

BaseCamp Lyngby

BaseCamp Lyngby is a student housing campus built on a relatively flat site within a green neighborhood in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. The building rises gradually from ground level to a maximum height of six floors. A serpentine path runs along the full length of the roof, where gardens and small trees form a park-like landscape open to residents and visitors. The curved form wraps around several small courtyards, creating defined and intimate spaces where students can meet, read or relax. The green roof also buffers rainwater and reduces energy use.

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Brand: Minwoo Ahn Project Type: Complex Commercial Space Tag: 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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Brand: Yun Lu Project Type: Visitor Center Tag: 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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Brand: Tengyuan Design Project Type: Ocean Park Tag: Architecture

Rizhao

Rizhao is an ocean park that combines an aquarium with a plant and bird park. The design was inspired by the golden sea surface at sunrise. A non-linear parametric method shapes soft patterns that recall ripples on the water. The aquarium facade is clad in golden perforated aluminum panels, while the plant and bird park is enclosed by a glass curtain wall. A spherical single-layer grid skylight with a span of 40 meters crowns the aquarium, and natural light reaches more than 60 percent of the water body. Visiting routes and pools are interspersed to create varied exhibition spaces.

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