Architecture

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

Brand: Ziye Wu Project Type: Renovation Tag: Architecture

Sun Shed

Sun Shed is the renovation of an agricultural shed into a banquet hall on an ecological farm in Jiangsu, China. The layout replaces the common middle-axis plan with a circular arrangement that radiates from a central stage, so guests are seated without primary and secondary positions. Twelve tree-shaped columns woven from yellow-brown bamboo hide the original steel pillars and form a forest within the hall. Yew seedlings grown on the farm surround the space. The renovated hall also hosts meetings, performances and other social events.

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Brand: BORD Architectural Studio Project Type: International School of Debrecen Tag: Architecture

Gearing

The conceptual circle shape of the International School of Debrecen symbolizes protection, unity and community. The different functions appear like connected gears, pavilions on a string arranged on an arc. The fragmentation of space creates a variety of community areas between the classrooms. The novel space experience and the constant presence of nature help students in creative thinking and manifesting their ideas. The pathways leading to the offsite educational gardens and the forest complete the circle concept creating an exciting transition between the built and natural environment.

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Brand: Rafael Contreras Project Type: Mixed Use Buildings Tag: Architecture

Marion Park Masterplan

Marion Park aims to be an iconic architectural landmark in Canberra, embodying environmental, social, and governance standards. Inspired by indigenous landscapes, its organic buildings mirror local terrain. The park-like setting, enhanced through First Nations’ design contributions, offers diverse spaces. Housing options prioritize sustainability and affordability, aiming for Net Zero energy usage. Compliant with city plans, it preserves Parliament House's prominence while enhancing the urban fabric.

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Brand: Hyp-Arch Design Project Type: Sales Center Tag: Architecture

Poly The Sky Garden

Poly The Sky Garden is a modular and detachable sales center in Putian, Fujian, China. The building covers 300 square meters and is formed by six modular parts that are joined with special screws and customized waterproofing measures. Silver-white metal panels, ultra-white glass and terrazzo give the volume a light and reflective appearance above the water. A steel pile foundation system limits interference with the site. When the service period ends, the modules are detached, transported and reassembled at a new location for direct reuse.

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Brand: Tengyuan Design Project Type: Exhibition Center Tag: Architecture

Langting Mansion

Yuzhou Langting Mansion is an exhibition center built in Qingdao, China. The design takes its inspiration from layered mountains, water and clouds. The roof follows the shape of rising and falling peaks and is clad in dark grey metal verge boards. The central part uses antique copper drawn aluminium squares to suggest multiple ranges of hills, set against a glass curtain wall. A mirror water pool connects the building with the site and completes the view. The planning follows the ritual order, the central axis and the courtyards of the ancient city of Jimo.

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Brand: Qun Wen Project Type: Sales Office Tag: Architecture

Shanxiao

The designer aimed for visitors to experience the artistic conception of ‘hidden in nature.’ the entire project has two parts, the sales office and the commercial area. the sales office is a smaller part of the building, but is executed with an exquisite and delicate aesthetic. it is naturally engraved and hidden in nature, thus highlighting the concept of ‘seclusion’.

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Brand: PARALLAX Project Type: Weekend Getaway Tag: Architecture

House On Pipes

A grid of slender steel pipes laid out in a staggered manner minimise the building footprint while providing the rigidity and stability to hoist the living space above this. In keeping with the minimalist icon approach, this farmhouse has been designed within the framework of the existing trees to reduce the internal heat gain. This has been further aided by the intentional staggering of the Fly ash blocks on the facade with the resultant void and shadow naturally cooling the building. Elevating the house also ensured that the Landscape was uninterrupted and the views were unrestricted.

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Brand: SHUNSUKE OHE Project Type: Residential House Tag: Architecture

Majestic

This building stands on a sloping site, the second floor is the public zone, including the entrance, living room, dining room, and kitchen, while the first floor is the private zone, including the couple's bedroom and children's room. As mentioned above, the entrance is on the second floor, and because the building is on a slope, the facade looks like a one-story house. The exterior is finished with black natural slate stone and marble-like tiles on the exterior walls and fences, and accented with wooden latticework and white paint to create a stately yet moderately soft atmosphere.

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Brand: Wey-Duan Luo, Tzu-Ping Chan Project Type: Reception Centre Tag: Architecture

ERC Autumn Village

ERC Autumn Village is a reception centre in Taipei, Taiwan. The building combines a bookstore, a cafe and a sales reception area within one space of 926 square metres. A skylight courtyard with a waxberry tree stands at the centre, surrounded by interlacing platforms of different floor heights. The steel structure has wooden floor slabs and an external brick wall fixed with H beams and metal parts. Seats, lighting and cabinets are custom made from recycled wood pallets. Flexible layouts allow exhibitions, lectures and forums to be held.

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Brand: Sirena Kiviranta Project Type: Sauna and Small Cottage Tag: Architecture

Drop Sauna and Drop Lodge

The stylishly designed Drop Sauna and Lodge come in black, white or natural wood colors. They are perfectly square with and eye catching large glass frontage signature styled in the shape of a drop. The wood employed is spruce-based cross-laminated timber which is an environmentally friendly, renewable and highly durable construction material. Drop outdoor Saunas and Lodges are meticulously crafted in Finland with the utmost attention to detail.

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Brand: Hayato Ishii Project Type: Hotel Tag: Architecture

Norm

The building is planned around the concept of chill and art, and is designed to provide a chill experience with family and friends, surrounded by nature and art, in a time that moves slowly. In order not to affect the building's surrounding environment, the exterior of the building is all in black to blend in with the natural surroundings. No wood is used for the finishing materials of the building, and natural trees are brought indoors as borrowed scenery, allowing visitors to enjoy the forest through the contrast between indoors and outdoors.

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Brand: Emilia Durka-Zielińska and Walenty Durka Project Type: Private Residential Tag: Architecture

The Da House

The Da House is an innovative, wooden, modular object made with certified solid wooden 3D construction, ecological certified materials, passive technology and mobile foundation. This dwelling combines the simplicity and quality of prefabricated construction, with the beauty and integrity of an aesthetic object. There are translated ecological and functional assumptions creating a ecological architecture. The priority of the project was the health of residents, high quality, no barriers house, ecology and the favorable microclimate provided by wood, cost of construction & exploitation.

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