Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on 8 Pixels Design Blog.

Designer: Chester WL Goh Design: Mobile Home Tag: Architecture

Time Holiday

Time Holiday is a series of mobile homes that can be transported to varied terrains without the need for a foundation. The outer shell is a curved, one-piece fiberglass structure suited to different climates and topographies. Floor-to-ceiling double-layer laminated insulating glass gives 360-degree views of the surroundings. A pull-out drawer mechanism expands the guest room on site and retracts the volume for shipping. The prefabricated frame is assembled within a day, which reduces construction waste and building time.

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Designer: Art Nesterenko Design: Residential Multi-Unit Tag: Architecture

The Rossmore

The Rossmore is a residential apartment building designed for Hancock Park in Los Angeles. The building has twelve stories, sixty-eight units and a total area of 9,290 square meters, with two subterranean parking levels. Cross laminated timber panels are used for floors, walls and roofing, making The Rossmore one of the first mid-high-rise timber apartment buildings in the city. High-performance concrete cladding panels with sculptural elements form the facades. The design follows Art Deco principles found in the surrounding neighborhood.

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Designer: Boonlert Hemvijitraphan Design: House Tag: Architecture

Blind

Blind is a private house in Bangkok, Thailand, designed as a quiet sanctuary for living and for the practice of meditation. The glazed ground floor holds an open plan living and dining area set between a reflective pond and a sculptural hill. The hill, inspired by origami, covers a sunken garage and a shrine. A long concrete plane rests on the transparent facade, so the upper floor appears to float above the landscape. The upper level is clad in a steel lattice that offers privacy and filters sunlight into the two bedrooms.

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Designer: Tomasz Konior Design: Headquarters Tag: Architecture

Press Glass

Press Glass is an office headquarters building set on a green plateau in Konopiska, Poland. The ground floor plan is an equilateral triangle with a span of 80 metres and encloses an inner courtyard. Offices are placed along the outer facade, while relaxation and open space zones surround the courtyard, so each workplace receives daylight and views of the landscape. Concrete, steel and glass form the structure, and prestressed concrete allows wide spans. Fan-shaped terraces and natural colours blend the building into the surrounding land.

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Designer: Edoardo Milesi Design: Concert Hall Tag: Architecture

Fondazione Bertarelli

Forum Fondazione Bertarelli is a concert hall for 350 people on the slopes of Mount Amiata in the Tuscan Maremma, Italy. The hall has an organic shape based on golden proportions, so sound is amplified by the form and by natural materials instead of mechanical systems. The main structure is coloured reinforced concrete, covered with insulating materials and bricks, while curved oxidised steel plates guide visitors towards the foyer. The building stands within an olive grove and replaces an earlier plan for nine residential buildings on the same site.

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Designer: Soheil Afshar Mohammadian Design: private residential Tag: Architecture

The Bridge House

The Bridge House is a private residence built on a steep slope facing a valley. Interconnected grid bridges link the house to different parts of the site, so no clear boundary is set between the building and nature. The design is inspired by the linear terraces of local architecture. The building is raised above the ground and given a porous form to address the high humidity of the area. The facade has operable sliding panels with louvers that control light and heat and also provide privacy. Reclaimed ceramic tiles, granite and glass are used in the interior.

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Designer: SHUNSUKE OHE Design: Columbarium Tag: Architecture

Place of Reunion

A columbarium attached to a temple.It was designed and constructed with respect for Japanese traditions, inheriting traditional Japanese designs and techniques. The first thing you see when you enter the building is the elliptical symbolic monument with a three dimensional curved surface. It is lit by spotlights installed on the ceiling and floor. Another highlight is the wooden coffered ceiling, which is equipped with indirect lighting that emits light toward the ceiling from all four sides. It also incorporates modern elements, making it a design that blends old and new.

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Designer: Shanghai PTArchitects Design: Showroom Tag: Architecture

Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking

Yuexiu Hanyang Starry Winking is a sales center designed to be converted into a kindergarten after the selling period ends. The building is located in the Hanyang District of Wuhan, China, near the Yangtze River. The design concept draws on the natural landscape and the water culture of Wuhan. A modular facade with rhythmic changes suits the units of the future kindergarten and forms a playful surface. Prefabricated glass-fiber reinforced cement panels were assembled on site to reduce visible joints and ease cleaning. Water flows from the building into the surrounding landscape.

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Designer: jintao li Design: Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Tianmianshang

Tianmianshang is a pavilion located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. The pavilion stands behind an orange grove and offers a calm place to rest in nature. The design questions the usual distinction between floor, roof and ceiling, and between inside and outside. Undulating floor and roof surfaces form several threshold spaces. Four main walls are joined by two irregularly placed concrete walls and concrete columns, which blur spatial boundaries and add layers to the interior. The roof is a single lightweight steel structure with clean lines.

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Designer: Wsp Architects Design: Multifunctional Offices Tag: Architecture

Linkong Biomedical Park

Linkong Biomedical Park is a research and production complex for the life science and biotechnology industry in Zhengzhou, China. The park includes an incubation and experiment center, pilot production buildings, large production plants, an exhibition center, a conference and catering center and living facilities. A central landscape belt divides the site into two zones and improves the efficiency of use. The plan is inspired by the double helix of DNA. Floor heights, column spans, structural loads and waste water treatment follow the technical needs of biomedical work.

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Designer: Hiroaki Iwasa Design: Reception Hall of Temple Tag: Architecture

Kouunji Kyakuden

The project was a reconstruction of the 140 years old reception hall, which was one of the facilities of the Buddhist temple Kouunji. The old reception hall had been loved by the local community for a long period; however, due to its severe damage over the years, it needed to go through reconstruction. The architect solved these issues by updating and harmonizing, also devising some systems to pass on the memory of local community to the next generation. As a result, not only did the new reception hall achieve a sense of nostalgia but also a presence in the historical context.

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Designer: Zhubo Design CO., LTD. Design: Pavilion Tag: Architecture

Coastal

Coastal Mansion is a mixed-use public pavilion on the shore of Tong'anwan Bay in Xiamen, China. The building holds spaces for exhibition, reading and physical exercise, and also serves as a station on the coastal walkway. The ground floor is left open and free for public activities, linking the interior directly with the surrounding landscape. The facades are formed by horizontal grilles of aluminum panels. Each grille is rotated to a set angle, so the amount of daylight matches the function behind it.

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