Building Design
FLDArchitectural approaches to designing buildings that serve communities, adapt to change, and integrate multiple functions.
Building design encompasses the conception and development of structures that respond to human needs and environmental contexts. This includes residential, civic, and institutional projects that balance aesthetic intention with practical functionality.
The community explores adaptive reuse and hybrid programs that combine living, working, and public spaces. Projects range from medium-density housing and community facilities to artist studios and music academies, examining how building form, materiality, and spatial organization can support diverse uses and evolving communities.
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View all 307 journalsBayside Haven: A Stepped Hong Kong Tower Hollowed by an Atrium to Hold Nature at Its Core
A residential tower in Hong Kong treats people and nature as intertwined forces, then tests that idea through a carved void, lofted units and living walls.
atelier iso Designs and Builds a Timber House on a Long-Vacant Corner Plot in the Village of La Claye
In La Bretonnière-la-Claye, a 79 m² timber house fills a long-empty village corner, borrowing local gables and stone walls without imitating them.
Studio Locomotive Builds a Khao Lak Restaurant Around a Wall of Salvaged Tin-Miner Roof Tiles
In Phang Nga, Thailand, Waankarn pairs board-formed concrete halls with breathing timber louvers and an archive of Takua Pa's tin-mining past.
23 SUL Digs Down and Opens Up a São Paulo House Instead of Stacking a Second Story on Top
In São Paulo, 23 SUL exposes timber trusses, strips old brick and excavates a meter into the ground to grow a one-story house without adding a floor.