Building Energy Simulation
Simulation tools and methods for analyzing building performance, energy consumption, and environmental impact.
Simplex Architecture Steps a Seoul Mid-Rise Tower to Negotiate Between Low-Rise Commerce and High-Rise Housing
In Seocho-dong, a gridded stone tower of terraces and sunken courtyards mediates between two radically different urban scales.
D Environmental Design System Laboratory Sinks an Ancient Pit Dwelling into a Passive House in Japan
In a quiet residential district of Iwata, a sunken garden replaces fire as the thermal heart of a cedar-framed home.
Topos Atelier Builds a Vineyard Gateway That Replaces Fences with Architecture in Northern Portugal
At Solar das Bouças in Amares, a 252 square meter entrance complex sets the formal vocabulary for an entire viticultural estate.
Shay Cleary Architects Lifts Ireland's Tallest Office Building on a Blue Steel Exoskeleton in Dublin
The Exo Building hovers seven meters above the Docklands, channeling the industrial memory of port cranes into a 17-storey commercial tower.
Bent Architecture Grows a Garden Pavilion from the Back of a Melbourne Period Home
In Victoria, Australia, an arbour-like timber addition dissolves the line between living room and garden across 227 square metres.
skimA Slots a Vertical Metal Tower into a Yeonnam-dong Brick House to Make It Mixed Use
A 292-square-meter renovation in Seoul's cafe-lined Yeonnam-dong grafts a new circulation spine onto a low-rise residential shell.
Paz Arquitectura Wraps a Guatemala City Mixed-Use Tower in Rotating Timber Fins
A five-story building in Guatemala City uses alternating wooden louvers and art collaborations to open up to its urban context.
Team MIMO Builds a Glue-Free Timber Housing Prototype for the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal
A compact two-storey research building made of solid wood modules tests how minimal material impact can yield maximum communal output.
NAC Arquitectos Wraps Twin Valencia Towers in Spiraling Ribbon Balconies
Saler Homes places 27-story residential volumes at the city's southern edge, framing views from farmland to the Mediterranean Sea.
Downie North Architects Grafts a Japanese Minka Roof onto a Sydney Federation Bungalow
In Mosman's conservative suburban fabric, an oversized zinc canopy shelters new multi-level living spaces behind an intact heritage frontage.
Damith S Munasinghe Folds Studio and Home into a Single 2400-Square-Foot Continuum in Sri Lanka
On a compact site in rapidly urbanizing Malabe, courtyards, portals, and planted rooftops blur the line between dwelling and design practice.
Longwave Studio Turns a Tainan Penthouse Into a Ritual of Departure and Return
A two-level apartment in Tainan reimagines storage as architectural facade and choreographs the daily act of coming home.
