Building Simulation
Digital modeling and analysis of buildings to test performance, adaptability, and real-world behavior before construction.
Schapira Eskenazi's Montecarlo II Building Wraps a Curved Bauhaus Vision Around a Chilean City Block
Completed in 1962 in Viña del Mar, Chile, this residential slab folds a convex facade around collective green space near the Pacific coast.
ASA Studio Stacks Offices and Apartments in a Naturally Ventilated Brick Tower Above Kigali's Rooftops
A five-storey mixed-use building in Kacyiru proves that local materials and passive cooling can replace air conditioning in dense urban Africa.
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.
Estudio Tecalli Builds a 74 m² Studio House from Regional Brick for a Choreographer in Puebla
In a gated community of cookie-cutter housing near Cholula, a white Ajalpan brick house makes room for both living and dance.
WOVEN Architecture Layers a Waterfront Home into a Forested Hillside on Saanich Inlet
A 6,500-square-foot residence in Willis Point, BC nestles into steep terrain, trading spectacle for a quiet calibration of wood, earth, and water.
FHHH Friends Wraps a Seoul Music Academy in a Faceted White Shell That Echoes Its Interior Logic
A 1,270-square-meter preparatory academy in Seoul stacks soundproof practice rooms inside an angular volume that reshapes its block.
Atelier FCJZ Builds Four Houses That Blur Classicism and Modernism at a Ningbo Lakeside Campus
Conceived in the 1990s and realized three decades later, four board-formed concrete studio-houses sit among autumn trees beside Dongqian Lake.
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.
Vallribera Arquitectes Tucks a Full Family Home Inside a Single-Storey Row House Near Barcelona
A blue steel mezzanine, exposed brick, and clever passive strategies turn a modest Vallès terrace into an A-rated family home.
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.
XAUAT Wraps a Rural Chinese Dwelling in Glass Bricks and Passive Climate Strategy
A renovated village house in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, fuses Guanzhong vernacular traditions with zero-carbon heating and rainwater systems.
FGR Architects Folds a Concrete Curtain Around a Layered Toorak Residence
In Melbourne's leafy east, rippling concrete fins wrap a split-level dwelling that trades suburban spectacle for slow, private revelation.
