Built Environment Interiors
FLDInterior design and spatial planning for residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings that shape how people live and work.
Built environment interiors encompasses the design of interior spaces within larger architectural projects, from residential complexes to office buildings and adaptive reuse projects. Designers working in this area consider how spatial planning, materiality, and functional programming create environments that support daily life and work.
The community explores interior architecture across diverse typologies and scales, including residential conversions, commercial office spaces, mixed-use urban developments, and the transformation of industrial buildings into new programs. Projects range from intimate single-family homes to large-scale institutional interiors that serve hundreds of users.
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Public Architecture and Design Extend UBC's Biodiversity Centre with a Brick Wing around a Garden Courtyard
On Vancouver's Point Grey campus, a pale brick addition gives researchers labs, collections and classrooms that open onto a planted courtyard.
Cambra Buró Sets a Kuwaiti Coastal Villa on a Sculpted Travertine Plinth and Lets the Upper House Float
In Abu Al Hasaniya, Kuwait, a 3,000 sqm seaside villa pairs a heavy stone base with clay, cork and walnut to work with the Gulf climate.
IGArchitects Wraps a 66 m² Tokyo Restaurant in a Single Continuous Wall Instead of Splitting Kitchen from Dining
In a Tokyo tenant building, IGArchitects lets one plaster-and-timber wall fold into counter, kitchen edge, and ceiling, erasing front and back of house.
Golchin Studio Wraps a Multi-Generational Esfahan House Around Brick Courtyards and Open-Air Stairs
In Esfahan's dense Dowlatabad neighborhood, a 268 m² brick house turns inward, trading street exposure for courtyards, glass block and filtered light.
