Built Environment Interiors
FLDInterior design and spatial planning for residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings that shape how people live and work.
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.
LABLANCA Threads a Curved Service Spine Through a 1960s Flat in Badalona's Old Town
A renovated flat in Badalona's historic centre turns its narrow, courtyard-cut plot into an asset, with one rounded joinery core doing most of the work.
Atelier Orzan Folds the Doorways of a Le Havre Enfilade into Built-In Furniture
In Le Havre's Costière district, a 55 m² ground-floor flat keeps its brick vaults while olive panels and okoumé joinery redraw every threshold.
LBWA Renovates a 1930s Modernist Villa in Poznań by Keeping Its Original Floors and Tuning Rooms to the Sun
Next to Poznań's Abisynia estate, a 220 m² interwar villa gets limestone, green marble and brass, laid quietly over its surviving floors and joinery.
alto design studio Builds a Slovenian House Interior Around a Basement Games Room and a Cobalt Tiled Hearth
A 240 m² house interior in Slovenia where cobalt tile, red steel and a teal plywood games room make colour a planning tool, not decoration.
SP(R)INT STUDIO and Nissen Richards Studio Turn a Mývatn Visitor Center into a Window on Volcanic Iceland
In Mývatn, North Iceland, a light-touch interior refit lets lava fields, pseudo craters and the lake carry the exhibition rather than compete with it.
Christopher Sitzler Reworks a Fragmented 1990s Berlin Attic into One Continuous Room Wired for Sound
A 76 m² attic apartment in Berlin trades its chopped-up 1990s plan for one open space of teak, steel, sheer fabric and speakers set into the walls.
Polysmiths Wraps a Backland Infill House in East London with Cork Walls, Inside and Out
In Forest Gate, Newham, a three-bedroom infill home pulls cork out of the wall cavity and makes it the finish, shaped by pandemic material shortages.
TEKI Design Wraps a Harajuku Blue Bottle Café in Curved Steel and Opens a Slice of Sky Between Buildings
In Shibuya's Harajuku, an 82 m² Blue Bottle café pairs a sweeping stainless steel wall with rammed earth, mirrored ceilings and a new passage.
LBWA Plays Blue Joinery Against Walnut and Marble in a 68 m² Tenement Apartment in Poznań's Łazarz District
A renovated flat in a historic Poznań tenement keeps its arched windows and paneled doors while blue cabinetry, walnut and marble carry the design.
House of EM Debuts with a Stepped Danish Brick House on a Plateau Above the River Teme near Ludlow
Near Ludlow in Shropshire, a four-bedroom house in long Danish brick, chestnut and concrete borrows mid-century calm and a castellated detail.
KIP arhitekti Sets Three Planted Islands Inside Savin Sever's Heritage Printing House in Ljubljana
Halcom's 1,450 m² Ljubljana offices float curtained, plant-topped galleries free of a protected printing hall, letting the old structure stay in charge.
say architects Builds a 140 m² Shenzhen Footwear Flagship Around Louvered Timber Cabinets and a Lounge
In Shenzhen Bay Phase II, PANE's new flagship trades the sneaker wall for timber shutters, stone columns and a generous rest area built for lingering.
Ariel André-GOLEM Turns the Diriyah Biennale Foundation's Public Programs Building into a Pastel Civic Living Room
In Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, a 960 m² public programs building trades gallery austerity for looping sofas, velvet play walls and reconfigurable tables.
Beczak / Beczak / Architekci Wraps a Multigenerational Konstancin House Around a Courtyard Among Pines
In Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, a sintered-stone house turns away from the street and opens a semi-atrium courtyard to a wooded slope.
The Stylesmiths Hide a Ryokan-Paced Interior Inside a Black Timber House in Brunswick
In Brunswick, Melbourne, a dark timber shell opens onto a slow sequence of reclaimed brick, oak, stone and courtyard water built for a young family.
Bohrer Arquitetos Uses Curved Walls and Exposed Concrete to Set Apart a Repeated Apartment Plan in Londrina
In Londrina, Brazil, a 103 m² apartment trades partitions for patterned rugs, blush joinery and concrete, giving a stock floor plan its own identity.
