Industrial Building
Industrial buildings and architecture
E-WASTE SYNC: A RECLAMATION CENTRE FOR ELECTRONIC WASTE
E-WASTE SYNC is a proposed reclamation Centre at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park, Gazipur, addressing Bangladesh’s informal e-waste problem through safe collection, sorting, repair, dismantling and material recovery. The design integrates controlled circulation, worker welfare, research, training, climate-responsive systems and circular resource recovery.
Bard Yersin Architectes Slots a Family Apartment into a Working Swiss Stable Beside the Horses
In Siviriez, Switzerland, a 1930s Fribourg farmhouse gains a ground-floor home in its old hay passage while horses still occupy the stable next door.
de Leon & Primmer Sets a Radiating Timber Roof over Herringbone Limestone at Kentucky's Locust Grove
In Louisville, a 7,636-square-foot event pavilion pairs a glulam canopy with patterned limestone rooms to host gatherings and frame a historic landscape.
CnB Sustainable Market: A Timber Frame That Turns Shopping into Reducing, Reusing and Recycling
An open grid of timber modules, trellised cores and workshop rooms recasts the public market as a place to repair, swap and grow, not just to buy.
UnIATA '26
The Global Benchmark for Graduation Excellence
Hi UNIATA '26 Organizers, could you please let me know if the shortlisted results have been announced?
Hi Katrina, thanks for reaching out and for taking part in UnIATA '26! Yes, the shortlist was announced on 27 July. You can view all shortlisted entries on the competition page, and you can always check the current status of your own submission from your entries dashboard. The jury evaluation stage is now underway and runs through early September, with the final results scheduled for 7 September. Public voting is also open until 4 September, so feel free to share your project and gather support in the meantime. Wishing you the very best of luck!
I love the energy of this competition!
UnIATA '25
The finest graduation projects from around the globe
Reviving Maritime Heritage of Mandvi, Kutch
This project proposes an integrated Shipbuilding Skill Development and Tourist Interpretation Centre to revitalize Mandvi’s declining, centuries-old handcrafted wooden shipbuilding tradition. By merging training, cultural interpretation, and tourism, the centre addresses challenges like technological shifts and a shrinking skilled workforce.
A strong researched thesis and a thoroughly detailed project.
A strong and well-researched thesis that turns maritime heritage into a living system of making, learning, and cultural exchange. Further refinement of the architectural expression and long-term operation could make this excellent proposal even stronger.
González Olsina & Vega Arquitectos Build a Black Concrete Temple to Wine Among the Vineyards of Los Chacayes
In Los Chacayes, Argentina, La Vigilia Winery stages wine's slow time through black concrete volumes, weathering steel, hard shadow and Andean views.
line+ studio Turns a 1958 Hangzhou Chemical Fiber Factory into an Industrial Garden on the Grand Canal
Along Hangzhou's Grand Canal, two retained factory buildings anchor a weathering steel campus of offices, shops and public courtyards at LOFT49.
Film & Digital Media Centre - Renovation of historical industrial buildings
The renovation of the complex of industrial buildings in Film & Digital Media Centre is the project point. It is aimed at improvement of the degradating industrial space in Russia. New trends of the complex maintain high development of advanced technologies in Media. Contemporary architecture emphasizes peculiarities of historical landmarks of 18-19 century.
Carmen Maurice Sinks a Trotter Racing Stable into a Windswept Mayenne Plateau
In Lassay-les-Châteaux, a 1,000 m² stable for Standardbred trotters hides from the wind in a cut in the ground while keeping the horizon in view.
FCC Arquitectura Merges Two Felgueiras Factory Sheds into One with a Single Curved Metal Canopy
In Felgueiras, Portugal, two poorly built industrial sheds become one factory for Poleva, renovated while production never stopped.
Nusantara - Volcano & Botanical Center
Nusantara Volcano & Botanical Center is an interdisciplinary project that views the volcano as a natural, cultural, and spatial entity. Through architecture, landscape, and educational programs, it connects geology, ecology, and local context, creating a space for research, interaction, and sustainable development.
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
Plastic Waste Metamorphosis
Plastic is a revolutionary invention that is proving to be a global issue because of its immortalityl and lack of public awareness. The thesis is on a plastic waste recycling complex where all types of plastic waste will be recycled, and the environment will be rescued by growing public awareness through the use of the strength of architecture.
I like the concept but could have been executed better
This is one of the best projects I've ever seen.
very nice and impactful project. Wish you success.
Ubik Architecture Buries a 2,000-Square-Meter Winery into a Tuscan Hillside
Il Quinto Winery in Magliano in Toscana disappears beneath green roofs, stone walls, and the logic of gravity-fed winemaking.
UnIATA '22
World's best graduation projects ever created
Hello, I participated in the UNIATA competition and I noticed that you have already published the projects for the voting phase, but mine is not among them. I would like to know if there was a problem because I submitted my project well before the deadline. I was looking forward to the voting phase to share my project on all the platforms to be voted.
A thoughtful and relevant project addressing Bangladesh’s e-waste problem through architecture. The integration of safe waste management, worker welfare, research, training, and resource recovery is highly commendable. A strong approach to sustainability and circular resource use. Well done!
Thank you so much!!