Local Buildings
Architecture and design of buildings rooted in specific communities, neighborhoods, and local contexts.
Conserving Modernity: A Dialogue Between Past and Future of Khulna Divisional Library
Conserving Modernity reimagines the 1964 Khulna Divisional Library as a dialogue between heritage and contemporary intervention. Guided by “Timeless Convergence,” it preserves modernist identity while introducing adaptive civic spaces that reactivate public engagement through flexible programs, cultural exchange, and climate-responsive design.
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.
Editab
A very strong analysis. Various building modules and plug & socket system offer a wide range and dynamic development possibility.
User oriented design which offers flexibility and versatility is relevant to Jakarta's ever-changing neighborhood. Rational orthogonal plan is complimented with different architectural forms which gives diversity in the neighborhood.
A Case In Atoning Compulsive Indulgence
It is to be an experimental model in the urban to speculate the intervention, which in tuen develops an allegory between the consumerist mindset and the transformed behavious of recycling and upcycling. This is to act as a public interface to re- envision
A creative and relevant thesis that turns recycling from a hidden urban service into a visible public and productive experience. Further refinement of the circulation and program relationships could make this innovative approach even stronger.
Redefining the Urban Fabric of Manek Chowk,Ahmedabad
The project aims to design & solve built forms and public open spaces addressing typologies of housing and shops in high-density areas of Indian markets situated in an urban context evolved over the years. It retains the heritage aspect by resolving streetscape, elevated housing units, shop typologies and the addition of library, museum & exhibition spaces.
Revival of the Last British Rotating Stage Theatre
The merging of modern architecture with the old structural elements will also give guideline towards conserving heritage without making exact the same. The art and sculptural fundaments and proportion of this project will serve the cultural emotional aspects of the people living in that area with the help of Dovey’s “Place Attachment Theory” is implemented.
10/10
Outstanding
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LUKKO
LUKKO reimagines informal settlements as vibrant neighborhoods where social interaction, economic opportunity, and everyday life coexist.
Community eco-village for the elderly
Il progetto è buono nel complesso, la particolare semplicità dell'impianto generale suggerisce un ulteriore approfondimento/arricchimento dell'aspetto architettonico e distributivo.
Good organization of buildings and open spaces because the central path is like an "open room" in which to walk or stop. The architecture is very interesting and well represented
DIM Architecture Studio Revives the Iranian Courtyard Inside a Mashhad Apartment Building
A 2,500-square-meter mid-rise infill project reinterprets the traditional hashti and central courtyard within the dense urban fabric of Mashhad, Iran.
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.
Architecture Portfolio | William Tian, Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Architecture 2027
Selected works, presenting projects in housing, enclosure, and furniture design developed through an iterative design process.
DAAL Carves Open a Hillside Corner in Seoul with the Y2 Mixed Use Building
A compact brick building in Yeonhui-dong uses arched windows, a central tree, and a courtyard to crack open a closed residential slope.
Oberascher and PLOV Pierce a 105-Unit Housing Block to Let Salzburg's Park Breathe Through
A color-coded residential building on a major Salzburg artery uses strategic openings and undulating balconies to connect street life with parkland.
BRAID
Culture and Learning Centre Rajagiriya, Colombo A cultural and learning centre for the people of Sri Lanka which welcomes people of all groups and encourages and promotes the traditional culture of Sri Lanka. Braid is a space which encapsulates flexible spaces enabling collaborating and outdoor learning.
The contemporary outlook towards the traditional roof is very intresting. There is a good balance between traditional and contemporary design with the use of traditional materials with a contemporary design context. There could have been a landscaped buffer between the rooms and site boundary at the basement level, thus creating a cross ventilation and visual flow of indoor and outdoor spaces.
honestly very interesting! It surprises me how innovative the current generation is :')
This is my favorite. What a wow!
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.
Esquissos Splits a Sintra Hillside into Three Houses That Disappear into Their Landscape
Three isolated white gabled volumes in Sintra, Portugal step down a slope, using concrete terraces and timber to blur the line between house and garden.
Livin
Good ideas about the central space and the quality of the circulation and the ability to use it as part of the narrative of the building. The tyranny of the structural grid has been perhaps taken too far as a restriction to the extent that it has subsumed some of the potential of the homes to be joyful places to live. It would have been nice to see some of the quality of the homes, as well as the communal spaces.
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.
Moon Hoon Carves a Diagonal Staircase Through a 1980s Seoul Building to Unlock City Views
A tiny commercial renovation in Haebangchon turns a forgotten brick residence into a wormhole of pinkish concrete and timber arches.
Natura Futura Rewires a Deteriorating Ecuadorian Apartment with Movable Walls and Coastal Craft
In Babahoyo, a 90 m² renovation uses plant fibers, pivoting furniture, and pulley systems to make small space radically flexible.
Brilliant work! Well done!
A thoughtful and well-researched heritage-led proposal that creates a meaningful dialogue between past and future. Further refinement of public access and the distinction between the existing and new architecture could make the intervention even stronger.
Thank you for the insightful feedback. I greatly value your perspective and appreciate the constructive observations, which will be helpful in further refining the proposal.
Well done! Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement. I truly appreciate your feedback and support.