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UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
LR-Architetti Raises a Pink Brick Church from the Ruins of an Earthquake in Pegognaga
A terracotta and timber sanctuary near Mantua transforms seismic destruction into an architectural palimpsest of layered memory.
Takeshi Hosaka Architects Suspends a Concrete Cross Above a Yokohama Cemetery
A 28-square-meter burial renovation in Yokohama lifts the symbol of resurrection into the sky so mourners see it against heaven.
Magnum Architectes Wraps 16 Kilometers of Archives in Stamped Concrete on a Former Convent Site
Two six-story extensions bookend a 1987 storage facility in the heart of Angers, France, adding monolithic presence to a constrained urban plot.
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
Kokaistudios Buries a Mall Beneath 42,000 Square Meters of Urban Parkland on Shanghai's Suzhou Creek
Shanghai Suhe MixC World folds commercial space, heritage buildings, and public green land into one continuous topographic gesture.
Eraclis Papachristou Architects Channels Byzantine Churches into a Mountainside Wine Distillery in Cyprus
Perched on a promontory above Kalopanagiotis, three concrete cylinders reinterpret sacred geometry for the stages of winemaking.
Studio WhiteScape Wraps a Bengaluru Home in Concrete Lace and Trumpet Tree Gold
On a 1,200 sq. ft. corner plot flanked by a hillock and Tabebuia groves, The Blooming Haus stacks 6,000 sq. ft. of living around light-filled courtyards.
A Chapel in the Woods: Sustainable Architecture Rooted in Ethiopian Landscapes
A sustainable architecture proposal that restores Ethiopian ecology through a buried chapel, native forests, and climate-responsive design strategies.
Atelier l'Abri Scatters A-Frame Micro-Cabins Across a Wild Quebec Valley
Farouche Tremblant pairs a cedar-shingled agrotourism camp with a cathedral-ceilinged café in the Devil's River valley near Mont-Tremblant.
Kollektiiv Builds a Straw Chapel on Tallinn's Pollinator Highway
A 40-square-meter pavilion of straw bales, recycled timber, and community labor rises from a wildflower corridor in Mustjõe, Estonia.
Pocket Church: A Biophilic Architecture Approach to Spiritual and Ecological Integration
A biophilic architecture vision where forest, faith, and community coexist through nature-driven spaces that regenerate land and human connection.
DUHA Architects Builds a Reversible Red Pavilion on Hue's Protected Perfume River Corridor
A modular steel-framed hospitality retreat in central Vietnam designed to be assembled, disassembled, and leave no lasting trace on the landscape.
