Wellness Architecture
Architecture designed to support physical, mental and emotional health, through spaces for rest, healing, nature contact and contemplative use.
Bayside Haven: A Stepped Hong Kong Tower Hollowed by an Atrium to Hold Nature at Its Core
A residential tower in Hong Kong treats people and nature as intertwined forces, then tests that idea through a carved void, lofted units and living walls.
Symbiosis: A Hong Kong Tower That Hangs a Rainforest Between Its Three Wings
Three concrete housing arms meet at one core, and the scalloped terraces between them carry soil, stone and subtropical planting up the full height of the
Pablo Luna Studio Builds a Petung Bamboo Lotus Shala Above a Riverside Slope in Ubud
A 125 m² yoga pavilion near Ubud, Bali, where the lotus petals are not decoration but the bamboo gridshell structure itself, open to river and forest.
Reykjadalur Hot Springs: A Thermal Resort Designed as a Village Where Time Stops Counting
Stone houses, green roofs and a river island stage form a resort that shifts between quiet everyday rhythms and the crowds of a large-scale event.
WREATHE: A Spiraling Earth-Block Residence That Turns Its Arms Toward Accra's Divided Neighborhoods
Rotating residential arms, a sunken public field and earth-block walls frame housing in Accra as shared ground between separated communities.
Thermal Blue: A Hot Springs Complex Where Five Buildings Turn Inward Toward the Steam
Timber boardwalks, glazed treatment rooms and green roofs organize a terraced bathing landscape in which every building looks back at the water.
SNOOZE: A Sleep Building Assembled from Louvered Grids, Colored Spheres and Tessellated Pods
A team proposes a rest building where louvered boxes, colored spheres and ribbed teal pods offer different ways to pause in the city.
Thermal Blue: An Icelandic Spa Laid Out in Looping Paths, Grass Banks and Skylit Pavilions
A shortlisted spa sinks its bulk into a grassy slope beside a thermal river and opens small guest houses to the northern lights overhead.
Architecture as the Bridge to Nature: A Thermal Bath in Iceland You Can Walk Over
A ring of green roof, a crossing bridge and sunken pools turn an Icelandic bathhouse into a landscape trekkers walk across before they ever step inside.
STAPATI Wraps a Kerala Ayurveda Center in Curved Timber Fins and Laterite Stone
The Nirava Ayurveda Holistic Centre in Alappuzha folds healing traditions into two interlocking volumes that breathe with the site.
Sjöparken Retreat: A Lakeside Haven of Nordic Minimalism and Japanese Serenity by NORM Architects
Sjöparken Retreat stands as a remarkable example of contemporary wellness architecture, an immersive sanctuary that merges the serenity of Swedish nature with the refined simplicity of Nordic and Japan
Palo Verde Aesthetic (PV Aesthetic) by Studio GIMGEOSIL – A Nature-Inspired Sanctuary of Calm and Contemporary Wellness
A serene wellness space blending natural textures, green tones, soft lighting, and fluid spatial flow to create a calming, nature-inspired interior retreat.
