Local architecture

Flishuset is a story of breathing new life into an old, dilapidated woodchip house. Completing the transformation of an old sawmill into museum and event grounds, Flishuset will complement the current facilities with two open and flexible spaces for art exhibitions, events, meetings, and educational purposes.The project carefully balances preservation, reinterpretation, and sustainability within a historically sensitive context. Thurston Empson The building is characterized by its exposed structural system, which is an interpretation of the traditional barn construction employed in the original woodchip house. Connected through traditional joinery techniques, the structural members communicate a history of craftsmanship while contribu... More

The project involved designing a space for the administrative, design, and sales departments of a natural cosmetics company run by women. The property is in a low-density residential neighborhood dominated by low-rise single-family homes and small-scale businesses such as shops and services. nicolas saieh nicolas saieh nicolas saieh The brief, in addition to meeting the functional requirements of a small office, called for creating warm and luminous spaces that reflected the brand's natural and ecological vision. The initial idea was based on a flexible space that could adapt to different uses or ways of working: individual workstations, photo shoots, simultaneous meetings, group work sessions, etc. To achieve this, the ov... More

An Extraordinary Brief.Tándem is one of the most promising restaurants in the Region of Murcia. In a short time, it has established itself as a gastronomic benchmark, recognized for its motto: “craft, product, and honesty.”With this principle in mind, they decided to transform their space to truly reflect their essence.What moved us most from the very beginning was their idea of home: that guests would enter a space that feels close, warm, and simple—in other words, a pure expression of who they are. DAVID FRUTOS DAVID FRUTOS DAVID FRUTOS Interpreting Without Imitating.Tándem safeguards a unique treasure: museum-preserved archaeological remains of a section of the 12th-century wall of the Medi... More

Located in Norwich UK - built in 1887 as a Methodist Church Hall is now a home to Vegetarian Indian Restaurant “Namastey Village.” The concept of this design is derived from it's name "village". As the building is listed under heritage property, civil structure was retained on site as is. The design is focused to create the experience of an Indian village which introduces the locals to our culture and cuisines.  Umang Shah Umang Shah Umang Shah Umang Shah Umang Shah LITERALLY TAKING THE LOCAL-GLOBAL: has help us create a balanced interplay of historical revelations and contemporary additions: both drawing from and interpreting the underlying Indo-Rajput influences of Gujarat's architectural history... More

Amid the sandy dunes of Buraydah in the heart of Saudi Arabia, " Villa SHorfah " Residence rises as an architectural poem, echoing the heritage and stories of the land. The house, with its intricate details and thoughtful design, reflects the soul of the place, treating the outer boundary as part of the urban fabric, gently connecting with the street and transforming from a mere wall into a bridge between the inside and the outside. Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan Khalid Althunayan The courtyard and balcony are the heartbeat of the design, bringing life to every corner. Each room tells its own story through a balcony that opens up to nature, granting the residents moments of reflection and openness... More

Award: Honorable Mention Ancient traditions are being lost with technology today, people have lost interest in learning about their origins. The Huaorani indigenous community currently does not have spaces to carry out their traditional ancestral activities, and the project arises as an opportunity to provide them with better spaces in which they can also interact with tourists, in addition to improving their economies. Johana Mendoza The concept comes from how to connect the natural environment full of vegetation and animals with an architectural element that allows native people to teach and exchange ideas with tourists from all over the world, creating an Amazonian workshop, so them can be able to make group meals, learn to make c... More

The women's house is located in the vicinity of Qasr-e Qand city, one of the functions and the center of Qasr-e Qand city, in the most deprived province of Iran (Sistan and Baluchestan). This deprivation is especially present in the cultural, educational, economic, health, and educational issues of women and girls, and has made them vulnerable to receiving its quality and quantity. Hossein Mohammadpour The main reason for this deprivation is the lack of proper infrastructure as well as the lack of an attitude towards the expansion of the economy and macro education among women and girls in urban society. At the same time, women and girls play a major role in the flourishing of the economy and rural and indigenous handicrafts. Hosse... More

A typology of cabin, a tiny house lost in the wilderness, is a must in contemporary architecture. Hidden from curious gazes, it embodies a dream of a rural lifestyle combined with urban comfort. That is exactly how we envisioned The Cabin – a prefab compact house assembled at our own Delo Design manufacture in St. Petersburg, Russia. Equipped with the essentials and almost ready to use, the unit is then delivered right to the site.  The Cabin is easy to transfer and install, thus minimizing the intrusion into surrounding landscape. The unit is a plug-and-live solution: it is simply connected to utility systems and ready to house its inhabitants.  The Cabin's architecture is shaped by the key values of Delo Design which are... More

The site is a hide away, embraced by the Aravali Range with its greenery punctuated by quarried Rock, Kota village and the ITC golf course.The client being a golf enthusiast and having farming as a hobby, desired to use the place as a weekend getaway from his city life. Client’s brief was to create a farmhouse which would merge with its surroundings. Finishes were to have minimum required maintenance as the place would be used only once in a week. The vocabulary of the place was identified to resonate with the client’s personality - a symphony of contemporary and rustic. The site is of 3 acres, zoning of the which has been done in three parts, Main House, Servant Quarters and the Fields. 1.5 acres allocated to the fields and... More

What is La Madrugada? We wanted to do something just for Javier Moreno, a baker who works from the forefront recovering the tradition. We wanted an identity only for him. The idea is thought between him and Rubio & del Amo, graphic designers. A series of parallel concepts appear around the night, the world of dreams… There is talk of crafts, the manual, and also of the collective imaginary about the traditional bakery: the baker who gets up early in the morning and works during the night, in his own. We wanted to run away from an aesthetic that reminds us the industrial designs or french pâtisseries. On the one hand is the workshop, a large space where it is filled with machinery, trays with wheels and large floured ta... More

Natural light was at the heart of this project. Born out of the need to expand an Edwardian property for a couple, the core ambition was to create a flexible living space that reflected a new approach to contemporary design, characterized by light and simplicity. This rear extension gains in richness of space and adds over twenty square meters of footprint, having a more and better relations to the garden, and to the exterior as a whole. It extends the galley kitchen into the garden, allowing to have an external BBQ in line with the work surface, and having a door at that end to allow flows into the garden.An extruded like glass wall and ceiling would be contained and held up by the party wall and an additional steel structure, that ag... More

Walk down the leafy streets of Wandsworth and you’d be forgiven for not giving Skinner Trevino House a second glance. Yet, what appears to be an ordinary semidetached house holds a deceptively spacious design layout within its walls. Thanks to an interior overhaul from Luis Trevino Architects, this unassuming suburban property has been given a new lease of life; its transformation from gloomy and cramped family home into a light and airy open-plan living space; discreet Floor to ceiling doors, walls and lights installed to create a space that seamlessly transitions from old to new. Company founder, Luis Trevino explains: “Retaining the original staircase but extending it up to the top floor of the house was really the start of the... More

A new community Agriculture & Technology centre has launched in Krong Samraong, Cambodia, designed as a collaboration between Squire & Partners and SAWA for the Green Shoots Foundation. Built by local contractors, farmers and 16-25 year olds over a four-month period - assisted by volunteers from the UK - the development provides education in agricultural technologies to support children and adults in the local community, and facilitates opportunities for enterprise. The masterplan elements are designed to be responsive to the tropical climate – with raised floors to negate flood risk, screens to diffuse sunlight whilst providing ventilation, and overhanging roof eaves for the rainy season – as well as utilising local resources,... More