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Set N Rise Bali Restaurant
Studio Kota Architecture

309 m²

Bali, Indonesia

House on the Rias Coast
no.10 NOMURA Co., Ltd.

567 m²

Japan

Sugarloaf at Flockhill
Hierarchy Group

560 m²

Lake Pearson, New Zealand

Højvangen Church
Henning Larsen + espen surnevik

1500 m²

Skanderborg, Denmark

China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Native Design Research Center

3509 m²

Osaka, Japan

Vet Hospital Tirana
Davide Macullo Architects

712 m²

Tiranë, Albania

Big Sur House
Field Architecture

687 m²

California, USA

Cabin in the Woods
Ediz Demirel Works

54 m²

Kozak, Turkey

The Garzón School
Rosan Bosch Studio

900 m²

Manantiales, Uruguay

SA House
73.Onze Arquitetura

1094.55 m²

Trancoso, Brazil

SLEEPY TOFU HOUSE
TORAFU ARCHITECTS

105 m²

Tokyo, Japan

MORANDI
APOLLO

185.44 m²

Tokyo, Japan

Flying Fox House
George Banks Architecture

550 m²

Sydney, Australia

Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
Ennead Architects

44000 ft²

Mantua Township, United States

Koto Niwa Cabin
Koto

375 ft²

Boston, United States

Pine Island Cottage
Bureau Tempo + Thom Fougere Studio

325 m²

Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada

Wood is the New Black House
JAVA Architecture

459 m²

Seignosse, France

Nagarami Resort Sosa
Hiroyuki Shinozaki & Associates, Architects

476.48 m²

Sosa City, Japan

House of Cross
Chaoffice

334 m²

Beijing, China

Rosemary Cafe
Chiasmus Partners

570 m²

Seongnam City, South Korea

House Steynberg
TwoFiveFive Architects

414 m²

Midrand, South Africa

MIGIUI Café
Architect-K

862 m²

Ulju-gun, Ulsan, South Korea

Portlantis
MVRDV

3533 m²

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ghibli Park Valley of Witches
Studio Ghibli + NIHON SEKKEI

2.9 ha

Aichi Prefecture, Japan

House Rinconada
Oioioi

1110 m²

Malinalco, Mexico

Yellow River National Museum
gmp

100300 m²

Zhengzhou, China

Tsumagoi Villa G-Spiral
Akiyama Tachibana

44.71 m²

Tsumagoi Village, Japan

Mumo Museum of Motorcycles
DRAA

1200 m²

Puerto Octay, Chile

MAY DAY CAFE
SPACE DOT

330 m²

Yeoju-si, South Korea

SAP Labs Munich Campus
SCOPE Architekten

25500 m²

Munich, Germany

Villa Air
ARK-architecture

1500 m²

Morneg, Tunisia

THE CONTOUR
KAMIYA ARCHITECTS

633.07 m²

Tokyo, Japan

FENIX ART MUSEUM
MAD Architects

8000 m²

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Strolling Gardens & House
IKAWAYA Architects

688.93 m²

Japan

Clarke House
Austin Maynard Architects

206 m²

Melbourne, Australia

Rarin Wedding Venue
ASWA

2000 m²

Bangkok, Thailand

Villa 95 Sotogrande
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

1255 m²

Cádiz, Spain

France Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka
Coldefy + CRA

3600 m²

Osaka, Japan

Sagehaus Office Garden
RAD+ar

2000 m²

Jakarta, Indonesia

Bahrain Pavilion Osaka Expo 2025
Lina Ghotmeh Architecture

998 m²

Osaka, Japan

UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
WOO Architects

1760 m²

Osaka, Japan

Central Nakhon Sawan
IF (Integrated Field)

77500 m²

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Entreverdes House
24 7 Arquitetura

445 m²

Campinas, Brazil

JINS Kawajima
Fumiko Takahama Architects

199.69 m²

Kawajima, Saitama, Japan

Kent House
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

470 m²

Teneriffe, Brisbane, Australia

Whidbey Uparati House
Wittman Estes

1880 ft²

Whidbey Island, United States

Veron the Shop
IOG Arhitectura

22 m²

Bucharest, Romania

Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre
hcma architecture + design

8547 m²

Burnaby, Canada

Phe La Da Nang Cafe
6717 Studio

300 m²

Da Nang, Vietnam

dots n / Agricultural Housing Complex
FUMIASO ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES

53.82 m²

Awaji City, Japan

The Yard, Dalian Cultural Center
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office

4631 m²

Dalian, China

House M
Atelier About Architecture

600 m²

Beijing, China

Folly at Fair Hill
Rever & Drage Architects

30 m²

Asker, Norway

HOUSE F
Kamakura Studio

168.79 m²

Nagareyama City, Japan

S House
PL.Architekci

439 m²

Poznań, Poland

Set Houses with One Pillar
Buero Wagner

660 m²

Berg, Germany

Astroscale US Headquarters
Neoera

13500 ft²

Denver, United States

Residence in Vilnius
Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners

214 m²

Vilnius, Lithuania

Czech Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka
Apropos Architects

2121 m²

Osaka, Japan

Awaji Island Dog Villa
1110 Architectural Design Office

185.49 m²

Awaji Island, Japan

Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum
Zaha Hadid Architects

128276 m²

Shenzhen, China

Villa S
Andersson & Stare

195 m²

Orust, Sweden

TOH
TORAFU ARCHITECTS

118.84 m²

Tokyo, Japan

KSA Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka
Foster + Partners

3542.54 m²

Osaka, Japan

Sani House
Ono Ryosuke Architecture

118.91 m²

Amami City, Japan

Gabrielle-Roy Library
GLCRM Architectes

10456 m²

Quebec City, Canada

BIRKENSTOCK KYOTO
TORAFU ARCHITECTS

98.18 m²

Kyoto, Japan

Seriema House
TETRO Arquitetura

350 m²

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Kunitachi Terrace
Tomoyuki Kurokawa Architects

458.65 m²

Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

Funky Ramen Restaurant
Kidz Studio

220 m²

Düsseldorf, Germany

Roxborough House
gh3*

2690 ft²

Toronto, Canada

Stones Water Light Visitor Center
Christoph Hesse Architects

1500 m²

Edersee, Germany

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SELECTED DESIGN TEAMS 

Stempel & Tesar Architects

Stempel & Tesar Architects

Founded in 2008 in Prague, Stempel & Tesar Architects is led by principals Ján Stempel and Jan Jakub Tesař. The studio has built a portfolio of over one hundred completed projects, principally in the residential typology, recognised for contextual sensitivity, material honesty, and spatial clarity.

Nati Minas & Studio

Nati Minas & Studio

Nati Minas & Studio is a São Paulo-based architecture, interior design, and scenography practice whose work is grounded in a singular design philosophy: that every project should be an accurate portrait of the people who inhabit it. Founded by Natalia Minas, an architect with over a decade of professional experience and more than eighty completed projects to her name, the studio operates across residential and commercial sectors, delivering a fully integrated service that encompasses spatial design, technical documentation, construction supervision, and furniture curation.

Scott & Scott Architects

Scott & Scott Architects

Scott & Scott Architects is a Vancouver-based architecture and interior design practice founded in 2012 by Susan and David Scott, following twelve years of combined experience at leading west coast architectural firms. Both graduates of Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture, the founding principals established the studio with a commitment to technically rigorous design practice across residential, commercial, and adaptive reuse typologies. The firm operates an in-house workshop dedicated to industrial design, material research, and prototyping, enabling direct involvement across all stages of design and construction. Lead architect Andrea Zittlau works alongside the founding principals on the studio’s current project portfolio.

HK Associates Inc

HK Associates Inc

HK Associates Inc is a Tucson, Arizona-based architecture practice founded in the mid-2000s by principals Kathy Hancox, AIA, and Michael Kothke, AIA, NCARB, ASID. Both principals carry a professional lineage rooted in internationally recognised firms across Vancouver, British Columbia, and San Francisco, California. Their arrival in Arizona in 2003 to collaborate with celebrated desert architect Rick Joy proved formative, cultivating a sustained commitment to site-responsive design and the spatial qualities particular to the Sonoran desert. The practice holds active architectural licensure in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, with NCARB certification enabling reciprocal licensure across North America.

Mesnil Architectures

Mesnil Architectures

Mesnil Architectures was founded in 2022 by Antonin Bohl, Mathias Lefebvre, and Arthur Schmitt, operating from two offices located in Paris (10 rue de la Mare, 75020) and Chatellerault (10 rue de la Bastille, 86100). The three founding principals are united by a shared attentiveness to the built environment and a sustained curiosity toward existing structures, forming the foundation of the practice's distinctive methodological approach.

Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte

Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte

Founded in Quebec, Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte (NTA) is a practice whose work is rooted in a fundamental question: how do people truly inhabit space? Concentrating its expertise on residential and workplace architecture, the firm operates at the intersection of contextual responsiveness, spatial sensitivity, and constructive rigor.

Studio Saxe

Studio Saxe

Founded in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2004 by Benjamin Garcia Saxe, Studio Saxe has established itself as one of Latin America's most internationally recognised architecture practices. Over more than two decades, the studio has evolved from a singular vision into a multidisciplinary atelier whose award-winning portfolio spans residential, hospitality, and wellness typologies across multiple continents. The practice is distinguished by its ability to synthesise technological precision with artisanal craftsmanship, producing built environments that are simultaneously ecologically responsive and spatially compelling.

FAAB

FAAB

Founded in 2003 by Adam Białobrzeski and Adam Figurski, following five years of professional experience at practices both in Poland and abroad, FAAB has grown into one of Warsaw’s most rigorous and methodologically driven architectural studios. Operating across architecture, landscape and urban design, interior design, and graphic design, and supported by cutting-edge engineering and consultancy, the practice approaches each commission through exhaustive research and precise design development, consistently producing built work of formal and functional distinction.

Studioninedots

Studioninedots

Founded in Amsterdam in 2011, Studioninedots has established itself as a distinctive voice in contemporary architecture and urban design. Led by founding partners Albert Herder, Vincent van der Klei, and Metin van Zijl, alongside associates Ike Gronheid, Jurjen van der Horst, Stijn de Jongh, and Wouter Hermanns, the 25-strong multidisciplinary practice operates across architecture, interior design, and urban planning.

Habitat Studio Architects

Habitat Studio Architects

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Burleigh Heads on Australia's Gold Coast, Habitat Studio Architects is a boutique, multi-disciplinary practice operating at the intersection of rigorous design thinking and environmental responsibility. Under the leadership of Principal Architect and Director Wayne Greenland, the studio has cultivated a design philosophy centred on site specificity, climatic sensitivity, and material authenticity, ensuring that each project articulates a distinct sense of place rooted in its physical and cultural context. Environmental sustainability is embedded structurally within the practice's design process from the earliest stages of conception, treated not as an option but as a fundamental design parameter.

Verstas Architects

Verstas Architects

Founded in Helsinki in 2006 by Väinö Nikkilä, Jussi Palva, Riina Palva and Ilkka Salminen, Verstas Architects has established itself as one of Finland's most distinguished architectural practices. The practice's name, Verstas, meaning "workshop" in Finnish, reflects its core ethos: a close, iterative dialogue between client and design team that yields architecture both contextually responsive and enduring. The Helsinki-based firm brings together architects, urban designers, and interior and landscape architects capable of working across scales from strategic masterplanning to the resolution of precise material detail.

Claesson Koivisto Rune

Claesson Koivisto Rune

Founded in Stockholm in 1995 by architects Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune, Claesson Koivisto Rune has evolved from a Swedish architectural practice into one of the most consistently rigorous multi-disciplinary design offices operating internationally today. All three founding principals hold the designation of Architect SAR SIR/MSA, and each trained across multiple leading institutions spanning Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, New York and London, a trans-European academic grounding that is legible in the firm's precise yet culturally nuanced built work.

YH2 Architecture

YH2 Architecture

Founded in Montreal in 1994 by architects Marie-Claude Hamelin and Loukas Yiacouvakis, YH2 Architecture has established itself as one of Quebec's most distinguished design practices over the course of three decades. Operating under the conviction that architecture is fundamentally the art of place-making, the studio approaches each commission as both a creative and transformative act, one that seeks to reinvent reality through disciplined spatial thinking.

Kichi Archi

Kichi Archi

Founded in 2025 and based in Gakuenmae, Nara, Kichi Archi is led by principal architect Shiro Kameoka. The practice takes its name from its original 25-square-metre studio, a deliberate starting point that continues to inform the firm's ethos of extracting spatial richness from constraint.

Atlas Architects

Atlas Architects

Founded in April 2015 by directors Aaron Neighbour and Ton Vu, Atlas Architects is a Melbourne-based practice operating across studios in Footscray and the Surf Coast. Underpinned by a shared commitment to raising living standards through sustainable, innovative, and contextually responsive design, the studio has established a focused body of work within the low-rise residential sector that consistently prioritises spatial quality, environmental performance, and long-term habitability.

Alhumaidhi Architects

Alhumaidhi Architects

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Kuwait, Alhumaidhi Architects is a full-service architectural design practice that has built a distinguished and diverse portfolio across residential and commercial typologies, both locally and across the Gulf region. The firm is led by Principal Architect Abdulaziz AlHumaidhi, a dual graduate in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), who brings over 21 years of accumulated expertise to redefining Kuwait's architectural landscape through a design approach that reconciles contemporary thinking with the country's rich cultural heritage and demanding environmental context.

PAU Architects

PAU Architects

Founded in 2018 by Trung Nguyen and Huyen Nguyen, PAU Architects is a Vietnamese practice based in Ho Chi Minh City that pursues architectural beauty through quietness and equilibrium. The firm specializes in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and construction, developing projects that emphasize the careful calibration of light, materiality, and human experience within slower, more contemplative spatial rhythms.

Tsubame Architects

Tsubame Architects

Founded in 2013 by Takuto Sando, Motoo Chiba, and Himari Nishikawa, Tsubame Architects has established itself as an award-winning practice that fundamentally reconsiders architectural processes through integrated design and research methodologies. The Tokyo-based firm, currently directed by its three founding partners, has garnered significant recognition including the 34th JIA Newcomer Award, the 48th Tokyo Architecture Award Grand Prize, and multiple Good Design Awards.

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The House of Time(Natura Futura)

The House of Time is located in Babahoyo, the capital of Ecuador's Los Ríos province, a city whose identity is historically and culturally inseparable from the river that runs through it. One of the most significant built works to emerge from Natura Futura Arquitectura's practice in recent years, the project occupies a modest 180 square metres yet constitutes a rigorous argument against the accelerating logic of contemporary construction, assembling a residential space in which slow living, artisanal heritage, and ecological attunement are made architecturally legible.

2

Glass Ridge House(OWIU Design)

OWIU Design's "Glass Ridge House" demonstrates how innovative water element integration strategies and masterful East-West design philosophy fusion techniques can transform a neglected 30-year-abandoned Ray Kappe 1973 modernist residence into a culturally profound contemplative sanctuary.

3

La Flèche Residence(MU Architecture)

Canadian architecture studio MU Architecture completed the La Flèche Residence project in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, creating a dramatic mountain retreat that ingeniously transforms challenging steep terrain into an extraordinary living experience. The project is positioned within the naturally rich landscape of the Laurentian forest, drawing inspiration from Canada's harsh climate conditions to create an architectural work that both celebrates regional building traditions and embodies contemporary design innovation.

4

Westergaarden Summer House(N+P Architecture)

N+P Architecture has completed Westergaarden Summer House, a 170-square-meter retreat positioned along the southern coastline of Sjællands Odde, Denmark. The project demonstrates a refined approach to contextual design, where architecture responds directly to landscape topography and coastal conditions through careful spatial organization and material restraint.

5

Osprey House (Desai Chia Architecture)

Perched at the edge of Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island, the Osprey House by Desai Chia Architecture redefines coastal living through a thoughtful dialogue with its natural surroundings. This 3,700-square-foot residence, completed in 2023, draws inspiration from its avian neighbors—native ospreys whose nests punctuate the landscape—creating a harmonious threshold between domesticity and wilderness.

6

Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre (hcma architecture + design)

hcma architecture + design has created the Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, radically redefining the concept of ice arena design. This CDN $49.5 million facility abandons the traditional cold, windowless, steel-trussed ice arena structure in favor of warm wood, natural light, and a transparent, open layout, creating a rich, dynamic experience for visitors both on and off the ice.

7

Havenwood(Atlas Architects)

Havenwood House, completed in 2025 by Melbourne-based Atlas Architects, is a compelling testament to what persistence and rigorous design thinking can produce. Located in a quiet Brighton cul-de-sac, the 334-square-metre residence emerged from years of adversity — including planning disputes, a prolonged VCAT process, and the collapse of its original builder — to become one of the most considered suburban homes in recent Australian architecture.

8

Big Sur House(Field Architecture)

FIELD Architecture's Big Sur House is a 687-square-metre contemporary residential masterpiece that embodies the sophisticated fusion of architectural humility and environmental symbiosis. The project is situated on a rugged site shaped by tectonic action, heavy winter storms, extreme solar exposure, atmospheric salinity, and the constant motion of oceanic swells, creating an extraordinary visual dialogue between architecture and the spectacular landscape.

9

Azumigawa House(atelier umi)

The Azumigawa House stands within the Biwako Quasi-National Park in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, making it one of the most quietly compelling residential projects to emerge from the Kansai region in recent years. Designed by principal architect Fujita Tokihiko of atelier umi, the single-storey timber residence occupies a generous plot of over 1,200 square metres, and translates the client's foundational ambition, to live inside a forest, into a precise and restrained spatial order.

10

Armstrong Cottage(Peter Braithwaite Studio)

Nestled on a remote lakeside island in Peterborough, Armstrong Cottage by Peter Braithwaite Studio represents a masterful exercise in off-grid sustainable design and innovative construction methodology. Completed in 2024, this 4,200 square foot residence for a Toronto-based family seeking to rekindle nostalgic childhood memories demonstrates how contemporary domestic architecture can achieve net-zero performance under extreme site constraints while preserving fragile island ecosystems.

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Central Nakhon Sawan(Integrated Field)

In the heart of Thailand's Nakhon Sawan province, the Central Nakhon Sawan project by IF (Integrated Field) aimed to create a multifunctional space that blends modern design with local culture and natural beauty. This 77,500-square-meter mixed-use development emerges as a compelling example of contextually sensitive design that celebrates local identity while embracing modern functionality.

12

Baw Beese House(Disbrow Iannuzzi Architects)

Baw Beese House, designed by Disbrow Iannuzzi Architects, is conceived as a multigenerational lakeside retreat that merges environmental responsibility, architectural clarity, and family-oriented spatial planning. Situated along the natural contours descending toward Baw Beese Lake, the project divides the program into four smaller volumes to minimize visual impact and enhance adaptability. Each volume can operate independently, allowing family members across generations to gather together or live separately while maintaining a high level of comfort and autonomy.

13

Kakapo Creek Children's Garden (Smith Architects)

Smith Architects has created an extraordinary early learning centre for up to 100 children in the heart of Mairangi Bay, Auckland, founded on the idea of Nga Hau E Wha, the four winds, being symbolic as a meeting place for people from all backgrounds. This idea is embodied in the design of the building, forming it into a circular shape to create a central meeting space, with four main classrooms arranged around it.

14

Inverted House(TIMM)

Inverted House, designed by TIMM, stands as a masterful reimagining of suburban residential typology in Tbilisi, Georgia, transforming the dwelling itself into a protective perimeter wall that eliminates traditional fencing while creating an inward focused sanctuary. Located in Okrokana, a hillside district on the city's outskirts, this 1,010 square meter residence exemplifies the perfect balance between spatial inversion logic and sophisticated material transitions, redefining residential possibilities within dense suburban environments.

15

21-24 Nikkakjøkken Restaurant(OFFICE INAINN)

21-24 Nikkakjøkken Restaurant, designed by OFFICE INAINN, stands as a demonstration of how contemporary intervention can honor architectural heritage while creating a refined dining environment, located in Sylte, Norway. This 127-square-metre project operates as a masterclass in reversible design, where a freestanding timber insert breathes new life into a historic Norwegian barn while maintaining complete integrity of its original structure.

16

House on the Rias Coast(no.10 NOMURA Co., Ltd.)

Japanese architecture studio no.10 NOMURA Co., Ltd. completed the House on the Rias Coast project along the Sea of Japan coastline, creating a striking concrete residence that ingeniously responds to its dramatic coastal setting, weaving the unique characteristics of Japan's Rias coastline into the very core of its architectural concept. The project is positioned within a landscape renowned for its intricate indented coastline and spectacular "cave gate" rock formations, overlooking the magnificent views of the Sea of Japan.

17

Lyco House(OYO Architects)

Belgian architecture studio OYO Architects completed the Lyco House project in Pepingen, creating a contemporary sustainable home that exemplifies how bold architectural intervention can transform historic barns into modern living spaces. The project is positioned within the green countryside less than 30 kilometers from Brussels, drawing inspiration from Belgium's rural heritage to create an architectural work that both celebrates agricultural building traditions and embodies innovative adaptive reuse strategies.

18

Residence in Vilnius(G.Natkevicius & Partners)

On the outskirts of Vilnius, nestled within a natural setting, rises a single-story residential house whose architecture boldly challenges conventional forms. Central to the building is an unexpected yet precisely executed triangular plan, which becomes the key to the entire architectural composition and spatial experience.

19

House of Cross(Chaoffice)

Located in Beijing's Tongzhou District, the House of Cross represents Chaoffice's response to post-pandemic lifestyle shifts, designed as a single-story residence that accommodates three generations living and working together. Facing strict building regulations—residential plots limited to single-story structures with eaves no higher than 3 meters—the design team transformed these constraints into creative opportunities.

20

Rarin Wedding Venue( ASWA)

The riverside wedding venue, The Rarin, designed by ASWA, features a distinctive round architectural design that beautifully symbolizes the unity and harmony of a wedding ring. The exterior showcases smooth, flowing curves, creating a striking visual impact while evoking a sense of continuity. These curves seamlessly connect two intricately entwined courtyards, serving as picturesque frames for the venue.

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