Twin House by Design Work Group is a contemporary response to dual living, designed for two sibling families. Rooted in ideas of independence and togetherness, it forms two distinct residences connected by a shared deck that acts as an in-between space. With exposed concrete, warm wood, and minimalist geometry, it balances rawness and warmth to redefine modern familial cohabitation.
Casa 3 Elementos by Agustin Lozada embraces the search for the simple without falling into simplicity, using a bare concrete structure embedded in the slope to shape its program. A long, minimal container organizes fluid circulation around two interior islands, while raw materials and a rooftop plaza/viewpoint create a direct, respectful relationship with the surrounding mountain landscape.
MS House by Studio Saransh is a nature-inspired Brutalist home woven around nine neem trees, where the concrete structure bends to nature’s will. The design preserves the trees at all costs, letting them shape the spatial layout, architectural form, and material palette, creating a sensitive blend of Brutalism and environment-led design, and reinforcing the idea that architecture can evolve by embracing its natural context.
The Urban Pause by MAARS Design is conceived as a quiet sanctuary shaped around a tree court, a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Indian courtyard. This double-height green space organizes the space, softens daylight, drives natural ventilation, and blurs inside and outside, creating a calm microclimate within the intensity of the city. Aligned to light, ventilation, and views, its subtle gestures create a rare moment of balance.
The hotel at Bodhgaya by SJK Architects is designed to serve tourists in the holiest city for Buddhists, invoking memory and emotion to create immersive architecture embodying Buddhist tenets. Traditional features, gentle transitions, and a serene palette evoke simplicity and compassion, while Buddhist philosophy and symbology guide wayfinding to shape a tranquil, meaningful experience rooted in place.
House for a Daughter by Khuon Studio centers on maximizing natural lighting and greenery within a spacious home, using two connected zones linked by bridges, windows and atria to strengthen family bonding. Curved walls, carved voids and a porous air brick façade blur boundaries, while skylights flood the expansive footprint and its interior white walls, softly unifying the floating architectural masses.
Khuôn Studio, founded by Architect Huynh Anh Tuan in 2015, centers on creating unique architectural identities through thoughtful spatial design and custom airbrick patterns. Inspired by Vietnam’s tropical climate and rich architectural heritage, the studio emphasizes harmony, functionality, and aesthetic refinement, crafting projects that reflect care, creativity, and a distinctive sense of place.
The Split House by Collage Architecture Studio is shaped by a simple but powerful design idea: a central split that brings together nature and privacy. This open seam draws in light, air, and greenery while organizing public and private areas. Instead of dividing, the split connects the residence, creating a calm, clear, and natural living environment that feels open yet quietly protected and balanced, supporting easy family life.
KRUK’s new office by Bit Creative embodies an interior design approach that grows with the team, where raw brick meets ornamental glass, organic materials merge with murals and greenery, and ergonomic, interactive solutions support neurodiversity. Each floor tells its own story through a carefully orchestrated interplay of materials and colors, creating an environment where comfort, creativity, and diversity coexist in perfect balance.
The Jiwani by Alexis Dornier is conceived as a sculptural retreat where architecture, landscape, and craft converge, merging Japanese clarity with Balinese tradition. Its horizontal expression and crafted details balance weight and lightness, allowing modern living to evolve from vernacular wisdom while remaining open to the oceanfront and tropical garden. The house feels simultaneously anchored in place and open to the horizon.
Prismaa Oncoimaging Surat by CraftsPOD Design Studio redefines the typical clinical environment with a human-centred and culturally rooted design concept. The interior design blends functionality with aesthetics, using warm materials, natural light, and biophilic cues to create a calm, welcoming, and soothing healthcare atmosphere that reduces patient anxiety while fostering a modern sense of comfort and care.
CraftsPOD Design Studio is an Architecture, Design and Research practice that embraces projects of varied scales, exploring innovative spatial formations. Their design philosophy emphasizes material expression and detailing, balancing experimentation with context-driven, rational design. Each project seeks new meanings, blending efficiency with contemporary relevance, rooted deeply in its unique situation.
Maria Manzil School in Nuh by Myspace Architects creates an architectural identity that serves as a catalyst for social change. Planned as interconnected wings around courtyards, it prioritizes ease of movement, climate-responsive classrooms, and interactive corridors that foster belonging. With a welcoming brick vault, red bridges, and framed vistas, the design shapes a nurturing, open, and engaging learning environment.
Amity International School in Mohali by Vijay Gupta Architects reimagines conventional learning spaces by lifting the building mass onto a shared podium and weaving activity zones across all levels. With playful punctures, louvres, and a vibrant curtain wall, the design balances formal and informal environments to foster exploration, climate responsiveness, and holistic education in a dynamic, engaging setting.
The Banyan Farm by Dhulia Architecture Design is envisioned as a simple, open-plan residence that encourages slow living, togetherness, and shared moments. The design remains intentionally modest, allowing the site’s natural richness—banyan trees, mango orchards, and open landscape—to guide the experience, using honest materials and openness to stay deeply connected to the land and daily family life.
Ribbon House by DesignAware is an inward-looking residence shaped by a tiny site, existing neem trees, and a desire for a Scandinavian style with sunlight and greenery. Vernacular elements like courtyard, verandah and jaali are reinterpreted to create a minimal, airy house where light, ventilation and privacy define its design. Set in the Heritage Zone, its perforated wall and folded façade filter views and connect the home to its context.
The Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka by Mario Cucinella Architects is conceived as a living, regenerative ecosystem that reinterprets Italian hospitality through an open, permeable architecture. It embodies a renewed balance among humanity, nature, and technology, creating a dynamic space where tradition and innovation can come alive. The design forms an immersive laboratory that expresses a contemporary vision of a sustainable future.
G – 5 Houses by SUMMARY is based on total prefabrication in reinforced concrete, using modular panels for façades, roofs, and interior partitions. The design highlights a free span and a modular rhythm, contrasting the grey concrete base with green pigmented boxes above, whose irregular arrangement reinforces the building’s expressive image and relates to terraces, cross ventilation, and east–west orientation.
Janošík Headquarters and Showroom by Jakub Janošík transforms a closed 1950s hall into an architecture of connection and merging. The design reflects on quality windows and their ability to shape space and atmosphere. It opens the building to the meadow and landscape so the essence of windows, openness, and smooth transitions with nature can be clearly felt and continually experienced in everyday use.
Jakub Janošík, who guides design at a family window-making firm, developed a deep interest in architecture through his work and admiration for architects’ creative freedom. Travel shaped his own perspective, leading him to value architecture that harmonizes with landscape and nature—visually, materially, and culturally—remaining contemporary and expressive while causing minimal harm.
‘Economy of Straw Bale’ is an architecture thesis by Kotaro Shiraishi from the ‘UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.’ The project aims to use straw bale construction as a visible, experiential model of sustainable and circular design while creating a welcoming community gateway for O2AA. By integrating natural materials into everyday programs, the project demonstrates how low-carbon building methods can support art, living, and public engagement.
Shilamay by SferaBlu, Naman Shah Architects is a residence that breathes, plays, and belongs, using stone, lime, reclaimed wood, and nature to form a grounded yet lively ecosystem. It blurs boundaries between inside and outside, rooting sustainability in memory. The design invites light, water, plants, and play to shape a simple, warm, joyful way of living that reflects the family’s rhythms and spirit.
Casa Tao by HW Studio is conceived as a residence shaped by memory and shade, responding not to an image but to a way of living. Turning inward, it seeks coolness, stillness, and the aesthetics of emptiness, using indirect light, essential geometry, and elevated patios that create calm, contemplative atmospheres. Here, shadow becomes refuge, and dwelling grows quietly, intentionally, and attentively.
Den talamh by Fuinneamh Workshop Architects serves as a meeting point for talks on the environment and biodiversity within Tramore Valley Park. The pavilion frames a view to Carroll’s Bog and draws visitors closer to this unique landscape. Using a rudimentary form that recalls a miniature temple, the building becomes an agora for park users to observe, contemplate, and discuss the beauty of the site.
