Magazine of Design

Magazine of Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Architecture

Explore 968 award-winning designs tagged Architecture on Magazine of Design.

Lumen Cube Office

Viktar Varabei Office Architecture

Lumen Cube

Lumen Cube is a commercial development that seamlessly balances business efficiency with a substantial contribution to the urban environment. It creates a bright, creative, and inspiring space for people. The fully glazed central atrium is the main highlight flooded with daylight by day and glowing warmly at night. The dynamic cubic composition with protruding glass volumes gives the building visual lightness and a distinctly modern character. Open green terraces, flexible office layouts, and energy-efficient solutions make Lumen Cube a prime example of modern, comfortable architecture.

Continue reading about Lumen Cube Office

 
NamKwong Diehu Center Complex

Peng Architects Inc. Complex Architecture

NamKwong Diehu Center

Nam Kwong Diehu Center is a mixed-use complex designed for Qidong, Jiangsu, China. The site lies in the central business district, next to Diehu Lake. The design is divided into three plots. One plot holds the working and commercial areas, and two plots hold the residential areas. The form of the twin towers is inspired by the shape of a butterfly, following the local name of Diehu Lake. The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. Ecological residences and fitness parks support a healthy community.

Continue reading about NamKwong Diehu Center Complex

 
Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art Museum

Tengyuan Design Museum Architecture

Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art

Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art is a museum for the exhibition and trade of rare stones. The building stands on a quiet site, with the eastern side facing a stone garden and open plains along the rest of the perimeter. The museum is shaped as one large stone divided into four parts, each holding a separate exhibition. A central atrium with skylights links the four halls and forms a circular visitor route. The main facade is made of stone panels, while large glass areas and an overhanging structure open the southern and eastern sides. A public terrace offers views toward the stone garden.

Continue reading about Pingyuan Mysterious Stone Art Museum

 
Entry Building to Sberbank Entrance to Headquarters

Evolution Design Entrance to Headquarters Architecture

Entry Building to Sberbank

Entry Building to Sberbank is an entrance building for two adjoining high-rise office towers in Moscow. The building encloses the space between the towers with a hyperbolic paraboloid form, built from 29 steel arches and covered by a glazed triangulated roof. The shape brings daylight inside while limiting sunlight obstruction to the lower office floors. Three floors hold reception areas, restaurants, coffee shops, a conference centre and an event space shaped as a stepped amphitheatre. Both ends are crowned with champagne-coloured stainless steel panels.

Continue reading about Entry Building to Sberbank Entrance to Headquarters

 
Material Dialogue Mixed Used Building

Chih Ming Tu Mixed Used Building Architecture

Material Dialogue

Material Dialogue is a mixed-use building that combines corporate offices with a production workshop. The four-story front volume faces the main road and holds the offices, while a double-height rear volume contains the workshop. The facade uses a dark grey stone frame with white vertical masses, recalling the raw materials of casting. Deep balconies on the east and south sides give shading and sheltered outdoor space. Inside, a double-height lobby holds an open cast iron staircase and a tile wall. Greenery and a reflecting pond soften the industrial setting.

Continue reading about Material Dialogue Mixed Used Building

 
Factory City To Education City Multifunctional Theater

Ying Bi Multifunctional Theater Architecture

Factory City To Education City

This project reimagines Ivrea's industrial heritage as a contemporary educational and cultural campus. Through the adaptive reuse of existing concrete structures and the insertion of new modular steel buildings, the design transforms a former production environment into a connected framework for learning, performance, and public life. A theatre, multifunctional spaces, and an open circulation spine together create a flexible civic landscape where industrial memory evolves into a living architecture of knowledge.

Continue reading about Factory City To Education City Multifunctional Theater

 
Jiangnan No.1 Courtyard Exhibition Hall

gad Exhibition Hall Architecture

Jiangnan No.1 Courtyard

Jiangnan No.1 Courtyard is an exhibition hall located at Xiaoshan Innovation Polis in Hangzhou, China. The building stands next to a lake, and the setting recalls a Jiangnan watery town. Herringbone sloping roofs, white walls and black tiles form a continuous and rhythmic image. The interior is organized around a landscape atrium with a light well, following the spirit of the traditional courtyard. Natural light enters the rooms through the atrium glass. The entrance uses imitation wood poles that form a semi-transparent screen.

Continue reading about Jiangnan No.1 Courtyard Exhibition Hall

 
Near Figure Museum

Meng Zhao Museum Architecture

Near Figure

Near Figure is a museum designed for Helsinki, Finland. The building explores the state between identifiable and unidentifiable forms. Shapes convey a sense of purpose but remain unresolved, so legibility appears gradually as visitors move through the spaces. Two separate circulation paths are interwoven through changes in the architectural form. The museum holds open galleries, exhibition halls, a cafe, exterior platforms and activity areas. Green concrete and recycled wood improve insulation and reduce carbon emissions. The gross floor area is 6400 square meters.

Continue reading about Near Figure Museum

 
Dahua Park City Exhibition

Shanghai Puspace Architectural Design Co Exhibition Architecture

Dahua Park City

Dahua Park City is an exhibition building set between mountains and a lake in Kunming, China. The main volume is stilted above the sloped site, while multi-layer terraces and long French windows open wide views toward the surrounding landscape. The curved facade is formed from 3,276 triangular aluminum panels, each carrying a different perforation pattern. The panels were joined in pairs to simplify installation. The interior route creates a spatial sequence that frames the lake view. The gross floor area is 2,200 square meters.

Continue reading about Dahua Park City Exhibition

 
Peak Art Sales Center

Quincy Li Sales Center Architecture

Peak Art

Peak Art is a sales center located in Xushuguan Town, Suzhou, China. The building answers the fading traces of local history with modern techniques and materials. Three sloping roofs, drawn from traditional Suzhou architecture, are linked by flat sections to form a folded facade. Walls combine hollowed out black bricks with matte pearl blue stone, echoing local tones and textures. A garden style layout encloses an inner courtyard, and large glass surfaces bring the courtyard landscape into the interior.

Continue reading about Peak Art Sales Center

 
Montemar Residential

Irakli Emiridze Residential Architecture

Montemar

Montemar is a residential complex located in Gonio, Georgia, on the Black Sea coast. Montemar comprises three residential blocks of sixteen floors each, placed on a site of 10,000 square meters. The open spaces between the buildings are given to green planting, public squares and communal areas. Parking for 300 vehicles is included. Panoramic apartments with private terraces and jacuzzis face the sea. The facades are clad in embossed aluminum sheet, and their volumetric shapes recall the form of a seashell.

Continue reading about Montemar Residential

 
Gave Residence

Michihiro Matsuo Residence Architecture

Gave

Gave is a multi-unit residence with attached garages, completed in Osaka, Japan. Each unit links a private garage directly to a studio or office space, so residents move from the car to the home with ease. The building has a steel structure and two floors. A column-free garage entrance allows large vehicles to enter and leave smoothly. Large slabs of natural Ena stone form the main gate, and the floating second floor works as a canopy. Wide driveways, planting and shared terraces create a quiet and private setting.

Continue reading about Gave Residence