ARCHITECTURE

House of silence

April 9, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Hungary, Religious Buildings|

The building is the newest element of the Mátraverébély-Szentkút pilgrimage center, which creates a place for visitors to relax. The quadrum is the main organizing element of the building, which is installed on a wooded hillside sloping to the north. The mass, composed of a horizontal stone retaining wall and a stone-paved parking space, blends into the landscape. The "U"-shaped building is covered with a lean-to roof tilted inward,
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Nivy Centrum

April 9, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Public Buildings, Slovakia|

Nivy Bus Station is a unique project located at an important place. Together with Nivy Mall and Nivy Bus Station, the work has brought a new life and a specific atmosphere to the surroundings and the Slovak capital itself. It helps shape a new vibrant urban boulevard and brings modern projects designed by world famous and Slovak architects to an area which was neglected for a long time. HB
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Coudraie & Les Hêtres

April 8, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Public Buildings, Switzerland|

The project is made up of two independent buildings: "La Coudraie," which is a temporary accommodation that offers training for young adults with disabilities to live independently; and "Les Hêtres" which has six studios and community spaces in which young adults can learn and maintain autonomy in the daily life of an individual dwelling. Particular attention is paid to the bedroom and study area. Each room is designed to
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K1

April 7, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Greece, Residential – houses|

In a sloping plot overlooking the sea and the “White Mountains”, it was designed and constructed as a villa of highly functional and aesthetic standards. Its main feature is the pure forms, achieved by the detail both in design and implementation. The access from the southern and highest point of the plot, reveals only a small part of the building. The stone of the plot dresses the monolithic volumes
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House Rock

April 7, 2023|Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Residential – houses|

House Rock sits above the city of Vienna, nestled in the southern sunny vineyards. On one hand, it rises like an eagle's nest from the allotment neighbourhood, allowing its residents possibly one of the best views from their bathtub into the surrounding hills of the Vienna Woods. On the other hand, House Rock blends into the hillside, its street-side closure contrasting with the extroversion of the tower-like lookout and
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Educational Campus

April 7, 2023|Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Educational buildings|

In addition to the adaptation of the existing school building, the project includes an extension to the north. This is a cubic structure connected to the existing building by a transparent bridge construction. The core of the extension is a spatially differentiated hall through which the multi-purpose room, the dining room, the workroom and the learning landscape on the top floor are accessed.
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Marskinpuisto

April 7, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Finland, Residential – housing|

The residential building Marskinpuisto is a fresh landmark in the center of the city of Oulu. Higher than its neighbours, the building serves as the prominent southern end to the main pedestrian street Rotuaari. The 12-storey building consists a curved block resting on a pedestal, similar in scale to adjacent buildings. A common courtyard on the sixth floor, on top of the pedestal, also serves as a cooling place
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Triborgo – Suzzani 225

April 7, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Italy, Residential – housing|

Initially conceived as a construction replacement of some buildings, the project redesigned the configuration of the entire block, designing three independent bodies: one that creates the urban front on the avenue, a tower and a body inside the lot. The complex, on the ground floor, houses the commercial functions and some neighborhood services, on the upper floors it houses various residential typologies which generate a range of possible ways
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ITBinder Bürogebäude

April 6, 2023|Architecture, Austria, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Workplace|

The office building planned by Schafler Architecture impresses with its clarity and transparency in the internal functional processes. This finds its external expression in the depth effect of the street-side glazed and austere facade structure, which was designed as a visual and light filter for the (computer) workstations behind it. Passers-by are granted a glimpse of an open and modern office landscape between the protruding concrete slats. Anthracite gray
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Villa L3

April 6, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Finland, Residential – houses|

The aim was to build a modern and clean-lined house on the island, taking into account the surrounding nature. The client's wish was that in addition to an interesting appearance, the end result would also be a comfortable home that would naturally combine every day and leisurely living. What was important to the customer was a simple and streamlined structure that would also become dignified as it aged. The
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AE House

April 6, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, North Macedonia, Residential – houses|

The presenting object represents a composition of basic geometric shapes that are visible both in the projects and in the shaping of its architectural form. We create architecture that is often called minimalist, which does not imply physical poverty of the object itself, but spiritual wealth which is evident in the AE House located in the Municipality of Karposh, Skopje. The interior is dominated by white, but details such
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Wohnüberbauung Spillmatte

April 6, 2023|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Residential – housing, Switzerland|

The development is located in front of a heterogeneous development structure of single-family and multi-family houses. By staggering the three six-family houses both horizontally and vertically, the building appears small-scale and blends into the topography. Towards Buchmattstrasse the volume appears single-storey and towards the south three-storey. Each staircase provides access to 6 apartments on different levels. The supporting structure consists of reinforced concrete slabs resting on columns. The apartments
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