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  • Floating Line by Vugomal inženjering, designed by Anja Okuka

Floating Line by Vugomal inženjering, designed by Anja Okuka

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2026 – Winner, Furniture for Living Spaces, Montenegro, Product design|

The project was conceived for Nixon Boutique, a concept store in development bringing together contemporary designers and manufacturers from the Balkans, primarily in fashion. In addition to its retail function, the boutique plans to
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  • Hotel Santa Boka by Studio ARCHIFOCUS

Hotel Santa Boka by Studio ARCHIFOCUS

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2026 – Winner, Hospitality, Interior, Montenegro|

Within the historic fabric of Perast, shaped by stone, light, and the quiet rhythm of Mediterranean life, Santa Boka unfolds as a carefully orchestrated spatial transformation. The former hotel, once composed of several smaller
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  • Villas “Stanaj” – Ulcinj, Montenegro by PLAN (IT’S HANA DESIGN)

Villas “Stanaj” – Ulcinj, Montenegro by PLAN (IT’S HANA DESIGN)

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 – Winner, Montenegro, Tourism buildings|

The villas are set on a site of 845 m2 on Velika Plaza in Ulcinj. Designed for tourism, the project consists of two units connected by a covered passage with pergolas, creating a gentle
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  • E Blok by DVARP

E Blok by DVARP

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 – Winner, Montenegro, Public, civic and administration buildings|

The key goal was to create a space that not only functions within its technical parameters, but also represents the client within the community - through design that reflects their business values and future
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  • STORY by ALISA DESIGN

STORY by ALISA DESIGN

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2026 – Winner, Interior, Montenegro, Retail|

Story Boutique is a 100 m² contemporary retail space located in Podgorica, Montenegro. The interior blends soft, neutral tones with carefully selected, natural textures, creating a calm and refined atmosphere that allows the products
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  • 5* Boutique Hotel Central by NRA Atelier

5* Boutique Hotel Central by NRA Atelier

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 – Winner, Montenegro, Public - renovation|

Boutique Hotel Centrale, located on Centrale Piazza in Luštica Bay, is a five-star, urban boutique hotel that blends heritage with modern design. Built on the site of a former military workshop, the project preserves
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  • Cat Beds

Cat Beds

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2025 – Winner, Home and Living, Montenegro, Product design|

This is my cat - or was, sadly. I once made her a bed, and that’s how all of this started. I’ve been making tufted rugs for a while, experimenting with different tufting guns
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  • Villa “Laurus” – Strp, Montenegro

Villa “Laurus” – Strp, Montenegro

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2025 - Winner, Montenegro, Residential – houses|

Villa LaurusLocated in the laurel forests of Strp, in Kotor Municipality, Villa Laurus spans 275 m² on a 1.128 m² plot. The architectural concept presents a contemporary interpretation of traditional design, guided by bioclimatic
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  • “Lazure Hotel Beach” – Herceg Novi, Montenegro

“Lazure Hotel Beach” – Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2025 - Winner, Montenegro, Public / open space and landscape|

Lazure Beach is located in the Meljine settlement, Municipality of Herceg Novi, within the Lazure Hotel & Marina resort. This 5-star resort features a 130-room hotel situated in a restored 18th-century building, complemented by
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  • ONIA exceptional homes

ONIA exceptional homes

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2025 - Winner, Montenegro, Residential – housing|

Onia Exceptional Homes are designed to offer a unique coastal living experience, with an emphasis on comfort and privacy. The building is equipped with the most advanced installation systems, ensuring both functionality and efficiency.
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  • My Pharm

My Pharm

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2025 – Winner, Interior, Montenegro, Retail|

The interior design of My Pharm - a pharmacy located on the ground floor of a new residential and commercial building in Podgorica - stems from an architectural concept based on the principle of
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  • Adaptation of the hall of Technical Faculty, University of Montenegro

Adaptation of the hall of Technical Faculty, University of Montenegro

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2025 - Winner, Educational buildings, Montenegro|

The building of the Technical Faculty in Podgorica was constructed in 1975. It is one of the key examples of Montenegrin architectural heritage. The sensitive context required a careful intervention in the interior of the
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  • Interior of the private health institution “Milmedika”

Interior of the private health institution “Milmedika”

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2025 – Winner, Civic, Interior, Montenegro|

The private health institution Milmedika was opened in an exclusive part of Tivat - Marina Porto Montenegro. The investor requested that the building’s interior design radiate warmth while retaining the characteristics of its primary
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  • The critical classroom

The critical classroom

Magazine, Montenegro|

Contemporary re-thinking of educational amenities Surrounded by a mosaic of individual family homes with gardens, orchards and fragments of abandoned agricultural land, the new primary school becomes a strong contemporary landmark of
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  • Apartment A

Apartment A

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2025 – Winner, Interior, Montenegro, Residential|

This apartment, located in Bar, Montenegro, showcases a contemporary and elegant design. Neutral tones and natural materials dominate the living room, with marble accents on the coffee table and TV wall adding a touch
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  • Villa Seljanovo

Villa Seljanovo

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2025 - Winner, Montenegro, Residential – houses|

Villa Seljanovo is a residential building located in the Municipality of Tivat, in the Seljanovo area. The site is unique, positioned on a sea cape surrounded by water on three sides and featuring a
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  • Conservation project of the adaptation of the stage space in Old Town Bar

Conservation project of the adaptation of the stage space in Old Town Bar

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024 – Winner, Montenegro, Public, cultural buildings and infrastructure buildings|

The conservation project for the adaptation of the stage was implemented in the Old Town Bar, a cultural asset registered in the Register of Cultural Assets of Montenegro. The project included the replacement of the
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  • Visitor Center “Đalovića Pećina”

Visitor Center “Đalovića Pećina”

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024 – Winner, Montenegro, Tourism buildings|

The visitor center, along with accompanying facilities such as a cafe-bar, restaurant, administrative rooms, exhibition space, and presentation hall, was constructed in the coastal area of the Bistrica River. A parking area is planned adjacent
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  • Villa Mandragora

Villa Mandragora

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024 – Winner, Montenegro, Residential – houses|

“Vila Mandragora” is a family summer villa in Orahovac, Montenegro, located right above the Risan-Kotor intercity road. This architectural realization is an example of successful integration with the unique landscape of the Boka Kotorska
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  • Mamula Island

Mamula Island

Architecture and design as experience, BIG SEE Tourism Design Award 2023 – Winner, Germany, Montenegro, Tourism|

Rising out of the Adriatic Sea off the northwestern coast of Montenegro, Mamula Island cuts a striking figure against the rich blue waters of the Bay of Kotor. Used once as a wartime jail,
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  • Let’s all play!

Let’s all play!

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2023 – Winner, Leisure and Play, Montenegro, Product design|

This set of 3D printed toys is designed for children and children with disabilities. All toys are made of recyclable and biodegradable materials. They are easy to play with, they involve thinking, logical operations,
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  • PETko

PETko

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2023 – Winner, Montenegro, Product design, Urban and Public Design|

Do not throw away the plastic bottle - transform it to 3D printing filament! Some seventy years ago, a "miraculous" material was discovered - elastic, light, resistant and strong. That is when the production
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  • Queen’s Eccentric Mind

Queen’s Eccentric Mind

BIG SEE Fashion Design Award 2023 – Winner, Fashion, Montenegro, Wearable art / Accessories|

Inspiration: The name of this 3D-printed jewellery collection is Queen’s Eccentric Mind. Being a 3D printed jewellery designer is my greatest passion, but my affiliation is as an Associate Professor at the University of
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  • Residential Complex Zain Park

Residential Complex Zain Park

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 - Winner, Montenegro, Residential – housing|

Zain Park is a residential complex consisting of four residential blocks grouped around central open green space. The basic idea is “housing in greenery” so the central part of the parcel is banked for
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  • Ana Krgović / ANA KRGOVIC / THE INVISIBLE PATH

Ana Krgović / ANA KRGOVIC / THE INVISIBLE PATH

BIG SEE Fashion Design Award 2022 – Grand Prix, BIG SEE Fashion Design Award 2022 – Winner, Fashion, Montenegro, Step forward|

Inspiration: In her graduate collection The Invisible Path, Ana Krgović talks about the clash of cultures as a result of migration flows between the African and European continents. Motifs taken from African clothing culture incorporated
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  • Villa Corso Levante, Kotor

Villa Corso Levante, Kotor

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Montenegro, Residential architecture|

This is a waterfront holiday home in Kotor, UNESCO site in Montenegro. Despite the fact it is located in historic area we wanted to make a contemporary house respecting the rules of such a location.
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  • BEMAX Arena, Podgorica

BEMAX Arena, Podgorica

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Montenegro, Public and commercial architecture|

The project was developed with idea that existing small hall of the Moraca Sports Center, which was originally designed as an indoor pool and for years out of function, change its purpose and to be
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  • Business Center Glosarij, Podgorica

Business Center Glosarij, Podgorica

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2022 – Winner, Interior, Montenegro, Workplace|

The building is designed as a business, with a predominantly administrative character in terms of organization office space on all floors. The architectural structure is formed from simple, geometrically reduced volumes connected into a complete
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  • Touristic villa ‘S,M,L’, Tivat

Touristic villa ‘S,M,L’, Tivat

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Montenegro, Residential architecture|

Luxury villa “S, M, L” is positioned in immediate vicinity of the seashore on the south side of Tivat Bay, in Krasici, with unique view of the bay. Functional zoning was generated with organization
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  • Betula Design Center, Kotor

Betula Design Center, Kotor

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2022 – Winner, Montenegro, Public and commercial architecture|

Architectural concept for the new office building “Betula Design Center” in Kotor (Montenegro) is inspired by elegance and translucence of the birch-tree (lat.betula alba). The building base is elongated trapezoid, southwest-southeast orientation, transferred across ground
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