Houses That Complete the City
A selection of single-family houses that turn dense urban conditions into spaces of light, privacy and belonging. A house is never built alone. In the city, it always enters into a relationship
The Most Sustainable House Is Already Standing
A selection of houses that show renovation as an architectural conversation between memory and change. Demolishing and building anew is often the simplest solution. Yet the most compelling contemporary houses increasingly begin
When Local Architecture Becomes an Act of Confidence
Rooted in local culture and designed with empathy, this project shows how architecture can become an instrument of social change. In many rapidly growing cities, educational buildings often adopt anonymous architectural languages
10 Innovative Water Fittings That Go Beyond Function
A selection of contemporary faucets, showers and water fittings where design turns daily routines into precise, tactile and spatial experiences. A faucet is one of the most used objects in any interior,
Where Hospitality Becomes Atmosphere: 10 Interiors
A selection of bars, cafés and restaurants where design transforms familiar rituals into moments of quiet atmosphere and wonder. A bar, café or restaurant is never only a setting for consumption. At
BIG SEE Festival 2026 Photo Gallery
More than 3,000 visitors from 77 countries filled the historic Grando warehouse in Portorož for the first unified edition of BIG SEE Festival. A two-day meeting point for architecture, interior and product design,
Humans Adapt Faster Than We Think: Sebastian Aristotelis in Conversation with Lutz Kucher
BIG SEE Interviews is a series of intimate, unfiltered conversations between architects, not just about buildings, but about how we think, live, and imagine our future environments. In this edition, Lutz Kucher speaks
10 Exceptional Cultural Spaces Setting a New Standard
From experimental pavilions to reimagined museums, these projects reveal how architecture is reshaping the cultural experience today. Cultural buildings are no longer just containers for art. Increasingly, they are spaces that ask
BIG SEE Festival 2026: Was It Just Enough?
Architecture, interior and product design awards, conference, debates, films, interviews, trade show and exhibitors came together in Portorož for the first unified edition of the BIG SEE Festival. On 21 and 22
Last days to apply for EDGE Awards Deadline: 17 May 2026
The countdown has begun: applications for the EDGE Awards 2026 are open only until 17 May.Organised within EDGE Architecture Festival Budapest (18–19 June 2026), the EDGE Awards is a live international competition, where selected finalists
The Future of Architecture and Design Lies in Collaboration.
PULSE Ostrava 2026 Opens the Theme of Critical Cooperation The international architecture and design festival PULSE Ostrava 2026, taking place on 14–15 May in the industrial Gong hall in Dolní Vítkovice, will open the
Márton Pintér
Márton Pintér is an architect, educator, BIG SEE Nominator, and provocateur. From OMA*AMO to founding VERY GOOD OFFICE and curating the Hungarian Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, he challenges architectural norms and
Dorotea Spasić
“Just enough” can be understood as the point where form, space, and resources stop serving excess and start serving meaning. In the context of contemporary urban and architectural conditions, “enough” is not a fixed
Veljko Armano Linta
Excess (1), noise (2) and complexity (3) come from our inborn drive towards bioproductivity (1), intra- and inter-species communication (2) and biodiversity (3). But our drive is too often spoiled by our conditioning and
Rutika T Jain
At Ikka Home, our perspective is rooted in a deep understanding of textiles and their evolving role in contemporary interiors. With an updated, research-driven approach to materials, we work fluidly across the spectrum—from mainstream
Bernard Maree
An architect’s role in any project is identifying the line of what is just enough; this is often linked to budgets, zoning, and client requirements. Though we, as architects, are not the visionaries behind
Marina Marušić
“Just enough” is the point where something truly works—without excess, but without lack. It’s a balance between need and measure, where nothing is added just because it can be. In architecture, it means creating
Mateja Logonder
Just right, or enough in interior design, is when you satisfy the needs of the space and the client at the same time, when the space allows the user to add something over time if
Margareta Spajić
Simplicity in the logic of the sacred geometry.Beauty like the expression of the Divine.Sustainability in the use of construction and materials.Margareta Spajić, ArchitectStudio GRRR, Croatia This contribution is part of our ongoing survey
Open House Slovenia Architecture Festival
“All Measures of Architecture”17–19 April 2026The Open House Slovenia Architecture Festival (OHS) will open the doors of high-quality Slovenian architecture across the country for the seventeenth consecutive year. The event will take place from 17
Sanja Ljubić
Today’s technology allows us to walk around all the cities and towns of our world. Amazed, but also confused, young and future architects reach for someone else’s ideas, neglecting their own. Architecture has always
Zdenko Tonković
The answer lies in the traces of the thinking and practice of P. L. Nervi and B. Fuller and derivatives of the thinking of M. McLuhan. But equally, to consider creatively that ornament is
Xhejlan Bruti
Just enough is when space allows us to breathe and feel at ease, without noise or excess. It is a quiet balance between function, emotion, light, and material. For me, enough in architecture is
Irena Miljevic Djosovic
When there is noise all around you, you must find peace within yourself. Architecture must be freed from everything that is excessive. It should reflect calmness and simplicity. We are not talking about isolating
Tamara Stefanoska
Architecture finds its purpose not in what it adds to the world, but in what it makes possible within it: shelter, stillness, a sense of arrival. That moment when a space needs nothing more
Noman Khan
In that case, "just enough" might mean designing spaces that balance simplicity with functionality, using strategies like: - Minimalist aesthetics to reduce visual noise - Green spaces for calm and sustainability - Adaptive reuse
Tomaž Ebenšpanger
Tomaž Ebenšpanger is an architect at SKUPAJ Arhitekti and an Assistant Professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture. As a BIG SEE Nominator, he actively supports emerging
Luciano Zucchero
Two thresholds may be identified as constituting “excess.” The first concerns the predominance of images over words: Arthur Brisbane’s assertion that “a picture is worth a thousand words” must be reconsidered, for language generates
Dušan Kočlík
Dušan Kočlík is a furniture and interior designer, educator, curator, publicist, activist and BIG SEE Nominator. He is Head of the Institute of Interior and Exhibition Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Martin Kožnar
It is necessary to do projects from the heart. It is our world and we have maximum responsibility for every wall and for every “empty” and so-called “full” space. So it is enough if we