Liza Idziorek
We believe in creating spaces that embrace human life rather than demanding perfection. In a world increasingly driven by automation and efficiency, we must design places that offer refuge, warmth, and a genuine sense
Local Events for What Comes Next
BIG SEE In is a new series of local professional events created to connect emerging architecture and design practices with established professionals, businesses, media and decision-makers in cities across the region. Each edition starts
Play, Learn, Discover
Playgrounds, interiors and objects use movement, choice and hands-on interaction to give children room to explore rather than prescribe how play should happen. Design for children has to negotiate two requirements that
Architecture of Continuity: Partizani High School by Loft Architects
3 Questions for Lorenxa Molla Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Partizani High School at this stage of your
A Contemporary Church Rooted in Place: Naraç Church by ArkPro Studio
3 Questions for the Arkpro Studio Albania Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Naraç Church at this stage of
Designing the School as Shared City: Angela Merkel School by Commonsense Studio
3 Questions for Commonsense Studio Team Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in the Angela Merkel School at this stage
Finding Clarity in the City: Corner 379 by ARTECH Studio
3 Questions for Genti Shtembari Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Corner 379 project at this stage of your
Architecture Shaped by the Hillside: Red Hill Residential Building by ANK Architecture
3 Questions for the ANK Architecture Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in “The Residential Building, With an Inner Courtyard
From Memory to New Public Life: The Pyramid of Tirana by MVRDV & iRI Architecture
3 Questions for iRI Architecture Team Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in The Pyramid of Tirana at this stage
Reinterpreting the Vernacular: Mountain of Houses in Valbona
3 Questions for Aleks Shtjefni and Julia Hallvaxhiu Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Mountain of Houses at this stage
Context, Identity and Urban Transformation: Platinum Residence by A7 Design Studio
3 Questions for the A7 Design Studio Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Platinum at this stage of your
A Contemporary Coastal Identity – Avanel Signature Hotel by Zifle Architects
3 Questions for Gentjan Zifle Q: What ideas or values are central to your architectural practice, and how are they reflected in Avanel Signature Hotel at this stage of
Architecture with Emotion: Fouad Hanna and Kynda Chachaty in Conversation with Ajda Bračič
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, architect Ajda Bračič
The Stitch Between Old and New
Existing walls, retained materials and contemporary additions meet in eight projects where the connection between different periods becomes part of the architecture. Working with an existing building requires more than deciding what
More Than a Place to Read
Libraries accommodate two apparently opposite conditions: sustained individual attention and the exchange of knowledge between people. Reading still requires quiet, light and a place to remain undisturbed, but contemporary libraries increasingly combine
The Architecture of Concentration and Exchange
University buildings can support both the concentration of individual study and the openness required for exchange, experimentation and shared work. Concentration can happen in open settings just as easily as behind closed doors,
Where Architecture Meets the Body in Motion
The quality of a sports facility depends on how clearly architecture supports action, orientation and shared use. Sports architecture begins with precise requirements. Clear dimensions, uninterrupted spans, durable surfaces, controlled daylight, safe circulation
Spaces That Hold a Community Together
Care, learning, work and everyday gathering shape eight projects designed around collective use. Community architecture begins with needs that private buildings do not have to address. It must be understandable to different
What Buildings Become Next
Warehouses, offices, shops and temporary housing are adapted to new programmes as cities, institutions and everyday needs change around them. A building’s original programme often expires before its structure does. Production moves
Making Room for Nature
Nature is not simply a backdrop to be admired from indoors. In these projects, it is the brief the architecture is built to answer. Across forests, mountains, wetlands and dry terrain, the
Colour with a Reason
In these ten interiors, colour is used to organise circulation, distinguish new insertions and alter the reading of existing space. Colour rarely enters an interior without context. It may respond to the history
Houses That Refuse the Obvious Form
Curved shells, bent plans, monumental walls and hovering planes turn domestic form into a test of how life might be organised differently. An unusual form is easy to notice, but much harder to
Places That Change the Pace
Landscape, privacy and carefully measured movement make the break from routine tangible. Leaving everyday life behind is not only a matter of distance. A convincing place to stay changes how the day
Architecture on Borrowed Time
Limited time sharpens the encounter: these cultural interventions turn parks, courtyards, forests and plazas into places to pause, enter and take part. Temporary architecture does not have time to become background. It
The Pieces That Soften a Room
Rugs and throws bring warmth, acoustic comfort and a clear visual centre while remaining independent of the architecture around them. Home textiles are often introduced after the main decisions about a room
The First Rooms We Remember
Primary schools shape how children first understand scale, light, independence and life with others. A school is one of the first public buildings a child learns to navigate. Its corridors, stairs,thresholds and
The Home, Rewritten
Walls are removed, rooms are reassigned and existing structures become the framework for new ways of living. Renovation begins with a judgement: what deserves to remain, what must be removed andwhat can
Shelves with a Presence
Open frames, curved profiles and interlocking joints turn storage into a spatial object with an identity of its own. A shelf is read twice: through what it holds and through the structure
Wood at Work
Visible timber surfaces organise circulation, frame collaboration and temper the technical character of contemporary offices. In workplace interiors, timber is rarely limited to furniture. It can form partitions, storage systems, meeting rooms,
Everything Is Urgent: Diego Tobalina González in Conversation with Selçuk Avcı
BIG SEE Interviews is a series of direct conversations between architects, designers and thinkers—not only about buildings, but about how we live, work and imagine the future. In this edition, architect and curator