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Design & Theory

Principles, ideas and theory behind architectural design: space, light, scale, form and context.

Light in Architecture Scale & Proportion Spatial Design Contextual Architecture Architectural Theory

Design & Theory projects (57)

A single-storey house with a tiled roof and a modern addition on top, featuring large windows. The front yard has a white fence and greenery.

A Light Addition

Office MI—JI

A thoughtful renovation in St. Kilda East, Victoria, elevates living spaces while preserving existing structures, integrating light and air seamlessly.

Residential Sustainability Light in Architecture

Modern two-story house with dark shingles and large windows in a grassy area with trees.

Häuser am Waldrand

Orso Dettling Architekten

Winterthur, Switzerland

Two detached houses in Winterthur that seamlessly integrate into the existing settlement pattern with a refined facade and dynamic interior spaces.

Houses Contextual Architecture

Modern two-story building with white and beige facade, latticework, and high-voltage towers in the background.

House in La Bachillera

Sursuroeste Arquitectos

Seville, Spain

A nuanced exploration of identity and habitat, this house in La Bachillera by Sursuroeste Arquitectos embraces its complex urban context.

Residential Contextual Architecture

Modern building with reddish-brown facade and large windows in urban setting.

The Box . Hannover

Herzog & de Meuron

Hannover, Germany

The Box in Hannover by Herzog & de Meuron revitalizes a vacant building with a striking clinker facade, integrating it into the historic cityscape while offerin…

Apartment Buildings Mixed-Use Buildings Restaurants & Cafés

Exterior view of a building featuring a glass-enclosed walkway and a facade with white tiles and metal elements.

Atelier Pomo

fala

Porto, Portugal

A landscape practice inhabits a provisional space, transforming it with a light touch of green tiles and a web of metal lines.

Offices & Workplaces Interiors Light in Architecture

Interior view looking out to a garden with a concrete path leading to a pavilion, surrounded by plants and a multi-story building in the background.

Flat Refurbishment in Poblenou

Metronom

Barcelona, Spain

A dynamic transformation of an 80 m² apartment in Barcelona's Poble Nou district, featuring non-orthogonal partitions and a central kitchen.

Residential Interiors Indoor-Outdoor Living