Habitus Living

MARCH 5, 2024

The design brief for Snow House was simple: to design a home that honours the French snow scene and comprises sustainable elements, to maximise the restoration of natural features. The designers have sought to emphasise a vernacular approach to architecture by considering the site’s microclimate characteristics.

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Design Brief Visualization Restoration Residential 96

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to Rettig, key elements of the design brief included recognising Oman's "cultural and architectural heritage", while designing contemporary built forms for the city. The visuals are by ATCHAIN courtesy of SOM.

Cities 139

Cities Masterplanning Transportation Technology 139

Deezen

MAY 20, 2023

Cabin House was designed by Taliesyn "Embracing a quiet reflection of modern lifestyle and vernacular nuances, the design was developed from a simple brief of experiencing nature at close quarters," Taliesyn co-director Mahaboob Basha told Dezeen. "It

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Housing Architecture Design Brief Finishes 145

Dwell

APRIL 9, 2025

Go behind the scenes of how ambitious design briefs became reality. How They Pulled It Off is our ongoing series where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect of a home design and get the nitty-gritty details about how it became a reality.

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ArchiDiaries

AUGUST 6, 2022

Excerpt: Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat is an adaptive reuse hospitality project designed by the architectural firm Neri & Hu. The design brief called for the adaptive reuse of several old buildings by giving them new functions while adding new buildings to accommodate the hotel’s capacity needs.

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Architizer

AUGUST 4, 2022

Additionally, the design brief entailed the buildings to be Carbon-Zero and GRIHA qualified. A network of nine landscaped courtyards run between the three blocks, creating a street-like configuration that ultimately leads to a viewing deck at the edge of the Powai Lake. © IMK Architects. © IMK Architects. © IMK Architects.

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Students Environment Sustainability Nature 102

Deezen

MAY 10, 2023

The design brief for the theatre project was set by a group of students in 2019, who wanted to create a performance space that blurred the boundary between performers and audience, but the project was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Space Building Students Design 126

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The space supports different styles of teaching and learning The product "is a testament to JEB's commitment to revolutionising the educational landscape and providing cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving needs of modern learning environments," said the brand.

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Modern Education Students Environment 98

Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Within the urban landscapes of Sydney’s Bellevue Hill, Zen Apartment comprises positive and negative spatial dynamics. The open floor plan was designed to fit the owners’ needs; each space within the home is flexible, shapeshifting over the day. The outcome is a home imbued with a modern interpretation of Japanese minimalism.

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Design Brief Modern Landscape Interior 93

ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The projects run a gamut of scales: from buildings to interior design, from landscape to process and to ecology design. All projects can be identified by strong concepts, based on wide research translated into clear spatial designs.

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Architizer

MAY 23, 2022

Wandering Walls – On an ocean front mountain top, between tall grasses and acacia forests, walls meander in and out of the wild and wind swept landscape to create an 8 room retreat. Rugged, curvaceous concrete walls define the boundaries between architecture and landscape, wandering inside and outside to create public and private spaces.

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Habitus Living

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“The goal was to create a design that would enhance the ecosystem rather than impose upon it, and that would restore the well-being of our client,” says Kate Symons, director Studio Ilk.

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Architizer

JUNE 15, 2022

The Peak Resort and Spa, is located in the untouched serene landscape of Udaipur, Rajasthan, the desert kingdom of India. The idea of built and landscape is seen as an amalgamation in the design. Each villa is nested as a cocoon space in the landscape. Project Status: Under Construction. © studio symbiosis.

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Site Landscape Nature Events 98

Architizer

AUGUST 16, 2022

The building’s design is respectful of the special character of the area, and the project animates the West End’s public realm with a ground-oriented landscape design, and public art that references the site’s local history and geography. Is there anything else important you’d like to share about this project? Consultants.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Residential Architect Consulting 98

e-architect

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The internationally renowned, Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm will provide a conceptual framework plan to guide future public realm improvements and private development sites, forming a network of well-connected, pedestrian-oriented multi-use spaces. SWA Landscape Architects. Los Angeles Architecture Designs.

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Real Estate Transportation Landscape Commercial 98

aasarchitecture

MARCH 1, 2022

This vision, articulated by Aedas Executive Director Albert Tong, is illustrated by the comprehensive and well considered design. The satellite concourse also incorporates two outdoor landscaped viewing platforms, overlooking the Shenzhen cityscape and Pearl River estuary. The generous 5.4m

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Hotel Designs

MARCH 8, 2023

Using the teams’ Solidworks expertise, this modelling allows her to make finer tweaks and adjustments by viewing the design from all angles, ensuring it has been carefully considered and reflects the design brief perfectly. “I “Drones are an integral part of our process,” explained Sohbati.

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Innovation Technology Technology Design 98

ArchiDiaries

APRIL 17, 2022

This is accentuated by bringing landscaping into the building envelope via a narrow internal courtyard decked with planting bathed with sunlight from above -thus creating a changing but pleasing effect across the day. The planning scheme employed allows spaces to flow into one other, whilst keeping circulation and living spaces well defined.

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Housing Architect Design Brief Finishes 70

Bustler

JANUARY 7, 2024

Students should be studying in the field of art, architecture, landscape architecture, design, engineering, and/or other creatively focused programs. This year’s theme is Land Art: Celestial Architecture. The competition opens January 5, 2024 and closes April 21, 2024.

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e-architect

JUNE 4, 2023

The design brief consisted of a full renovation of the exterior and interior spaces, along with landscaping of the front and rear yards with help from our friend and colleague Catherine Howell.

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Renovation Design Brief Exterior Contemporary 70

Habitus Living

JULY 30, 2023

Located on an elevated site in Paddington, Brisbane, Fernberg by Tim Stewart Architects stands as a contemporary family residence that strikingly balances material robustness with a lush landscape. The façade further incorporates integrated landscaping planters, forging an intricate connection with the lush greenery of Paddington.

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ArchiDiaries

MARCH 31, 2022

The client was trained and practiced as an architect before starting a local tech company that focused on digital interface and experience design. Considered a visionary design at the time, the reinforced concrete frame of the building and sleek international style forms represented the optimism and ambition of 1960s high modernism.

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Client Clients Design Brief Interior 77

Hotel Designs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Under the hands-on guidance of brother and sister Antonia and Giacomo Fiermonte, along with the design team of Charles-Philippe Mommeja and Christophe Vialleton from Laboratoire Design, Rabat, each property immerses itself in its location and invites its guests to do the same.

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Sustainability Contemporary Design Brief Art 98

ArchiDiaries

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Most farming activities were suspended nearly a couple of decades ago when the owners decided to rewild the landscape, reserving a small parcel of land for organic farming. The design brief called for developing a perennial property resilient to the harsh summers and cold winters of the region.

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Roofing Landscape Structure Site 84

Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The design brief seeks to maximize comfort, solar passive design, and access to natural light—made all the more challenging due to an impending 12-story development to be constructed nearby. "The The layout is an intentional departure from the typical open plan plug-in to the back of an older house.

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Industrial Home IT Permits 59

ArchiDiaries

JANUARY 24, 2022

The back fence and borrowed landscape provides an ambiguous back-drop to the interior, as one enters a full width, double height living zone, formed by the simple extrusion of the profile of the federation house it abuts. Simple ideas, but generous in their ultimate influence of the design approach and therefore the form of the finished home.

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Interior Housing Architecture Zoning 74

Habitus Living

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Landscape architects were engaged early in the design phase to ensure an integrated vision for the expanded site. What was the design brief, and how did you interpret it and respond to it? The architectural landscape walls respond to the architecture, creating many moments to explore.

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Landscape Contemporary Home Sketching 52

Architizer

APRIL 13, 2022

Plates house is situated in the rich natural landscape of West Vancouver’s British Properties Neighborhood. The rich nature surrounding the project site inspired the designers to utilize transparency and blur the line between inside and outside of the house. Project Status: Concept. Size: 5000 sqft – 10,000 sqft.

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Housing Concept Design Design Brief 76

Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A central focus of the course was a design brief that invited students to reimagine the future of transportation by creating prototypes of airborne vehicles. The CRID remains committed to pushing the boundaries of design education, preparing AUD students to be leaders in the evolving landscape of design and technology."

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Students Project Safety Innovation 98

Bustler

JULY 5, 2023

The competition aims to collect urban design proposals that are forward-looking, innovative, and implementation-oriented to help promote the high grade, high standard, and high-quality construction and development of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone. To give guidelines for the optimization and enhancement of 21 urban functional areas.

Cities 40

Cities Design Brief Zoning Design 40

Bustler

JULY 5, 2023

The competition aims to collect urban design schemes that are forward-looking, innovative, and implementation-oriented to help promote the high grade, high standard, and high-quality construction and development of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone. Integrate the urban design results of the Future City and form the Urban Design Guidelines.

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Zoning Cities Design Brief Design 40

Deezen

JULY 20, 2022

Unit tutors are drawn from practice and the school, with students selecting their unit of choice at the beginning of the year following the design briefs set by each unit team. "We The outcome has resulted in a rich array of work. We applaud the students' response to returning to on-campus teaching in the studio. Student: Ellie Pavier.

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Bustler

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Detailed Node Design According to the planning and analysis of current situation, carry out detailed design for the landscape nodes along the route, including conceptual ideas, plan layout, traffic organization, planting design, buildings/structures, etc. and the Host’s representative(s).

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Habitus Living

MARCH 19, 2024

In a nod to their creative vision, Architects Tom Mark Henry translated this notion – commonly seen on runways and in media – by designing an architectural embodiment of the concept — the Bronte Beach House. They wanted an inviting space for themselves and loved ones to come straight from the surf but didn’t want to compromise on glamour.

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Housing Finishes Remodeling Design Brief 52

Bustler

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Our brief outlines the design of a flexible public use pavilion. This design brief invites visionary architects and designers to create a remarkable and sustainable public use pavilion within an abandoned quarry of your choice.

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Architecture Design Brief Sustainability Innovation 40

e-architect

JULY 6, 2023

Owing to the nature of the collaborative and flexible work of the client, the design brief called for flexible spaces that can transform to accommodate various scenarios. Through the superimposition of layers with different yet harmonic aesthetics, users can literally read the history between the lines formed on the ceiling.

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Foundation Education Restoration Firms 75

aasarchitecture

APRIL 26, 2022

The Peak Resort and Spa, is located in the untouched serene landscape of Udaipur, Rajasthan, the desert kingdom of India. Designed as a destination to unwind and rejuvenate the property hosts, 8 pool villas, event space, Restaurant, Spa, Gym, star gazing platform and an outdoor pool. Image © Studio Symbiosis. Image © Studio Symbiosis.

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