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BIG SEE Architecture & Interior Design Awards: Grand Prix Winners 2025

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BIG SEE Architecture & Interior Design Awards
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Gustav Willeit

ARCHITECTURE

Tourism Buildings

https://bigsee.eu/badhaus/

Badhaus

Authors: bergmeisterwolf; Gerd Bergmeister, Michaela Wolf, team: Alessandro Battistella, Alessandra Lione, Claudio Triassi

Location: Brixen (Bressanone), Italy

Photos: Gustav Willeit

In the heart of Brixen, a neglected urban fragment was transformed into an open, accessible civic space. The new volume, both respectful and confident, contrasts and complements the existing fabric, while green terraces offer fresh perspectives and private retreats. In a time marked by urban densification and social fragmentation, this project proudly shows how architecture can reconnect communities, revalue heritage, and reimagine the role of public space in contemporary city life.

Public and Administration Buildings

https://bigsee.eu/kalyon-karapinar-1-350-mwp-spp-central-control-building/

Kalyon Karapınar 1.350 MWP SPP – Central Control Building

Authors: Bilgin Architects; Caner Bilgin, Begüm Yılmaz Bilgin, team: Cem Katkat, Serenay Gürkan, Elif Özücağlıyan, Yıldırım Erbaz

Location: Konya, Turkey

Photos: Egemen Karakaya

At the core of Europe’s largest solar power plant, this control building sets a new standard for infrastructure that is both highly functional and publicly accessible. It combines precision-engineered command spaces for managing over 3.2 million panels with openness for education, dialogue, and outreach. During global energy transition, this achievement proves that even technical architecture can inspire, engage, and embody sustainability at scale.

Residential – Houses

https://bigsee.eu/house-in-toyooka/ 

House in Toyooka

Authors: Ishii Hideki Architect Atelier; Hideki Ishii

Location: Chiba, Japan

Photos: Koichi Torimura

House in Toyooka redefines the relationship between home and landscape. With no visible façade and a bamboo roof that melts into the plateau, it frames the canyon not as a view but an immersive experience. Its circular form opens gently to the valley, inviting stillness and sensory presence. In a world of visual noise and excess, this house offers a radical alternative: the quiet architecture that respects, listens to, and amplifies the spirit of place.

Public – Renovation

https://bigsee.eu/schloss-ebenzweier/

Schloss Ebenzweier

Authors: Kleboth und Dollnig; Andreas Kleboth, Gerhard Dollnig, Stefan Milenković, team: Albrecht Hölzl, Christian Reicher (NIL), Gideon Grill, Sophia Braun, Anna Ziegler

Location: Linz, Austria

Photos: David Schreyer

After the devastating fire in 2016, Schloss Ebenzweier has risen with renewed purpose - transformed from ruin into a boarding school. The careful restoration honors its historic character, while the new elements introduce a dynamic spatial experience for living and learning. In bridging past and future, this project shows how architecture can heal, adapt, and inspire new generations through resilience and thoughtful design.

Public / Open Space and Landscape

https://bigsee.eu/spello-infiorate-di-pietra/

Spello. Infiorate di Pietra

Authors: Massimo Berzetta Architetto in collaboration with OIKOS Progetti / SAB / SINTAGMA

Location: Spello, Umbria, Italy

Photos: Andrea Adriani, Massimo Berzetta

Spello’s “Infiorate di Pietra” reimagines a public space by restoring the invisible foundations of civic life. Beneath twenty-five thousand square meters of historic streets and squares lies over two hundred fifty kilometers of new infrastructure - quietly empowering the city with resilience, safety, and modernity. A reminder that true design often lies beneath the surface, where memory and utility come together, it is also a celebration of care, continuity, and the unseen beauty of infrastructure done right.

Industrial Buildings and Workspace

https://bigsee.eu/the-mayoral-new-warehouse-logistic-center/

The Mayoral New Warehouse Logistic Center

Authors: System Arquitectura; Rafael Urquiza Sánchez, team: Rafael Roa Hernández, Alberto Urquiza Sánchez

Location: Málaga, Spain

Photos: Fernando Alda

The New Warehouse challenges industrial norms with a poetic, textile-like skin that blurs volume and light. Its arched geometry nods to the neighboring Molezún warehouse, creating both dialogue and distinction. Prefabricated and energy-efficient, the building balances performance with elegance. In an age where design is often neglected by logistics' demands, this project highlights the role of beauty, precision, and sustainability in shaping the future of industrial architecture.

Residential – Renovation

https://bigsee.eu/the-mill/

The Mill

Authors: Estudio Vilablanch; Agnès Blanch

Location: La Vilella Baixa, Spain

Photos: Eugeni Pons

The Mill transforms centuries of abandonment into a living legacy of precision and respect. Faced with strict conservation limits, the architects carved a vertical tunnel and a floating spiral staircase into the landscape, stitching together two historic volumes without altering their mass. With local materials, sustainable craft, and poetic restraint, this home becomes a timeless dialogue between past and present — proof that true renovation means re-imagining without erasing.

Infrastructure

https://bigsee.eu/stvanice-footbridge/ 

Štvanice Footbridge

Authors: AI Praha; Petr Tej, Marek Blank, Jan Mourek, co-authors: Aleš Hvízdal, Jan Hendrych, team: Jiří Kolísko

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Photos: Alex Shoots Buildings

The Štvánice Footbridge redefines infrastructure as a graceful civic gesture—curved, accessible, and in tune with Prague’s historic panorama. Crafted from ultra-high performance concrete, it floats with elegance while responding to the river’s force through innovative flood-adaptive engineering. This is not just a link between two riverbanks, but between precision and poetry, showing that infrastructure can be both technically exceptional and emotionally warm.

Residential – Housing

https://bigsee.eu/friskafors-retirement-home-a-social-living-for-elderly/

Friskafors Retirement Home – A Social Living for Elderly

Authors: Brunnberg & Forshed Arkitektkontor; Andreas Thöje, co-authors: Lars Jonsson, Chatarina Malmquist, Jonas Lindbergh, Fredrik Jensen, Helena Stenström, Maria Mattsson, Moa Zettervall

Location: Viskafors, Sweden

Photos: Anders Bobert

Friskafors Retirement Home reimagines senior living as a warm, connected, and nature-immersed experience. Rooted in local materials and textile heritage, its brick and wood architecture facilitates companionship through shared spaces, sheltered walkways, and garden paths. Designed with environmental psychology in mind, it fosters dignity, movement, and joy —  suggesting that housing for the elderly can be both socially vibrant and deeply humane.

Educational Buildings

https://bigsee.eu/antonio-huber-schule/ 

Antonio Huber Schule

Authors: Baumschlager Hutter Partners

Location: Lindenberg, Germany

Photos: Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel

The Antonio Huber School embodies a sensitive approach to special education architecture — compact yet generous, efficient yet warm. Built primarily from prefabricated timber, it balances sustainability with spatial dignity. Atriums and skylights flood interiors with daylight, while a continuous canopy creates gentle thresholds between inside and out. This is the architecture that cares: thoughtful, inclusive, and rooted in both context and purpose.

Cultural Buildings

https://bigsee.eu/seoul-robot-ai-museum/

Seoul Robot & AI Museum

Authors: MAA – Melike Altınışık Architects; Melike Altınışık, co-authors: Withworks Architects & Engineers ( Local Architect ), team member: Hyuckhan Kwon

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Photos: Namsun Lee

The Seoul Robot and AI Museum offers a bold architectural response — fluid, futuristic, and deeply symbolic. It not only showcases innovation but embodies it in form and concept. This building redefines what cultural spaces can be: interactive, intelligent, and inspiring. As a global symbol of architectural and technological fusion, it stands as a powerful reminder that the future is not only to be imagined — but built.

Recreation & Sports buildings

https://bigsee.eu/cesca-vas-pool-complex/

Češča Vas Pool Complex

Authors: ENOTA; Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Jurij Ličen, Nuša Završnik Šilec, Polona Ruparčič, Sara Ambruš, Eva Tomac, Eva Javornik, Urška Malič, Rasmus Skov, Sara Mežik, Jakob Kajzer, Peter Sovinc, Carlos Cuenca Solana, Goran Djokić

Location: Novo Mesto, Slovenia

Photos: Miran Kambič

The Češča Vas Pool Complex demonstrates how public architecture can be both functional and profoundly respectful of its setting. Subtly embedded in the landscape, it lets the nearby velodrome and nature remain the visual protagonists. A floating roof holds the structure together with elegance, while generous views and spatial clarity create a calm, immersive experience. The project shows that restraint can be a powerful design gesture - quiet, thoughtful, and very responsive.

Residential – Leisure

https://bigsee.eu/weekendhouse-gpw/

Weekendhouse GPW

Authors: Robert Maier Architekten; Robert Maier, team: Werner Niedermaier

Location: Mühldorf am Inn, Germany

Photos: Robert Sageder

Weekend House GPW redefines a rural retreat with the refined balance of tradition and modernity. With its gabled silhouette and volumes, it merges past and present into a cohesive whole. Glass fronts open the house to the southern landscape, while wooden cladding softens its presence. Inside, flexible partition-free spaces invite a fluid way of living. This is an architecture that listens — listens to space, to light, and to the evolving rhythm of contemporary leisure.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Retail

https://bigsee.eu/veron-the-shop/

Veron The Shop

Authors: IOG Arhitectura; Omid Ghannadi, Ilinca Ghannadi, Ana Georgescu, Teo Staicu, co-author: Diana Curca

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Photos: Sabin Prodan

Veron The Shop transforms a garage into a bold retail space defined by texture, light, and precision. Clad in pale pink ceramic tiles and topped with a plexiglass ceiling, the interior plays with perception by expanding space and softening light. Detached metal furniture ensures fluidity, while the reimagined entry and courtyard invite curiosity. It reminds us that with vision, even modest spaces can take on iconic roles in contemporary design.

Workplace

https://bigsee.eu/rocknrolla-offices/

Rocknrolla Offices

Authors: REONDO.; Mayka Sambruno, José Lozano

Location: Sevilla, Spain

Photos: Juanca Lagares

Rocknrolla Offices channel the energy of Sevilla’s cultural scene into a workspace that is both bold and thoughtful. With its signature arch and wireframe barrel vault, the design unifies the space from entrance to patio, blending alternative spirit with formal clarity. Natural light, cross-ventilation, and spatial layering create a dynamic yet focused environment—revealing that office interiors can be both expressive and supportive of creativity and well-being.

Residential

https://bigsee.eu/isadoras-house-apartment-in-budapest/

Isadora’s House (Apartment in Budapest)

Authors: Katrin Mood; Katsiaryna Rulinskaya

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Photos: Marat Hutsikau

Isadora’s House is a poetic fusion of memory and modernity - preserved pre-war details meet bold Art Nouveau tones and global accents. Every room tells a story, layered with texture and history, yet grounded in comfort and clarity. This interior transforms nostalgia into elegance, offering a lived-in warmth that feels both timeless and personal. It’s a masterclass in how interiors can honor the past while fully embracing the present. 

Civic

https://bigsee.eu/pisoni-dental-clinic/

Pisoni Dental Clinic

Authors: Studio Capitanio Architetti; Remo Capitanio, team: Greta Cortinovis, Andrea Drago, Alberto Valtulini

Location: Bergamo, Italy

Photos: Stefano Tacchinardi

Pisoni Dental Clinic transforms clinical space into a sculptural experience. A soaring, light-filled hall welcomes visitors, anchored by a spiral staircase that acts as both circulation and centerpiece. Transparency, steel structure, and curated light define the atmosphere that is precise yet warm, orderly yet expressive. This interior elevates the everyday function of healthcare into an elegant dialogue between form, light, and wellbeing.

Hospitality

https://bigsee.eu/hotel-indigo/

Hotel Indigo

Authors: BFA x KLK; Bernadette Litschauer, Vadim Ghiorghiu, Luisa Zwetkow, Kim Loan Vo Huu with project partner BWM Designers and Architects

Location: Vienna, Austria

Photos: David Schreyer

Hotel Indigo offers a refined retreat within Vienna’s urban core, where design pays tribute to Otto Wagner’s legacy through tiled carpets, lush greenery, and elegant materiality. The journey from bustling street to serene courtyard is theatrical yet calming, blending Belle Époque motifs with contemporary comfort. This interior is more than hospitality—it’s a layered, immersive narrative of place, history, and timeless Viennese elegance.

Jury:

Adrianus Kil, RO&AD Architecten; Netherlands

Arnaud Lacoste, Lode architecture; France

Einar Jarmund, Einar Jarmund & Co AS Arkitekter MNAL; Norway

Fernando Rodriguez, FRPO; Spain

Hervé Potin, Guinée*Potin Architectes; France

Joakim Dørum, Green Advisers; Norway

Juergen Mayer H, J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten MBB; Germany

Julião Pinto Leite, OODA; Portugal

Kentaro Takeguchi, Alphaville Architects, Japan

Klaudia Cacic, WOCAA; Germany

Nicolas Ziesel, KOZ architectes; France

Pascale Sablan, Adjaye Associates; USA

Paul Robbrecht, Robbrecht en Daem architecten, Belgium

Susanna Wagner, Lichtblauwagner Architekten, Germany

Teemu Pirinen, Pirinen & Salo; Finland

Ulla Alberts, Murman Arkitekter; Sweden

Dominic Kacinskas and Amin Taha, Workgroup; UK


By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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