The Rethinking the Future (RTF) has announced the winners of the 16th Edition – RTF Awards - Rethinking The Future Awards 2024, given to ‘projects showcasing excellence in innovation in creative architecture & design projects’.
Photography
Chengdu Science Fiction Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects. Photo by Arch-Exist
Among the notable highlights this year, Adela Moss from Poland emerged victorious in the Interior Design category. Her wish to visit the headquarters of the renowned BIG atelier in Copenhagen was granted, marking a significant milestone in her career.
Written by
Mariana Vahalova
Photography
Inspireli Awards
In kerman one of the city in Iran, a modern mansion stands as a harmonious blend of traditional Persian architecture and cutting-edge design principles.
Project name
A Fusion of Heritage and Modernity: The Contemporary Persian Mansion
Architecture firm
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Design team
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Visualization
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Typology
Residential › House
On the occasion of La Grande Motte’s 50th anniversary, the Leclercq Associés agency has redesigned the Pompidou and Tabarly docks, a project inspired by the codes of the 1970s seaside resort.
Project name
La Ball*ade *
Architecture firm
Leclercq Associés
Location
La Grande Motte, France
Design team
Agence Leclercq Associés > landscape architects - urban planners, coordinator and lead contractor I ARTELIA > technical design office I Agence Guillermin > site supervision for planting and flooring
Collaborators
Project Manager: L’Or Aménagement. Companies: COLAS (Lot 1: earthworks, roadway structures, wet networks and furniture). Sols Méditerranée (Lot 2 : concrete). Bouygues Énergies & Services (Lot 3 : dry networks and lighting). Bondon (Lot 3: Lighting) BRL green spaces, planting. Furniture suppliers: Technilum (lighting). Santa & Cole (wooden benches). Metalco (concrete furniture)
Landscape
Leclercq Associés
Client
City of La Grande Motte
Typology
Public Space, Park
‘Editions, Dubai’ will be a key event of Dubai Design Week, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and is held in strategic partnership with Dubai Design District (d3).
Written by
Katja Novakovic
Photography
Dubai Design District (d3)
Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them. The geometric composition of the house responds to a fragmentation of prisms that join and separate to shape its internal spaces. They come together to create amplitude and disperse to retreat into sol...
Location
Tepoztlán, Morelos, México
Photography
Mariana Achach
Design team
RA! (Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra, Daniel Martínez, Lourdes Gamez.)
Collaborators
Daniel Martinez, Lourdes Gamez
Built area
481m² interior + 719m² exterior
Civil engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Structural engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Environmental & MEP
Antonio Villarreal
Lighting
Eduardo Martinez
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
This 10-story twin tower on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai is a clear-cut center-core office building. The cantilevered structure extends 9.7 meters from the center core to the curtain wall exterior, and the glass exterior of the entrance hall is set back 3 meters from the perimeter wall.
Project name
LINES in Shanghai
Architecture firm
SAKO Architects
Principal architect
Keiichiro Sako
Interior design
SAKO Architects
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Step into a world where architectural lines flow like gentle streams and every corner whispers the language of nature's curves. Our modern villa stands as a testament to the beauty of organic forms, seamlessly blending contemporary design with the serenity of the natural world.
Project name
Harmony Haven
Architecture firm
Mah Design
Location
Washington State, USA
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Maedeh Hemati
Design team
Mah Design Architects
Visualization
Maedeh Hemati
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Tuti is located in the Terralagos neighborhood, in front of a large lagoon. It is a pure and white volume that plays with its wings on the upper and lower floors, where its flight is the skeleton that intervenes throughout the entire route of the house.
Architecture firm
Leone Loray Arquitectos
Location
Terralagos, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Justina Leone, Gastón Loray
Design team
Nadia Navarrete
Collaborators
Gustavo Ciancio
Interior design
Juliana Virla
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The renowned Kaira Looro architecture competition concludes its 2024 edition with the announcement of the winners, selected by a prestigious jury composed of some of the world's most influential architects.
Photography
Winning project Project by Bao Gia Luong