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Little House on the Ferry is a seasonal guest residence on an island in rural, coastal Maine that has a long history of fishing, farming, and granite quarrying.
Project name
Little House on the Ferry
Architecture firm
OPAL
Location
Rural Maine, USA
Photography
Trent Bell Photography
We are students from the Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland. Our team was honored with first place in the international architectural competition “2025 Edmund N. Bacon Urban Design Awards.” The prestigious awards ceremony took place on March 26, 2025, in Philadelphia, USA.
Student
Aleksandra Chylak, Dorota Cichoń, Oliwia Jagła, Karolina Supron
University
The Silesian University of Technology – Faculty of Architecture in Gliwice, Poland
Teacher
Michał Stangel, Agata Goleśna
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
After purchasing a traditional English style home in Atherton, a young entrepreneurial couple with two children approached the design team with a vision: a dramatic transformation of the existing house and gardens into a contemporary and elegant compound that embraces natural light while seamlessly connecting the interior to the outdoor landscaping...
Project name
Atherton Renewal
Architecture firm
Feldman Architecture
Location
Atherton, California, USA
Photography
Matthew Millman
Lotus Parking was born from a bold vision: to transform the act of parking into a sensorial and aesthetic experience. Inspired by the lotus flower, a symbol of perfection, purity, and rebirth, this project redefines the concept of luxury residential parking, merging nature, advanced technology, and sculptural design into a single work.
Project name
Lotus Parking
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
USA
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
OVANE is a cabin conceived as an architectural metaphor: a leaf gently resting on a stone. This poetic gesture shapes a refuge immersed in the forest, which transcends habitation to become a sensorial, physical, and emotional experience. The roof, a skate ramp integrated into the architecture.
Project name
OVANE
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitectos
Location
USA, Colombia, Mexico
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Ribbon of Reverie is a fusion of minimalist architecture, surreal imagination, and futuristic form, nestled gently atop a series of lush, grassy hills in Los Angeles. Shaped like a flowing ribbon made of red bricks, the structure glides gracefully across the natural contours of the land, creating a poetic dialogue between architecture and terrain.
Project name
Ribbon of Reverie
Architecture firm
Redho_ai
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Floating above a meadow, Whidbey Uparati minimizes visual and physical impact on the natural landscape by blending into the site rather than asserting itself upon it. Upon approach, the meadow vegetation surrounds a winding path up a steady slope to the house. The house is a family retreat for meditation, bonding, and uparati – “stillness” in sansk...
Project name
Whidbey Uparati
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes
Location
Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Photography
Andrew Pogue