The Burrows: Joining a House and Former Clinic into One Home
A Seattle renovation joins a former clinic and family home through new internal connections, an open kitchen and retained mid-century materials.
Interior Design
Interior Design: Human-Centered Spaces and Sensory Architecture
This section focuses on interior design as a vital layer of architecture—where spatial strategy meets human experience. ArchUp showcases curated interiors from private homes, public institutions, and commercial settings, analyzing how design principles, materials, color, and light converge to shape ambiance and function.
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Monastic Field: A Concrete House That Turns Inward Beside a Busy Temple
Roomoor’s Monastic Field uses a low concrete cluster, a pyramidal skylit hall and controlled openings to protect family life beside a busy Jain temple.
The Door Is Quiet. Can the Room Still Breathe?
A measured study of door-bottom gaps shows why sound isolation and return-air flow must be commissioned as one room system, not two separate details.
Prukpirom House Renovation: Privacy Around a Shared Void
A 29-year-old Bangkok home is reorganized around a double-height void, mature gardens and private rooms that keep a family connected without forcing constant togetherness.
Casa Ponta da Sela: A Timber House Stepping Down the Hillside
A prefabricated timber frame meets a steep Brazilian hillside through planted circulation, sheltered balconies and a pool deck overlooking the coast.
Casa Iriarte: A Narrow House Designed to Change from Within
A courtyard, connected rooms and replaceable building elements shape a narrow home in Las Palmas, where adaptability depends on everyday movement and privacy.
The Room Looks Clean. Where Does Contamination Collect?
A research-led classification of microbial contamination across interior uses, connecting contact surfaces, maintenance access and design details.
Pupunha House: Raising the Home to Make Room for the Garden
A raised volume in Manaus makes room for planting and shared domestic life, with furniture and an open stair shaping the ground floor.
The Filter Collects Dust. Does It Clean the Room?
What portable air cleaners can remove, why visible lint remains, and how room-level performance differs from a product claim.
A Showroom That Can Change: Furniture, Light and a Planted Façade in São Paulo
An open furniture showroom in São Paulo pairs flexible displays with planted glazing, making circulation, changing light and façade care part of its design.
Puembo House: A Courtyard Organizes Daily Life Across Two Levels
A courtyard and planted roof terraces organize movement, outdoor living and privacy in a two-level house in Puembo, Ecuador.
ABC Apartment: Making Room for Cooking and Company in 60 m²
A 60 m² apartment brings cooking and hosting together. ArchUp examines how a clear entrance, exposed ceiling and shared counter reorganize daily use.
Phomi Café in Golf Island: Managing Light and Texture to Create a Sensory Contrast with Its Commercial Surroundings
From Structural Constraint to Managed OpennessThe project is based on the transformation of two existing commercial buildings rather than constructing…
4015 House and Studio in Portland: A North-Facing Façade and Views for Consistent Interior Lighting
4015 House and Studio: Reconfiguring Space in the Era of Remote WorkThe project is located in the hills overlooking Portland…
Casa em São Paulo: Interior Openness and Existing Structure
Reframing Spatial Organization and the Sensory Progression of the EntranceThe organization of the interior space relies on redirecting movement and…
Muskoka Island Spa: Thermal Transformation
Scenography of Transformation: From Material Memory to Spatial ExperienceThe critical reading of the project emerges from the contrast between the…
Residence Open: Spatial Flexibility and Hanok
Spatial Dialogue and Movement FlowResidence Open reinterprets the philosophy of the Korean “hanok” and translates it into a spatial experience…
Raw & Warm: Concrete, Wood, and Art in a Home
Materiality and the Spatial Narrative of the MassThe project is grounded in a redefinition of the residential space as an…
Align Studio: Material, Movement, and Light in Interior Design
The Scenography of Containment: From Urban Noise to Spatial StillnessAlign Studio’s interior design approaches space as an integrated sensory environment,…
DSK Bank Sofia: A Continuous Architectural Ribbon
The Green Ribbon’s Kinetic Movement and the Shaping of Spatial ExperienceThe interior architecture of the DSK Bank branch in Sofia…
Small Laundry Room Design: Space-Saving Storage and Layout Ideas
Efficient laundry room design in limited spaces prioritizes vertical storage and a clear workflow to maximize functionality. Utilizing narrow gaps…
