# Best of Year
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This Showstopping Staircase Doubles As A Work Of Art
Linking four floors of a townhome, SheltonMindel’s spiral staircase is anchored by a fluted shaft of scalloped walls and a sunburst glass fixture.
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A Downtown HQ By Gensler Channels The Spirit Of A Social Club
This Boston financial firm HQ by Gensler reimagines workplaces as a hospitality-driven third space, with a café crowned by a gold wire-mesh installation.
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Art And Architecture Intertwine In This Sculptural Los Angeles Home
Leong Leong transforms a former Hancock Park ranch home into a monochromatic indoor-outdoor gallery supporting both family life and art programming.
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A Celestial-Inspired Cinema Takes Flight In Nanjing
Design Action transforms a Nanjing theater into an experience, where metallic surfaces and glass corridors guide moviegoers into an immersive universe.
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Tour A Gothic-Inspired Family Home In Hong Kong
Discover how this family residence by NC Design & Architecture abstracts Gothic arches, cloister forms, and chapel motif into serene contemporary spaces.
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Patrick Tighe Elevates The ADU To A Glass-Wrapped Urban Retreat
Patrick Tighe creates a serene ADU for modern living in L.A. with steel-framed glass walls, cantilevered cedar-lined roof, and footbridge access.
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4 Corporate Office Interior Design Concepts That Dial Up Color and Innovation
Discover corporate office interior design ideas by 2025 Best of Year Award winners, from a nature-inspired workplace to an office clad in Corten steel.
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Discover A Washi-Lined Workplace Anchored In Tradition
Symbolplus’s Tokyo office prioritizes local craft and sustainability via 2000s timber framework, red-clay plaster walls, and Tosa washi shoji screens.
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An Expansive Concrete Home That Dissolves Into The Landscape
A discreet concrete façade conceals a light-filled home in Karmei Yosef by Pitsou Kedem Architects, where sliding glass walls open up to the Elah Valley.
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Brick Latticework Invites Sea Breezes At This Beach Hotel In Mexico
Hotel Humano by Jorge Hernández de la Garza and Plantea Estudio pairs a breezy concrete-and-brick grid with handcrafted furnishings and sunset views.
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Inside A Hangzhou Workplace Stacked For E-Commerce Success
IFG’s design for the MAX Zone Technology Park Show Office in Hangzhou, China channels the energy of e-commerce.
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A Sunlit Riverside, California Sanctuary Designed For Recovery
Gensler transforms a book depository into the Riverside Franklin Adult Residential Facility, carving sunlit interiors to foster connection and healing.
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The Hollywood Forever Cemetery Unveils Five-Story Mausoleum
The Gower Mausoleum by Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseño responds to limited burial space with a geometric façade and quartzite-lined breezeways.
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A Glass Retreat That Melds Seamlessly With The Rockies
This serene home by Design Workshop extends the Aspen landscape through salvaged bark trails, reclaimed stone, and a green roof planted with native plants.
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Michigan Central Station Gets A Sweet New Chapter
Yellow Light coffeehouse layers hand-dyed concrete panels and sun-washed hues into a symbol of Michigan Central Station’s rebirth.
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Randy’s Donuts Lands In Mexico City With Retro-Futurist Flair
Randy's Donuts Mexico City outpost, designed by Cadena Concepts, blends mid-century American cool with Mexican expressionism in a chrome-trimmed interior.
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Lounge At A Creative Clubhouse In The Heart Of D.C.
Crafted by INC Architecture & Design, Manifest unfolds as a series of color-saturated spaces—offering locals a stylish third place rooted in community.
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Inside the World’s Largest Fragrance Museum
At the Xuelei Fragrance Museum by Leaping Creative, visitors journey through the history of scent before receiving a personalized fragrance in minutes.
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Architecture Roams Wild At This Chinese Eco-Farm
Various Associates’s LuxeIsland Farm blends nature and cultural tourism through bamboo domes and open-air pathways where animals and visitors wander together.
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Virginia Tech’s Striking New Building Pays Homage To The Sun
Shaped by heliomorphic design, Virginia Tech’s Academic Building One by SmithGroup channels dappled daylight into a cutting-edge hub for innovation.