The third edition of the Design Skill Awards has revealed a global constellation of creative excellence, bringing together more than 90 winning projects from 31 countries. The 2025 Design Skill selection demonstrates how contemporary design continues to evolve across scales and disciplines — from intimate residential spaces to ambitious urban
Photography by Adria Goula Forestone Cabin is a small wooden dwelling built by the 2025 cohort of IAAC’s Master in Ecological Architecture and Advanced Construction. Located in the Pyrenees at MónNatura Sort, it provides temporary accommodation for two people with a sleeping area, workspace, and bathroom. The cabin demonstrates how
Photography by Ryan Lester, Architecture Sarasota Along a relatively untouched stretch of the Upper Florida Keys, a coastal home has been carefully designed to meet the realities of its environment. Elevated, resilient, and deeply connected to its site, the Van der Vlugt Residence sets out to prove that climate adaptation
A quirky 1960s circular house had the views but could not fully see them. Low window eaves blocked sightlines, and the layout worked against daily life. Feldman Architecture saw a chance to change that. This rebuild keeps the home’s original form while opening it to light, landscape, and flow. Every
In Toronto’s western lakeside streetcar suburb, a modern home quietly challenges convention. Known as Tesseract House, the single-family residence was designed and completed by designer and homeowner Jeff Geldart together with PHAEDRUS Studio. Its name comes from the sharply folded angles that shape both the facade and rear of the
JCPCDR ARCHITECTURE designed a compact backyard studio for a music composer who recently moved into a family house in the countryside. Set apart from the main home, the project focuses on creating a dedicated place for work and rest within a modest footprint. The brief was to transform an existing
The project did not begin with drawings or dimensions. It began with a rock. Behind a home in Victoria, Canada, a massive bedrock outcrop shaped how rain sounded, how children played, and how the family experienced their backyard. When the couple approached Greenway Studio Architecture about a sunroom and home
This modern renovation by Splinter Society transforms an Australian home through restraint rather than spectacle. Dark timber and black accents shape the interior, balancing restraint with quiet drama. The project respects the home’s Californian Bungalow origins. Instead of reworking the layout entirely, the renovation builds on the existing structure, keeping
Photography by Ray Castro In downtown Fredericksburg, the Albert Hotel shows how new hospitality can grow directly from old ground. Designed by Clayton Korte with New Waterloo, this boutique hotel is built around more than 175 years of local history tied to the Keidel family. Instead of replacing what came
Ojo de Nila is a house set high above the Pacific in Bahía Ballena, Costa Rica, that’s shaped by a modular structure and a softly undulating roof that responds directly to land, air, and light. Designed for a Swiss couple seeking a deeper connection to nature, the house removes barriers
Photography by Aryeh Kornfeld Set on a steep stretch of the Chilean coast, this house designed by Gubbins Polidura Arquitectos together with MasArquitectos, solves a difficult site with shape, restraint, and clarity. The design turns a rocky slope into a horizontal place to live, framing the sea and sunset without
Architectural firm Archterra has designed the Wilderness House, a partially elevated home in Margaret River, Australia, that sits among native marri, jarrah and banksia trees. Surrounded by bushland, the home was created to give its owners views of the sunrise and the trees below while blending seamlessly with the natural
