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Stephan Maria Lang Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for House GR31 Private Residence in Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Stephan Maria Lang recognized for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 19, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that House GR31 Private Residence by Stephan Maria Lang has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

More About House GR31 Private Residence

Providing a private and sheltered space closely tied to the local natural landscape this t-shape sculptural villa for a family is a celebration of Indoor outdoor feeling and is set slightly angled in the site to maximize the views. A simple but sophisticated material and color concept is the perfect setting for the owns. Different light related garden qualities like a sunken courtyard for the indoor pool aerea, the morning sun play and herb kitchen garden, the outside dining terrace and the open lounge to the evening sun.

About Stephan Maria Lang

The architect Stephan Maria Lang possesses an extraordinary talent for getting at the special quality of any given site and combining it with the personality of his clients. The quality and the beauty of Stephan Maria Lang´s works lie in the hidden details, in the surprising views, in the play of light and shadow. The integration of landscape, garden, and interior into a Gesamtkunstwerk, an integrated and holistic masterpiece of architecture. The use of the latest technologies is a matter of course in order to meet the need for comfort and energy efficiency.

Award Record

With this recognition, Stephan Maria Lang is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2017 - 2018 and the 2024 - 2025 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award

The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
House GR31 Private Residence
Function
Private Residence
Category
Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Discipline
Spatial Design
Industry
Architecture
Colors
Dark Olive Green, Black, Gainsboro, Olive Drab and Dim Gray
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Stephan Maria Lang
Country
Germany
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2024 - 2025
Design ID
#162454

Credits

Image Credits
Sebastian Kolm

Design Details

Unique Properties
The white Volume contrast with the rough natural stone elements of the Gardenwalls. White plastered walls, wooden oak floors and local Limestone for floors, bathrooms, chimneys and Walls.
Inspiration
I believe my homes unite man, nature and architecture. A simple but sophisticated material and color concept is the perfect setting for the owns contemporary art collection.
Research
The precisely crafted detailing creates an atmosphere of sensitive luxury. Exactly composed vistas determines the free floating L-shaped living kitchen space.
Realization and Technology
Concrete structure, ventilated facade, metall cladding, white plastered walls, wooden oak floors and local Limestone for floors, bathrooms chimneys and walls.
Operation and Interaction
Different light related garden qualities, like a sunken courtyard for the indoor pool aerea, the morning sun play and herb kitchen garden, the sheltered outside dining terrace and the open lounge to the evening sun.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in 2019 in Munich and finished in 2023
Keywords
House, minimal, luxury, architecture, landscape

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