Riva
Riva Villa by Dilek Karaman is a winner of the 2026 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design.
Riva is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Riva Villa is a three level residence organized around a sculptural spiral stair rising through a double-height indoor garden atrium. The vertical void anchors the plan, choreographing movement and framing layered views. A continuous timber envelope improves acoustic comfort, while monolithic stone volumes ground key functions with calibrated weight. Subtle metal detailing and glare controlled, layered lighting create a refined quiet luxury atmosphere that shifts from crisp daylight to intimate evening scenes.
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Riva by Dilek Karaman
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Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Winner in 2026.
Bronze Winner
Riva Villa
Riva is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Riva is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Riva splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Dilek Karaman
DK Interior Architecture is a design studio that approaches interior architecture as an architectural discipline, shaping space through the relationship between structure, light, and material. It creates context-driven, timeless, and refined environments for residential, office, and private living spaces. The studio focuses on developing holistic spatial experiences where functionality and aesthetics are balanced with a strong emphasis on clarity, proportion, and material integrity. By interpreting each project within its unique context, DK Interior Architecture aims to produce spaces that are both contemporary and enduring, responding to the evolving needs of users while maintaining a consistent design language. The practice integrates conceptual thinking with detailed execution, ensuring that every project reflects a cohesive and thoughtful design approach from concept to completion.
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Dk Interior Architecture
DK Interior Architecture is a design studio that approaches interior architecture as an architectural discipline, shaping space through the relationship between structure, light, and material. It creates context-driven, timeless, and refined environments for residential, office, and private living spaces.
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