Architectural Design
Full design from first sketch to construction drawings — houses, cultural buildings and workplaces shaped around climate, budget and site.
About
LAILI AZZAHRA,
years of practice across studio, site and research
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projects delivered from house to public building
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design awards and competition shortlistings
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cities across Java, Bali and beyond
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Good architecture is not what you see first. It is how a room treats you at seven in the morning.
I design buildings that age well. Working between Yogyakarta and Jakarta, my practice is built on climate-responsive detailing, honest materials and a long conversation with the people who will use the space.
Trained at Universitas Gadjah Mada and shaped by eight years across studio and site, I move between the drawing and the dust — measuring existing walls, testing brick bonds, and staying on until the last window is hung.
Selected Works
PROJECTS BUILT TO BE LIVED IN
A selection of 8 built and in-progress works across Java and Bali — houses, cultural buildings and second lives for old structures.
01Residential
Rumah Tepi Kali
A riverside house that opens to the weather
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02Adaptive Reuse
Kotagede Silver Works
A silversmith workshop inside a 1920s joglo
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03Cultural
Masjid Cahaya Pagi
A neighbourhood prayer hall built on light alone
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04Cultural
Pasar Wetan Revitalisation
Keeping a market alive while rebuilding its roof
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WHAT I DO, AND HOW FAR I TAKE IT
Adaptive Reuse
Reading what a building already knows, then adding carefully. Colonial shophouses, warehouses and family homes given a second working life.
Interior Architecture
Interiors resolved as architecture — joinery, light, acoustics and material sequence drawn at the same table as the structure.
Public & Community Space
Markets, prayer halls and libraries designed with the people who will keep them — participatory workshops feeding directly into the plan.
Research & Consulting
Passive cooling studies, daylight modelling and material sourcing for practices that want a building to work without machinery.
Process
FROM FIRST VISIT TO LAST DETAIL
Four stages, no surprises. You will know what is happening, what it costs and what is next at every point.
- 01
Listen & Survey
Time on site and long conversations. We measure the building, the light, the wind, and what daily life actually asks of the space.
- 02
Concept & Massing
Sketches, physical models and a clear diagram. We fix the big moves — orientation, section, circulation — before anything gets refined.
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Develop & Detail
Materials chosen and drawn to full size. Every junction resolved on paper so the answers exist before the trades arrive.
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Build & Hand Over
Weekly site presence, mock-ups with the makers, and a project seen through to the day it is lived in.
Recognition
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
- 2025IAI Jogja Award — Adaptive ReuseKotagede Silver Works
- 2024ArchDaily Building of the Year — NomineeRumah Tepi Kali
- 2024Indonesian Architecture BiennaleExhibited — Public Room
- 2023Dezeen Awards — LonglistPasar Wetan Revitalisation
- 2022AIA Young Architect Asia — FinalistPortfolio submission
- 2021UGM Design Research GrantPassive cooling in tropical infill
Contact
LET US MAKESOMETHINGTHAT LASTS
Tell me about the site, the people and the budget. Even a rough idea is enough to start — I read every message myself.