10 Picks for AI-Generated Architecture

The editorial team of ek magazine selected ten architectural projects, featured in past print issues as well as the ek website, that showcase impressive AI-generated designs.

Amidst the penetrating silence of a winter forest, a structure comes into view that seems to have risen from the depths of the earth’s essence and placed within the embrace of nature. This work embodies a symbiosis between design and the ecosystem; a form that is neither imposed upon nature nor detached from it but rather emerges as its harmonious extension. Soft curves and flowing lines, crafted with architectural precision, reflect the organic shapes of the surrounding environment, transforming the structure into an inseparable part of the landscape. The polished, reflective surfaces bring light and shadow into a dance, while the intelligent blend of modern materials with natural textures creates a living dialogue between architecture and its surroundings. In this landscape, architecture not only manifests sustainability and balance but also blurs the boundary between human creation and nature, revealing an eternal bond between contemporary structures and the beauty of nature through a delicate and integrated coexistence.

03. White Lotus | KSZ AI Studio

04. Industrial Modules | Jose María de la Cámara

The images reveal a conceptual study merging Japan’s rich architectural heritage with contemporary design approaches. Drawing inspiration from Tadao Ando’s minimalistic concrete structures and SANAA’s fluid geometries, the series explores how solids and voids can harmonize through carefully shaped volumes, reflective water elements, and subtle greenery. Traditional Japanese concepts of space such as the interplay of interior and exterior are reimagined via curved pathways and organic openings, creating dynamic boundaries that guide movement while preserving openness.

These four thematic series were generated primarily with Midjourney, where text-to-image prompts referencing Ando’s reinforced concrete, SANAA’s fluid lines, and Japanese gardens yielded unexpected visual explorations. By combining text prompts with reference images, the AI often produces surprising results that spark innovative directions. When stricter volumetric parameters are needed, tools like Comfy Flux and Stable Diffusion (with ControlNet) help align the concepts with real-world constraints. The outcome is a poetic interplay of light, texture, and reflection, blurring the line between sculpture and architecture. Ultimately, this project aims to inspire architects and designers to embrace advanced technologies while honoring the serene beauty and discipline of Japanese spatial philosophy.

From the earliest stages of material research, custom diffusion models generate high-resolution studies of ceramic glazes -testing how color, porosity, and surface texture respond to Stuttgart’s humidity and shifting light throughout the year. These AI-driven images serve as analytical sketches, expanding the scope of experimentation. The visuals also structure the design narrative. The most evocative frames are carefully curated, annotated with environmental data, and assembled into storyboard sheets that trace a resident’s journey from street to sky court. Each storyboard then acts as a directive for the parametric model: balcony depths, façade perforations, and communal terraces are dimensioned directly from the atmospheres depicted in the imagery. This iterative loop -generate, narrate, parametrize- transforms abstract research into spatial sequences that can be costed, constructed, and lived in. To move from still frames to immersive previews, the workflow integrates a hybrid pipeline: diffusion models for rapid variation and enhance-focused AI for precise upscaling, ensuring clarity at every stage. The outcome is an architecture that is simultaneously data-driven and story-infused, where every ceramic tile and each corner loggia emerge from a dialogue between human intuition and machine imagination.

The series presents a collection of circular and serpentine architectural forms that echo the contours of natural topography, seamlessly embedded into lush environments. Each composition captures the interplay of real-world materiality, light behavior, and environmental interaction, pushing the limits of photorealistic rendering and the manipulation of scale. The project’s intent is twofold: first, to spark new dialogues around biophilic design principles and circular spatial planning; second, to showcase the potential of AI-assisted and digital workflows in shaping future-oriented resorts, wellness retreats, and eco-sensitive developments. These models demonstrate how technology can serve as both a conceptual tool and a design accelerator, bridging speculation with feasibility.

Embracing concrete as both structure and skin, these buildings transcend the rigid, monolithic associations of Brutalism by introducing fluid geometries, dynamic spirals, and deeply carved façades. The tectonic language shifts from static mass to a more performative role -where the interplay of light, shadow, and curvature animates the heavy materiality of concrete. Each structure explores the potential of form to evoke movement and emotion. Helical ramps twist upward like ribbons, while façade treatments undulate, peel, or drape, pushing against the orthogonal tendencies of traditional brutalist design. The fusion of monumental presence with sculptural detailing reflects a desire to humanise brutalism, offering new spatial narratives and tactile engagement. Openings and voids are carved rather than punctured, suggesting a dialogue between erosion and construction.

08. Spherical Retreat | Syrine Jemal

Symbiosis of Epochs unfolds as more than a dialogue between past and future -it is a meditation on coexistence. Here, primeval stone and visionary form do not simply encounter one another; they enter into a silent conspiracy of creation. The canyon, carved by the slow persistence of geological time, becomes a natural amphitheater where architecture hovers like a whispered future -ethereal, reflective, and somehow inevitable. The monolithic sphere does not interrupt the landscape; it punctuates it, like the final cadence in a sentence that nature began to compose millions of years ago. This is neither an act of nostalgia nor a projection of utopia. It is a spatial reconciliation between memory and imagination. The raw sediment of the earth embraces the precision of human craft, acknowledging the continuity between natural evolution and cultural invention. What once took eons of erosion to shape now coexists with structures conceived in the flicker of a digital instant. Yet there is no hierarchy here -no triumph of one era over another. Each form, ancient and new, becomes a mirror for the other’s essence.

The masterplan is envisioned as a biophilic, climate-responsive district that brings together healing, innovation, and sustainable living within a unified framework. Conceived as an integrated medical and educational campus, the project redefines the relationship between architecture, nature, and human well-being. The design is guided by principles of natural geometry, environmental craftsmanship, and the thoughtful use of local materials -creating a built environment that behaves as a living system rather than a static development. Within this vision, buildings, landscapes, and infrastructure are conceived as interdependent elements, forming a holistic ecosystem where architecture nurtures both the body and the mind. The district is designed to support health and learning while promoting ecological balance, encouraging a deep connection between people and the natural world.