Alma Residence Private Villa by Designlink Architecture and Design Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design

Designlink Architecture and Design honored for computer graphics, 3D modeling, texturing, and rendering design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Alma Residence Private Villa by Designlink Architecture and Design, designed for DesignLink Architecture & Design, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 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.

About Alma Residence Private Villa

Alma Residence is a private villa designed for a family in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The villa is organized around a central core, a double height indoor space that all rooms face. The core is placed to receive solar exposure and natural ventilation, bringing light and warmth into the whole house. Open plan layouts and further double height spaces are framed by a sequence of arches in varied sizes. The villa covers 1800 square meters on a plot of 3256 square meters. AutoCAD, 3ds Max and Adobe Photoshop were used for planning, modeling and rendering.

About Designlink Architecture and Design

Fayez is Syrian architect, born and raised in Abu Dhabi - UAE, comes from a family of architects, he did his bachelor degree in architectural engineering at the University of Aleppo - Syria in 2010, and got his masters degree in Urban and regional planning from Paris-Sorbonne University in 2016. After an extensive experience working with multiple design firms in Abu Dhabi, specializing in concept design & creating innovative design ideas; Fayez founded DesignLink to achieve his vision of producing designs of the highest quality that are applicable in reality and understands local culture needs and visions.

Award Record

Designlink Architecture and Design is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design Award

The A' Computer Graphics Design Award is an international competition recognizing good computer graphics designs by best computer graphics designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to computer graphics designers, 3D modellers, 3D artists and texturing artists from all countries. Entries typically include animations, simulations, game designs, virtual reality models, architectural renderings and infographics. Awarded computer graphics designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/computer-graphics

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://desingers.org/177210
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/177210
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!177210
Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/374396
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.designlink.ae/copy-of-pixels-residence

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Alma Residence Private Villa
Function: Private Villa
Category: Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Entertainment and Arts
Colors: Dim Gray, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Light Gray and Gray
Images: 5
Client: DesignLink Architecture & Design

The Recognition

Laureate: Designlink Architecture and Design
Country: United Arab Emirates
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2025 - 2026
Design ID: #177210

Credits

Team: Founder - Design Director, Projects Manager, Design Architect - Graphics Creation and Detailed Drawings

Design Details

Unique Properties: The main structure of this villa is evolved around a central core; where most of the family activities will be, this core was studied carefully to get a healthy solar exposure with a well ventilation that gives the whole villa a source of light, warmth and energy. With an open space planning and multiple double height spaces, wrapped by a sequence of elegant arches in variant sizes, yet harmonious with each other and well blended with the internal spaces, all helped in creating a simple cozy yet luxurious elegant home, inside and outside.
Inspiration: ALMA: The name derived from the Latin and Spanish words for soul and nourishing, reflects a place where the heart and spirit are cared for. The design concept was based on giving the building a breathable heart "The central core" which was the double height indoor space which all the villa rooms were directed towards it, it was designed to be the source of light and energy for the whole villa.
Challenge: One of the most demanding and complex space planning that blended all in harmony together
Realization and Technology: The project was done using AutoCad for space planning and 3DS max for 3D modeling and rendering with Adobe Photoshop for the after effect.
Operation and Interaction: Designing this project was done by 1st identifying the general design objectives of the project and taking a step by step approach in the design process, starting from the general zoning allocation, to circulation analysis and general connection points reaching to the overall space planning and final 3D model was a result of these careful studies.
Project Duration and Location: Project Duration: 8 Months Project Location: UAE - Abu Dhabi - MBZ City
Specifications: Plot area: 3256 m2 Plot dimensions: 71m x 45.8 m Built up areas: Villa = 1800 m2 Guard room + car garage: 60 m2