This architecture and interior design briefing connects recognition of Daniel Libeskind’s emotionally driven practice with the site-sensitive design of 6AM House in Lonavala. For photographers, the stories offer two distinct subjects: documenting architectural identity and reading how orientation, landscape and morning light shape a residence.
Daniel Libeskind wins 2026 Praemium Imperiale for architecture
Daniel Libeskind has been named the architecture laureate of this year’s Praemium Imperiale by the Japan Art Association. The Polish-American architect, who leads New York-based Studio Libeskind, was recognised for work described as emotionally resonant, innovative and sustainable. The announcement places his architectural and urban-design practice at the centre of a major international award, making authorship and built form the key photographic subjects. For photographers documenting Libeskind’s work, the practical challenge is to make the architecture’s emotional ambition legible through structure, material, scale and its relationship to the city, rather than relying only on a recognisable exterior.
6AM House / Studio PKA
Studio PKA’s 6AM House is a weekend home for two families in Aamby Valley, Lonavala, India, completed in 2025. The project grew from a one-acre plot into a merger of the new house with an adjacent existing lot, while its setting looks toward mountain ranges and Korigad fort to the west. Its east-facing orientation admits soft morning light, giving the house its name. Images by Nayan Soni can be understood through that direct connection between design and time of day: photographers should study the eastern exposure, the changing landscape backdrop and the relationship between new and existing elements when planning coverage.