The new development will include residential, commercial space, offices, four cinema screens, and a roof-top cafe. One tower will contain the commercial components of the program and sit facing the Western Express Highway, shielding the separate residential tower from the busyness of the highway. Jesus Jimenez, director at White Red Architects, said in a statement: “...
The architects will restore and build upon an existing former commercial distribution structure that once served as a vital node between Hudson River-based mercantile traffic and New York City. The structure is marked on its ground level by a 670-foot-long tunnel that was once used by trains that directly connected nearby docks with the commercial facilities, New Yor...
In stage two of the competition, ZHA was one of five big-name finalist teams, which included BIG, SOM, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Henning Larsen Architects HK. As OPPO continues to expand, the new headquarters reflects their “commitment to connectivity through design”. ZHA's 185,000 square-meter scheme comprises of four interconnected towers standing at 200 ...
Equinox—the luxury gym with a cult following of celebrities, debutantes, and the well heeled—has partnered with coworking network Industrious to open their very own coworking offices at New York’s Hudson Yards. The two-level, 44,000-square-foot collaboration features 71 private offices, a Great Room with lounges and a cafe, floor-to-ceiling windows, and finishes and deco...
The Lamington Markets building would comprise two residential towers atop a retail complex that includes a market hall and cinemas. It would be constructed partly on land that has been left vacant after the construction of Brisbane’s underground busway. A development application for the project has been lodged with Brisbane City Council. An architect’s statement attac...
Fusing flavours of 1960s design with the bustling urban context of Carlton, Melbourne’s newest boutique hotel, Zagame’s House is playfully unique and comprehensive. Owned by seasoned hoteliers and brothers Victor and Robert Zagame, and designed by Lukas Partners Interior Architecture, the ninety-seven-room hotel, located in the heart of ‘Little Italy’ draws on the brothe...
The slender tower will sit above a podium containing hospitality spaces and a double-height atrium hosting the hotel lobby. The podium facade will comprise a brick grid framing tall rectangular windows on all sides so that light will “flood” the interiors. The hotel will contain 300 four-star rooms and the tower will be built at a cost of $250 million. The use of bric...
The project at 72-84 Foveaux Street will see an existing a 1970s six-storey brick office and retail building adapted into a refurbished office space. City of Sydney management is recommending approval for a planning proposal that will amend the floor space ratio and height control overlays for the site and allow the project to go ahead, with councillors to vote on the...
The “visually calm” proposal, which is the subject of a development application that has been lodged with the City of Sydney, would stitch together the former factory building, at 11-13 Randle Street, with infill buildings erected on the two neighbouring lots, at 15 and 7-9 Randle Street. Built in 1912 and designed by architect Thomas Pollard Sampson, the R.C. Henders...
Named Portugal Vineyards Concept Store, the rounded store showcases a series of wines placed on white shelves with white furnitures. The store focuses on only the bottles of wines to attract visitors' attraction. The architects were commissioned to design a wine concept store which is the first physical store for the online wine specialist company. Located adjacent...
Dubbed Tree House, reaches at 140-meters and 37 storeys tall and will be the tallest hybrid structure of Holland with its concrete core mixed with timber. Developed by Provast, the project focusses on creating a lively, inspiring, open and sustainable environment for residents and visitors in the city centre. The project will be built next to the Central Station desc...
The design creates a cave-like interior and cozy atmosphere. Named Voids Cafe, the small interior space provides a fluid space to allow its clients to move freely around the servis table. The designers described the cafe as "voids are treated as form in this micro cafe" and they said: "the empty space in a coffee cup or "matcha" bowl was the form-giving inspiration f...
Designed by Patchara + Ornnicha Architecture, the hotel creates its own pattern to provide a mesmerizing view toward the ocean and mountain. The architects wanted to shape this resort according to guests' experience. Named Varivana Resort Koh Phangan, the hotel encompasses a total of 4,000-square-metre area and is placed with three blocks next to each other which see...
Named Capsule Hotel and Bookstore in Village Qinglongwu, the 232-square-metre building functions as both a hotel and bookstore. Located in the deep forests of Tonglu in Zhejiang province, the building is situated in Qinglongwu, an ancient village named after a stream passing through. The key element of the building is its translucent frontage that reveals itself t...
Dubbed as Adelaide Central Market Arcade, the design scheme will be built in the City of Adelaide and will be developed by Australian developer ICD Property, Singapore-based joint venture partner Nanshan Group and Australian real estate company Sinclair Brook. Bagot's new development will be a mixed-use project that will connect the arcade to the market and serve as a...
The store, named Shine Moda Flagship Store, covers 405-square-mere area and provides a fluid movement inside and directs visitors towards showcase rooms to make their selection easily. Shine Moda is tailor-made bridal brand based in Shanghai, and Atelier tao+c was invited to design their first flagship store combined the function of a showroom and four large dressing ...
As one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the Zhujiang River Basin was planned as the vanguard spearheading the reform and opening-up policy due to its profound culture heritage and great foundation of industry. Because of cost advantages in labor and land, the Zhujiang River Delta has become the "World's Factory". Around 2000, with the development ...
Named H Dining, the small coffee bar & restaurant was transformed from a typical 1960/70s suburban Bangkok house into a new dining place with the aim of keeping a domestic feeling without resorting to cliches of suburbia. Located at the center of Bangkok, H Dining takes its name from both the owner’s previous cafe, "Hand and Heart" and its accommodation in an existin...
Called %Arabica Coffee, the 50-square-metre shop is located in Jianguoxi Street in Shanghai. Opening up itself to the street, the store is entirely transparent to provide the interior atmosphere to its customers. Being the French concession provides the street with a narrative history in the old time, and the Wutong trees on the roadsides help it build a quiet enviro...
Situated in a forest in Chiang Mai, the mini cafe has been designed as a closed building that features wooden seating and tables, trees inside. Named Boonma Cafe, the 300-square-metre space emerges as the renovation program of a café originally located on a hill land surrounded by many trees. Reaching 6-meter height, the building has relatively a limited access distan...
Located in Lujiazui Harbour City, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and CITIC Group are redeveloping the site as a landmark urban complex. When the full site opens later this year it will integrate financial services, commercial space, an arts centre, an upscale residential development and several public amenities.Boasting a total floor area of over 150,000 squ...
Named The Gates, the 1,200-square-metre building offers a lifestyle that is rich in nature and embraces the true meaning of community, Elaleni Coastal Forest Estate is set to inspire sustainable living in the last indigenous coastal forests on the North Coast. The approach to “The Gates”, is by means of an entrance causeway over an elegantly layered water feature, fur...
Inspired in part by its idyllic position just beside the Chelsea Thicket, a gently winding portion of the High Line that is a miniature forest of lush dogwoods, hollies, and roses, the design of 512W22 incorporates natural and reclaimed building materials (including a former parking structure). Most notable, though, are the generous outdoor spaces. In fact, between lands...
The project is a conversion of two historic buildings that unites their Bauhaus-inspired original architecture from the 1920s with contemporary facilities and furnishings. The designers created a space that was inspired by a vision of bringing artists and craftsman together. SAGRADA was careful to respect the vernacular of the building and maintain the style that was ...
Empty lobbies blank out street life, and elevators silence and isolate individuals. Thick concrete service cores relegate occupants to the perimeter, keeping people on one side of the building from people on the other. Floors stacked like pancakes stop communication between levels. Divided, striated, and contained, high-rises squeeze out the great architectural subject o...
Spearheaded by Brookfield Properties, the six-story, 310,000-square-foot structure will be among the first new buildings, completed over a 10- to- 15-year timeline, to anchor the city’s newest waterfront destination. Designed by Hacker Architects, the 85-foot-tall office building will feature cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor slabs, glulam columns and beams, steel l...
As one of the world’s largest and most visited covered fresh produce markets with 8.5 million annual visitors, the firm’s $400 million plan will integrate a mixed-use program seamlessly within the existing site while leaving the market itself unchanged. “As part of a broader vision to attract the best and brightest people, the city intends to transform the market pre...
“The hotel not only incorporates a great mid-century union hall from 1949 but is located in what was once a small industrial area and before that a pecan grove,” founding principal Scott Specht said. The compound surrounds a tree-shaded courtyard and pool and houses a restaurant, cafe, event pavilion, and a new hotel building with 93 guest rooms. Made of an exposed ca...
The newest proposed addition is Produce L.A., a boldly-designed mixed-use building on the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Jesse Street, within throwing distance of the Los Angeles River and Michael Maltzan Architecture’s Sixth Street Viaduct. The building will replace a cold storage facility currently on the site, thereby contributing to the transition the Arts District ha...
Face such a situation, the government has set aside a small plot of vegetable land to build a market of about 2,500 square meters, which provides a high-quality shopping environment for residents, as well as hosts the annually festival and other activities. Therefore, it is not only a daily market serving the town, but also a festive place radiating the whole county. It ...
In a private beach of 3,000 m2, engulfed on one side by a beautiful mountain range and on the other by an expansive shore of white sand, the resort consists of five huts, a restaurant and a pavilion, which are designed to immerse the guests in nature. For the project, we use bamboo, an environmental-friendly material that can integrate in and be easily removed afterwards...
Working closely with the bar’s art director, the Studio has conjured up an intimately immersive environment by filtering the building’s century-old industrial heritage through a lens of mid-century nostalgia and contemporary finesse. The result is a unique bar that combines the uncanny ambience of an age-old wine cellar with the allure of an exclusive speakeasy. Opene...
The hotel, projected to be finished in 2024, will house 382 rooms, 40,000 square feet of workspace, a sky bar, meeting and event spaces, a spa and a restaurant on the ground floor. On the 11th floor, a public green space will be available as well, with an unobstructed rooftop view of St. Paul’s Cathedral. From there, the green wall, consisting of 400,000 plants, will wra...
Set in a converted 19th-century brewery and its adjacent technical space added to the structure in the 1970s, the project overlooks a 9th-century chapel and neighboring Gothic church – reflecting the town’s many architectural layers and histories. Merging two spaces with distinct heritages and adopting individual approaches – and understandings – of renovation for each, ...
The designers were inspired by the Hemp leaf, as it has a very strong growing force and rapid growth speed as seen in nature. By using the leaf pattern on the facade, the designers wish for the new hotel to have the same powerful growth as hemp does in nature. The facade is made from 2mm thin aluminum panels with a hemp leaf pattern, that was created by a laser-cu...
The new restaurant’s design includes a white concrete wall that curls upwards from the square and leads to a rooftop gathering place and garden. Sweeping curves of windows can be opened to connect the ground floor interior of the restaurant with the square. The large windows flood the restaurant with natural light, while small spotlights embedded between the ...
