This adaptive reuse project transforms the most banal of commercial box buildings into a light-filled courtyard office space specifically outfitted for a discerning, high-end residential builder with an exclusive clientele. Architectural design for the building was driven by four main objectives: to embody the client’s enigmatic brand, to embrace the industrial aesth...
The scheme is the new landmark administrative headquarters for Police Scotland, providing Grade ‘A’ office accommodation for more than 1,000 officers and civilian staff. Designed by Cooper Cromar Architects and built by Morgan Sindall, Riverside East forms part of Clyde Gateway – Scotland’s largest and most ambitious regeneration project which is delivering a physical, s...
The former Benedictine abbey, nestling in a double loop of the Rhine, offers numerous practice rooms and 63 hotel rooms for up to 120 musicians. The Musikinsel Rheinau foundation awarded Girsberger the contract to produce the furnishings following a tender procedure. At its modern manufacturing facility in Bützberg, Girsberger created tables and stools together with flex...
Many decorative elements and accessories were involved in achieving this goal, including Portuguese tiles (Series Twenties), which cover the huge wall behind the bar. Open since September 2014, it takes its name from the eponymous Greek dish (in Greek: σουβλάκι, plural souvlakia), which are grilled kebabs of small pieces of meat and vegetables, served on a skewer or on a...
Designed by Sua Kay Architects, this is the city's first shopping centre and it occupies 44 000 sq m, accommodating over 100 shops. It represents an investment of EUR 110m. In addition to concern regarding the garden areas, the use of ceramics in the ceilings is eye-catching and gives the building a bright, cheerful and distinctive character. In the Alegro Setúb...
Its landscape is at the same time stony and marine, and its light is the white light of the haze and the bright light of Southern Europe. The Comb of the Winds by Chillida and the beautiful classical composure of the city express equally ambivalence. The international and film vocation shows that Donostia/San Sebastian is able to convert this union of lights and landscap...
A mobile, engaged and highly motivated workforce is essential to the success of professional service firms, so their office environments have become increasingly light and open to promote socializing and interaction, while also enabling them to build culture, mentor talent, and create and share knowledge. According to the recent 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey by global des...
The Pure Spa is an oasis of tranquility and facilitates at the five-star Naman Retreat in Da Nang. Fifteen stunning treatment rooms are endowed with lush open air gardens, deep soak bathtub and cushioned daybed built for two. Keep fit at the equally sleek health club with gym, meditation and yoga sessions held at the open lounge garden in the still cool mornings. The g...
My task was to raise attention for the store’s summer sales. I designed an aquarium from the store’s huge glass windows that now hang out on the street. This made the store very eye-catching and it attracts attention. The aquarium look also comes from the blue foil that the glass is covered with. Looking in from the outside it seems that the whole store is under water.I...
In 2014, the business signed a 10 year deal to sub-lease approximately 100,000 sq ft of office space over eight floors at JP Morgan’s 65 Gresham Street building, located in close proximity to both the Bank of England and historic Guildhall in the City of London. The building is split over the eight floors and Capita occupy three of these with several of the Group’s busin...
Architects office Absis architecten won the competition with a design that was bound to shine. The station now in use is made up of a primary structure consisting of a canopy roof and carried by concrete columns. A secondary steel structure supports the first floor and is surrounded by glass walls with a printed tree design. The underside of the canopy was designed with ...
The furniture solution needed to fall in line with the unique interior design created by Habjan Design. The end result was a series of products supplied by The Senator Group through Workflow Interiors. The most recent project in New York City located in the historic Flat Iron District, was comprised of products from both Allermuir and Senator brands including 400 desking...
The job required durable storage capable of providing years of service, and visually appealing aesthetic for the window-heavy design of the warehouse. More specifically, Quinn needed 204 cabinets, 140 bin shelving units, 72 pallet racks, 12 cantilever racks, and 1 conveyor and carton flow system for the 18 shelves of each pallet rack. The CAT dealership ultimately pu...
The recently opened Walter’s Coffee Roastery in Kadikoy, Istanbul, features staff wearing aprons and coveralls, the periodic table on the cafe wall, as well as drinks made and served in beakers.
About the project Happy Bones NYC is a boutique coffee shop that re-opened from its original pop up location to its permanent home at 394 Broome St. in the Soho neighborhood of New York City. We were originally approached by the co-owners, whom we have worked with numerous times before, to work on the design of the space with our frequent collaborator, Francois Chambard...
About the project To create a brand new look for the bar and restaurant at the Plaza Athénée in Paris, François Delahaye and Alain Ducasse called once again on the talents of the Jouin Manku design studio, entrusting Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku with the interior design of these two spaces. This is the continuation of a longstanding relationship: Patrick Jouin had alr...
Milan, 8 July 2015 - To welcome in summer 2015, only a few months after its grand opening, the Kartell by Laufen store in Milan's Via Pontaccio will be decked out in its finest summer attire to mark some key milestones in the brand's commercial expansion. Since its launch in 2013, Kartell by Laufen has already opened more than 550 stores in over 40 countries throughout...
Under the direction of Chief Strategic Officer Josh Wyatt, Generator promises clean, safe and comfortable accommodations in superb locations, with fresh and stylish design at truly affordable prices. As the Global Design Partner of Generator, DesignAgency designs each location. Generator Creative Director and DesignAgency Principal Anwar Mekhayech ensures that each h...
The office building offers a contemporary, open and pleasant atmosphere; exactly what the award-winning architects had in mind when they laid down the designs. Once again Theis and Khan Architects achieved this by choosing the partnership of Stratum Resin Flooring with Bolidt. The freedom of design played a hugely important role. The Bolidtop® 525 resin floor, applied by...
The designer’s description AlpStories is a cosmetics brand combining the traditional therapeutic usage of essential oils from the Austrian Alps with modern preparation technology. Brigada’s assignment was to create a shop concept and to apply it to a newly opened store in Zagreb’s Arena Centre. As the brand itself, the store also had to mirror the link between nature an...
About the project With a brief of bringing the “joy of the garden” to its food and beverage offer, the UK’s biggest plant and garden-focused retailer was looking to consolidate and refurbish its existing restaurant offer, while delivering a step change to consumer expectations in this competitive sector and attracting a wider-ranging demographic. “Botanic Kitchen fir...
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The commission set out for us is to adapt a part of this property to be used as a terrace of the restaurant. The condition is that neither the pavement, nor the false ceiling (installed some months before) can be removed, in order not to compromise the unforeseeable future of the property. This is how we lay out the renovation with great simplicity of the form and the...
Leading French hotel chain, Campanile, invited UXUS to design a new restaurant concept catering to business professionals and travellers. The restaurant is part of the Campanile hotel experience and will be launched across all Campanile properties, with pilot locations in the Paris region. The new experience offers a welcome break from the usual hospitality chains, pa...
Emblematic bioclimatic elements serve to the project and not the reverse. They shape the project as well as the traditional components (wall, etc. roof). 3 requirements, 3 heights, 1 main entrance: it is the pragmatic application of the combined program bioclimatic approach that guides the design of the project. The immediate environment, site data and indications...
Hidden away on Chapel Place in London, this unique fine dining concept offers diners shared dishes of the finest Norwegian king crab and 2 kilo cuts of steak. Our client was originally inspired by the communal meals served in rustic huts to the Norwegian fishermen who catch the king crabs. Beast is a place to enjoy a feast with friends. Communal fine dining is easily ...
The owners of the building requested a new design for the lobby, which would be warm, inviting and modern- but timeless. The lobby's ceiling is high compared to its surface and therefore we chose to emphasize it with vertical elements, such as a wood covered wall across the entrance and a kind of "gate" that connects the waiting area and the reception desk. The fin...
The project is located in the prestigious former headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada. After sitting vacant for more than 25 years, the emblematic building has been completely revitalized and rethought in order to give Artopex a space that reflects its image and values. The project aimed at more than displaying products: the goal was to communicate the manufacture...
It is a 1,000 square metre two-storied structure that puts the focus on eco-friendly, architectural innovation. The building succeeds in offering an exceptional level of comfort to its occupants through the mindful integration of a longitudinal form, orientation to the sun, light wood structure, meticulously selected materials and efficient systems, while producing a low...
This picturesque 5 story hotel sits in the center of a vibrant culinary and cultural scene, and is located just a few blocks from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. The property features unique interiors that give a fresh take on comfort and simplicity, while reta ining many of the building’s handsome original features, including its mosaic tile f...
This incredibly innovative idea of combining a shop with a café is defned by an even more innovative and brave concept: that all the products sold here will be... pink! This unique pink task was given to the architects from mode:lina studio, meanwhile the brand concept as well as the communication strategy was designed by the MINIMA studio. “We are open to everything ...
At the turn of the 20th century, Paris’ Maisons Closes, or pleasure houses, played second home to the city’s socialites and aesthetes. The Maison Souquet has reproduced the sumptuous decor of such a place, just a stone’s throw from Pigalle and its famous Moulin Rouge. Only those in the know will discover the luxury that awaits behind an understated façade, signaled by...
The surrounding area is full of commercial facilities and condos. It was designed as an office building for a corporation, and consists of four layers including the garage on the first floor, the office on the second floor, and the guest house on the third and fourth floors. The solid walls of the façade are finished with rough steel plates, which enhance massiveness of ...
Techne Architecture + Interior Design has just unveiled a new-look restaurant for the burger brand to add to its menu. Last year, Grill’d celebrated its 10-year anniversary, after its first restaurant opened in Hawthorn in 2004. Today, the company has 91 restaurants in every state and territory in Australia and has been at the forefront of the healthy burger revolutio...
DesignLSM were commissioned to create a strikingly simple interior design for the new fast food fine dining concept. Describing itself as ‘the naughty little sister of Burger & Lobster’, Smack offers a simple menu based around lobster rolls to eat in or take-away. Located on Binney Street just off Oxford Street in a new build shell, our interior design for the ground ...
Located at 200 Greenwich Street and bounded by Church Street to the east, Vesey Street to the north and Fulton Street to the south, the tower will rise to ~1,340 feet, respectfully framing the 9/11 Memorial Park alongside One WTC, 3 WTC and 4 WTC. The design of 2 WTC is derived from its urban context at the meeting point between two very different neighborhoods: the F...
