Located by the new Cool Docks development on the South Bund District of Shanghai, the Waterhouse is a four-story, 19-room boutique hotel built into an existing three-story Japanese Army headquarters building from the 1930’s. The boutique hotel fronts the Huangpu River and looks across at the gleaming Pudong skyline. The architectural concept behind NHDRO’s renovation res...
In 2008, Galveston Fire and Rescue #4 was demolished after the effects of Hurricane Ike devastated the building and much of the island. Like many buildings on the island, it became part of the landfill. The increased number of storm occurrences in the Gulf of Mexico demands an architectural solution for emergency facilities that can survive such an event. The design ...
BRIEF Research and development building with 1700 working places at the adidas World of Sports campus in Herzogenaurach. | ADDED VALUE In contrast to conventional office typologies, the ring structure developed by kadawittfeldarchitektur lends to the building a double relationship to the landscape – both to the outer surroundings and to the communicative landscape of the...
Comprising of a 70 sq m footprint, the design provides a lightweight steel framed, unobstructed warehouse volume which responds to the various work methods and production of the firm, while providing accommodation for storage, services, work and meeting areas. The rear of the building provides a service backbone, accommodating a toilet, kitchen and large storage areas, ...
As working in a green environment is the main concept of the campus the landscape literally continues in to the entrance hall of the conference building, so nature and architecture melt together in the heart of the campus. Standing in the tall entrance hall you can see the restaurant, and the 25 conference rooms located on different floors. The restaurant, seating 7...
DECON designs High End Top Quality All Weather Wicker Rattan Furniture are aimed in giving much more than anyone would expect, DECON has always been inspired into bringing a much more exciting range of Wicker Rattan furniture products and designs that fit perfectly into individual homes, hotels, restaurants, resorts, beaches , cafes, gardens, offices and private Villas… ...
The restaurant’s disguised façade is informed by the fictionalnarrative of two star crossed lovers who secretly reunite in midlife.As the legend suggests, the restaurant’s namesake character Mrs. Poundwas a renowned burlesque dancer in 1950’s Shanghai. Weary of thelimelight, the glamorous femme fatale retires in 1960’sHong Kong to seek refuge with her childhood love, the...
Recently opened in the heart of the Gangnam-Gu shopping district, the building features a optical facade that becomes urban landmark The Milanese studio Piuarch realizes the new Givenchy flagship store in Seoul (South Korea), in close collaboration with the art director of the Maison, Riccardo Tisci. The store is housed in a building located in the thriving shoppin...
The complete renovation of a former private mansion in Arles exactly responded to the Foundation’s desire to bring a contemporary perspective on the work of Vincent van Gogh to life. A completely original artistic project – to summon the genius of Van Gogh through the works of twentieth and twenty-first century artists. A historic place – in the heart of an area paint...
The designer’s description Tepoztlan is a small town nestled between rocky cliffs located to the South of Mexico City – 50 kilometers away from the vibrant metropolis. With its well preserved historic center and wild countryside, Tepoztlán is a town of legends and deep cultural roots that has been appreciated by writers, poets, artists and musicians over many decades,...
Architect Alan Chu designed the transformation an empty space into a bright and colorful tea lounge and store named The Gourmet Tea, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The blocks of colour that make up both the Microsoft logo and the Windows 8 interface formed the basis of this temporary pavilion in Russia, created for the technology giant by architecture studio Nowadays Nowadays originally installed the Microsoft Technology Pavilion in Sochi's Olympic Park during the 2014 Winter Olympics. It has now been dismantled, but its modula...
Located at the Adidas Group's World of Sports Campus in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the building – named Adidas Meet & Eat – is part of a masterplan to transform the sports brand's headquarters into a visitor attraction. COBE designed the 11,000-square-metre building to include a public conference centre, a restaurant for employees and a showroom. Tree-filled winter g...
British architect David Chipperfield has completed his first project for Swiss accessories brand Bally – the interior of a flagship boutique on London's New Bond Street (+ slideshow). David Chipperfield Architects based elements of the 400-square-metre store on an interior that Modernist architect Marcel Breuer designed in the 1920s for the brand, which was founded in 1...
Nendo has used different tones of pink and purple to create the illusion of 3D display stands at an exhibition on Japanese design that the studio curated in Singapore. Japanese design studio Nendo selected the content and designed the setting for the exhibition, titled Hidden - Unveiling Japanese Design, at Singapore's National Design Centre. In the centre's atrium, ...
The top floor of this former Soviet telecommunications building in the centre of Moscow has been converted by studio Archiproba into an open plan office for a technology company (+ slideshow). Moscow telegraph renovation by Tamara Muradova Called DI Telegraph, the new flexible space occupies the upper floor of the 1927 Central Telegraph building designed by Soviet ...
Aim Architecture has designed a lobby featuring a light tunnel and a white "gallery-style" shopping centre for a retail and office complex in Shanghai (+ slideshow). Aim Architecture was asked to design the two spaces for Fuxing Plaza by the site developer, the commercial real estate company Soho China Limited. The company have collaborated with architect Zaha Hadid on ...
Prada enlisted Gamper to design its latest store front displays, creating environments for presenting both women's and men's clothing to passers-by. The installations, named Corners, used panels of wood veneer to form enclosed angled spaces in which the mannequins are placed and are being replicated in Prada stores around the world. "Corners is an evolutionary wind...
Situated at the top of 333 Chabanel in Montreal, the new SSENSE office takes an entire floor of a former textile factory and transforms the space into a modern office space, studio and warehouse. Both creative and avant-garde in their use of digital retail, Ssense was looking for something that could be edgy, contemporary, and luxurious. We have designed a space that ...
Today, occupants of Hancock Bank’s class-A office space keep watch over the Gulf night and day. Even during the brightest hours, Hunter Douglas Roller Blinds control glare to allow for enjoyable, panoramic views in every direction. Thanks to the fabric blinds, the relatively thin curtain-wall facade with large window openings is suited well to the Gulf shore’s sunny days...
The reconstruction of the historical mud baths building in the beach area of Pärnu into a modern spa and the addition of a hotel and restaurant along the beach promenade. The historical mud baths building is a neo-classical structure completed in 1927. Today, the historical mud baths building, which is situated by the sea and facing the city, has become one of the mos...
Hotel building dating back from early 70’s and that has been operating 100% ever since its opening day. A first intervention in the main Access as well as in the Hall was needed. This first intervention represents the first step of a long road of different reforms that will end up remodelling the whole hotel. This first intervention is vital since, on the one hand, it ...
The designer’s description Presented work shows the tea-selling shop – commercial unit no.7 in the historic Prague passage, at present called Broadway. The default original space itself is quite narrow with ragged side walls around, but it has a wonderful central skylight – the round shaped glass vault. For us this element determines the whole space orientation and hi...
Piuarch working in close collaboration with the art director of the Maison, Riccardo Tisci, have designed the new Givenchy flagship store in Seoul, South Korea.The architect’s description The store is housed in a building located in the thriving shopping district of Gangnam-Gu. The boutique has an area of about 400 square meters on three levels and offers an exhibitio...
Atelier JMCA, a Parisian architecture & design studio, have designed a creative solution for a restaurant in Paris. The designers were challenged by the restaurant’s confined space, and had to be meticulous and inventive. One of their solutions was a long cantilevered prism, that acts as a table and a counter/bar.
Briefing: Design the brand and interior for Nozomi Sushi Bar, a restaurant specialized in traditional sushi. Solution: The project in which Masquespacio began to work in January 2014 starts with a previous study of Japanese culture and the origin of sushi. A study in which was involved the whole team of the Spanish creative consultancy to understand and represent the ...
The living space has been designed for an artist in residence project created by de Bijenkorf and the Rijksmuseum named ‘Room On The Roof’, with artist Martin Baas starting the first residency on the 27th of January. On 27 January 2015, de Bijenkorf will be launching an Artist in Residence project, entitled ‘Room On The Roof’. The department store has invited artists,...
Gardens on the terraced roofs of this brick office building in northern India were designed by SPA Design to reference an ancient Indian well and the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon . The headquarters for clothing sourcing company Triburg was designed by Indian firm SPA Design for a site in an industrial park in Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi. The layered arran...
Constance Guisset summarised the brief provided by Accor as "just like home" and "free as a bird". The studio's concept used commonplace furniture, domestic materials and multi-functional spaces to make guests feel comfortable. Built-in furniture made of triply wood include shelving, desks and sofas was intended for flexible use around the reception space. A selecti...
Known as The Bridge, the multi-level structure slots into a double-height space, uniting the two main office floors of the building that houses the headquarters for Bathroom Brands and fellow bathroom company Crosswater. "Conceived as a continuous folded surface, the 'bridge' is constructed from pre-fabricated cross-laminated timber," said Jack Hosea of Threefold Ar...
The four Cortiço brothers inherited the Cortiço & Netos business from their grandfather and have opened a new store in Lisbon's historic Mouraria district. They built a series of tall wooden shelves to display his 30-year-old stockpile, which encompasses discontinued lines from the 1960s up to products from the present day. The brothers have also expanded the portf...
Grace Belgravia sits within a beautiful Grade- II listed Georgian building. The interior sensitively and harmoniously combines classical and contemporary design and accommodates various facilities, including a gym; library; herbal sauna and hammam - a modern twist of steam with a traditional Turkish bath.
Here, we performed various designs based on the clear plan composition having the element of excursion / flexibility, the lighting plan with rationality / diversity, and the operation of the light which changes every moment. That is because I wished to find out rich space composition which is equal also to a city, and its complexity in the interior space of the limited s...
Landscape approach This gives a better view from the E411 motorway and the N4. Its orientation is slightly off-kilter in terms of cardinal points (15°) although this guarantees an excellent amount of sunshine. Pedestrian and automobile pathways enter from opposite ends of the grounds but come together again south of the building where the glazed entrance hall welcomes...
A sneaker boutique for little ones featuring a unique display arrangement that invites kids to play with a subtly integrated cascading disk run while browsing through the shoes on display. Architecture firm ROK - Rippmann Oesterle Knauss* has completed the Suppakids* Sneaker Boutique in Stuttgart, Germany. The Sneaker store is home to a fine collection of kids footwea...
From the architect Moon Juice Market is an organic cold pressed juicery founded by it’s owner/operator Amanda Chantal Bacon. Pressing, bottling and selling all there products on site in a modest 400 square feet. The store may be small in size, but it delivers an abundance of organic vegetable juice blends, nut milk smoothies and organic snacks and treats....
