The facility supports a 2,000-acre property utilized for agriculture, recreation, wildlife habitat and conservation purposes. The facility program includes: enclosed storage for farm vehicles & implements, covered (roofed) hay & equipment storage, grain storage, insulated work area & tool storage, farm manager’s office, kitchenette, shower area, recycling area, and vehic...
When Aimer first approached Crossboundaries in 2004, it requested a factory compound of 14000 sqm gross floor area that could house conventional storage, manufacturing, and a 300-people dormitory by individual functions. However, as Aimer grew rapidly in China, the leadership quickly foresaw the importance to upgrade its operation shifting from a production-focused busin...
The Power Station is located on a natural harbor in the Bay of Baku, which used to serve as a small shipyard for the ships working for the oil platforms. The Power Station was built by Siemens around 1900s and has lost its function as a power station but the building, with its beautiful stone construction, stands out from all the other surrounding buildings and has a un...
Yet flashy forms are not appropriate for all vitners. Studio B Architects' design for the Kukkula Winery between Los Angeles and San Francisco taps into the popular relationship between wine and architecture but also the local context and the process of winemaking. The architects answered some questions about the building. What were the circumstances of receiving the ...
Please provide an overview of the project. Metalsa SA began as a family-owned company, founded by Guillermo Zambrano Gutierrez in 1956 that manufactures chassis and structural body components worldwide for a variety of heavy trucks and pickups in facilities located in the USA, China, Japan and India. Today the company has manufacturing facilities located around the w...
Gottlieb Paludan Architects has specialised in developing buildings for the energy sector since the 1940s. Tasked with creating a series of new structures in Copenhagen and the village of Marbjerg, the team developed a historically sensitive approach that they felt would offer an update to the traditional vernacular of industrial buildings. Each of the facilities is loc...
Located close to a motorway just outside the town of Ardooie, the headquarters for Rob Systems was designed by Bruges firm Govaert & Vanhoutte to house a showroom, offices and a production hall. The choice of cladding materials for the various spaces was determined by their different functions. The manufacturing area is completely closed off behind walls of concrete or...
With its rough and raw material appearance, this warehouse in New Delhi might look unfinished at first glance, yet it has been completed and fully operational since May 2014 – and is a beautifully thought through piece of architecture to boot. New buildings in Delhi’s extreme climatic conditions, which include a severely dust-laden micro-environment, are known for bei...
The building, dubbed The Black Barn, replaces an older barn built on the same plot, and is part of the farmstead of a Slovenian businessman who likes to spend some of his time in the countryside. The client commissioned Arhitektura DOO to create a building that would complement his nearby existing residence by combining agricultural uses (such as the storage of honey and...
It is also Heatherwick Studio's first conservation project, as well as its first design for a production facility, something Heatherwick is passionate about. Finally, Laverstoke Mill is the first project of either type - refurbishment or distillery - ever to receive the prestigious Outstanding BREEAM rating for environmental assessment. When the leading gin brand bega...
Ever since the high-tech architects sneaked functionalism off the business park and factory floor and transformed it into high-end design for apartments and galleries, the genre has been left wanting, preferring pragmatic and cost-effective banality over triumphal celebration. But the Silos 13 plant is different. Commissioned by the French company Semapa, which is in...
The collaborative team of HAEAHN architecture and haenglim placed second in the contest, for a proposal which stacks four large building volumes atop one another while including cultural functions into the work environment. the endeavor replaces an existing power facility, and places a new one below the structure and green landscape. As the new below-grade power plant...
At three different scales, the project seeks to provide the framework for a circular economy within the brand’s business model and to hedge the risks associated with rising commodity prices and resource depletion: with the creation of a material sourcing and multi-modal distribution modelling interface, by developing an inflatable, lightweight and easy to assemble struct...
