COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS - Offices

Now renamed OneOcean, the old port has become, claims the management, the most secure luxury marina in the world. It's a work of fledgling Barcelona-based studio SCOB, who won the commission in an invitation-only competition. The plan encompasses not only architecture, but also the design of outdoor furniture, signage and the 'tidying up' of the old quays and docks. It h...

The Red Bull Studio – Berlin provides sound recording and mixing spaces for emerging and established musicians. The studio is housed within a 7.5-metre-high, copper-clad volume that was inserted into an old power station built in the 1920s. "The new contemporary interiors perfectly contrast modern Berlin with the old," said Optimist Design, a multidisciplinary prac...

The building was once part of a railroad lumberyard and is the oldest remaining structure in Spoorzone – an area between the inner city and the residential neighbourhoods to the west and south currently undergoing redevelopment. The original structure featured an open arch that allowed the wind to blow through the hangar and dry out the wood stored inside. Later, the ...

set in a traditional brownstone building, OMA spatially reorganized the studio around a central courtyard – referencing traditional chinese building layouts. the building itself was originally constructed in 1885; the site of a schoolhouse. currently it serves as cai’s personal headquarters for exhibition and reception. OMA’s response carefully balances between intertwin...

established with high ceilings and plenty of space, the office is spread across two levels. embodying a minimal and clean aesthetic, the walls, surfaces and steel trusses have been painted in white. a scaffold shelving system serves as partial partitioning-cum-storage, while highlighting the large staircase that connects the ground level to a mezzanine space. upstairs...

The project is located on a prominent site along the west side of Manhattan, on the northern edge of the Tribeca neighbourhood. The complex consists of two structures: a large mixed-use building with offices and facilities for sanitation vehicles, and a storage shed for road salt. The two buildings sit across the street from one another. Both were designed by Dattn...

New York- and Lima-based V.oid Architecture designed the AGP eGlass Factory and Offices for a one-hectare plot in an industrial area of the Peruvian capital. Elon Musk's Tesla is one of AGP's biggest clients, and the manufacturer is tipped to be producing the world's largest windscreen for the electric car company. The new facility, which makes ample use of the fac...

This project will also transform Southbank Centre’s public heritage programming and archive management, opening up access to their collections and uniting the story of the Festival Site. Southbank Centre has commissioned Jonathan Tuckey Design to create their new Archive Studio to be set within the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall. The Southbank Centre Archive Stud...

The district will connect the knowledge-intensive businesses to the research and education community. In the new 193,750 square feet (18,000 m2) building, Microsoft collocates its Danish sales department and development center and is workplace of 900 employees. The planning of the building stems from Microsoft’s work methodology based on cooperative processes, as desc...

It was after a thorough study of this world leader’s DNA that the designers opted for a vaporous and aerial signature, punctuated with dynamic elements. The lighting of the space, designed in collaboration with LumiGroup, plays a key role in the interior design concept. Subtle at times, bright, diffuse or alive at others, the lighting accompanies, punctuates and accen...

BuckleyGrayYeoman has completed C-Space, a 62,000 sq ft commercial workspace on the corner of City Road and Epworth Street in Shoreditch, East London. Working on behalf of developer Helical Bar, BuckleyGrayYeoman oversaw the retrofit of the 1960s former carpet factory, substantially re-modelling the building into a stylish commercial development with flexible spaces that...

Inside and out, the industrial ancestry is preserved, while sound engineering delivers a main listening room with an acoustically tunable modular ceiling, and a second-floor workshop area, and two more intimate listening spaces. Furnishings and a curated collection of art that speaks to sound history complete the audio-immersive environment. At a little over three minute...

The Israel studio was responsible for the interior architecture of the 127 apartments within the block, which has yet to be completed. They aimed to echo the design for the apartment spaces within the sales office by using the same materials and colour palettes. Aluminium screens that feature prominently throughout the design of the apartments are used to create pa...

Designed as a "coffee culture space", the Maxcube facility sits in the cultural village of Heyri, which was set up by a group of writers, painters, actors, architects and musicians. The reinforced concrete structure houses a cafe, a gallery and workspace for members of the creative community. Local planning regulations require all buildings to be no more than three s...

Coffey Architects developed the masterplan for the headquarters of Qingdao Iron and Steel Group, which is situated next to the company's steel plant. Named Cloister, the project is the studio's largest to date and its first in China. Its previous work includes a sunken courtyard added to a Georgian house in London and a concrete dolls' house with removable rooms desig...

Located in the Aarhus port and surrounded by canals and lakes on all four sides, this complex functions as a 22,000 sqm commercial office for 800 employees, as well as a 24,000 sq m goods reception, car park and plant. Reflecting Bestseller's scope and worldwide reach – eleven brands available in over 3,000 branded stores across 38 markets – the construction constitut...

Designed by Los Angeles-based studio Optimist Design – who are made up of architects, interior and spatial designers with digital experience – the new theatrical studio space is located inside a former 1920s power station. 'Red Bull's revitalisation of the power station is a perfect metaphor for the resurgence of Berlin as a capital of ideas,' says Michael Brown of Be...

Conceived as a multi-use space from the outset so that the owners could earn an income from rent, the complex is spread over four floors with offices in the basement and living quarters on the ground, first and second floors. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, the building is unobtrusive from the street, with a subtle facade that's split into three rectangular slabs – one...

Having outgrown its previous offices, temping agency Ago purchased a former telecoms building near central Kortrijk and invited local studio Steven Vandenborre Architects to oversee its refurbishment. Vandenborre designed a monumental bespoke black staircase as the main feature. Two flights of steps rise up to form an angular arch over the ground floor before splittin...

Clad in mirrored glass, the Sogetsu Kaikan building was designed by influential 20th century Japanese architect Kenzo Tange in 1977, replacing a smaller arts centre he had built on the same site. The architect's own offices were housed on the 10th floor. "It is primarily characterized by its half-mirrored curtain wall exterior, reflecting the greenery from the Akasaka...

the modern workplace was created with the intent of easy transformation, and features a minimal layout that can be changed with ease. a total-black ceiling with attached, slatted-wood panels give the office a strong sense of character, with supplementary elements including salvaged factory ceiling lamps. natural wood texture is repeated frequently and — with the lamps — ...

The building extends the existing headquarters of Caisse des Français de l'Etranger, which provides social security for French citizens abroad, and it is located in a suburb to the south of Paris. BVAU co-founders Jérôme Villemard and Eric Bartolo designed the bioclimatic skin to naturally light and ventilate the building, but also to give it a "welcoming and pleasant...

AAU Anastas was commissioned to design the Toulkarem Courthouse by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), a body that aims to support peace-building, humanitarian and development projects. The architecture firm, which has offices in Palestine and Paris, designed two rectilinear buildings to house the courts on a triangular plot in the centre of the to...

The new permanent premises for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is located on a former military barracks at the edge of the Meijendel Dunes to the north of the Dutch city. Schmidt Hammer Lassen was awarded the project in 2010 following a competition, and plans unveiled at the time by the Danish firm depicted a sequence of cubic structures intended to reference t...

Beijing-based Open Architecture developed the HEX-SYS system in response to the proliferation of temporary structures erected by property developers during the country's recent construction boom. Typically used as sales offices and showrooms, these buildings are often scrapped when no longer required. According to the firm – which previously designed a school in Be...

The 278-metre glass-covered tower by the London firm will feature a free public viewing platform and London's highest bar and restaurant. It will be the second tallest building in London, usurping the Cesar Pelli-designed One Canada Square in Canary Wharf. The tallest is Renzo Piano's 309-metre-tall The Shard. The building's 120,000 square metres of office space is...

Alexander Kudimov and Daria Butahina of Russian studio Ruetemple were asked to transform a 35-square-metre garage adjoining the owner's house into a studio space for his daughter, who is interested in drawing and architecture. The duo – whose previous projects include a play and study area in another Russian home featuring a mezzanine hammock and an adaptable seating ...

The new studio was created for designers working on the company's Clarks Originals line. It is located within a factory that was part of Clarks' first industrial site in Somerset, England, created in 1825 – something the team were keen to reflect in their design. "The modern factory within the office embodies our reinterpretation of the historical C&J Clarks surroundi...

Brooklyn-based firm Architensions has created a minimal space with carefully placed views and plenty of natural light, designed to reduce potential distractions. The 50-square-foot (4.6 square metres) interior of the structure is made entirely of pine plywood, furnished with a folding desk, a chair, and a built-in sofa. An angled skylight brings sunshine inside, an...

located in a former town-home, ueasangkhomset wanted to link both the past and future uses of the building. a covered walkway was placed in the structure’s unused backyard space, and a new inner courtyard was created. green is heavily used in the interior because it’s the client’s favorite color, and name of the company, but also to represent the natural elements brought...

The old building had already been refurbished in the early 1990s, so minimal repairs were required. This allowed Fala Atelier to create a suitable space with the addition of just a few elements. "The whole project was a struggle between the lack of time, budget and means available," explained architect Filipe Magalhães. "We wanted to run away from a complex project an...

strategically positioned at the intersection of two important axes, the scheme sees the renovation and extension of an existing building in the city’s oud-berchem neighborhood. the project brief called for a local police facility that that, over time, could potentially become a residential building. julien de smedt’s firm completed the project after they were selected as...

Its layered sweeping facade was designed to maximize passive solar shading, provide privacy and optimize light penetration to the interior. Arno Matis Architecture used a responsive design strategy in order to manage the oddly-shaped site and create a building that will work with, not against external forces. Combining concrete, metal and glass, the building evokes so...

first starting in 2014, the first of its kind called ‘bukatsudo’ serves as a multi-purpose, and shared community hub. interior designed by the team at hiroyuki tanaka architecture, the project was spearheaded and developed by ReBITA Inc. diversely furnished to keep with the industrial aesthetic of the building, the space has been organized with the use of few partiti...

The main aim was to create new space and atmosphere of interior, modern, stylish and fresh. This motto was realised in reception, meeting rooms, coffee points, lounge zones and other not-working spaces. Additional purpose was to do big meeting zone for different requirements. For this several meeting rooms are transforming into one big meeting space. Special meeting room...

as part of this development, paris-based architecture studio jakob + macfarlane designed two distinctive buildings: the orange cube, which completed in 2011, and the green cube, a design that forms the headquarters of euronews. the scheme is conceived as a stretched cube, pierced by two conical atria — referred to as ‘eyes’ — that introduce daylight and air, while pro...