COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS - Offices

Project name: ARK Club Project Location: Chengdu, China Project Area: 800m2 Interior design: VGC Design Architecture design: VGC Design Completion Time: January 2024 Chief Designer: Michael Chen Detailed designer: Ding Fei Project Management: Wen Ming Project construction: Zhejiang Construction Decoration Group Co., Ltd. Structural design: Luanlu Structure Landscape desi...

The ground floor of the building was conceived as an open space, without walls or railings, with active façades with shops and restaurants, thus promoting interaction and connection with the urban environment. With 16 floors and 850m² of area per floor, the single tower features 4.68m from floor to floor, providing a large and ventilated spaces for its users. One of the...

Edelman, the global communications firm, has unveiled its new London headquarters, courtesy of architecture practice Gensler. The space, designed with a creative practice in mind, is set in Francis House, within a 1900s warehouse, and brings together its industrial rawness and open spaces with colour accents, warmth and flexibility that befits the 21st century. Edelman...

We aim to embody the sense of power generated by the city's forward momentum and transform it into the architectural language: massive, powerful lines sweep from the city to the building, endowing the structure with a tremendous sense of strength. The reflective surfaces add a futuristic aspect to its appearance. Interconnections between urban, building, interior, and p...

In my experience, designing for other creative practitioners is equal parts good, honest fun and somewhat intimidating. When Studio Tate began the briefing process with the Melbourne team of Activision Blizzard – the makers of the global phenomenon ‘Call of Duty’ game franchise – interior designer Anita Zampichelli confessed to having had a few forgivable preconceptions....

Named Tencent Helix, the building will contain workspace for 23,000 employees of the Chinese company, which is best known for developing the multifaceted WeChat app. It is being designed by Büro Ole Scheeren as part of an upcoming financial district in Qianhai Bay that the studio said "is comparable in size and shape to Midtown Manhattan". Tencent Helix is intended to ...

Tokyo‘s streetscape has seen a vibrant transformation with the completion of the Vertical Rainbow facade by SAKO Architects, a Japanese studio known for shaping playful spaces with a spectrum of colors. Formerly a typical ‘pencil’ headquarters building, this structure now stands as a symbol of creativity. The architecture reflects the identity of its occupant — a global ...

Furnish studio takes place in Rayong, Thailand. The studio was owned by a well-known- young Thais artist by the name of Bo Puntita. For some period of time, our team has been a part of her journey. The team gained experience and understood more and more not only about the artist but also about the space condition. Referring to an oil painting art studio, ventilation is t...

It responds to its heritage neighbors with an innovative Flex Brick second-skin facade over a traditional brickwork base. The design is drawn from careful analysis of the brick patterning on the former 1890s South Yarra Post Office opposite, coupled with the need to protect the west facade from heat load, while maintaining views. The South Yarra Post Office, designed by...

Brooklyn’s iconic waterfront sees the long-awaited completion of the The Refinery at Domino, a fifteen-story, 460,000 square-foot office space within an industrial brick structure originally completed in 1884. Led by Two Trees Management, designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, and activated by venue development firm Skylight, this renovation stands as the ce...

A space for flexible work and enthusiasm The top co-founding IT company Genesis collaborated with ZIKZAK Architects to develop the design of their office. According to the client, each company employee is in a process of continuous rapid development and requires daily improvement of skills to not fall behind the set pace. The team needed a workspace that would stimulate ...

In addition to large-scale production halls, a new office building with approximately 4,000 m2 of functional space is being constructed. The openly flexible floor plan is surrounded by a glass facade that tapers from top to bottom. Projecting and recessed glass elements combine with folded metal elements to form a diamond-like structure, which is crowned by a laminated r...

Called the Fab Lab, the project is located in the Yucatán peninsula. The space serves the Roth Architecture studio as an office and maker space. "We create driven by nature's patterns and artistic wills," said the studio. "The inspiration for this building, like many of the studio's constructions, is the organic, irregular, yet harmonic forms we find in nature itself". ...

In West Germany's Reichshof region, the headquarters of Schwalbe, the well-known bicycle-tyre manufacturer, is a business home where technology and innovation meet flexibility, workspace wellness and contemporary, sustainable architecture. Titled Schwalbe Hybrid Building, the project (whose shell and core were designed by architect Ralf Janz) features interiors by London...

The building integrates 10,500m2 of commercial office space, health consultation, and treatment rooms, a childcare facility, and a ground floor supporting retail uses. It is the first of 3 buildings to edge a new food and beverage plaza precinct. The site is part of the Cumberland Plain, lands of the Dhargug Nation, being the inland Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney hint...

Spread across seven floors punctuated by planted gardens and curving balconies, the office block was designed by Eric Parry Architects as the headquarters for Singaporean company Wilmar. It contains laboratories as well as 20,000 square metres of office space. Alongside the office facilities, the studio added a range of outdoor spaces and areas of planting. Additional a...

The Commons’ suite of spaces facilitates and enhances modern co-working patterns for its creative community, providing diverse areas for work, rest and play. The office is one of ten locations for The Commons across Sydney and Melbourne. Speaking to the design of the Surry Hills office, as well as that of a workplace on George Street, Design Office joint creative direc...

The Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters is a new and modern 147,000 sqm R&D and manufacturing complex that took shape in Suzhou, China. Completed by OLI architecture for a young Hong Kong-listed pharmaceutical company, the project symbolizes the aspirations of Ascentage’s culture, whose cutting-edge research in Biotechnology has developed promising new cancer drugs for...

The main concept for this project is to create an oasis-like structure for the employees to really enjoy their breaks, relax and enjoy the fresh atmosphere within and around the building. We came up with a rather organic design to blend in with the vast landscape garden it sits on and to mimic and compliment the curvy main head office. This building consists of two wing...

Located within Bosque Real’s six million squaremeter, privately owned commercial development, Torre Designo will be the latest addition to one of the most premium neighborhoods in the outskirts of Mexico City. Surrounded by the natural foliage of the landscape and extensive views of the Capital, Torre Designo’s two towers rise from a dynamic topography of hills and canyo...

This project of urban mending was developed around the key concept of permeability, which was the leitmotif behind the volumetric decomposition of the typical urban block, in particular of the continuity of the front in Via Gattamelata. On the corner with Via Teodorico, the building is recessed from the pavement’s profile, giving life to a completely open area accessible...

Symbolic façade with three-dimensional CUBEs - “SMART CUBE" is a symbolic cube-shaped design 90m square, consisting of 20 x 20 x 20 modules of 4.5m cubes. Visible from all directions, including the highway next to the project site, the beautiful, homogeneous steel outer frame facade expresses both HD's identity as a company that has grown up with steel, as well as its co...

Dedicated to continually evolving their expertise in the field of aviation, Collins Aerospace wanted to reflect that boldness in their office space - which we managed to convey through an unconventional and sleek office entryway. The core inspiration for this new office design is an open airfield with various ‘aircraft hangars’ that will act as various work areas for th...

Studio AR13 designs its own workspace, a newly constructed building in Vadodara, India, that marks the initial phase of the firm and embodies the architects’ vision and experimentation. The project’s key focus is creating an open studio that accommodates the team’s various needs and activities. Informed by the site’s orientation and context, the building block aligns wit...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has reached a milestone with the completion of the two-tower design for the Sany IROOTECH Headquarters in Guangzhou, China. A renowned company in the construction equipment manufacturing industry, Sany commissioned SOM to design a headquarters for its Rootcloud technology group, symbolizing its commitment to growth and innovation. The com...

Annabelle Selldorf has designed the new David Zwirner office in New York. The architecture studio and gallerist share a fruitful, long standing relationship - they've collaborated on several schemes in the past, including the 2013 David Zwirner 20th Street. This project outlined the consolidation of several of the gallery's departments in a single, streamlined space. Sel...

Set on the outskirts of the city of Surat, the 660,000-square-metre office building was designed as a "city within a city" to house the world's largest community of diamond traders. It is larger than the 620,000-square-metre Pentagon office near Washington DC, which has held the title of the world's largest office building for 80 years since it was completed in 1943. "...

Nestled within the enchanting confines of Alcamo's historic center, resides a true architectural treasure with a venerable past. The timeworn walls of a 16th-century church, now deconsecrated, have given birth to a remarkable renovation endeavor that skillfully showcases and reinterprets its historical essence in an avant-garde manner. Conceived within the void, a rein...

Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works is operated by non-for profit community interest company Hackney Co-operative Developments. Following funding from the Greater London Authority, YN Studio refurbished an existing building into 600-square-metres of affordable ...

The new building of the Training Center|Office is located in the suburban industrial zone, therefore, in order to fit into the context, the shape of the building is designed in an industrial style. The building was designed with maximum economy in mind. This applies to both economical construction and economical building maintenance and saving resources. A heat pump is ...

Located in Milan, Open 336 is a sustainable architectural project designed by Park Associati focused on the comfort and well-being of its users. Featuring hybrid spaces that offer modern and functional offices, the building is a reinterpretation of the industrial identity of the surrounding neighborhood. The design stems from the concept of integrating architecture into ...

Located in the city's main harbour, the headquarters is spread across various buildings including an office block, workshop spaces, warehouses, product testing facilities and a building with space for education and parking. The headquarters' timber structures are clad in corten steel and were designed with flexible, modular spaces that aim to meet the studio's sustainab...

Another more evocative option was to take advantage of the interior compartments of the butcher shop, making small surgical alterations according to the new program. While the main room of the new retail space retained practically the previous configuration, the former meat cutting area has been transformed into a meeting room, and a small kitchen replaces the old refri...

A unique design feature not often seen on the exterior of a building, are the painted drop shadows surrounding the windows. These drop shadows, which also stand out at night, create a three-dimensional illusion for people passing by. On the ground floor, a marketing agency is joined by an indie coffee shop to form the critical retail anchor that not only serves the bui...

The proposed building will be a companion to the existing Chifley tower, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and Travis Partners and built in 1992. The project will create 50,000 square metres of office space, with a reimagined podium that connects to the surrounding public realm. “Our design challenge is to create an urban ensemble with Chifley North that simultaneously com...

"Gleaning from the depth of our experience in the field, we seek to reconcile form, function and cost to create a new landmark for the Sanlongwan area that will become a token of technology and innovation,’’ said Aedas Global Design Principal Ken Wai. With a total planned area of circa 77,716 sq m, the site is divided into two plots. Plot A is surrounded by water and el...