Dado Group has been supplying the Singapore's area since years and today has re-confirmed his presence in the area realizing a project with the restaurants chain KOUFU. The enteriors of the restaurant have been completely covered by the BrickOne Bianco Manhattan tile. The colletion BrickOne wants to revisit the natural beauty of the wall effect enriching it with the tech...
The design of much of the mall features organic, flowing shapes and lends itself perfectly to the incorporation of living green wall elements. With high arching ceilings of glass that are pressurized to reduce heat transfer from the temperatures outside, the space allows for some of the most visually spectacular indoor green wall applications. The first Versa Wall instal...
Westfield London is Europe’s largest shopping centre, combining the best of the high street with premium fashion. With 300 stores, 700 brands, 70 places to eat and a 20-screen Vue Cinema under one roof, Westfield London is the ultimate shopping experience. GSky’s Versa Wall XT is 17,000 square foot wall, two sided, that forms a promenade on one side of the mall with a ba...
The McGuire Building at the corner of 10th and Bryant is the new home to GM Cruise, the team of engineers working to build a fleet of self-driving cars for the nation’s largest automaker. GM hopes to use the two-story, 140,000-square-foot space to conduct “small test-run manufacturing,” develop software and test vehicles.
With only three months to design and build, 120 volunteers for a construction crew, and less than $60,000, NUA Arquitectures recently completed ‘SDA Campclar,’ a center for food distribution in Tarragona, Spain. The project is a remarkable labor of love, proving that extreme limitations can ultimately be harnessed as fuel for creative strategies and positive community en...
We are proud to announce the first installation of an ALFA 85 XL unit on the rooftop of a Heath Centre in Hellevoetsluis NL, it was installed to operate with a VRF system that handles the cooling side of things. As part of a larger renovation of the building, the ALFA 85 XL is operating at 10,000 m3/h and yet so quiet you can hear a pin drop..
Raffaello Rosselli collaborated with Luigi Rosselli architects to design their new office building in Surry Hills, Australia. The project started with the study of material waste streams looking for an appropriate object for a brise-soleil to filter the harsh western sun that the main façade faces. The terracotta tile, an overlooked symbol of suburbia, was chosen as it ...
the impressive collection of reading material is displayed within a set of rooms designed by architecture studio XL-MUSE. the first space opens up onto the forest gallery displaying a series of vertical circular shelves that carry numerous texts. the ceiling uses a mirror to elongate these tree-like columns, which aim to metaphorically express the idea of knowledge, that...
Pardubice city has a brand new Airport terminal. The terminal bears the name of the first Czech pilot Jan Kašpar, a famous native of Pardubice. 2VV is also a Pardubice “native” and we are therefore proud to see that the new airport terminals are equipped with 2VV Air Curtains. Right when you enter the new terminal entrance, you will be met by high-performance FINESSE Ai...
Inspiring. Different. These words describe Kienbaum, an international-based consulting firm with headquarters in Germany. However, we might as well include these two words in the description of their new workspace in Cologne, which was refurbished after the company relocated from its previous location in Gummersbach. But what is it that makes this workspace so inspiring ...
developed by KAR properties, ‘one river point’ seeks to convey an expression of art and nature, to create a dynamic architectural statement in downtown miami. viñoly’s vision of two soaring towers was first proposed as being stand-alone, but a pair of offset slab towers was eventually decided upon. near the top, there will be a three-floor glass skybridge at 800 feet uni...
in canada, batay-csorba architects has sought to build upon the rich lineage of the toronto’s precast concrete history. in its concept for ‘[misfit]fit’, a six-storey 32,000 square foot boutique office building, the firm suggests an alternative to the pervasive glass wall curtain project that is common in new development. the proposed building’s program is comprised of f...
So as not to detract from the surrounding landscape, the Ion Hotel was built to look like an extension of the land, emerging from the mountain base like a mass of hardened lava. The architects renovated and expanded the hotel using mnmMOD, a prefabricated panelized building system that helps reduce the building’s carbon footprint. Floor-to-ceiling windows capture natural...
As part of the design, the client requested a used jet fuselage to be hung from the ceiling. Due to the building being a historic structure, this wasn’t easy as the used fuselage was deemed too large to bring into the building. Instead, the designers were able to have a new fuselage built from within the office. Underneath the impressive fuselage is a glass enclosed r...
Only minutes from Prague’s downtown core, the One Room Hotel is surrounded by shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, and attractions and is close to things like Rierger Park and the Memorial on Vítkov Hill. Inside the room, luxurious furniture and a simple design lets guests relax and unwind in style. The room also features a panoramic view of the city of Prague as well as ...
The question leading to the basic concept underlying this project was: how to offer the highest quality and most efficient ergonomic work spaces possible? The answer to this question resolved all the other issues facing the operation with regard to its insertion in the urban fabric, its environmental quality and the representation of the activity of banking in a period o...
In the so-called WATT-tower (formerly an electricity company’s office building designed in 1958 by Léon Stynen), a co-working concept dubbed Fosbury & Sons now takes up the first floor, a 3,000 square metre space that extrapolates the idea behind similar international projects such as WeWork and Soho Works. As the founders, Stijn Geeraets and Maarten Van Gool claim, “We ...
daniel libeskind has announced plans for two new projects in france: a 150 meter skyscraper at the heart of toulouse’s business district, and a mixed-use commercial center connected to nice’s thiers railway station. ‘with these important projects in two of the main french cities, we unveil our new development strategy to create urban mixed-use buildings,’ says philippe j...
BuckleyGrayYeoman Architects has completed the £15 million refurbishment of Derwent London’s Buckley Building. Located on Aylesbury Street at the north-eastern end of Clerkenwell Green, The Buckley Building offers over 87,000 sq ft of high quality office accommodation with ground level retail in the heartland of many of London’s creative industries. BuckleyGrayYeoman ...
OOIIO proposes a new work space concept, adapted to the singular conditions of the special users of this building, all of them ready to develop the first steps of their new businesses. This people has lots of initiative and ambitions, they follow their dreams and are up for risk their money and time for their goals. When one of this guys gets their targets a lot of peopl...
The project is located in the Wythe Avenue corridor in Williamsburg Brooklyn, a slowly gentrifying neighborhood composed of mostly low rise industrial buildings which support local manufacturing. The corridor is also home to Kinfolk Studios. As an organization, Kinfolk is a creative collective that uses their space at 90 Wythe Ave for various functions not the least o...
the structure, which will climb to a total height of 110 meters, is characterized by its base where the twisted form is a result of the city’s strict planning regulations. in order to ensure that daylight entering neighboring buildings is not blocked by the tower, ten of the lower levels are pivoted around the central core. located near the city’s celebrated gasometer...
The area of 30,000 square meters , which since the 30s has accepted the company's activities Caproni aircraft, it is almost entirely covered by brick industrial buildings . The original architectural character has been preserved , along with a valuable internal road network and perimeter . The project includes a "neighborhood" modern and accessible by users and the ...
The glass and aluminum curtain wall provides a wide view and exceptional natural lighting.The project is spread over two levels, the ground floor is used for offices secretarial while the first floor is used the executive offices. The two floors communicate via a staircase in reinforced concrete exposed face and are characterized by a different use of materials and light...
Existing site, Contextual and contemporary architecture. Recognizing the leak of space along the canal and its significant scale in view of the existing neighboring heritage, this architectural design contributes to recompose urban clarity by marking the alignment on the historic axis and by giving substance to the urban front on the canal. Volumetric resonance. The...
Minimalism with loft elements and warm notes of Ukrainian art create a special atmosphere in the workshop that, like a mirror, reflects the owner’s inner being. The key concept of the architect’s office project is to implement the elements worked out by the designers to meet their customers’ needs. The studio with a total area of 200 sq. m combines a showroom and a home...
Mecenate 79 is a project of transformation of the Caproni in a multi-purpose center with commercial activities , hotel, manufacturing and leisure . The area of 30,000 square meters , which since the 30s has accepted the company's activities Caproni aircraft, it is almost entirely covered by brick industrial buildings . The original architectural character has been p...
With its 170 meters, Tower Hadid is one of three high-rise buildings that make unmistakable the square in the center of CityLife. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the building grows vertically with a dynamic twisting that enhances the perception and views with respect to urban axes. At the foot of the tower is a commercial gallery and covered walkways connecting to the subway...
A density of bridges occurs near downtown, including the Shelby Street Bridge, whose distinctive truss structure originally carried cars. Now it moves people and bicycles from downtown to the stadium where the Tennessee Titans play football. Alongside the bridge is the old NABRICO building, carefully restored by Hastings Architecture Associates and renovated for commerci...
designed by french practices OXO architectes and nicolas laisné associés, the building contains a mixed-use program, including a hotel, housing, dining facilities and a meteorological observatory. when approaching the structure, the tower first appears as a distant rock, before the landscape widens, encompassing a maze of streets that recall eastern souks. at ground flo...
located in the landmark east aia kowloon tower in kwun tong, hong kong, the design inhabits two floors as well as a large external terrace, totaling an area of 35,000sqft. influenced by an exchange of contextual narratives from the local hipster culture of the post-industrial kwun tong to the vibrant urban life of williamsburg, brooklyn, the design encourages social inte...
Coinciding with dutch design week 2015, both groups – simply named ‘team A’ and ‘team B’ – will unveil their design to allow the opportunity for the public to determine their favorite by casting a vote of their favorite. team A’s design features a cluster of vibrantly colored towers- each rising at different heights, meanwhile team B has imagined the building as two stru...
the rapidly developing west bund area of shanghai, china, is set to become one of the bigger art districts in the city- a setting which led local studio archi-union to maximize the floor-area ratio of the modest site while maintaining an architectural expression when designing the fab-union space. the micro-scale reinforced concrete structure is to serve as a future non-...
built between 1902 and 1907, ‘tour & taxis’ is an old customs clearance and storage complex that covers 40 hectares of former wetlands. with the introduction of the EU, and the subsequent lifting of custom borders, the building now serves no purpose. in vincent callebaut’s masterplan, the site’s warehouses and sheds have been repurposed into offices with a commitment to ...
the new elements of the scheme is introduced by B+P architects as a complex timber truss frame which simultaneously serves as furniture, storage and display units. it is also designed to support the display shelf and envelop the wiring of lighting and air-conditioning units. this free-standing structure of japanese cypress is most evident in the ground floor retail space...
international firm foster + partners has begun construction work on ‘varso tower’, a 310 meter-tall (1,017 ft) skyscraper that will become poland’s tallest building. located in central warsaw, the structure will primarily contain offices, with an observation deck positioned 230 meters (755 ft) above ground. there will be also be a restaurant on levels 46 and 47, while sh...
