the multi-functional space marks the first central/eastern european headquarters for the business, and possesses a minimalistic mindset meant to spur creativity while simultaneously presenting all centor has to offer. the semi-narrow, rectangular interior is defined by three folded-wall objects created specifically for the space. their shapes sub-divide the overall expa...
the interior is a laid back, with a relaxed atmosphere that goes beyond the typical office space. working zones are placed in the space’s large common area, with smaller auxiliary rooms — including individual offices and a kitchen — located adjacently or on the second floor above. flexibility was the project’s key element. the design allows spaces to be used in many d...
named ‘ett arkitekt kontor’, kiruna’s recently completed architecture studio is a platform for white to engage the community as the city is replanned. occupying a vacant plot in kiruna’s current city center, furniture and other materials have been collated and reused to construct an interior imbued with a local sense of identity. ‘moving the city is a huge challenge,...
The overhaul will include a new double-height celebratory entrance on duke street, named the ‘somerset street link’, alterations to the shopfronts, and the redevelopment of the current accessories space. the insertion will serve as a visual link between the listed classic east building to the south and the somerset, wigmore, orchard and duke building to the north. po...
with an area of 150,000 sqm, the high profile project was designed by renowned japanese architect arata isozaki. commissioned by the zendai group, the brief was to create an ‘archisculptural masterpiece for 21st century china’. currently, the mixed-use development hosts two five-star hotels, a shopping mall, state of the art theater, office space and the himalayas art...
Theis + Khan’s redevelopment project for RIIBA HQ creates 3,157 sqm of workspace just a short distance from the institute’s George Grey Wornum-designed headquarters at 66 Portland Place. Conceived as a younger sibling to the main building, the new offices are a reworking of a 1950s building previously occupied by the Institute of Physics. Architects Theis + Khan aimed t...
Under Philippe Starck’s art direction Triptyque developed the architectural project of TOG’s São Paulo Global Flagship Store, with the ambition of stirring up the concept of selling design. The store was designed as a mixed use place of sociability where you can buy, eat, drink, dance, read, create, spend time; a XXIst century version of the Andy Warhol Factory. As TOG ...
Located at a major high-end commercial district at the intersection of Changde Road and Nanjing West Road in Shanghai, Ports 1961’s flagship store appears now with a new facade designed by UUfie. The facade evokes the idea of a landform that resembles an iceberg floating freely in the ocean; the building having a sense of being undulated, expanding and contracting, as i...
The challenge for mode:lina architekci in designing this café inside the Mallwowa shopping mall in Skorzewo, Poland, was to combine a cosy, homely interior with a modern twist. Architects defined the space by placing a bio fireplace in the middle encircled by a large, spacious table. In addition, they created a roof-like, suspended celling. The interior is complemented...
Centrally located in the heart of Paris, the showroom of new French wallpaper brand Bien Fait, designed by A+A Cooren opens on the street and the cobbled courtyard in the Village Saint Paul. The idea of A+A Cooren was to present the Bien Fait’s wallpaper collection in situ, and take advantage of every wall to make a strong statement. The motifs of wallpaper are then v...
Sonnenhof consists of four new buildings with office and residential spaces designed by J. Mayer H. Architects in Jena, Germany. Located on a consolidated number of smaller lots in the historical center of the city, the separate structures allow for free access through the grounds.Their placement on the outer edges of the plot defines a small-scale outdoor space congrue...
Kengo Kuma renovated a Siheyuan-style building located exactly in front of the East Gate of the Forbidden Palace (at the heart of Beijing), using hollow blocks of polyethylene. Four types of blocks were produced by rotational molding to be joined and stuck up, as the structure of the extended part. The main structure for the city of Beijing is masonry bricks. Blocks ma...
The space provided to FILD by the client for this store in Kiev was limited by its commercial area, but the advantage of the pre-revolution building with high ceilings was its big arch show window. The color pallet of the place corresponds to the Podolyan brand: black with light and dark shades of grey. The advantage of a big show window and detailed lighting arrangemen...
Apart from the excess desk space and a few office chairs, it would be hard to know that this space even is an office rather than a gorgeous open floorplan loft. The concrete walls are certainly a main design point that brings the space into that industrial trend. In fact, when architect Sergey Makhno was first putting together a plan, those lovely concrete walls become ...
Visualisation and animation studio Squint/Opera render reality every day. SIBLING’s fit-out for their new Australian headquarters reinforces this trait: physical space and its digital doppelganger confluence in the workplace. The new office uses the wireframe space of modelling software as real-time infrastructure through the installation of custom-steel grid-mesh.ourne...
The new Mondadori store designed by Migliore + Servetto Architects is a welcoming area to return to, of “high density” products and people-friendly, where the visitors can easily find their way around at their own pace, depending on needs. The wide central staircase, which is the heart of the store, links the shop’s three different levels and guides the visitor along a ...
The broad lines of Jacques Ferrier Architectures’ project for Hachette Livre Headquarters in Vanves respect its urban location: the largest volumes are situated facing the street (Rue Jean Bleuzen), to the north, and the railway line, to the south. The site analysis also revealed differences in scale that had to be taken into consideration: to the west, the street fron...
Inspired by the forest green of the German landscape and well crafted natural materials such as solid walnut, raw brass and matt finished ‘Bembel’ grey floor tiles, Aesop’s products are presented in striking harmony, whilst celebrating Frankfurt and its cultural roots. The architecture focuses on the product rather than competing with it. Back-lit shelves in forest gree...
“The Chäserugg at 2262 meters is the easternmost peak of the seven mountains that make up the Churfirsten Massif. It rises up gently from the Toggenburg to the north and becomes a steep cliff to the south, plummeting almost 6250 ft down to the Lake of Walensee. The high flat plateau formed by the Hinterrugg, Rosenboden and Chäserrugg stands in great contrast to the stee...
Created in collaboration with Snøhetta, the design for the second Aesop signature store in Berlin (discover here the first one) was inspired by the historical context of the neighbourhood. Taking cues from several performing arts institutions nearby, including Theater des Westens and Berliner Schaubuhne, the interior subtly alludes to the trappings of theatrical drama.T...
Standing among centenarian oaks and sycamore trees, the black and white shelters are low-cost, energy efficient and a brilliant utilitarian creative retreat. Wrapped in a highly insulated corrugated skin they feature many skylights and windows that frame garden views and let the sun shine in. The Colt House’s art studios were designed for a London couple who spend thr...
The Siheyuan-style building was transformed into a traditional tea house that comprises a ground floor tea room, two private rooms on the first floor paved with carpets, and a roof terrace that offers unobstructed views over the Forbidden City (the tea house is situated on the palace’s east gate). The use of stacked rows of plastic blocks appear to be in harmony with th...
Armed with a great imagination, he decided to give form to his own dream: a weird and wonderful dwelling he called Las Olas (The Waves). Featuring sunny terraced gardens, solar water heaters, wood burners crafted from mud, and custom-made furniture in adobe suites, the place looks like it belongs in a fairy tale. And after a recent visit, we decided it feels that way too...
The area, which has been neglected for over twenty years, received a new burst of life thanks to the innovative new space. The design of the cafe is dominated by scorched wood siding which goes perfectly with the function of the space and draws attention of passersby. The architects’ intention was to design an attractive coffee shop while simultaneously revitalizing t...
The stacked red boxes accommodate office spaces, event areas and tech rooms, with one of the containers positioned at a 30-degree angle, housing a scissor stair. The building is located at the Port of Ashdod cargo area, located about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. The shipping containers, once used in the transport of products and raw materials, were repurposed and ...
The new open-plan office space is nestled within an 1884 warehouse in Amsterdam and is built from reused and environmentally-friendly materials. The smartphone manufacturer wanted to create its workspaces as transparent offices built from reused materials. Most of the original structure of the warehouse was preserved, including wooden roof trusses and supporting steel...
The sustainable pods are completely customizable, allowing clients to create an eco-space for an extra room, a quiet respite in the yard, or even a full service home. With options like energy saving glass, low energy heating and renewable energies like solar roofs, each Pod Space has the potential to be a personal, sustainable oasis. Streamlined and with a small footp...
The building reflects the heritage of Alpine architecture and features locally-sourced spruce wood which envelops the 1970s-built cable car station. The Chäserrugg restaurant is located in a ski resort within Switzerland‘s Toggenburg region, at an altitude of around 2,260 meters (7,414 feet). Until the cable car was first installed in 1972, the area of the Churfirsten...
Located along the canal in the heart of Brussels, the 66,500-square-meter mixed-use building will transform the surrounding area into a “high-quality green urban neighborhood.” The sustainable low-rise structure was designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects and is topped with accessible rooftop gardens. The Herman Teirlinch mixed-use building will be constructed on on...
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is a favorite of ours for her support of vegan foods, and now she’s making headlines for a totally different reason. Her moves have inspired fans at architecture firm Elenberg Fraser to design a 226-meter-high (741-foot-high) skyscraper that resembles her curvtastic form. Specifically, the building will be an homage to the music video for Beyoncé's...
The 1200 Intrepid office building will be the latest in a string of American projects for the Danish architect. With a $35 million pricetag, the office building design will result in an optical illusion that makes this four-story structure appear to be leaning or, as the design firm says, “defying gravity.” Little is known about the design of the building, and only tw...
Built using locally-sourced stone and patinated copper, the building blends seamlessly into the garden of an English countryside cottage and frames gorgeous vistas of the woodland. The owners commissioned Stonewood Design to conceive a space where they could work, play music, take afternoon naps and observe the local wildlife. Thanks to its patinated copper facade, th...
Completed in just four weeks in Kleivan, Lofoten, Norway, the wooden structure was created as part of the students’ semester-long design/build project for the Scarcity and Creativity Studio. The contemporary building pays homage to the village’s early 20th century architecture by mimicking the silhouettes of three existing buildings located nearby. The student project g...
Studio Daniel Libeskind and local architect Yigal Levi recently got the green light to build a towering pyramid-shaped skyscraper in the holy city’s downtown area. Called the Pyramid, this multi-purpose tower will offer shopping areas and residential units atop the old Eden theater, near the Machane Yehuda market. Located near the Machane Yehuda market or Shuk, the 10...
Called Urban Crepe, the container-restaurant located in an open-air mall in Buenos Aires serves delicious sweet and salty French wraps to shoppers and passersby. Its industrial aesthetic acknowledges the former railroad zone and its lush green wall blooms in many shades of green and purple. Urban Crepe is located at the ‘Distrito Arcos Premium Outlet’, an open-air mal...
Designed by local architect Mario Cito (ex Aisenson), the luxury hotel is located where a former printing house used to be. The energy-efficient building is wrapped with a biodiverse vertical garden, features a 66-foot high rainwater cascade, a top French restaurant serving seasonal dishes, contemporary furniture and stunning multicolored FSC certified palo santo wood fl...
