It evokes a serene and hedonistic atmosphere of pure and architectural forms. The telluric nature of its materials combined with warm tones, is fused in a tectonic environment. “Terma is inspired in the natural spaces of thermal waters proceeding from the volcanic activity, created by the tectonic nature” The space is framed by rounded prismatic volumes represente...
Privacy, flexibility, luxury, and elegance are the fundamental elements of this exclusive property, designed by Philippe Starck. With no reception desk at the entrance area, a personalized check in marks the beginning of the tailor-made service guests can expect throughout their stay. The façade of the three-story hotel is a classical 16th-century shell, behind which gen...
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...
Schemata Architects was commissioned to renovate the former storage building at Kiyosumi Shirakawa in Tokyo to accommodate roastery, café, office, barista training room and pastry factory. Blue Bottle Coffee is a leader of the third-wave coffee companies; they strive to achieve the best flavor and aroma, while promoting fair-trade and improving the labor environment of c...
Located in the centre of Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, Aman Sveti Stefan incorporates the island of Sveti Stefan, the pink, sandy beaches of Sveti Stefan, Miločer Beach and the renowned Queen’s Beach, and the 32-hectare estate just back from Queens’ Beach on which Villa Miločer is situated. Completed in 1936, Villa Miločer is surrounded by more than 800 olive trees, prote...
The small venue is located on harmonica Yokochi, a by-street that still retains the atmosphere of black-market stalls popular during the post-world war II period. The project predominantly uses recycled materials, including ethernet cables, to give the restaurant its distinctive textured appearance. meanwhile, left-over melted acrylic byproducts have been used to furn...
The shop mainly showcasing household goods is found on the 1st floor of the Shonan T-SITE complex, where many tenants are located around a Tsutaya book store. The name of the store "koti", meaning house in Finnish, derives from the fact that it handles everyday life items, such as cushions and tableware. Thus, deliverables included a space to carefully present small obje...
the shop unit, situated in a mall, posed restrictions due to its size of 3.8×5.8m and despite the small scale, the architects wanted to create a space which contrasted against the shopping centre’s warm timber and bamboo accents. the products by aesop is characterized by its simple pharmaceutical-like packaging; known for marrying innovative and established scientific me...
named ‘STV building’, the structure has been built on a hillside next to a public park that runs perpendicular with the street. neighboring houses are placed above sidewalk level, in a balcony-like projection, leaving grass fields at near-shoulder height. the aim of the project was to restore the natural plinth, and repurpose it as a gap to increase the width of the p...
the space, despite being on the basement floor, interprets a playful tone while maximizing the area and natural light. dispersed around a inner courtyard, each area is divided into zones where the functionality is defined and separated from one another. dictated by the open-plan setting, bespoke ‘water balloon’ lights by torafu suspends down, lighting the raised platform...
The site proved challenging in the early stages, there were clear constraints illustrated in the narrowness of the road, the neighboring cemetery and being sandwiched against a towering 40m building. the approach resulted in a three-storey, modest, concrete structure including a roof terrace with different sized and playfully placed windows punctuating the envelope. the ...
secondly, and arguably just as important, is the preparation of the meal. joe chikamori, principle architect at 07BEACH, was commissioned to complete a sushi restaurant representative of these views. A design plan was built focusing on satisfaction, quality, and above all else, a clear view of the master chef’s workspace. the main building is a renovation, building fr...
the venture partners RIBA–royal institute of british architects–members with international and upcoming chinese retailers. working closely with their retail partner fountain restaurant, atelier I-N-D-J teamed up with CTHM architects to create ‘fountain flow’. the restaurant is located in the heart of xintiandi; set at the rear of a courtyard that sees heavy traffic, it ...
Aim: Create a restaurant where the focus is on the food. Blurred, organic forms are supposed to dominate the overall appearance. As many people as possible are supposed to fit into the room, at the same time a big amount of people must not disturb the special atmosphere. In the foyer the original architectural condition from approx. 1850 was restored, with archways fo...
In the 1960s Albert C. Ledner designed a pair of buildings in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood for the National Maritime Union, both punctuated appropriately by porthole-shaped windows.Handel Architects found inspiration in the round windows and gave Dream Downtown some contemporary flair, inside and out. The architects answered some questions about the recently complete...
This 21st century park that threads its way through and alongside old industrial buildings has spurred a lot of development (thanks in part to the city's rezoning of the area), much of it high profile buildings designed by well known architects. One such building alongside section two is the Hotel Americano by Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos. The building presents a sim...
Custom couches and other lounge seating stands out across the open space. The playful design nevertheless exudes some calm, appropriate as passengers wait to board planes. Slade Architecture answered some question about the project. What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? The project was awarded through an invited competition, which...
Anthropologie, like another company that starts with A, opts for unique stores that nevertheless convey the character of the brand. Fifteen of the stores have been designed by EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect, such as one in Burlingame, California, one in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and this most recent store in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The architect answered some questions abo...
Both the location of work and the design of its setting are changing as service-sector work relies increasingly on portable computing and wireless communications. The architects sent us some text about the project, which creates a series of relaxed spaces for a variety of individual and team working conditions. The new space facilitates the relocation of a growing an...
A number of the programs follow the lead of the well known Rural Studio at Auburn University, led by the late Samuel Mockbee until 2001 and successor Andrew Freear since then. Marie and Keith Zawistowski, students of Mockbee, now head the design/buildLAB at Virginia Tech and instill that program with their mentor’s sense of social responsibility. The duo answered some qu...
The infill and improvement of suburban sprawl towards more sustainable ends includes projects like this office building, located in a business park near the New Jersey Turnpike west of New York City. KPF’s renovation of and addition to an unremarkable glass and metal office building creates a signature building for the site, which they are also master planning. The archi...
It required access routes, circulations, layout and a comprehensive construction program to lend coherence to the project and convert it into a landscape. It is spread over 1,000 hectares with constructions of over 5,500 square meters; these include a gatehouse, offices, a clubhouse, a store room for machinery and agricultual produce, caretakers’ apartments, dining area...
In their hands, prototype equals simple, sustainable, layered, and inexpensive, but hardly cheap, and far from ugly. The architects answered some questions about the project. What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? We respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP). Can you describe your design process for the building? The new, sing...
Examples include the Center for Architecture in New York's Greenwich Village (2003) and now the recently completed exhibition and office space for the Boston Society of Architects, one of the oldest AIA chapters, established in 1867. Hӧweler + Yoon Architecture's design of the two-level space uses color and surface to draw the public inside and upstairs, where the majori...
Many of these old industrial spaces near Los Angeles feature large open spaces capped by wood trusses. Gwynne Pugh Urban Studios with Waisler Design recently completed the transformation of one such space into offices for an animation studio. The architects sent us some text and images on the design, which is oriented about the "Cube." As is a consistent throughout al...
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? My wife and I purchased the property in 1984 to supplement an adjacent 12-unit historic apartment building. The site contained a 2,500 square foot remodeled gas station in moderate disrepair. Can you describe your design process for the building? Unlike any of our past projects, this proje...
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? Conversations between the architect and developer about the design of a Sports Arena lead to Patano+Hafermann designing a new headquarters for that developer and an additional high-tech company as a tenant. Can you describe your design process for the building? Christopher started the desig...
After the Great East Japan Earthquake and related nuclear disaster in 2011, however, the owners suffered from the public’s fears of radiation. They decided to renovate the resort and reopen five months later. Ryuichi Sasaki, director of Sasaki Architecture, Inc., took charge of the project. His design for the main baths was selected as one of the "Best 100" at the JCD D...
The cantilevered wings that make up Fogo Island Inn, a cruciform structure clad in indigenous spruce, are set at peculiar angles, appearing to be held up by slightly off-kilter stilts. This careful detail embodies a particular brand of Newfoundland humour – equal parts sly wit and bravado, born of ingenuity and necessity. The angles suggest that the 29-room hotel is so c...
However, in the upper price ranges international products from Europe, California or Australia are becoming more and more common in the shops. In the big cities, specialized convenient stores and specialty wine shops have emerged in the last five years. The market for domestic wine production in joint ventures with foreign companies also has grown, and often the compan...
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 ...
Inside, the home for Yoji Tajima's haute Japanese cuisine is enlivened by leafy plants suspended from the ceiling, diagonal slashes of light on the walls, and two inverted "bento boxes" with bold red interiors. Dan Brunn answered some questions about the project. What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? I met the client, chef Giacomin...
Its views go south across the river towards downtown and north towards a generic new high-rise housing estate. The architects reused the industrial space with basic but radical interventions to transform it into a basis for their own business. The city of Guangzhou is one of the strongest nucleuses of the current urbanization around the Pearl River Delta in the southern...
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...
One such office is particularly commendable for the dynamic interior that makes itself known to passersby. Not surprisingly, TACKarchitects' design for Phenomblue has won awards for its striking design. Design principal Jeff Dolezal answered a few questions about the project. What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project? We worked on the...
Toogood used metal framework and mesh panels to mark out linear spaces on two floors of the Oxford Street store for the new Agender initiative – an experiment to provoke conversation about gender targeting in fashion and retail. Fashion, beauty and lifestyle products in the dedicated areas are stripped of all branding. Meanwhile, clothing and accessories from over 40...
