Architects: MAD Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun Site Area: 4,392 sqm Constructed Area: 50,000 sqm Program: Office Headquarters Client: Al Rostamini Group Ltd Images: MAD The site for the Al Rostamini group headquarters is a long waterfront within the central business area of Dubai. Rather than creating a traditional big office block on this site, an..
greek firm petra architects have designed 'blossoming dubai' for their proposal for the zaabeel park tall emblem structure competition. they based their design on the form of a blossoming flower. the tower is equipped with two elevators running on spiral rails (spiral of the most simple geometry turning 135 degrees while ascending 138 meters). these lifts ascend from lower ground floor (where th..
eric owen moss architects create a parking structure and retail space in culver city, california. located in the 'conjunctive points' development, the new structure will serve local residents and business with a new parking garage and 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. the area is a growing hub that is in need of additional parking space (a necessity in the city of los angeles). ..
Spanish architects Ensamble Studio shared with us their building for the SGAE Offices in Spain (the equivalent to the RIAA in the USA). Once again, Ensamble Studio shows us an impressive use of mass, using stacked stone slabs to create an intermediate space with filtered light. It also has a wall built with used CDs on the inside. The SGAE (General Society of Authors and Publishers) Central Offi..
Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their masterplan for a new business centre in the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. The development will include 8,000 residences and 400,000 square metres of commercial space including a hotel, shopping mall, offices and small businesses, linked by boulevards, promenades and squares. Here’s some text from Mecanoo Architecten: – Masterplan Longgang City..
Architects: Hauvette & Associés Location: Cayenne, French Guyana Design project manager: Christian Felix Site project manager: Stéphanie de Lajartre, interior designer Collaborators: Pierre Champenois, Laetitia Delubac, Stéphanie de Lajartre, Marie Menant and Elena Ranaletti Client: Ministry of National Education Engineering: CERA Ingénierie Project year: 2007 Constructed Area: 5,520 sqm Photogr..
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Eric Owen Moss Architects created a mixed use tower that neighbours the capitol building in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The republic square is part of a large-scale development across the city of Almaty. The tower itself is 126,000 square feet that will be divided up between retail, office, hotel and residential spaces. The building is a long tower which is anchored to the ground by a 38 meter diameter ..
Architect/Interior Designer: Slade Architecture Location: Shanghai, China Client: Mattel Architect of Record (company name): AD Incorporated (China) Ltd (Danial McCahon) Store Concept Development and Creative Direction:BIG/ Ogilvy & Mather Activities (Fashion Runway and Barbie Design Center Activities):Chute Gerdeman Retail Consultant:Vertical Retail Consulting (Formerly KSA Shanghai) Restaurant..
Austrian architects PSA have completed an interior project for a law firm in Vienna. The project involved extending the firm’s existing office and providing new circulation. The main feature is a corridor lined by walls made of 543 individually CNC-milled parts. Photographs by Hertha Hurnaus. Here’s some more information from PSA: – PSA: EXTENSION OF A LAWYERS FIRM IN VIENNA The proposal respond..
