J-Tea International is an importer and seller of Taiwanese oolong teas. Designed by Atelier Waechter and located in Eugene, Oregon this adaptive re-use project gracefully transforms an existing single family house located in a commercially zoned area into a retail space for tea sales and sampling. The goal of the project was to achieve this with as few moves as possible. The transformation is co..
Project: Skien Brygge, Norway Type: International Competition with prequalification [4 teams selected from 33 applicants] Client: ROM Eiendom, Skien Municipality and Grenland Harbor Program: Housing, offices, retail and urban spaces Site area: Approx. 4 hectare Proposed built area: 56,000 m2 Team: A-lab & SEA Consultants: Buro Happold Ltd A collaborative design effort by A-lab (Oslo, Norway) and..
메가 블록 중정 마치 건물 몇개가 합쳐져 하나의 건물화 되었네요. 각 블록군의 외부 테라스는 1층부터 천장까지 뚫린 보이드와 만나 멀티레이어층을 연출하네요. 빅보이드 공간은 친환경적으로 유리한 공간이에요. 층별로 적재되어 있는 뜨거운 공기나 차가운 공기를 한 곳으로 모아서 별도의 공조시스템을 구동하는 것보다 훌륭한 순화시스템을 제공해요. Architects: Hassell Location: 833 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Client: ANZ Access Consultant: Morris Goding Accessibility Consulting Acoustics Consultant: Marshall Day Acoustics Building Certifie..
Beijing studio Sunlay Design have designed this building to house the headquarters for a technology park in Huainan City, Anhui Province, China. The building will consist of two structures – a tower block and a two-pronged cantilevered building – which will be connected by a glazed walkway on the second floor. The building will comprise a five-storey office building, an exhibition centre, an und..
Miquel Merce Architect + MSB workshop office designed this singular shop in Andorra using expressive and sincere architecture. Here is the project description: A store more than just a store. A singular shop, not only for its premiere in Andorra as a sustainable space of pre-owned baby items, but also for its expressive and sincere architecture. This shop come into being in a specific period: cr..
Lolita is not just another roadside restaurant off a busy interstate – a rare species within the prestigious restaurant world. With the focus on versatile design, Langarita Navarro Arquitectos thoughtfully created a flexible space capable of setting itself up as a scenario for almost any type of activity. Follow the break for photographs, drawings, and further description. Architects: Langartia ..
Swiss design firm OOS have designed the interior of the Albert Reichmuth wine store in Zurich. Always considered to be an insider’s secret among wine lovers in the past, the Albert Reichmuth wine store is now opening its first showroom accessible to the public at Feldstrasse 62 in Zurich. “LA GALERIE DU VIN” is both a sales as well as a wine tasting and seminar venue and aims to appeal to regula..
“Pilar’s story, located in Mataró (Barcelona), is a retail outlet for all kinds of articles for children – it is a new kind of toyshop. Covering an area of 170m2, distributed between the ground floor and basement, it is a space full of magic and surprises that seems to have sprung from a children’s story. There is a rainbow and out of scale objects, all suggesting the world of the imagination. T..
Portuguese practice OODA Architecture have shared with us their fascinating entry to the Taiwan Conceptual Tower International Competition that won the team a Merit Award. The competition called for conceptual designs for "Taiwan Tower", a landmark building in Taichung to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of Taiwan, R.O.C. and celebrate the merger between Taichung County and..
Architects: Oppenheim Architecture + Design Location: United Arab Emerits Credits: Chad Oppenheim, Kevin Heidorn, Kevin McMorris, Sebastian Velez, Carl Römer, Santhosh Shanmugam, Juan Lopez, Robert Moehring, Manuel Morales, Constanza Collarte, Jose Ortez, Fitz Murphy, Carolina Jaimes, Jessica Santaniello Barrera, Josh Sacks, and Gianpaolo Pietri Consultants: AREX Consultants Landscape Architect:..