Much has been written about the way organizations must embed their values in the design of their offices and their workplace culture more generally. Often these are shared values across societies, such as green building design, a better approach to diversity and inclusion, and the need to nurture personal wellbeing.
Sometimes, however, those values are linked to the very business model of the organization. A company that uses data on a global scale and whose mission is to improve health and care for individuals at a local level by simplifying the work of health and care teams.
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The notion of “Reconnection” lies at the heart of the newly renovated office tower of Herzog Fox Neeman (HFN), one of the most prestigious law firms in Israel. Auerbach Halevy Architects, appointed as Lead Designers for the renovation, aimed to preserve the firm’s values with a push towards openness and connectedness at the heart of their conceptual thinking.
In 2019, 36 years after the company’s founding, Herzog Fox Neeman, moved from their previous 3000sqm offices in Beit Asia to a beautiful, newly renovated 16-storey office tower in Central Tel Aviv. This created a highly complex challenge for Auerbach Halevy, who were tasked to transition the HFN offices from their previous 2-storey office space to a far more substantial 25,000sqm vertical tower system to house up to 800 employees.
Let’s try guessing…what do you think this place is the moment you first see it? Is it a café, studio, themed park, boutique, or something else? Welcome to ‘WONDERLAND/HOME OF FILLER’, the beauty clinic that makes you feel like being surrounded by butterflies in a whimsical dreamscape.
What do you think about or imagine when you look at the sky? Have you ever seen animal-shaped clouds, and wondered whether there would be a castle with princesses and angels sleeping inside? Is the sky where heave is? Can we jump off an airplane and step on the clouds or pour syrup on one of those fluffy masses like we would on shaved ice? Would the clouds be as fluffy as cotton candy?
AstraZeneca UK’s commercial head office has a new workspace, designed by Ekho Studio, spread across two floors and over 21,000 sq ft of number 2 Pancras Square, King’s Cross – currently London’s fastest-growing district – and located between the two great railway stations of King’s Cross and St Pancras International. The lively Pancras Square development also houses Google’s new HQ and offices for tech and music giants YouTube and Universal Music, whilst the retail and hospitality developments of Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard lie directly to the north, just beyond the Regent’s Canal.
The attention to detail evident in the design of the GenePlanet office is rooted in a tailored design process. As well as listening to the wider ambitions of the organisation, the design team at Kragelj analysed the processes of the business to understand how people worked, how information flowed and how ideas were sparked into life.
This project is a major alteration of an existing “Ruko”, which is a typical mix-use row house building commonly found in Jakarta, Indonesia. The site is 4 m wide and 15 m deep. A common typology for this type of structure is that it shares two common walls with its neighbors, which often poses a design challenge in finding sufficient access to natural light and ventilation. In response to this issue, we punctured holes on the roof of the stairwell bulkhead and on the 3rd floor slab to provide a healthy and playful work lifestyle for a small tech startup office.
We all dream of a house that looks like it just featured on the cover of ELLE DÉCOR. For this family, a couple in their fifties and their four children, this dream came true. After years of living in a standard property in the wife’s home village, the couple purchased a plot of land in a new neighborhood that overlooks a wild and breathtaking view. The couple hired the services of Sara and Nirit Frenkel, owners of Frenkel Architecture & Interior Design, who specialize in the planning of luxury villas and estates. The overarching aim was to finetune the family’s needs and create a rustic and understated property that would serve all its residents for the years to come.
Ristorante Andrea Aprea has opened in the setting of Milan’s historic Palazzo dating back to 1871 and today home to Fondazione Luigi Rovati and its Museo d’Arte (Art Museum). Located at number 52 on Corso Venezia, on the top floor of the Palazzo, the restaurant was designed by Flaviano Capriotti Architetti, which also curated the design of the Caffè Bistrot overlooking the secret green courtyard.
What results is therefore a dialogue between ancient and present, memory and culture, materiality and emotion: to enjoy a gastronomic and environmental experience capable of helping us discover a new era.
Founded in Brussels in 1829, Delvaux is the oldest and amongst the most prestigious luxury leather goods company in the world. With more than 40 international stores, today the Maison makes its grand entrance into the Middle East and lands at the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates, the largest mall in the world.
This project too was entrusted to the Italian studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, which has signed the worldwide concept of Delvaux stores since 2012.
An international pharmaceuticals company has moved into new Swiss headquarters in The Circle, right next to Zurich Airport. We helped the company transition to a New Work environment: developing a spatial concept for the new office that was the product of more than 30 joint discussion rounds and workshops. In place of standardised, individual workstations, we designed a work environment that focuses on the individual needs of employees. The result is an office that packs a punch, differentiating while remaining flexible: with flowing, changeable spaces, set within a strong design framework.
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