Steven Holl Architects has been commissioned to design a new 28,000 m² hybrid building of offices and retail for CIFI Group in Beijing. The mixed-use complex will be Steven Holl Architects’ second building in Beijing.
The design for the hybrid building is based on five central points:
• Light
• Structure
• Urban Porosity and Gardens
• Open Office
• Ecology and Gardens
The halle Freyssinet, formerly known as “Messageries d’Austerlitz”, is a shed for goods transhipment which was built in the late 1920s by the French engineer Eugène Freyssinet, as part of a programme for the extension and modernization of facilities of the Compagnie d’Orléans.
This remarkable building in prestressed reinforced concrete is located in the urban renewal area of the Paris Rive Gauche ZAC [Mixed Development Area], lying below the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. This innovative technique for applying concrete – prestressing – was used to provide the shed with an exceptionally slender loadbearing structure (less than 5 cm thick at the roof ridge in certain places). As a result, it has been listed since 2012 in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments.
Jerde – an architecture, design, and planning firm best known for its large-scale international developments – decided to put itself in the role of client when establishing its new office in Los Angeles. They called on Rapt’s expertise in interior workplace design and asked for help in finding and designing their new headquarters, facilitating the firm’s move from Venice Beach to the heart of downtown LA.
Now, in the old CalEdison building at the corner of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, Jerde has firmly established itself in the fabric of the city – and arguably in greater California as well.
Article source: Beijing Wuxiang Space Architecture Design Studio
As a leading supplier of product lines and solutions in four major areas: power transmission and distribution equipment, power monitoring, power intelligence and energy conservation, Shenglong Electric headquarter is located in Beijing Greenland Center at Wangjing International Business District. To be the head of Shenglong Electric’s five major headquarters, it has undoubtedly become the key organization and strategic platform for the company.
This project is a high-end custom office headquarter, which integrates corporate brand, product display, business office and daily reception, the designers strived to create a Chinese style high-end business space with rich cultural ecology, energy saving and environmental friendly features, as well as modesty and elegance. The design effectively focused on the aspects of “layout interpretation, custom-made, integrated implementation”, and based on establishing a future-oriented workplace strategy, which emphasizes the end users’ experience, to create a smooth spatial movement, quiet acoustic atmosphere, elegant visual experience, efficient air flow and temperature control, that made the project an outstanding model of high-end custom office space.
Project: Beijing Shenglong Electric’s High-end Custom Office Space
Location: Beijing, China
Photography: Beijing Fujue Photo
Client: Shenglong Electric
Chief Architect: WANG Yong
Design Team: ZHU Chen-xu, ZHANG Gui-ying, TAN Wei
Design Service: Integrated services including interior design and construction, furnishings design, customized artwork, visual guide design and production
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A contemporary headquarters that integrates all strategic, management, operational, logistic and symbolic functions in a single construction. This is the avant-garde Kortimed hub that the Florence firm Pierattelli Architetture has designed in the name of total quality: aesthetic, technical, engineering, operational and representative.
Working as developers, builders, and managers, Losinger Marazzi is a global actor in the real-estate industry. As part of their “2020 Vision” focused on urban regeneration and smart cities, they challenged Studio Banana to design a new home for their Lausanne regional agency in the Oassis neighbourhood they developed and built in the town of Crissier.
ASICS, the world-renowned sports and lifestyle brand, has officially moved into their new EMEA headquarters 10 km southeast of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Powerhouse Company, in collaboration with RED Company, won the competition to design the 11.600 m² state-of-the-art headquarters. The team’s vision for the flagship headquarters as a showcase for the ASICS brand and healthy and sustainable workplace will accommodate the company’s future growth and evolving business needs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The resulting building is more than a workplace: it is a destination for local and international employees, product buyers and visitors to celebrate the ASICS legacy and shape its future.
The biggest mall administrator in Latin America, the BRMALLS Group is based in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood Leblon, in which 124 employees work at, filling the 1019 m² floor. The project was based on values such as exchanging and learning and in the light atmosphere that celebrates the brazilian bossa nova.
The reception was inspired by the concierge of one of the group’s malls and its design incorporates the new company values. Shades of green and blue are a reference to the colors of the Leblon neighborhood beach and also, uses the brand’s blue tone. The metal structures form a large panel that organizes the guest and visitors flow in a soft and easy way.
Many of NCTU students suggest proposal of starting up their own business every year. Therefore, we provide them a free flowing platform gathering their ideas. With different duration, form and group size, how we define this space? By involving the metaphor of trees and birds, we want to show the relationship between the centre and students. Instead of using fixed walls, we create the roof in the ceiling as the metaphor for “the space under trees.” Four invisible areas are defined. Students can have discussion here, as well as developing their own field. Having four invisible trees in the ceiling, leading from the inner area to the corridor and staircase lobby. We hope students will be leading to our “Nest” and construct their own “Nest” as well.
“The juxtaposition of various spaces was further enhanced by the material selection. Inspired by Hong Kong’s scenery, the open plan’s materials are soft, natural and calm, featuring shades of muted green, pastel fabrics and a carpet inspired by pebble paths.” – Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui
“In contrast, the social spaces introduce wooden finishes and pops of accented colours; intended to create an energetic and positive ambiance. The legibility of these social spaces encourages collaboration to boost productivity as well as staff wellbeing.” – Lorène Faure
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