Occupying an exceptional site at the heart of Istanbul’s new central business district, the Kristalkule complex integrates diverse components while engaging two very different urban contexts.
People with visions require places where they can realize them. Such a place has existed since summer 2019 in Seestadt Aspern, Europe’s largest urban development area. A five-sided site is home to the Vienna Business Agency’s fan-shaped industrial campus, which is notable for its special H-form.
This large public building aims through its design to achieve three explicitly stated goals: to provide office and support spaces for government departments to provide outdoor gathering places to exemplify the most advanced green practices
Global typeface giant, Monotype, required an agile London headquarters space to meet its current and future needs. This new studio provides a contemporary environment that reflects their position at the forefront of digital technology design.
The Charles Darwin Centre is located at an important crossroads of the Darwin CBD. Its slender eastern prow faces the Mall, minimizing its presence on this low-rise, pedestrian-oriented area.
Aedas Global Design Principal Dr. Andy Wen designs Shenzhen’s newest 210-metre super high-rise landmark – the SHUIBEI International Centre. Shaping the city’s skyline with contemporary urban renewal developments, he states that, “Urban regeneration is not simply replacing old and weathered buildings with new ones, but rather building a new relationship and a deeper connection between the city and its people through these new developments. This connection requires more than just space as it also integrates everyday organic synergy from the community.”
When the emblematic Kristalkule tower also designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners was purchased by Finansbank late in construction, the acquisition was both an opportunity and a challenge for the architects.
A collaboration between multi-disciplinary design firm Hames Sharley and international engineer, Aurecon has ensured a hugely successful outcome in Aurecon’s own Darwin office fit-out.
Aurecon’s aspiration for the design was to create collaborative, multi-functional spaces conducive to staff building close working relationships and encouraging effective communication.
Bean Buro was tasked with designing an innovative workplace for Warner Music in the heart of a growing business district of Beijing China that would support their unique needs. This new environment consists of holistic spatial compositions, telling the story of a cross-cultural business that reflects on wellbeing and a strong identity to increase employee and artists engagement.
This iconic tower, rising on the gateway site of a new planned business development in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen, China, will house the South China offices of one of the world’s leading metal and mining companies.