Understanding the human-animal bond! Located in Playa Vista in California, Annenberg PetSpace ™ is unique. The Annenberg PetSpace is a technology-oriented community animal care facility featuring interactive spaces for pet adoptions, an education center, state of the art medical and physical therapy facility, and a leadership institute. The facility focuses on the mutually beneficial and dynamic bond between people and their pets, as well as the origins and science of that relationship. Complimenting these public adoption/education programs are carefully organized animal holding habitats designed to support both the physical and psychological needs of newly arrived animals as staff works with them to become well socialized and responsive companion animals. The 2-story LEED Platinum, 30,000 SF facility opened to the public in the summer of 2017.
It is located in Ohio, USA, and my inspiration for interior design of the reception space is the voronoi pattern of the skin. The inner skin of the walls and roof are emulated with voronoi diagram (an irregular biomimetic pattern) as well as reception desk. This dynamic design leads to change the rigid environment of the healthy center to more positive ones.
Originally built in the 1920’s, this house suffered numerous inharmonious modifications and additions requiring an almost surgical design approach. Reconfigured circulation, enhanced functionality, and a wholly new interior were the result of a substantial remodel where most of the upper floor and roof were strategically removed.
Bold, sexy and playful, Maple & Ash created a new way to celebrate with its innovative steakhouse. Unlike other Chicago steakhouses, Maple & Ash uses hints of traditional elements with contemporary applications. Greens, purples and yellows create a youthful color palette, proving that steakhouses aren’t just for your grandfather. Maple & Ash was inspired by the anatomy of fire.
Louis Armstrong Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows, NY, has won a prestigious international design award, called Prix Versailles, Special Prize for Interior in the Sports category. The award recognizes structures for the beauty of their design, sustainability and commercial function. The stadium is designed by ROSSETTI, headquartered in Detroit.
Louis Armstrong stadium is one of a collection of facilities at the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) 42-acre National Tennis Center, which is home to the US Open. The 14,069-seat stadium opened in 2018 and features an innovative design that encourages air flow through the stadium while keeping rain off the court. It is true to the outdoor nature of the tournament by allowing play to continue during the rain while naturally conditioning the space for spectators and players.
This new single-family house on the last vacant lot in the most exclusive Bal Harbour residential community. The house is an elegant two-story structure with a rooftop pool, designed for entertaining with generous seating areas, lush landscaping, and spectacular waterfront views. Two big courtyards divide the volume creating indoor-outdoor spaces in constant dialogue through the use of terraces, optimized for maximum enjoyment and appreciation of Miami’s tropical climate.
The Schlumberger Research Center Administration Building was Philip Johnson’s first non-residential building, designed in 1951 and completed in 1952. The building was commissioned by Annette Schlumberger (sister of Dominique de Menil, née Schlumberger) and her husband Henri Doll after touring Johnson’s recently completed Glass House. The building housed the executive team and an elite group of research scientists for the oil exploration and drilling equipment company.
Inspired by classical monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial at the nearby capital, and the client’s longing for a vaulted roof form, Capital House is at once monumental and cozy, regal and understated. The contemporary lines of this modern residence are balanced by neutral tones and natural materials, including stone, concrete and bronze.
Built in 1853, on the site of a stable in a vernacular Greek Revival style, 130 Charles Street was always a modest house in the heart of the bustling dockside of Greenwich Village. The house’s broad four bay front belies its’ shallow depth and rhomboid shape in plan. For most of its history the house was a multi occupancy building either as a rooming house or as tiny studio apartments, in the 1980‘s it was converted into a single family home.
In the North of Florida, the Cultiva company worldwide leader in the fresh-cut market has built the first protected baby leaf production on America East Coast. EligoStudio has been commissioned to design the site headquarter: a 3 stories building entirely crafted by shipping containers. They’ve been assembled and disassembled in Italy to face the overseas shipping. Spaces and finishing keep the soul of the singular unit: a rough industrial container. Boxes slide one over the others to create rooms and terraces, completely permeable thanks to the wide windows. The furniture was provided by the Italian company Fantin, specialized in the production of furniture and solutions in metal.