Located between Wellington’s creative Cuba quarter and the central business district, 129 Willis Street was earthquake prone and ready for a refurbishment. Previously home to three small commercial tenants, the refurbished office transformed the dark, inefficiently laid-out space into a lofty, open plan work space, suited to the modern working envi...
Project name
Willis Street Strengthening / Renovation
Architecture firm
First Light Studio
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Principal architect
Ben Jagersma
Design team
Ben Jagersma, Olly Syme, Luke Bryant
Built area
520 m² (including 30 m² deck)
Site area
215 m² + 45 m² road reserve
Structural engineer
Silvester Clark Consulting Engineers
Material
Historic brick & timber building with new concrete sheer walls and exposed structural steel
Typology
Commercial › Office Building › Structural Strengthening & Commercial fit out
We believe that it is right to conceive the building in a modern, true, simple, yet humble way. That is why we work with an exposed concrete structure that corresponds to the character of an industrial building (workshop, garage) in combination with natural materials such as wood (large garage door panels), glass, steel, and green roof.
Project name
Technical Services Base Lysolaje
Architecture firm
PROGRES architekti
Location
Květová Street, Prague – Lysolaje, Czech Republic
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Principal architect
Jan Kalivoda, Vojtěch Kaas
Design team
Michal Svoboda, Tereza Soubustová
Collaborators
Losík statika (Statics)
Material
Concrete – columns, trusses, ceilings, floor. Steel – stairs, grates, doors. Shaped glass – atrium wall. Wood – doors, furniture
Client
District Prague – Lysolaje
Typology
Industrial › Office Building
The Refreshment Club, a cutting-edge design agency based in Paris, has unveiled an exciting collaboration with renowned Parisian Fashion Brand Heimstone. The result is an out of the box and immersive retail store located in the heart of Saint Tropez.
Project name
Heimstone 'Public Pool' Saint-Tropez
Architecture firm
The Refreshment Club
Location
Saint-Tropez, France
Principal architect
Onur Keçe
Tools used
Adobe InDesign
Material
Pool tiles 2.5cm
Typology
Commercial › Store
The Asylum, an oasis in the middle of the city of Mérida, Yucatán. A collaborative project surrounded by natural sounds and scenes, with visual elements that move with the swaying of the wind, blocking contemporary distractions of the city life.
Architecture firm
Arkham Projects
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Cesar Béjar, Zaickz Moz
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell / Jorge Duarte Torre
Collaborators
Branding: Vegrande
Construction
HIVE / Constro
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Office - Building
TIGO HQ is the corporate headquarters for the telecommunication company of Millicom, in Managua, Nicaragua, and being a telecommunication and technology project, these features marked the drivers of design in the conceptual phase along with the purpose of bringing into the design itself, the corporate’s branding colors and transforming them into te...
Architecture firm
HRTD Hurtado Arquitectos
Location
Managua, Nicaragua
Photography
Carlos Berrios Photography
Principal architect
Daniel Hurtado
Design team
Daniel Hurtado, Gabriela Lopez, Rodrigo Watson
Collaborators
Michelle Gutierrez, Ronald Espinoza
Interior design
Gabriela Lopez
Civil engineer
Raul Gutierrez
Environmental & MEP
Mech: M&M Mantica; Elec: Guillermo Reyes
Lighting
Sylvania; Tecnolite
Supervision
HRTD Hurtado Arquitectos
Tools used
Revit Architecture, Lumion, SketchUp
Material
Glass, Gwb; Steel; Wood; Carpet Tiles
Typology
Commercial › Office Building › Workplace - Technology
The architecture and interior design of “The Concrete Shop” have been carefully crafted to create a dynamic and engaging Design Studio, retail space and experience center. An environment that showcases the beauty, potential and versatility of concrete in various forms, textures, and finishes. The HERO material is FRC (Fibre reinforced concrete).
Project name
The Concrete Shop (Design studio, Retail & Experience Centre)
Architecture firm
tHE gRID Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Photographix India
Principal architect
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar
Design team
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar
Interior design
tHE gRID Architects
Built area
1,795 ft² (Ground floor: 872 ft²; First Floor : 925 ft²)
Structural engineer
inhouse
Environmental & MEP
inhouse
Visualization
tHE gRID Architects
Tools used
ZWCAD and skecthing
Construction
Mr. Nikunj Dave
Material
FRC (Fibre reinforced concrete), Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Retial Cum Design and Experience centre
The Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (CODE) is a new sustainable, mixed-use project in downtown Charlottesville, comprised of a new public plaza and 215,000 square feet of multi-use space, including a strategic combination of co-working, office space, shared amenities, and retail.
Project name
Center for Developing Entrepreneurs
Architecture firm
EskewDumezRipple, WOLF ACKERMAN
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Photography
Alan Karchmer
Design team
EskewDumezRipple — José Alvarez, Noah Marble, Steve Dumez, Z Smith, Tyler Guidroz, Jill Traylor, Max Katz, Shannon Griffin, Tom Gibbons, Alex Swiggum, Kelsey Wotila, project team. WOLF ACKERMAN — Fred Wolf, Dave Ackerman, Mark Merolla, Joey Laughlin, project team
Collaborators
WOLF ACKERMAN (architect of record). STRUCTR Advisors (sustainability). Thorton Tomasetti (energy modeling). MSTB (commissioning)
Interior design
EskewDumezRipple
Landscape
Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect
Civil engineer
Timmons Group
Structural engineer
Fox & Associates
Typology
Office - Building
Tracing back to the local industrial civilization of Changchun, China, the designers strive to awaken urban vitality and establish the emotional link between people and the city through the innovation of scenes and experiences.
Project name
Changchun Poly City Sales Center
Architecture firm
JLa (JAMES LIANG & ASSOCIATES LIMITED)
Location
Changchun, China
Principal architect
Melody Lau
Design team
Cisen Lin, Qianyu Huang, Jiahui Chen, Wenzhu Pan, Nan Luo
Collaborators
Creative Designer: Xinke Liang; Technical Team: Wenzhi Zhao, Huihua Zhang; Soft furnishing design: JLa Vermillion Gift; Executive Director: Yee Xiong; Creative Designer: Tianqi Huang
Material
Photocatalyst/wood finish/antique tiles/stainless steel/art paint
Client
Changchun Poly Group
