Built in 1914, Smith Tower was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi upon its completion. No expense was spared in the construction of this ambitious 462-foot-tall building, with interiors finished in rich materials and ornate detailing. Today, this iconic figure in the Seattle skyline houses offices and commercial spaces topped by an obser...
Project name
The Penthouse at Smith Tower
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Tim Van Asselt
Design team
Jim Graham, Principal in charge. Jeff King, Project Manager
Collaborators
Agent: Moira Holley Presents for Realogics Sotheby's International Realty
Interior design
Graham Baba Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Construction
Valor Builds Collaborative
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Every story begins from nothingness, every design unfolds in response to the context and its nuances. Initiated and later abandoned by a builder team, the project came into our hands with the footings laid. Working on a canvas with the outlines and edges already defined requires transmuting every limitation encountered to possible opportunities.
Project name
INCOGNITO HOUSE
Architecture firm
YOLO Design Studio
Location
Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala, India
Photography
Prasanth Mohan – Running Studios
Principal architect
Amith Kamal P.V & Vishnu M.R
Design team
Amith Kamal P.V & Vishnu M.R
Civil engineer
Er. Rajeev
Typology
Residential › House
The Liangzhu civilization, which began in the Chalcolithic Period, flourished and left behind a legend to be admired and studied. Chinese civilization has left its mark on this land: folk culture, art and nature grow here, which form the inexhaustible local heritage. It is an ultimate carefree when wandering freely between the landscapes.
Project name
West County Club Sales Center at Vanke Hangzhou
Architecture firm
We Design
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Photography
Yan Ming Studio
Collaborators
Soft Decoration and Execution: We Design; Soft Decoration Team: Simon Cheng, Aaron Mok, He Yuqin, Liu Xiafeng, Liu Yuancheng
Interior design
LWM Architects + Shanghai Yuejie Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd.
Client
Fang Haifeng, Shi Mengting
The space is slightly square, surrounded by walls, with gates on all sides, crisscrossing the city in a chessboard-like layout. This is Pompeii.
Which was destroyed because of Vesuvius and got eternal for the same reason. If Pompeii is UMA WANG's deconstruction and restoration of history through design, then this space tries to trace back this los...
Project name
hug x UMA WANG New Concept Store
Architecture firm
ATMOSPHERE Architects
Photography
Chuan HE from Here Space
Principal architect
Tommy Yu
Design team
April Lo, Deniel Hwang
Collaborators
Article: SIJIA, Animation Design: Vivi Lee, Design: YiMoDuo, Design Furniture Supplier: YEPOM, Hodays, Artist: Uma Wang, Ziggy Chen, Xander Zhou, SHAW STUDIO, OUDE WAAG
Interior design
Animation Design: Vivi Lee
Lighting
ArtLuci, Mario Tsai
Material
Stainless Steel, Art Paint
Typology
Commercial, Store
“Bou” is a place you can visit in order to eats health food ,to drink coffee, to have a chat, to work or just to spend some good time.
This coffee place has minimal natural atmosphere by greenery touches . From every perspective you have a sense of a nature image where people need to be relaxed .
Architecture firm
Pouria Vahidi
Location
Fasham, Tehran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk
Visualization
Pouria Vahidi
The CONSTRUCT sofa is an amalgamation of forms, a rigorous and geometrically based composite of elements, it is also an idea. The diverse variations of the CONSTRUCT provide a stylistically impactful seating solution with a conceptual edge.
Product name
CONSTRUCT Sofa
Applications
Residential and Commercial Interior
Format
Upholstered | Solid & Wire Brushed Veneered Oak / Ash / Walnut Base Options
Material
Solid & Wire Brushed Veneered Oak / Ash / Walnut Base Options
LU Style, the latest restaurant designed by LDH Architectural Design / Liu Daohua in Beijing! As one of the Confucian classic works, the Book of Rites writes that the earliest human sacrificial rites started from the form of offering food", indicating that the norms of behavior in catering activities were the origin and even the fundamental embodim...
Project name
LU Style Restaurant - Landmark series
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing
Design team
Liu Daohua, Wang Kexin, Qu Tianyou, Wang Yanjuan, Yang Ping, Li Youzhe
Interior design
LDH Design
Collaborators
Furniture Consultant: Tao Yanan
Part of a 1925 villa in the center of Bucharest that now hosts a group of offices from different creative industries, this 125 sqm (gross area) apartment was designated as a hub for meeting spaces. The brief was quite simple, yet elusive, which turned the whole process into a very organic and fluid one.
Architecture firm
Pianoterra
Location
Bucharest, Romania
Principal architect
Alina Vilcu
Design team
Alina Vilcu, Radu Dumencu, Mara Coman, Gabriel Ciobanu
Tools used
Allplan, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Commercial, Office
