On the Hauptstrasse in Berlin Schöneberg GRAFT revitalized the historical post office premises, expanding it with two new buildings and converting the original rooftops for commercial purposes. Thus a 32,000m² modern ensemble accessible to the public was created comprising offices, restaurants, retail outlets and apartments.
Photography
BTTR GmbH, Trockland / Noam Rosenthal
Design team
Founding Partners: Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit Projektteam: Aleksandra Zajko, Alexandra Bunescu, Alfredo Peñafiel Suarez, Allison Weiler, Altan Arslanoglu, Andrei Dan Musetescu, Anja Frenkel, Anna Wittwer, Dennis Hawner, Dorothea Freiin von Rotberg, Emma Rytoft, Evgenia Dimopoulou, Fabian Busse, Inigo De Latorre, Jerzy Gerard Gabriel, Maria Angeles Orduna, Marvin Bratke, Mathilde Catros, Mats Karl Koppe, Matthias Rümmele, Nils von Minckwitz, Paula Martin Aedo, Primoz Strazar, Sebastian Gernhardt, Sven Wesuls, Verena Lihl, Veronika Partelova
Built area
15,200m² revitalization and roof extension, 16,800m² new construction
Landscape
Planungsbüro Haan Freie Garten- und Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin www.buero-haan.de
Civil engineer
Müller-BBM GmbH, Berlin www.muellerbbm.de
Structural engineer
Krebs und Kiefer Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin www.kuk.de
Supervision
IKR Kuschel GmbH, Berlin www.ikr-kuschel.de
Material
Bricks, Steel, Glass
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Use Development, Revitalization of a former post office area, conversion for commercial use, university and gastronomy, extension by two new residential buildings
New headquarters for the International Olympic Committee, designed by 3XN, further the mission of international cooperation, transparency and sustainability and bring all IOC staff under one roof. Designed by Danish architecture firm 3XN, Olympic House aims to bring together the IOC staff – 500 employees currently spread across Lausanne in four loc...
Project name
Olympic House
Location
Lausanne, Switzerland
Photography
Adam Mørk, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Collaborators
Itten+Brechbuhl AG
Landscape
Hüsler & Associés
Structural engineer
INGENI SA
Lighting
Jesper Kongshaug
Client
The International Olympic Committee
Typology
Commercial › Headquarter
This six-story office building on Manhattan’s west side is the result of adding five new floors onto an existing one-story pub/restaurant. McQuaid’s Public House has been a fixture in the neighborhood for decades and the owner wanted to retain the existing pub and add the new office building floors and ground floor lobby with as little interruption...
Project name
603 West 44th Street
Architecture firm
Sydness Architects
Location
New York, New York, United States
Photography
Sydness Architects
Principal architect
Jeff Sydness
Design team
Matthew Ruopoli, Associate
Structural engineer
The Office of James Ruderman
Construction
Light gauge steel and concrete
Material
Zinc cladding, thermally broken windows, concrete, stucco, and metal
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The building earned the name, "Tessalace" owing to its tessellated façade design. Oxford dictionary defines, tessellate – as a pattern of repeated shapes, especially polygons that fit together closely without gaps or overlapping. Visibly, the structure of the building is enveloped in a membrane of tessellated polygons, an array of solid and voids i...
Architecture firm
Studio Ardete Pvt Ltd.
Location
Plot no 1563 , sector 82 JLPL industiral Estate, Mohali (Punjab) India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna Aggarwal
Collaborators
R S Builders
Structural engineer
Continental Foundations
Construction
Ravijeet Singh
Material
Reinforcement bars, Cement, Paints, Glass
Typology
Commercial › Office Space
This design is an idea proposed for implementation in Erbil, Iraq and its main function is a emmployees building for the headquarters of a start-up company that takes advantage of this beautiful and modern facade to visually prove its strength in the field of entrepreneur- ship in the midst of a recurring traditional architecture.
Project name
Office Building Design
Architecture firm
Mohammad Hussen
Location
Erbil, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammad Hussen
Visualization
Mohammad Hussen
Typology
Office - Building
The most northern building with a green facade in the world. The Zemelny business center is located close to the Moscow subway station named Ulitsa 1905 Goda. The building is surrounded by XX-century industrial architecture, three kilometers away from the Moscow City business district. Zemelny has become a ‘green’ alternative to it.
Project name
Zemelny Office Building
Photography
Dmitry Chebanenko
Principal architect
Yuliy Borisov (team leader)
Design team
Danilo Vukosavlevich, Mikhail Ivanchenko
Collaborators
Olga Reunova, Oleg Kokin, Vladimir Rogozhin
Client
Action Development
Typology
Commercial › Office
The "Tagh Pelle" project is an exercise in forming a dialogue between two different forms of space with high contrast in performance, form, and material. Like a private office building that houses a vertical cafe gallery in its core.
Architecture firm
Hossein Kalantari, Amirhossein Rezaei
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Hossein Kalantari, Amirhossein Rezaei
Design team
Nima Kalantari, Hosein Abbasinejad
Visualization
Nima Kalantari, Hosein Abbasinejad
Typology
Commercial › Office
The design and development of a ‘home and a workspace’ to be in the same physical space is the brief that UNI-Living needs to decipher and translate. This real estate developer is co-founded by architects contributing as the key figure in the investment and real-estate aspect of the company.
Architecture firm
IF (Integrated Field Co., Ltd.)
Location
Udomsuk District, Bangkok, Thailand
Collaborators
24percent.home (FF&E Design), UNI-Living (Developer)
Interior design
FINTERIOR
Structural engineer
Boonchu Sedchaicharn
Lighting
Kullakaln Gururatana
Construction
NAWA ATSAVA ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CO., LTD., 2B1 CONSULTING CO., LTD
Typology
Commercial › Home Office
