Located in Huadu District of Guangzhou, the project encompasses an 11-storey retail podium and a 100m tower. With an irregular architectural volume, the retail podium has a large massing placed on the plot that could cause a huge impact on the city. Therefore, reducing the sense of oppression brought by its mega- structure to the city is one of the...
Project name
Nanhai Development Guangzhou Jinghu Avenue Retail Project
Location
Guangzhou, China
Principal architect
Fiona Chen, Director; Keith Griffiths, Founder and Global Principal Designer
Collaborators
Consultant: Shenzhen Machinery Institute Architectural Design
Client
Guangzhou Hongrun Real Estate Development Center (Limited Partnership)
Typology
Commercial › Retail
Conveniently located in Huangpu district of western Guangzhou, the project is accessibly situated by Kexue Boulevard, to the north of the Guangshen Expressway that connects major cities of Guangdong. This double twin towers complex exemplifies an efficient high-density infrastructure integrating different functional programmes to cater to rapid urb...
Project name
Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre
Location
Guangzhou, China
Principal architect
Leo Liu, Global Design Principal
Typology
Commercial, Mixed-use Development
The project is developing 8,000 m², nearly 40% of which will be devoted to hosting a predominantly catering and leisure program, in the form of a large rock-climbing room. The office program will host the flex office brand Newton Offices. The programmatic diversity of the project creates a building who lives in several rhythms. Each to their own tu...
Architecture firm
Coldefy
Collaborators
Facade engineer: VP & Green; Cost estimation: LTA ; Acoustic engineer: Aïda
Built area
8000 m² Net Area
Completion year
Estimated 2026
Structural engineer
Ingébois
Environmental & MEP
Tribu (Environmental) & Projex (MEP)
Visualization
Jeudi Wang, Coldefy
Material
Wooden Structure
Client
Aventim - ENGIE Solutions Aire Nouvelle
Typology
Mixed use commercial: Office complex, Restaurant area (culinary corner, brasserie, etc.), Rock-climbing club, Parking
In designing the headquarters building for ZOZO, the company behind fashion e-commerce site "ZOZOTOWN," the architect’s aim was to create a “regionally integrated office” that will grow with the city, based on a vision of the city itself as being an office where needs such as cafés, parks, daycares, gym facilities, and more are outsourced within th...
Project name
The Office Inspired by Woven Fabrics
Architecture firm
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Takenaka Corporation
Completion year
December 2020
Structural engineer
KAP, Takenaka Corporation
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
When the project began, there was only one certainty: that when the building was finished, the program would already have changed. The institution was in the process of growing, and that was a fact.During development, the Meeting Room mutated into a Multipurpose Room and then into an Auditorium, the Mutual
changed places three times; and about t...
Project name
OSPAÑA Obra Social (Health Insurance)
Architecture firm
Daniel Canda & Asociados
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Javier Agustin Rojas
Principal architect
Daniel Canda Architect
Design team
Bruno Rodini, Luciana Plesko, Aldana Accomasso
Collaborators
Carlos Ungar, Clara Palacios, Paula Klein
Interior design
Virginia Moro
Civil engineer
Augusto Portunato
Structural engineer
Cesar Tocker
Environmental & MEP
Arete-pi
Supervision
Osvaldo Puppi
Visualization
Leonardo Celiz
Tools used
AutoCAD (drawing), SketchUp, Blender (modeling), V-ray (rendering) and Adobe Photoshop (postproduction)
Material
Concrete (structure), brickwork (core), glass & aluminum (façade), modular armoured Glass (partitions), plasterboard (ceilings), tiles & carpet (Interior Flooring), natural stone (exterior flooring), wood (finishings).
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The project begins from the idea "In Between" which tends to use an old house and old garage. Because "In Between" is space among old and new like design and without design. The final result of the building intends to make it still looks like construction process. Many Variety materials were applied in this building with the new re-arrangement meth...
Project name
MAC Construction Headquarters
Architecture firm
O2 Studio Co.,Ltd.
Location
Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Photography
Kingkong Foto
Principal architect
Tullayawat Pipatthanachkul
Design team
Natpreeya Wirojdanthai
Interior design
O2 Studio Co.,Ltd.
Landscape
O2 Studio Co.,Ltd.
Structural engineer
Khun Sujintr
Environmental & MEP
Suchada Nilchan (Electrical Engineer), Wittaya Pangnuja (Sanitary Engineer)
Lighting
O2 Studio Co.,Ltd. Collab With Lamptitude
Construction
MAC Construction Co.,Ltd.
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Client
MAC Construction Co.,Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
After working with Graham Baba Architects on a number of their branded retail concepts it was time to improve their offices. As a leader in the burgeoning wellness industry, specifically the recreational cannabis market, the company desired a space that reflected their growing status within the market and a way to benchmark their corporate identity...
Project name
Cannabis Company Corporate Headquarters
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Andrew Giammarco
Principal architect
Brett Baba
Design team
Crystal Loya (Project Manager), Jeff King (Project Architect), Lauren Strang (Design Support)
Collaborators
Furnishings: Objekts. Acoustical Engineer: Arup. Theatrical/AV: Arup
Interior design
Charlie Hellstern Interior Design
Structural engineer
Roi Chang
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Ecotope. Electrical Engineer: Rushing
Material
Partitions: Wilson Partitions Series 500 and Wide Stile Doors. Glass: ¼” and 3/8” thick glazing, some laminated for acoustic performance. Interior doors: Ceco Door hollow metal frames with Custom Wood Doors (maple veneer, some with lites). Paints and stains: Dulux White Swan + Benjamin Moore Himalayan Trek + Benjamin Moore Westcott Navy. Fabric Wall Panels: Fabritrak clip system with Camira Blazer fabric. Wood Wall Panels: Maple veneer panels with faux marine plywood tape banding.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The landmark EXO building by Shay Cleary Architects is the tallest commercial office building in Ireland. A unique engineering challenge, the building features a distinctive and highly innovative external exo-skeleton which forms the main structure, leaving a predominantly column free floor plate and referencing the iconic blue gantries of the Dubl...
Project name
The EXO, Dublin 1
Architecture firm
Shay Cleary Architects
Location
Dublin 1, Ireland
Photography
Jamie Hackett Photography
Principal architect
Shay Cleary
Design team
Shane Fitzpatrick, Karl Tobin, John Callan
Collaborators
MCA Architects
Interior design
Shay Cleary Architects
Landscape
Cameo & Partners
Construction
Bennetts Construction Ltd
Supervision
MCA Architects
Visualization
BradyShipmanMartin, VisualLab
Tools used
Revit Architecture
Client
NAMA, Grant Thornton, SW3 Capital/ Tristan Capital Partners
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
