TEF Design recently completed concept designs for the shell and core base building rehabilitation of the landmark structure, including envelope improvements, complete roof replacement, and structural retrofit to transform the former theater for contemporary commercial use. The design approach focuses on rehabilitating the historic structure accordi...
Project name
Century 21 Rehabilitation
Architecture firm
TEF Design
Location
San Jose, California, USA
Design team
Andrew Wolfram, AIA. Stan Vinokur, Project Manager. Paul Leveriza. OJ Monegas. Amy Stock
Collaborators
Landscape: GLS Landscape | Architecture; Civil Engineer: BKF Engineers Structural Engineer: Ryan Joyce Structural Design Mechanical/Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer: PAE Electrical/Telecom Engineer: PAE Fire Alarm/Fire Life-Safety: PAE
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Theater
The Design is a Post Covid Sanatorium [Medi Hotel], with a theatre at its core. With the site being New York City, theatres and Broadway shows are quite a well-known thing and the architectural language allows the building to become part of the performance.
Architecture firm
Abhijit Prasanth
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Post Covid Quarantine hotel, Theatre for Performance and Arts
This private theatre room is combined with a luxurious wine bar. The cinema space is next to a large garden and using domotica the screen folds in which connects the wine space to the outdoor terrace.
Project name
Private theatre and wine cellar
Interior design
StudioHercules
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Jurrit van der Waal Photography
Principal designer
Maarten Hercules
Design team
Maarten Hercules - architect
Collaborators
Pascal Koster Interiors
Architecture firm
StudioHercules Architecture + Interior
Material
Vescom Wallpaper, Marble, Natural stones
Set into a steep hillside, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) includes a 1,200-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theatre, three performance studios as well as recording and editing facilities.
Project name
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Architecture firm
Grimshaw
Photography
Paul Rivera/Archphoto, Peter Aaron/Esto
Principal architect
Andrew Whalley
Collaborators
Donnell Consultants (Cost Consultant)
Civil engineer
Buro Happold
Structural engineer
Buro Happold
Client
Rensselar Polytechnic Institute
Typology
Arts Culture and Exhibition Halls
Kamran Afshar Naderi + Javad Sheri: In order to create a lasting impact that communicates with the environment and its community, the roots need to be addressed, regardless of the practical and technical issues that are least expected of a project. In this particular project, the first root to be considered was the identity of the city of Mashhad o...
Project name
Limited design competition of Mashhad Theater Campus (Third place in the competition)
Architecture firm
Kamran Afshar Naderi + Javad Sheri
Location
Mashhad City, Iran
Principal architect
Kamran Afshar Naderi, Javad Sheri
Landscape
Kamran Afshar Naderi + Javad Sheri
Civil engineer
Morteza Farahmand
Structural engineer
Morteza Farahmand
Environmental & MEP
Morteza Farahmand
Visualization
Javad Sheri
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion
Material
Stone, Metal, Wood, Tile, Glass
Client
Mashhad Municipality
Status
Competition (Third place)
Typology
Cultural › Theater
The National Theatre of Bahrain is a waterfront building complex situated in Manama next to the Bahrain National Museum, and consists of a main 1001-seat auditorium and a smaller 150-seat flexible studio theatre.
Photographer
Nour El Refai
Tools used
iPhone, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Project name
Bahrain National Theatre
Architecture firm
Architecture-Studio
Location
Shaikh Hamad Causeway, Manama, Bahrain
Zaha Hadid Architects: Construction works are progressing on the site of the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre. The steel structure of its lattice roof canopy has now been installed over two of the centre’s four cultural venues.
Project name
Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Armando Bussey, Marius Cernica, Grace Chung, Nelli Denisova, Xuexin Duan, Kaloyan Erevinov, Nassim Eshaghi, Kate Hunter, Yang Jingwen, Reza Karimi, Ben Kikkawa, Lydia Kim, Julian Lin, Mei-Ling Lin, Valeria Mazzilli, Sareh Mirseyed Nazari, Massimo Napoleoni, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Cao Qi, Qiuyu Zhao, Aurora Santana, Hannes Schafelner, Michael Sims, Patrik Schumacher, Sharan Sundar, Maria Touloupou, Chao Wei, Charles Walker
Interior design
Shenzhen Z&F Culture Construction
Landscape
Beijing Institute of Architecture & Design (South China Centre)
Lighting
Shenzhen Global Lighting Technology
Visualization
Minmud, Slashcube, Methanoia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Status
Under construction
Typology
Cultural › Arts Center
Royal Arena, a 35.000 square metre venue, has just opened in the middle of a residential area, and is designed by 3XN Architects together with HKS to be a good neighbour.
The bowl and façade resonate with a feeling of warmth and intimacy, while imparting a strong Scandinavian sense of place....
Architecture firm
3XN (Lead Consultant and Design Architect) & HKS (Arena Specialist)
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Design team
Kim Herforth Nielsen, Jan Ammundsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Peter Feltendal, Audun Opdal, Maria Tkacova, Jack Renteria, Robin Vind Christiansen, Dennis Carlsson, Andreas Herborg, Anja Pedersen, Bodil Nordstrøm, Christian Harald Hommelhoff Brink, Gry Kjær, Ida Schøning Greisen, Jakob Wojcik, Jan Park Sørensen, Jeanette Hansen, Juras Lasovsky, Laila Fyhn Feldthaus, Mads Mathias Pedersen, Marie Persson, Mikkel Vintersborg, Pernille Ulvig Sangvin, Sang Yeun Lee, Sebastian le Dantec Reinhardt, Simon Hartmann-Petersen, Stine de Bang, Sune Mogensen, Søren Nersting, Tobias Gagner, Torsten Wang, Henrik Rømer Kania
Built area
37 000 m². Height: 35 m. Capacity: 16,000. Seating: 12,500
Structural engineer
Arup, HAMI and ME Engineers
Typology
Multi-purpose Arena for international concerts, culture and sports events
