The former headquarters building was a stereotypical pencil building that merely met the legal requirement for evacuation. Now that it has grown into a global company, a "vertical rainbow" appeared on the facade to express its identity as a paint company offering an infinite variety of colors.
Project name
VERTICAL RAINBOW in Tokyo
Architecture firm
SAKO Architects
Principal architect
Keiichiro Sako
Design team
SAKO Architects
Interior design
SAKO Architects
Structural engineer
Structural Design PLUS ONE Inc.
Lighting
BONBORI Lighting Architect & Associates, Inc.
Construction
SHIMIZU BLC Co., Ltd.
Supervision
SAKO Architects
Material
Facade 1: 12mm+12mm tempered laminated glass (painted only the balcony side). Facade 2: Lattice-like fittings with class B fire protection equipment. Painting brand: Musashi Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.
Client
Musashi Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Office
When it comes to boosting employee collaboration, enhancing teamwork and improving communication in the workplace – office design is key.
Photography
dit26978 on freepik
The project site is a lower part space of a duplex villa residence, owned by a young couple. As a film producer, Mr. Cui hopes this house is not just a cosy living place but also an experimental field - like his own "Life studio" to accommodate his unrestrained imagination.
Project name
The Transition: House of a Filmmaker
Architecture firm
FON Studio
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Design team
Luo Shuanghua, Li Hongzhen, Jin Boan, Song Yuanyaun
Typology
Residential › House
If you are planning to renovate a space used for business you will know there is a lot to think about. The new space has to be functional for both employees and potential clients which can add challenges to any renovator.
House K is one of our projects that had waited the longest for its construction. We started working on it in 2012, yet the house has just been finished in 2022.
Architecture firm
STOPROCENT Architekci (https://www.stoprocentarchitekci.pl)
Photography
Piotr Krajewski
Principal architect
Przemek Kaczkowski
Design team
Magdalena Morelewska, Krzysztof Melon Mika
Supervision
STOPROCENT Architekci
Material
Steel, concrete, wood
Typology
Residential › Single Family House
OODA is one of the seven studios invited to take part of the exhibition Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture, New York, organized by the Center for Architecture, AIA NY, with the support of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
Title
Generation Proxima: Emerging Environmental Practices in Portuguese Architecture
Category
Architecture, Interior design
Eligibility
Open to public
Register
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/exhibitions/generation-proxima-emerging-environmental-practices-in-portuguese-architecture/
Organizer
Center for Architecture, AIA NY, with the support of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Date
02/10/2023, 6pm - 8pm - 23.03.2024
Venue
AIA New York | Center for Architecture, USA
It is located on the south bank of the River Cávado, in Barcelinhos, offering a wide green landscape immortalized by the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança and the Medieval Tower. The land is presented in two elevated platforms, supported by high granite walls and hawks from which small flowers emerge, it is here that RiscoWhite is located.
Architecture firm
Risco Singular Arquitectura Lda
Location
Barcelinhos, Barcelos, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Costa, Sónia Abreu
Interior design
Risco Singular – Arquitectura, Lda
Structural engineer
Joist Concept - Engenharia
Landscape
Sara Ferreira (Arq. Paisagista)
Construction
Campos e Lopes- Sociedade de construção, Lda.
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Luxury living at SHABOLOVSKY RESIDENCE HALL - a project by O&A London for a stunning new residential development right in the heart of Moscow. This beautiful eight-floor building blends perfectly into the landscape of the surrounding Shabolovka area, characterised by the classic elegance of architectural design.
Project name
«A New Residential Development ‘Shabolovsky’»
Architecture firm
O&A London Design Studio
Photography
O&A London Design Studio
Principal architect
Oleg Klodt
Design team
O&A London Design Studio
Interior design
Anna Agapova
Civil engineer
O&A London Design Studio
Structural engineer
O&A London Design Studio
Lighting
O&A London Design Studio
Construction
Oleg Klodt architecture design
Visualization
O&A London Design Studio
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Multi-Family Residential Development
The top co-founding IT company Genesis collaborated with ZIKZAK Architects to develop the design of their office. According to the client, each company employee is in a process of continuous rapid development and requires daily improvement of skills to not fall behind the set pace.
Project name
Genesis office
Architecture firm
ZIKZAK Architects
Photography
Max Artbovich
Principal architect
O. Konoval and A. Trofimenko
Design team
A. Trofimenko, O. Kiyanko, T. Panamarenko K. Yaroshenko G. Tynkaliuk, Y. Karakozov
Collaborators
Decor and plants: Altano Outdoor Concept, Outdoor Furniture Store
Interior design
ZIKZAK Architects
Typology
Commercial › Office
The project draws from the allegorical image of a ‘monolith’, or a ‘hot coal’, perforated to host a home. The two main premises of the design are defined by the fundamental contradiction between privacy and large windows and the symbolic and spatial expression of the single-family house typologies. Big gestures and concepts were properly balanced w...
Project name
Casa la Reserva
Architecture firm
1705 Studio + Obreval
Location
La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Photography
Juan Pablo Gutierrez - Andrés Ortiz
Principal architect
Andrés Ortiz
Interior design
Sylvie Delesmontey
Civil engineer
DE VALDENEBRO Ingenieros Ltda.
Structural engineer
DE VALDENEBRO Ingenieros Ltda.
Landscape
Soluciones Paisajisticas Y Arquitectonicas Sas
Lighting
ClaroOscuro Iluminación
Visualization
Pablo Zarama
Construction
RIR Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, Brick, Plaster, Wood
Typology
Residential › Single Family Residence
