Times Bund Clubhouse
KLID(Kris Lin Interior Design)
26 Mar 2013
This is a project which combines the functions of both club and sales centre. The first floor is mainly focused on the function of sale centre while combining the function of bar and multi-functional conference room. The second floor is only for the sales office. Floor B1 is partially the fitness club?which comprising of a theme swimming centre, gym, dancing room and basketball room.
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National Bank of Canada
Ruscio Studio Inc.
18 Mar 2013
Financial institutions once occupied prestigious and opulent buildings and locations in every city and town. They oozed intimidation, grandeur and wealth. Then, with cities sprawling, bank branches became nameless and faceless boxes. It seemed we’d soon had limited physical bank locations, using only banking machines and online banking. Now we are starting to see banks wanting to talk
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Penleigh and Essendon Senior School
McBride Charles Ryan
15 Mar 2013
The Infinity Centre is a new senior school for the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Keilor East, Melbourne, Australia. PEGS approach to teaching and learning combines structured pedagogy with individual freedom, and fosters socialisation and interaction. The Infinity Centre reflects this approach through the key concepts underpinning its design: the dynamic between structure and
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FAVOUR@CENTRAL
SAMUEL A. BUDIONO & ASSOCIATES
14 Mar 2013
FAVOUR@CENTRAL is a place of praise and worship for the young generation looking for spiritual fulfillment. Overlooking the greenery of Central Park surrounded by universities, malls and apartments, the design needed to resonate with the purpose to create a sense of physical and spiritual retreat from the urban fray. The concept was to create a modern, progressive, dynamic space which fits
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Virgin Money Lounge
allen international
04 Mar 2013
Following a creative pitch, Virgin Money appointed allen international to develop a 350 sq m retail concept which would take its current online banking offer to the high street. Being an innovative challenging brand, Virgin Money wanted to create a completely unique experience, a cashless operational model, focussing more on customer service. However, Virgin Money were eager to build brand
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Wuxi Grand Theatre Public Interiors
PES-Architects Ltd.
30 Jan 2013
One of the main concepts for the interior design was to connect the exterior with the interior of the building. Some of the main design elements as the “metal wings” roof structures, the array of 50 “light columns” and the limestone facades penetrate into the main entrance foyer which results in a rich public space which is an extension of the exterior. For the curved
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Wuxi Grand Theatre Main Auditorium
PES-Architects Ltd.
30 Jan 2013
The Chinese bamboo “wood” is generally an ideal material for the opera/concert hall interior both acoustically and atmospherically as it echoes the beauty of a wooden instrument. Bamboo is a sustainable material with a truly Chinese character which has generally been neglected and under-estimated by architects and designers in China. One of the reasons for this might be that for
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WaterMarc, Melbourne, Australia
Peddle Thorp Architects
15 Nov 2012
WaterMarc is a meeting place, a place to learn, a space to have fun and a space to push your boundaries and challenge yourself. Located in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne and developed for the Banyule City Council the building achieves a level of amenity and finish not previously seen in the Aquatic and Leisure market in Australia. The facility caters for every age group, from its roman
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Evergreen Brick Works
DIALOG
26 Sep 2012
Evergreen funds sustainable projects in local schoolyards, parks and communities. The Evergreen Brickworks is a unique environmental community and champion for urban sustainability, located on an industrial heritage site in Toronto’s Don Valley. Demonstrating that Evergreen ‘walks the talk’, their office in a new LEED® Platinum building showcases their philosophy on
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Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
DIALOG
26 Sep 2012
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is one of Canada's largest institutional investment fund managers with assets across the globe. Their new offices are located on the top four floors of a rejuvenated downtown office building. Pivotal to the planning and concept design was a visioning and branding workshop where the design team led the client through a series of paradoxes
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GOOGLE & YOUTUBE SUPER HQ
Penson Group
17 Aug 2012
With 1248 desks, 1248 collaboration spaces, 2 cafeterias, cinemas, gymnasium, Secret Gardens, Google Park, Google Green & Allotments, PENSON’s latest HQ is very ‘out there’. Floors range from Granny Flat, Woolly & Rooftop gardens based around what working human being want & also need. It’s shrewdly commercial with special metrics, yet looks different yet
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GOOGLE HQ
Penson Group
17 Aug 2012
Google met PENSON in November 2008 and since then, 280,000 sq-ft of supreme, inventive, ground-breaking workplace strategy and interior design has been delivered This floor was the first to complete, and within two weeks, was published globally and voted by TimeOut as London’s coolest office. It has since continued to be featured in many new books relating to inventive workplace
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HOTEL ALFONSO XIII, Seville, Spain
HBA London
27 Jul 2012
Affirming its pre-eminence among the great hotels of Europe, the Sevillian Hotel Alfonso XIII has been restored and reinvented by The Gallery, the studio within HBA’s London team that is dedicated to the interior design of highly specialised bespoke projects. Conceived by King Alfonso XIII, the hotel originally opened in 1929 during the Art Deco era and became one of the essential
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THE CHEMISTRY CENTRE
Hugh Broughton Architects
08 May 2012
The Chemistry Centre, Burlington House, home to the Royal Society of Chemistry - the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences - has been refurbished and improved by Hugh Broughton Architects. The society, which has 47,000 members worldwide, moved in to its London premises at Burlington House, adjacent to the Royal in 1967. The original building dates from 1867 and
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GOOGLE CAMPUS
Jump Studios
01 May 2012
Google Campus is a seven storey co-working and event space in the centre of London's Tech City, otherwise known as Silicon Roundabout. The project, run by Google UK aims to fuel the success of London's tech start up community. Working with partners Seedcamp, Tech Hub, Springboard and Central Working, the primary function of Campus will be to provide office space for startup companies, but the
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THNK
Concrete
01 May 2012
Inspired by the graphic design story by Studio Lava for THNK, concrete designed a series of multifunctional furniture to contribute to the identity of the new creative business school. Following THNK's philosophy, "that it is never about 'i' alone and is always about 'i' in collaboration with others to solve todays challenges", is translated into ‘i'-shaped benches, worktables, stools and
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STRIPTEASE
kim graham & associates
04 Apr 2012
The entrance installation at Toronto's annual interior design show, IDS12, RAW architecture's StripTease seduced show-goers with a dramatic curtain comprised of more than 1300 individual strips of felt, doubling as a canvas for interactive digital projections. The vision of award winning industrial designer Mark Tholen and Roland Rom Colthoff, principal architect at RAW, StripTease required of a
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EMBER
Snell Architects
04 Apr 2012
Ember - a lighting installation of sinister beauty as well as functioning urban furniture by Snell Architects. Ember is a lighting installation that evokes the sinister beauty of an ember - the main actor in the 'ember attack' of Australia's tragic bushfires. Part of VIVID Sydney's 2011 light event, the brief was four-fold; to produce a beautiful light installation with meaning; to be robust
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REUSED BOTTLE CHRISTMAS TREE
Chocarro y Urmeneta S.L.P. Arquitectos
04 Apr 2012
Simple, austere, contemporary, reusable and low energy consumption were the premises for the Christmas tree promoted by the "Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona". Pamplona's Common Region is an entity which manages urban waste collection and recycling thereof, among other competences, for 355.000 inhabitants. Due to Christmas celebrations and with the aim of sensitizing the citizens about
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BLOOMING GARDEN INSTALLATION
CMYK
31 Mar 2012
Implant a brilliant secular life into imperial space, blooming with the light of citizen culture. Ditan, also known as the Temple of Earth, is located in northeast of the Forbidden City, beside Beijing's central axis, which is a symbol of imperial power. A total of 14 Emperors had attended to worship the god of Earth for 381 years. Now here becomes a park, opening to the public. Because the
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