STEPHENSON&TURNER DESIGN STUDIO
Stephenson&Turner New Zealand Ltd
29 Mar 2012
Daylight illuminates Stephenson&Turner Studio: A light, open-plan environment encourages health, well-being and productivity. Stephenson & Turner NZ Ltd, Architects and Engineers, opened a new Wellington design studio in June 2011. The 460m² fitout is located in a 1900â??s loft-style open plan studio, and earned S&T a 6 Star Green Star rating from the New Zealand
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REFLECTIVE FLOW
Beau McClellan Design
22 Mar 2012
Designed for the breath-taking Al Hitmi office development in Doha, Qatar, Reflective Flow is a 126ft long, 20 tonne masterpiece. Created from more than 2,300 individually hand-ground optical crystals and 165,000 LED lights, Reflective Flow is the largest interactive LED light sculpture in the world. Suspended from a glass atrium 16m in the air, Reflective Flow snakes between two imposing
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VIRGIN ATLANTIC HQ
Checkland Kindleysides
21 Mar 2012
In designing the reception areas for Virgin Atlantic at their global headquarters at Gatwick Checkland Kindleysides sought to create spaces that capture the values, aspirations and spirit of the brand. The large offices have two reception areas, providing access to the north and south entrances to the building; these spaces are identical, with subtle distinguishing design features enabling
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HOUSE OF CONCRETE
Concrete
20 Mar 2012
The HOUSE OF CONCRETE is based in a listed building on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal in the middle of the red light district. The building is an annex of the Oudezijds Voorburgwal 101 and dates back to 1880. The entire team of 35 professional people is distributed over the 4 storeys of the building and the attic is dedicated to the materials library. At this new location architects,
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JIGSAW
Brooks + Scarpa
16 Mar 2012
The film editing profession requires small, dark environments free from distraction and light reflection-in essence, hermetically sealed boxes. Yet at the same time, a film editing company, if it is to be competitive, must exist in a stimulating, socially interactive workspace, alive to workers and clients alike-a place where people will want to be. It was this challenge to transform the
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CHONGQING MOUNTAIN & CITY SALES OFFICE
One Plus Partnership Limited
15 Feb 2012
The project is located in Chongqing Nanshan District, a valley surrounded by hills; therefore the “Mountain” has been selected as the main theme for this sales office. The grand slanted feature wall and the grey marble floor pattern are both in triangular form. The colour grey has been applied throughout in different shades, texture including marble and shapes, including the
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THYSSENKRUPP QUARTER
Licht Kunst Licht AG
13 Feb 2012
ThyssenKrupp is a global materials and technology group with some 173,000 employees, best known for steel technology and escalators. All head offices have now been consolidated on one campus in Essen, Germany. Thinking of the buildings as solid cuboids with smaller volumes carved out, the cutting surfaces are clad in ThyssenKrupp's own champagne-coloured flat-rolled steel which is then
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URBAN RAILWAY STATION
Zechner & Zechner Zt Gmbh
13 Feb 2012
The urban railway system between Vienna´s centre and the airport got redesigned. Two recently finished stations are "Vienna Airport" and "Wien Mitte". The underground station at Vienna airport got expanded to twice its platform length, new entrances were built to provide improved access to and from the airport's new terminal building. The station "Wien Mitte" also got new entrances, the
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PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT GROUP OFFICE
Goettsch Partners
31 Jan 2012
Executive investment offices for a retired design entrepreneur, the founder of a national home furnishings retailer, provided the opportunity to leverage the client's passion for clean, bold modern design into a dramatic, light-filled investment office environment showcasing the client's extensive glass and ceramic art collection. Inserted into a single-story speculative office suite, the
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SPIEGEL CANTEEN
Ippolito Fleitz Group - Identity Architects
27 Jan 2012
In October 2011 the SPIEGEL Group, whose stable includes Germany's most important news magazine Der SPIEGEL, moved into its new publishing house in Hamburg's HafenCity development. This impressive structure on the Eriscusspitze, lapped by the waters of the River Elbe, was designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen. Ippolito Fleitz Group was commissioned to create a new employees' canteen for
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GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS
Aedas
13 Jan 2012
Greater Manchester Police Force Headquarters is an iconic, BREEAM Excellent state-of-the-art facility that provides a first class working environment for Greater Manchester Police Force. The bespoke interior design reflects the strong civic identity of Greater Manchester Police Force and responds to the complexities of multiple and diverse departmental relationships each with their own
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W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Francis Cauffman
12 Jan 2012
Workspace flexibility was the key concept behind Francis Cauffman's design for the W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. headquarters in Elkton, Maryland. The product of smooth collaboration between the designers and the associates who work in the space, the renovation includes several different work environments, from individual workspaces to meeting areas separated by movable divider panes. With a
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2000 MARKET STREET
Francis Cauffman
12 Jan 2012
Francis Cauffman had not only outgrown its old office space, but the office design was also outdated. Principals were completely separated from their teams, the space lacked any areas for collaboration, and had little natural daylight. Relocating to its new offices, in March 2011, let Francis Cauffman update its facilities, incorporate energy-saving materials, and better present the company's
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THE BLACK BOX
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
09 Jan 2012
The concept of the "Black Box" is the guiding concept behind the architecture - modeled after the "black box" flight data recorder; it is used symbolically to represent the “storage” of conversation, ideas, thinking and research in the creative studio office. The black box also serves the function of protecting that recording in the event of a crash, fire or tragedy, analogous to
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PHILIPS HEAD OFFICE
ANDRADE AZEVEDO ARQUITETURA CORPORATIVA
09 Jan 2012
First example of a new workplace concept in Brazil providing employees with high-mobility through shared use of space and technology, and management results. Situated in Alphaville, a metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, the new Phillips Head Office has approximately 8000 sqm divided into four stories with 800 workstations to be shared by 1,000 employees, with no assigned workstation. A mix of
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KWOK HANG HOLDINGS HEADQUARTERS
JOYCE WANG INC.
08 Jan 2012
WANG was commissioned by Kwok Hang Holdings to design their new headquarters in a newly acquired 10,000 sqft office space in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. The office renovation marked a significant transition of power from the chairman of the company to his son; it also marked a shift in corporate culture from conservative to open; from local to international. Kwok Hang specializes in high-end luxury
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DOMUS
Domus Tiles
08 Jan 2012
Domus, the UK's leading supplier of tile, mosaic and stone products to the residential developer and the architectural markets, has opened its new specification home in the heart of Clerkenwell's design district. The 700 SQM base for A&D provides a unique environment for clients to explore new ideas and technical specifications for all types of residential and commercial
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THE DIGITAL WAREHOUSE
Torchia Associates, Inc.
08 Jan 2012
Don't tell the Unions, but there is a factory on the 11th floor of a downtown Chicago high-rise. Digitas is this factory. But what they make are ideas. The challenge of this global digital ad agency was to create space that promoted their culture of combining technology and creativity. The space had to embody collaboration, experimentation and innovation. It needed to be a "Warehouse of
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LEVEL 40 UOB PLAZA
PT Enviro Tec Indonesia
07 Jan 2012
The office belongs to the building's developer, and the appointed design consultant Enviro Tec also designed the building's public spaces. The office combines the financial, technical and marketing teams on a single level of about 1000 m2. The office is intended to host meetings with future development partners, architect study teams, and provide an area to market future projects. The bare
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PwC, 7 MORE, LONDON
BDP
07 Jan 2012
Completed in April 2011, and achieving BREEAM Outstanding, 7 More London is the culmination of an accommodation strategy consolidating PriceWaterhouseCooper's London building portfolio from seven to four. The project focus was to provide a space that responded to the way people choose to work, demonstrating a shift towards a 70/30% split of space, a trade off of conventional workspaces in favour
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