Dixon Jones designs sculptural shipping-container building for Edinburgh

July 1, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Mach1 by Dixon Jones and David Mach in Edinburgh Park

Architecture studio Dixon Jones and sculptor David Mach have collaborated on a proposal for an event space and marketing suite in Edinburgh, which will be made from a stack of bright red shipping containers. Named Mach1, the sculptural building will be located in an undeveloped section of the Edinburgh Park business district to showcase Dixon Jones’

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Amazon Spheres / NBBJ

July 1, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Most technology companies occupy leafy campuses on the outskirts of urban areas, but Amazon has grown up in the center of Seattle and drawn much of its innovative energy from its big-city location. The giant online retailer’s new headquarters doubles down on its commitment to urban engagement, creating a neighborhood of buildings, plazas, and public open spaces that connects seamlessly with Seattle’s existing metropolitan fabric. The most iconic element is the trio of glass spheres housing a multi-level botanical garden filled with 40,000 plants taken from high-altitude cloud forests from five continents.

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2perfection Office Building and Industrial Warehouse / RG architectes

July 1, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

RG architectes was contracted by the marketing company 2perfection to build their headquarters located in Nivelles, Belgium. The challenge was to settle, on a relatively small parcel, a volume composed of the company’s offices, a warehouse, traffic and parking areas, as well as green spaces to create a pleasant work environment. The densification of the parcel was an answer to a main urbanistic issue, especially in a business park. The aim was to include various functions of proper height into one single coherent architecture. The project was designed like a mass hollowed out in certain areas.

Soaring brick archways define Sydney’s Rail Operations Centre

June 29, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Sydney's Rail Operations Centre by Smart Design Studio and Jacobs.

Architecture practice Smart Design Studio and Jacobs have used red brick arches on a “heroic scale” to create the Rail Operations Centre in Sydney, Australia. Nicknamed Red Roc, Smart Design Studio and Jacobs referenced historic train stations for the centre, where all the systems for running and monitoring Sydney’s rail network are housed under one roof. “By

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Neo Geo Business Center Interiors / T+T Architects

June 29, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Business center “NEO GEO” is a new project of the development company Stone Hedge. It is situated in the South-West of Moscow and can be called a breakthrough for Russian office construction market. Due to the architects’ idea the business center not only for work but also for healthy living appeared in Moscow. The architectural bureau T+T Architects designed the concept of the public areas interiors.

Pelli Clarke Pelli unveils folded glass One Congress tower in Boston

June 28, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
One Congress by Pelli Clarke Pelli

Pelli Clarke Pelli has revealed plans to build an office tower in Boston with a folded glass facade that resembles a “dramatic theatrical curtain”. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the Connecticut firm behind San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower, the building is set to rise 611 feet (186m metres) and feature a curved glass shell that

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Re-Fracted / reMIX studio

June 27, 2019 Martita Vial 0

The project site is nested in a well preserved hutong area in Beijing Xicheng District. Both the main office and a small residential part had to be integrated within a limited footprint of 200 sqm with minimum interventions on the original layout and the client requested a flexible spatial organization that could accommodate different uses in the future.

Universal Design Studio and Map relocate to office that showcases their process

June 27, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0
Universal Design Studio Map Project Office office interior

Architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio has completed its own office interior and that of its sister company Map Project Office. The offices for both companies have relocated to the third-floor of a Clerkenwell block where they share an open-plan 1,020 square-metre space. Universal Design Studio and industrial design consultancy Map created the

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The Wing transforms 1850s building in New York’s East Village into company headquarters

June 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
The Wing HQ

A 19th-century building in New York’s East Village has been given a new lease on life as the headquarters of female-focused co-working club The Wing. The Wing opened its 22,000-square-foot (2,044-square-metre) headquarters in the brick structure, which was built on 137 2nd Ave 1854 by German architect William Schickel. The move makes it one of

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