Month: November 2020

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35 Social Housing Units / mobile architectural office

November 7, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

A project steeped in the industrial past The construction of a building that includes 35 housing units (privately owned and social housing) and a cabinetmaking workshop located on the ground floor. A former Botelli cabinetmaking workshop, the workshop contributes to the historical continuity of the site and evokes the past through the architectural design. In continuation of the adjoining architecture, through the construction details, the building evokes the history of the site (cabinetmaking workshop), our epoch, and contemporary construction methods.

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Atelier Scale designs The Folds playground to encourage tactile play

November 7, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Kid playing at The Folds by Atelier Scale

Atelier Scale has created The Folds, a small community playground in Changzhou, China, as a place for children to explore in a more tactile and less regulated way than usual. The studio deliberately minimised the use of playground equipment to allow children to play with the folded shapes of the place itself. “We believe that the

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ANZ Raranga at Sylvia Park / Architectus

November 7, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

New Zealand’s favourite shopping centre, Sylvia Park, with its wide selection of retailers complemented by entertainment and dining options, has already become a destination in itself. The addition of the first commercial office building on site supports the centre’s ambitions to transform into a metropolitan town centre. A master planning exercise determined the site for the first of several planned office buildings. ANZ Raranga is located close to the mall’s heart, ‘The Cone’, and extends the existing restaurant precinct westward.

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This week David Adjaye and Aston Martin collaborated to design apartments and SUVs

November 7, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
David Adjaye and Aston Martin-designed apartment

This week on Dezeen, architect David Adjaye and car brand Aston Martin partnered to design apartments in a New York skyscraper and limited-edition SUVs for their residents. In total five Aston Martin Residences will be built within the 244-metre-tall 130 William skyscraper, which was designed by Adjaye and is currently under construction in Manhattan. As part of the

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Le Sébastopol Booking.com Offices / Coldefy

November 7, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

In 2016, the Mayor of Tourcoing and Nord-France Invest supported Booking.com’s desire to move to new premises in the region. Booking.com wanted to find a place accessible by public transport, around 7,000m², equipped with completely open office floors offering compact working spaces, large relaxation, and meeting spaces.

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The Muse Residential Tower / Barcode Architects

November 7, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

Barcode Architects’ striking residential tower The Muse is located on the Wijnhaven in the up-and-coming Maritime District. The program is focused on comfortably inner-city living, with lots of space for social interaction, a lively plinth, and features that enhance the living comfort of the residents. The Muse enriches the Rotterdam skyline with a new, sculptural silhouette. The more introverted anthracite facades form a dark band around the tower.

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Jincheng Community, The Multi-purpose Public Space / Studio Dali Architects

November 6, 2020 罗靖琳 - Jinglin Luo 0

A space of life, about weddings, funerals, threshing, and washing
From 2017, We has launched a series of architecture projects in Xiaoshi Village, Pengzhou of Sichuan Province, according to the commitment from the local government. After carefully researching the local context of geography and humanity, we raised the concept of “Under One Roof” to skeleton the whole village planning, also to re-establish the identity of the village, encouraging people get out of their cabin to gathering under the roof, making life happen, incubate the community.