the architects sought to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human wellness and the natural environment.
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The project is the result of an architecture competition, organized by Torrelodones City Council, that consisted of devising, within a plot with a steep slope and very tight dimensions, a pitch that would allow the practice of football and rugby with an annexed building equipped with changing facilities, cafe, and a multipurpose room.
London practice Pirajean Lees has converted a nightclub in Dubai into a restaurant informed by Japan’s jazz age and the grandiose parties of silent film actor Sessue Hayakwa. The restaurant, which serves modern twists on Japanese classics, is named Mimi Kakushi after the distinctive bob haircut worn by the young Japanese Moga, or modern girls,
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The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions.
Chiangmai Life Architect’s Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School combines modern organic design, 21st-century engineering, and a natural material – bamboo.
Jiuli Workspace, formerly a logistics and storage company, is located in Huting North Road, Jiuting Town, Songjiang District. There are 18 plant buildings of large steel truss structure, 1 L-shaped office building and several low-rise buildings. The whole site covers a floor area of 117,810 square meters, the east and north side is close to Bei Shangwan, the south side is close to the demolition site, the west side is close to Jiuting Jindi Square. Meanwhile，the distance from Jiuting subway station is not far from the site, the geographical location is superior, and the transportation is convenient around the site. How to reconstruct the buildings in such a suburban part of the city, in order to adapt to the changes of the local industrial development, is a challenge that the architects had to overcome throughout the design process.
The clients first approached our office looking to build a small sustainable home on a vacant property in Balnarring. Their initial idea was to build a one-bedroom courtyard home, which could be extended under stage two works to include two additional bedrooms. As concept design commenced the clients decided to carry out all building works under one contact.
We were lucky to design the interior of a unique historic building. House of Count Orlov, late 18th century, architect M.F. Kazakov, built in 1880 – this is not just a story, in our case these are load-bearing walls a meter thick and vaulted ceilings made of ancient tsarist bricks. The philosophy of space has developed by itself – to preserve and embellish.
Glazed walls, teak flooring and an original koi pond feature in a mid-century residence in Los Angeles that has received a sensitive refresh by local firm Woods + Dangaran. Built in 1965, the Moore House was designed by architect Craig Ellwood, who was known for creating homes that fused modernism with California’s breezy lifestyle. The
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With the goal of taking a more holistic, integrative approach to providing health services to their students, the University of Chicago sought to create a facility that would bring together the departments of Health, Counseling, and Wellness to enhance student care. The new facility, located on the ground level of the historic Lying-In Hospital along the Midway Plaisance, was renovated in keeping with its context and expanded to infill an existing courtyard to create more program space. The facility incorporates principles of health and wellness, sustainability, and best practices for medical planning.
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