Named for its butterfly-inspired angular canopies that adorn the project’s exterior, Folded Wings is a speculative office campus designed by Form4 Architecture in the technology epicenter of Palo Alto, California.
Project name
Folded Wings
Architecture firm
Form4 Architecture
Location
Palo Alto, California, USA
Principal architect
John Marx, AIA
Design team
John Marx, AIA, James Tefend, Form4 Architecture
Built area
New 10,736 m² (115,425 ft²) building, update to existing 6,751 m² (72,662 ft²) building
Site area
4 hectares (10 acres)
Landscape
Studio Five Design
Construction
Truebeck Construction
Tools used
form·Z, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Revit
Material
Accoya wood, glass, aluminum, steel
Client
Sand Hill Property Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Park
The Aventador, designed by Shiv Dada and Mohit Chawla of 23DC Architects, borrows its name from the champion Spanish bull. Shattering the age old idea of an office building being just a place to work, the Aventador is designed to inspire to be better every day.
Project name
The Aventador
Architecture firm
23DC Architects
Location
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Photography
Niveditaa Gupta
Principal architect
Shiv Dada, Mohit Chawla
Design team
Shiv Dada, Mohit Chawla
Structural engineer
Ankush Gupta
Environmental & MEP
In-House
Construction
Edific Infra Projects
Visualization
23DC Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Solid Aluminium Sheets, Powder Coating (Akzonobel), Mesh (Galvanized Iron) Asian Streck metals
Client
Paramjeet Singh Sachdeva
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
On the Hauptstrasse in Berlin Schöneberg GRAFT revitalized the historical post office premises, expanding it with two new buildings and converting the original rooftops for commercial purposes. Thus a 32,000m² modern ensemble accessible to the public was created comprising offices, restaurants, retail outlets and apartments.
Photography
BTTR GmbH, Trockland / Noam Rosenthal
Design team
Founding Partners: Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit Projektteam: Aleksandra Zajko, Alexandra Bunescu, Alfredo Peñafiel Suarez, Allison Weiler, Altan Arslanoglu, Andrei Dan Musetescu, Anja Frenkel, Anna Wittwer, Dennis Hawner, Dorothea Freiin von Rotberg, Emma Rytoft, Evgenia Dimopoulou, Fabian Busse, Inigo De Latorre, Jerzy Gerard Gabriel, Maria Angeles Orduna, Marvin Bratke, Mathilde Catros, Mats Karl Koppe, Matthias Rümmele, Nils von Minckwitz, Paula Martin Aedo, Primoz Strazar, Sebastian Gernhardt, Sven Wesuls, Verena Lihl, Veronika Partelova
Built area
15,200m² revitalization and roof extension, 16,800m² new construction
Landscape
Planungsbüro Haan Freie Garten- und Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin www.buero-haan.de
Civil engineer
Müller-BBM GmbH, Berlin www.muellerbbm.de
Structural engineer
Krebs und Kiefer Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin www.kuk.de
Supervision
IKR Kuschel GmbH, Berlin www.ikr-kuschel.de
Material
Bricks, Steel, Glass
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-Use Development, Revitalization of a former post office area, conversion for commercial use, university and gastronomy, extension by two new residential buildings
New headquarters for the International Olympic Committee, designed by 3XN, further the mission of international cooperation, transparency and sustainability and bring all IOC staff under one roof. Designed by Danish architecture firm 3XN, Olympic House aims to bring together the IOC staff – 500 employees currently spread across Lausanne in four loc...
Project name
Olympic House
Location
Lausanne, Switzerland
Photography
Adam Mørk, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Collaborators
Itten+Brechbuhl AG
Landscape
Hüsler & Associés
Structural engineer
INGENI SA
Lighting
Jesper Kongshaug
Client
The International Olympic Committee
Typology
Commercial › Headquarter
Jens Brinkmann of United Architektur was one of the Design Architects for the Start-up incubator and co-working space in Cottbus that officially opened on October 15th 2021. The building aims to promote innovation and creativity to generate new forms of work in both the city of Cottbus and the surrounding Lausitz region in the wake of the politica...
Project name
Start-up Incubator and Co-working Space
Architecture firm
United Architektur
Location
Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Photography
United Architektur / Kay Fingerle Fotografie
Design team
Bernd Huckriede, Jens Brinkmann, Ludwig Heimbach
Collaborators
Planning in collaboration with CGG (Cottbuser Gesellschaft für Gebäudeerneuerung und Stadtentwicklung)
Client
GWC (Gebäudewirtschaft Cottbus)
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
This six-story office building on Manhattan’s west side is the result of adding five new floors onto an existing one-story pub/restaurant. McQuaid’s Public House has been a fixture in the neighborhood for decades and the owner wanted to retain the existing pub and add the new office building floors and ground floor lobby with as little interruption...
Project name
603 West 44th Street
Architecture firm
Sydness Architects
Location
New York, New York, United States
Photography
Sydness Architects
Principal architect
Jeff Sydness
Design team
Matthew Ruopoli, Associate
Structural engineer
The Office of James Ruderman
Construction
Light gauge steel and concrete
Material
Zinc cladding, thermally broken windows, concrete, stucco, and metal
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The building earned the name, "Tessalace" owing to its tessellated façade design. Oxford dictionary defines, tessellate – as a pattern of repeated shapes, especially polygons that fit together closely without gaps or overlapping. Visibly, the structure of the building is enveloped in a membrane of tessellated polygons, an array of solid and voids i...
Architecture firm
Studio Ardete Pvt Ltd.
Location
Plot no 1563 , sector 82 JLPL industiral Estate, Mohali (Punjab) India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna Aggarwal
Collaborators
R S Builders
Structural engineer
Continental Foundations
Construction
Ravijeet Singh
Material
Reinforcement bars, Cement, Paints, Glass
Typology
Commercial › Office Space
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.
Project name
Infinitus Plaza
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Guangzhou, China
Photography
Liang Xue, ZHA
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Congyue Wang, Feifei Fan, Lida Zhang, Eugene Leung, Lily Liu, Qi Cao, Shu Hashimoto, Xiaoyu Zhang, Ying Xia, Zhe Xing, Anat Stern, Chaoxiong Huang, Damiano Rizzini, Harry Spraiter, Marius Cernica, Tommaso Casucci, Xuexin Duan, Lida Zhang, Shu Hashimoto
Built area
185,643 m² (Gross Floor Area), 118,200 m² (Above Ground), 67,443 m² (Below Ground), 59,368 m² (Interior Design Area), 18,000 m² (Retail), 42,800 m² (Bicycle Parking), 2100 m² (Electrical Bike Parking)
Collaborators
GDAD, BuroHappold Engineering, Basalt, ARCADIS, Guangzhou Pearl River Engineering Construction Supervision
Interior design
Zaha Hadid Architects, GoldMantis, Sundart
Landscape
Zaha Hadid Architects, Pubang
Environmental & MEP
BIAD, GDAD
Lighting
LIGHTDESIGN, LUMIA, Holy Power
Construction
Guangdong No.1 Construction Engineering
Material
25,088.33 tonnes of recycled materials have been used in the construction of Infinitus Plaza, primarily: steel, copper, glass, aluminium alloy profiles, gypsum products and wood
Typology
Commercial › Headquarter
