This building which houses the Heart of Sharjah Management Unit, for Sharjah Investment & Development Authority -Shurooq, is located in the historic part of Sharjah, surrounded by traditional buildings which have mostly been renovated or reconstructed since 1990. The site previously included an old house that was demolished in the 1970’s.
Project name
Shurooq Heart of Sharjah Offices
Architecture firm
Wael Al-Masri Planners and Architects, WMPA
Location
Sharjah, UAE; Firm Location: Amman, Jordan
Photography
Wael Al-Masri, Jalal Abuthina
Principal architect
Wael Al-Masri
Interior design
Maja Kozel - Maja Kozel Design
Landscape
Wael Al-Masri Planners and Architects- WMPA
Structural engineer
Al Bait Eng. Consultants L.L.C.
Environmental & MEP
Al Bait Eng. Consultants L.L.C.
Lighting
Maja Kozel Design
Material
Reinforced Concrete (RC), Concrete Blockwork, Coral Stone, Aluminium, Glass, Wood, Trowelled Concrete, Stone Tiles, Terrazzo Tiles, Gypsum Board, and Black Metal.
Client
Shurooq - Sharjah Investment and Development Authority
Typology
Office - Building
This 27,000 SF office renovation for the Southern California Gas Company focused on creating an enhanced the user experience for the 160+ employees located here.
Project name
SoCalGas Anaheim Building A
Architecture firm
LOC Architects
Location
Anaheim, California, United States
Photography
Nicolas Marques / Photekt
Principal architect
Ali Jeevanjee
Design team
Ali Jeevanjee, Poonam Sharma, Tiffany Adler
Collaborators
Thinkbox (Technology Design)
Landscape
Landscape Dynamics
Structural engineer
Performance Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Alfatech
Construction
Carri Construction
Visualization
LOC Architects
Client
Southern California Gas Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Located in The Mixc World, Shenzhen, the project is a new store that Onexn Architects designed for Dishao Optical, which supplies handmade eyeglasses from multiple Japanese brands. The client asked for a novel way of expressing a Zen atmosphere in the store, and an interpretation of Oriental philosophy in a contemporary context.
Project name
Dishao Optical
Architecture firm
Onexn Architectural & Spatial Design Office (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Location
The Mixc World, Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Photography
Yanming Photo
Principal architect
Wang Jingjing
Collaborators
Props: GOOPAK
Completion year
July 30, 2022
Typology
Commercial, Store
CBRE Ukraine, an international commercial real estate and investment services company, has opened an updated modern office, designed by ZIKZAK Architects. The customer wanted a functional space with a minimalist laconic design and accents on corporate colors: green and white.
Architecture firm
ZIKZAK Architects
Photography
Max Artbovich
Principal architect
Artem Tokma
Design team
M.Ternova A.Tokma V.Gavrilov
Interior design
ZIKZAK Architects
Typology
Commercial › Office
Wutopia Lab’s design for the fairytale parent-child bookstore, the Miro store of Duoyun Bookstore, for Jiangsu Spring Blossom Culture and Creative Town, was inaugurated in October at Dream Town in Yancheng, Jiangsu.
Project name
The Miro Store of Duoyun Bookstore, Dream La Miro
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
LV Jie, FENG Yanyan, XU Zijie, BIAN Chao
Collaborators
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Project Architect: LIN Chen; Design Consultant: TOPOS DESIGN; Graphic Design: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi, CHEN Siyu); Construction Drawing Design: Jiangsu Mingcheng Architectural Design Co., Ltd.; Construction Drawing Design Team: HUANG Tianpeng, SUN Xin, XU Jian, HU Fei, MAO Xiaoli, MING Feng, LU You, HAN Shuang; Operator: Jiangsu Spring Blossom Cultural and Creative Town Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd.; Operator Team: ZHOU Wenjun, MU Gengen, ZHANG Hongyu, YANG Wenjing; IP materials: all provided by the operator, copyright © by the operator; Development Side: Jiangsu Spring Blossom Cultural and Creative Town Cultural Tourism Industry Development Co., Ltd.; Construction Unit: Shanghai Lantian Building Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Supplier of Terrazzo Series: Holistic Opulent Terrazzo; Aluminum Panels Supplier: Shanghai Tengkuo; Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.; Customized Bookshelf Supplier: Zhejiang Meisen Wood Industry Micro; Cement Supplier: Shanghai Zhumeng International Art Wall Material Soft; Furnishing Brands: Ziinlife (Interior), Vondom (Exterior), W-Casa (Cloud Stool); Model: iz
Lighting
ZHANG Chenlu, WEI Shiyu, LIU Xueyi
Material
Perforated Aluminum Panels, Gold Terrazzo, Washed Stone, Micro-cement, Acrylic, Stainless Steel
Client
Shanghai Century Duoyun Culture Development Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial / Store
A new way to live and work in the heart of Salt Lake City, Mya, at four stories and 130,000 square feet, combines the highest quality affordable and market-rate housing (30/70) with unique public and private amenities, creative community coworking space, and catalytic ground-level retail in a holistic, world-class, mixed-use community.
Project name
Mya and The Shop SLC
Architecture firm
EskewDumezRipple
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Photography
Austen Diamond, Kelly Marshall, Tim Hursley
Design team
Steve Dumez, FAI. Hussein Alayyan, AIA. Kim Nguyen, AIA. Gianna Morelli, AIA. Jill Traylor, NCIDQ. Waleed AlGhamdi, AIA. Jose Alvarez, AIA. Sam Levison.
Collaborators
Wayfinding: ZAR; EMP: PVE Inc
Interior design
EskewDumezRipple (The Shop), Farouki Farouki (Residential)
Landscape
Duane Border Design
Structural engineer
Fortis Structural LLC
Typology
Residential, Apartments, Shop
Restoring an architectural order to cultivate perception and wellbeing. With its recent European launch, NIO is steadily entering the international electric vehicle market as a new player. Back in China, the brand has been a market leader and the public is familiar with the sleek NIO House and community concept.
Project name
House of Progress - Jinan NIO House
Architecture firm
LUKSTUDIO
Location
No.3 West Heihuquan Road, Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China
Principal architect
Christina Luk
Design team
Yicheng Zhang, Haixin Wang, Vivi Du, Rebecca Tan, Coca Gao
Collaborators
Drawing Development: Hong Sheng Architectural & Design (Shanghai) Co.
Lighting
SHUMUNG lighting design
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Commercial / Showroom
The placement of the building within the entire site, the orientation of the admin block, the allocation of functions at different floor plate within the admin block, the proper usage of sunlight which minimize the use of electric power, the wind circulation within the building.
Project name
Vinit Machines Pvt Ltd
Architecture firm
Bridge Studio
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Brij Patel
Design team
Brij Patel, Hardik Pithadiya
Collaborators
Emp: Anil Parmar; Pmc And Developer: Mansukh Vekariya
Structural engineer
Varun Suchak, Rajkot
Material
Brick, Metal, Glass, Stone, Aluminum
Typology
Commercial, Office Building, Factory
