VILLA is located in the landmark "Niumian Mountain" of Puli, Nantou. The outline looks like a huge buffalo from afar, sitting and resting peacefully by the Meixi River that flows through Puli. The entire park covers an area of about 4,500 square meters with only 15 houses.
Project name
The Bale Villas
Architecture firm
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Location
No. 18-5, Neipu Rd., Puli Township, *, Nantou County, 545, Taiwan
Principal architect
Tommy Wang
Design team
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Interior design
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Landscape
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Civil engineer
Local Engineering Team
Structural engineer
Local Engineering Team
Environmental & MEP
Local Engineering Team
Lighting
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Construction
Local Engineering Team
Supervision
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Material
Slate, stone, sleepers, cement products
Visualization
WID Architecture & Interior Design
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Resort
One of Poznań's most iconic addresses comes back into the spotlight in all its old-times beguiling glory! The landmarked building of River Baths has recently become a home for the OT.WARTA restaurant, whose interior reflects the investor’s passion and vision translated into design language by mode:linaTM studio.
Project name
OT.WARTA Restaurant
Architecture firm
mode:linaTM
Location
Łazienki Rzeczne, Poznan, Poland
Photography
Patryk Lewiński
Principal architect
Anna Kazecka-Włodarczyk
Design team
Paweł Garus, Jerzy Woźniak, Anna Kazecka-Włodarczyk
Completion year
December 2022
Material
Industrial stained concrete flooring, fiber-cement roofing sheets (commonly known as eco-waves), natural wood
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
This street is the busiest street in Ho Chi Minh City and is always crowded with many foreigners. The owner of "Hotbeans" is Vietnamese, but he is very familiar with Western countries and has a special feeling for France. This is an owned building. Due to the impact of [COVID-19], the rental business was not going well, so the owner decided to run...
Architecture firm
T4 design
Location
2B1 Chu Mạnh Trinh, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Photography
DeconPhotoStudio (Hiroyuki Oki)
Principal architect
Mamoru Maeda
Interior design
T4 design
Environmental & MEP
T4 design
Construction
TSUBASA. Co., ltd
Supervision
TSUBASA. Co., ltd
Material
Wood, Tile, Steel, Glass, Mortar Paint, Stone, Laminate
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max , AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant › Cafe
Owners Joe Sundberg, Rachel Johnson, and Patrick Thalasinos have opened their second restaurant on a small neighborhood street in Seattle. Rupee Bar, a follow up to the trio’s well-regarded restaurant Manolin also designed in collaboration with Heliotrope Architects was built entirely by the owners themselves. Inspired by the owners’ journeys to So...
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Noah Forbes, Nate Watters, Aaron Leitz
Collaborators
Construction: Built by Owner
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Hospitality, Bar
The brand identify presented by “Cafe 4P’s” is concrete as “People to People / Sustainability / Specialty coffee made by VN”.
Architecture firm
SEMBA VIETNAM
Location
127 Lý Chính Thắng, Võ Thị Sáu, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Photography
DeconPhotoStudio (Hiroyuki Oki)
Principal architect
Mamoru Maeda
Design team
Đinh Ngọc Chất, Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nguyệt
Built area
162 m² (kitchen: 95 m²/ terrace: 67 m²)
Interior design
SEMBA VIETNAM
Environmental & MEP
Toan Dinh Company / HOSHIZAKI
Visualization
SEMBA VIETNAM
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Supervision
Toan Dinh Company
Construction
Toan Dinh Company
Material
Recycled materials (Steel, block, recycled plastic), wood, glass, mortar paint, stone, terrazzo
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
EDITION, luxury boutique hotel brand affiliated to MARRIOTT, entrusted Various Associates to upgrade the beach club of its first hotel opened in China, known as The Sanya EDITION. Located at the picturesque Haitang Bay, The Sanya EDITION enjoys a first-class beach and a fascinating sea view.
Project name
Beach Club at The Sanya EDITION
Architecture firm
Various Associates
Location
The Sanya EDITION, Haitang Bay, Sanya, China
Principal architect
Qianyi Lin, Dongzi Yang
Design team
Jianpeng Liu, Zhichao Lin, Yue Zhang, Shiqi Li (follow-up work)
Completion year
January 2022
Material
Bamboo, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Hospitality › Beach Club
The Society Hotel Bingen in Bingen, Washington confronts conflicting contextual drivers, responding with a singular and iconic organization. Located in the columbia River Gorge - a National Scenic Area - the project’s site is near the waterfront yet separated from it by a series of industrial facilities. Further complicating the hotel’s relationshi...
Project name
The Society Hotel Bingen
Architecture firm
Waechter Architecture
Location
Bingen, Washington, USA
Design team
Ben Waechter, FAIA (Principal-in-Charge). Alexis Kurland (Project Lead)
Collaborators
Site Management: Orange Construction Sanctuary Design and Consultant: Formworks Building
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
W San Francisco is an electric urban oasis located in the bustling heart of San Francisco’s SoMa District. Boasting 401 guest rooms including 12 suites, the hotel offers a hip and stylish downtown retreat. As part of the highly anticipated Gold Fever hotel refresh, Skylab Architecture was enlisted to design the guest rooms and major amenity spaces...
Project name
W San Francisco
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Jason Dewey Photography; Brian Walker Lee
Design team
Jeff Kovel, Design Director. Brent Grubb, Managing Principal. Tony Tranquilli, Project Architect / Project Director. Sabrina Cheung, Project Designer / Construction Administration. Amy DeVall, Interior Designer. Eddie Peraza Garzon, Furniture Design. Julia Ahlet, Interior Designer. Nick Trapani, Project Designer.
Collaborators
Model rooms construction: Plant Construction Company; Guest rooms and corridors construction: CW Horton General Contractor, Inc.; Lighting / Electrical / Plumbing Engineers: PAE; 3D room scans: 3rd Eye Visual; ADA: Marx | Okubo; Specifications: m.thrailkill.architect.llc; Hospitality vendor: Canoe Hospitality; LEED EBOM and Sustainability Consultant: WSP; Artwork: Solidarity of Unbridled Labour; Signage: Martinelli Environmental Graphics.
Interior design
Skylab Architecture
Material
Custom-designed carpet for guest rooms and corridors: design by Skyab; fabricated by Shaw. Bed throw and pillows, TV panel artwork, bathroom wall coverings: design by Solidarity of Unbridled Labour. Bathroom wall tile: ZYX Evoke. Custom casework: design by Skylab; fabrication by Cheng Meng Furniture
Client
Keck Seng Group | North America
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
