This site sits in very dense and developed area of Ahmedabad in a plot size of about 1580 sft. The plot is North facing and square in shape. this was clients old house used by past two generations of family. He wanted to keep some elements of the ground floor as a memory and convert the existing built up house into private office with guest house.
Project name
Keshav Lakshmi
Architecture firm
Hiteshmistry & Associates
Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Hitesh Mistry
Design team
Saloni Patel, Bhavesh Gajjar
Structural engineer
Amee Associates
Lighting
Ss Marketing, Jayesh Patel
Construction
Vision Buildcon
Material
Concrete, wood, glass, steel
Typology
Office - Building
With the characteristic robust facade of the office building ‘The Modular’ Bureau Fraai refers to the ‘rich’ industrial past of the island and the billowing sails of the many VOC ships that were built at this location in the 17th century. Bureau Fraai was appointed by Stadgenoot Development to design a compact office building on a very narrow corne...
Architecture firm
Bureau Fraai
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Studio de Nooyer
Principal architect
Bureau Fraai
Design team
Daniel Aw, Rikjan Scholten
Collaborators
Acoustic Engineer: Peutz. Technical Engineer: Inbo
Structural engineer
Goudstikker de Vries
Construction
Heijmans Woningbouw
Material
Prefabricated Concrete
Client
Stadgenoot Ontwikkeling II B.V.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The department store for the furniture tradesman Franz Klein was built on the original narrow and deep Gothic plot in 1911, after the demolition of a residential building with a commercial ground floor space. The author of the design was architect Christoph Glaser, who was inspired by the Gerngross/Herzmansky department store in Vienna.
Project name
Conversion of Furniture House into Czech Radio Olomouc
Architecture firm
Atelier 38
Location
Pavelčákova 2/19, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Tomáš Bindr, Martin Struhala, Hana Staňková, Pavel Malček
Collaborators
Statics: Marpo [Radan Sležka, Martin Sležka]. Building / room acoustics: AVT Group [Martin Vondrášek / Karel Motl]. Electrical engineering: Elektro projekce [Ondřej Křemen, Hana Matušková]. HVC: Atelier 38 [Lukáš Onderka]. Ventilation and cooling system: Mario Design [Marek Nos]. HVAC: CM Projekt [Marek Cabal]. Fire-resistance: JaK-Fire [Jaroslav Kutač]. Metering and regulation: Petr Pawlas.
Built area
642 m², Usable Floor Area 2270 m²
Material
Reinforced concrete, steel, glass, plasterboard, ceramic, stone, textile, vinyl
Budget
Construction 2 760 000 €, interiors 240 000 €
Client
Český Rozhlas (Czech Radio)
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The design responds to the predominately small and medium-sized companies and young creative retailers in the office park. Opening what would traditionally be a closed building, we created exciting paths of exploration and vibrant social spaces. CLOU has carved the 10,000 sqm massing into a sculptural form with stepped terraces for a proposal that...
Project name
Vanke Qingdao Business Park
Architecture firm
CLOU architects
Principal architect
Jan Clostermann
Design team
Jan Clostermann, Wenhui Lu, Tait Kaplan, Tiago Tavares, Xiaomeng Su, Dongfang Xie, Yaxi Wang
Collaborators
LDI(Local Design Institute): Beijing Architectural Design Institute of China Construction Corporation. Façade Consultant: Huaming Design Group
Visualization
Weiqing Wang
Tools used
Micro Station, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Rinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Typology
Commercial › Office Building, Mixed Use & Transport, Retail & Leisure, Urban Renewal, Workplace
How can a dark basement of a commercial mixed-use development be transformed into a warm and pleasant conference center that appeals to a young, trendsetting customer target group? Creating this interior design project ‘The Arcade’ in Hangzhou presented Superimpose Architecture with that as its main design challenge.
Architecture firm
Superimpose Architecture
Principal architect
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt
Design team
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt, Ana Raluca Timisescu, Yunqiao Du, Junwei Loh, Valeryia Mazurkevich, Shuyang Li, Michal Marcinkowski, Rafaela Agapito, Jay Peng Shijie, Xiaoyu Xu
Built area
Phase 1 - 2,600 m²
Interior design
Superimpose Architecture
Lighting
Superimpose Architecture
Supervision
Superimpose Architecture
Material
Terrazzo, Wood Lattices, Carpet, Diatum Mud, Tiles
Client
Hangzhou Haiyue Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Typology
Conference Center
The project is an Corporate office for a developer in Ahmedabad. It is surrounded by dense urban fabric. The site is located in an upcoming Residential area of Ahmedabad. It has on-going construction sites all around. Presently, the site area experiences lots of unwanted noise with the movement of heavy vehicels all around the day.
Project name
The Brick Wrap
Architecture firm
UA Lab (Urban Architectural Collaborative)
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Maulik Patel, Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Krishnakant Parmar, Vipuja Parmar
Design team
Krishnakant Parmar, Vipuja Parmar, Parth Mistry, Bageshri Thakar
Civil engineer
Prashant Prajapati
Structural engineer
Hrushikesh Patel
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Commercial - Office Building
Sand Hill Property Company acquired the former HP headquarters and desired to split it for two separate commercial life-science tenants. It engaged Form4 Architecture to apply its expertise in converting drab existing conditions into graceful and functional spaces to transform an unwelcoming back entrance into a dynamic, museum-quality main entry...
Project name
3000 Hanover Lobby
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
Existing 500,000 ft² (46,500 m²) building, new construction of a 500 ft² (46 m²), 2-story lobby addition and façade renovation
Interior design
John Marx, AIA
Landscape
The Guzzardo Partnership
Civil engineer
BKF Engineers
Structural engineer
Adapture Structural Engineering
Environmental & MEP
M-E Engineers
Construction
Coulter Construction
Tools used
Form·Z, V-Ray, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Alucabond aluminum-composite solid, Moz perforated aluminum panels, Trespa Pura HPL (high-pressure laminate) composite wood-look exterior paneling
Client
Sand Hill Property Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Campus
The reconstructed building is located in a part of the city that until recently served as an industrial district. In its immediate vicinity, there is the main water treatment plant for the agglomeration, as well as smaller and larger production and commercial facilities.
Project name
Office building with Corten facade in Poznan
Architecture firm
Easst Architects
Location
Wilczak Street, Poznan, Poland
Photography
Przemyslaw Turlej
Principal architect
Lukasz Sterzynski, Marcin Sucharski
Design team
Lukasz Sterzynski, Marcin Sucharski
Collaborators
Magda Majewska
Environmental & MEP
PROEN
Visualization
Easst Architects
Material
Armed concrete and bricks, alumnium windows, corten facade
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
