Comments on: Menzis office building / Cie

By: AL

AL — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:58:12 +0000

Smart to play off the theme of the “dumb” office building typology and successfully taking it to another place…Very nice!

By: J

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:56:31 +0000

Hmm. No. The space inside is nothing like seattle library. The angular facade provide space and shading in the same time to the balcony.

the hole also continues from the balcony and provides one atrium in the middle of the building.

quite smart.

The rest is just normal office configuration.

and yeah, i think we as architects should comments on the inside and the whole space first, and check what causes this form to emerge? rather than comments only on the exterior.

By: mo

mo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:50:54 +0000

To what extent is this building a Seattle Library knockoff? What do you base your conclusion, simply on it’s angular form?

Comments like these never cease to amaze me.

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:31:26 +0000

Four words. Seattle, Public, Library, Knockoff.

By: Menzis Office Building

Menzis Office Building — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:01:39 +0000

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By: jarmo k

jarmo k — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:25:26 +0000

thanks a lot, marco! (:

By: marco

marco — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:34:22 +0000

eayrider chair, from bulo: http://en.bulo.com/loveyouroffice/coll_carteb_easyrider.php

By: JUST COOL Design Blog

JUST COOL Design Blog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:16:57 +0000

those red chairs are excellent, i agree. where ARE they from?
the building – interesting – smart to stop at the 12th floor. when i look at it i feel like yelling…
TIMBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR…
great design

By: jarmo k

jarmo k — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:14:30 +0000

yes-yes, a spectacular building, especially the interior!

but what i love the most, are those red chairs with wheels! :D can anybody please tell me something about them? designer? when they were designed? which company produces them?

thanks in advance (:

rock on, archdaily!
jk