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Magnus Office / Sanjay Puri Architects

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Situated on an extremely busy arterial road in Jaipur, India, within a neighborhood of old commercial developments, this office building marks the first new development in the area. Designed to respond to both context and climate, the project establishes a contemporary identity while respecting the architectural heritage of the region.

De Nederlandsche Bank / Mecanoo

Andreas Luco — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

De Nederlandsche Bank (1968) is located on the historic 'Utrechtse Poort' site close to Amsterdam's canal belt. Until 1929, this was the location of the Paleis voor Volksvlijt (Palace of Industry), designed by Samuel Sarphati, which was destroyed by fire that same year. Sarphati's vision – uniting culture, economy, entrepreneurship, and science in one place for all people – was revolutionary at the time. De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) is the independent central bank of the Netherlands, committed to financial stability, a smooth and secure payment system, and the supervision of financial institutions. The DNB building, designed by architect Marius Duintjer, was modern and functional. However, it was not embraced by the people of Amsterdam, who found that it was unapproachable and contrasted with the historic architecture of the city centre. For the complex – consisting of a low-rise, square-shaped building (110 x 120 metres) and a 73-metre-high office tower – Duintjer drew inspiration from the mid-century modern architecture of Mies van der Rohe and SOM found in the United States. At the time, the design was pioneering due to its minimalist lines, restrained use of materials, and transparency. However, that sense of transparency was soon lost due to security requirements; the building became a fortress with fences, large boulders, and armed military police. In 1991, a circular tower was added in the courtyard, and a third floor was placed atop the low-rise square. With the decision to relocate the gold reserves and banknote operations to the Cash Centre in Zeist, the opportunity arose to transform this heavily secured and overdue-for-renovation building and open it up to the greater public in a more engaging way. The circular tower was no longer needed and could be dismantled in a modular manner.

Casablanca Finance City Cube Tower / OUALALOU+CHOI

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The new business district in downtown Casablanca consists of a compressed urban density, where public space is reduced to its most elementary dimension. Facing the street, this office building is elevated in order to extend the public space of the street all the way into the heart of the property.

Helvetia Campus Basel / Herzog & de Meuron

Valeria Silva — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 03:00:00 +0000

A new identity is being established for Helvetia in the center of Basel, situated strategically between Aeschenplatz and the historic St. Alban quarter. Completed in four stages, three new buildings and three renovated buildings will form a campus with a distinctive, clear, and recognizable expression of the Helvetia brand. This unified appearance is supported by an understated, predominantly white architecture at the scale of the city block; at a larger scale, two towers – one renovated, one new – create a clear identity amongst the mainly low-rise immediate surroundings. The project provides working space, gathering places, and amenities for all Basel-based Helvetia employees, while the café, Art Foyer, roof terrace, and auditorium are open to the public for daily and programmed use. A spacious public park in the center of the Campus block connects the buildings to the existing green boulevard of St. Alban-Quarter while opening the campus to the city.

E-Isolations Testing and Research Facility / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0000

E-Isolation, located in the city of Miki in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is the first public testing and research facility in the country that is equipped with a full-scale seismic isolation testing system capable of using a measurement method that is the first of its kind worldwide. The facility has been built to enhance earthquake-preparedness measures and develop practical seismic isolation systems in Japan, one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. With its capability to evaluate the performance of seismic isolation devices, E-Isolation provides an open space where structural researchers, designers, general contractors, manufacturers, building owners, and others can get together. This project has been implemented as a collaboration among industry, academia, and government in order to strengthen Japan's resilience to earthquakes.

GUM Metrology Campus / BDM'A

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The newly designed Laboratory Campus of the Central Office of Measures (GUM) in Kielce represents a fusion of advanced metrological technology with the aesthetics of a scientific campus. Its purpose is not only to serve as a scientific hub, but also to position Poland as a leading center of accuracy and precision science and engineering on the international stage.

House of Olives / ARHINGinženjering

Andreas Luco — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0000

House of Olives is a building intended for the Association of Olive Growers of Montenegro as an administrative and educational center. It is also conceived as a meeting place for tourists and devotees of olive fruit products. The available location, the project program, the specific configuration of the terrain, the historical core of the fortified city and the vernacular architecture from the surroundings were noticed as the material from which the original spatial assembly could be composed. The architectural expression is realized according to the principle of group form creating a space rich in visual sequences. All this is related to the existing urban fabric and the traditional setting of the old town courtyards, composed of several buildings that build a mutual functional and aesthetic whole. The design solution is a composition of roofs combined with flat parts. The yard is covered except for a circular opening that allows growth of the olive.

Hana Bank, Seoul-forest / Indiesalon

Hana Abdel — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000

While a bank is a space with a clear purpose, the gap in waiting that is in the process often feels long and boring. Everyone has picked up a number of tickets and experienced a long waiting time. The design of the Hana Bank's Seoul-forest branch was focused on reinterpreting this daily experience. Indiesalon has proposed a space where customers can go beyond just banking and turn their waiting time into moments of relaxation and contemplation while appreciating the lively view of Seongsu-dong. It creates an open and elegant indoor ambiance through a waiting space that captures the city's scenery with wide windows, and bank windows that are wrapped in soft curves, and through a parabolic roof structure that is connected very upward. We make Hana Bank Seoul-forest branch suggestion to be financial space's new standard as a modern shelter that everybody can rest.

BudexHUB Administrative Building / Studio Perspektiv

Valeria Silva — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

The investors of the BudexHUB project have a strong personal and business interest in sustainability, innovation and design. They are pursuing their businesses in areas that are directly related to the topic, such as photovoltaic panels or robotic agriculture, and are die-hard fans of electromobility. From our point of view, there was no doubt that using a solid wood panel construction was the right decision. The BudexHUB office building reached the maximum height limit in the Czech Republic and was completed in the second half of 2024 as the tallest Czech wooden administrative building.

Ziraat Bank Headquarters / KPF

Hana Abdel — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is pleased to announce the completion of Ziraat Bank Headquarters. Conceived as the centerpiece of the Istanbul International Financial Center (IIFC), the design of the landmark twin towers integrates highly crafted detail with the demands of a modern workplace and draws on the architectural and cultural heritage of one of the world's oldest and most diverse cities. The development extends to more than 450,000 m2 incorporating Ziraat Bank's headquarters, auditorium, ground-floor retail, and below-grade parking.

McDonald’s HQ Workplace / Studio O+A + IA Interior Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

McDonald's envisioned a new central office that would speak to an increasingly urban and health-conscious culture. Part corporate headquarters, part cultural center, school and history museum, the new West Loop office illustrates the power of place to bring people together in a common purpose.

Amoeba Office / Hiren Patel Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Surat, a thriving hub of commerce and culture in Gujarat, has steadily transformed into a city that balances tradition with rapid modernization. Known for its bustling textile industry and diamond trade, it is a city of resilience, innovation, and growth. Amidst this vibrant backdrop, Amoeba, a groundbreaking office project by Hiren Patel Architects, emerges as a beacon of contemporary design that integrates seamlessly with the natural environment. As an over 8000 sq ft masterpiece, the space does more than just house corporate operations—it reimagines what an office can be. The project's organic, free-flowing design is fresh air in the architectural landscape, where rigid structures often dominate.

Northpointe Bank Operations Center / Ghafari Associates, LLC

Alexandria Bramley — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Northpointe Bank's continued growth in its residential lending offerings drove the demand for a new space. Northpointe engaged Ghafari to transform the former Cascade Commons, aging, nearly vacant 91,000 SF building into an innovative national operations hub for their residential lending and servicing groups.

JAX-MOC Offices / BRICKLAB + studiolibani

Hana Abdel — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0000

Set on a 12,300 m2 plot along the eastern periphery of Ad Diriyah's former industrial quarter, the new Ministry of Culture Office complex is only a few meters away from the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and the upcoming JAX creative district. Its strategic site is perched on an elevated plateau overlooking a tributary extending from Wadi Hanifa.

The Exhibition Center of CANNANO / HOT DESIGN

July Shao — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Located on the north side of the intersection of Hulin Middle Road and Zhujiang North Road in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, The Exhibition Center is located at the central landscape plaza of the CANNANO Park. It is a dome-like structure with a diameter of about 39m and a height of 21m, with a total floor area of 4158.99 square meters. The basement level covers 992.63 square meters and is mainly used for equipment and utility space, while the three above-ground floors total 3,166.36 square meters and are primarily used for exhibition halls, reception areas, and academic conferences. The Exhibition Center will serve as a key symbol for showcasing research achievements, hosting external exhibitions, and media releases, aiming to become a world-leading nanotechnology exhibition hall with multiple "firsts" globally.

Dakar International Congress Center / Tabanlioglu Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

On the west coast of Middle Africa, Senegal is by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Senegal River borders the country to the east and north. The capital city of Senegal, Dakar is located at the westernmost tip of the country on the Cap-Vert peninsula. The congress center first opened in November 2014, for the 15th Francophone Assembly where 75 world presidents met. Typical geography and natural values have been the inspiration for the project. Extraordinary, characteristic Baobab trees of Senegal are distinctive with their enormous girth. Their massive trunks can grow to circumferences of 25 meters or more. Their second distinctive feature is great longevity. Baobabs have lived well over a thousand years, so they have been important landmarks in Senegal's dry savanna plain; in oral histories, baobabs are cited as loci of battles, or as marking borders between states. Many of these historic trees have been classified as historic monuments by the Ministry of Culture.

ZUR3 Data Center / Gruner&Friends

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The Data Center ZUR3 is designed and planned in an integrated BIM system for Digital Realty. The building is strategically located next to the Zurich Airport, connecting the existing Data Centers which are all important keystones for the expansion and future development of the new innovative campus. Adjacent to ZUR3, the 26,000 sqm mixed-use development “Meet“ project, designed by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, will house retail, recreational, and commercial/working spaces.

Deaconry Bethanien / E2A

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The plane-like building volume can be interpreted as a solitary gesture. The orthogonal form of the plane plays off of the typologies present in the surrounding urban fabric, which is characterized by manufacturing plants. The diagonal relationships resulting from this strategy create the basis for the structure of the exterior spaces.

Biju Janta Dal Party Headquarters / Studio Lotus

Hana Abdel — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Biju Janata Dal has been Odisha's dominant political force for over two decades, championing inclusive development and harnessing the power of the state's people for transformative change. The party’s ethos of inclusivity and regionalism permeates the design of its new headquarters in Bhubaneswar. Originally planned as a five-story structure, the studio proposed a more humble three-story volume to maintain a strong connection with the street and citizens while accommodating all functions.

Seongsu Silo: Seoul Urban Manufacturing Hub / Society of Architecture

Hana Abdel — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:00:00 +0000

Since its foundation in 1394, Seoul has transitioned from an agrarian society to a full-fledged industrialized megacity. Within this 600-year transition, it was the 20th century that saw the most drastic urban change due to a process of industrialization. During its colonial period under Japanese imperial rule (1910–45),Yeongdeungpo, southwest of the Han River, was developed with heavy military infrastructure. This laid the groundwork for this area to transform into Seoul’s largest industrial zone after liberation from Japan. Other industrial areas around Seoul followed, yet, as of 2021, only seven major semi-industrial zones in Seoul remain. They account for 3.3 percent of the city’s total area but are essential to its industrial economy.

AEAJ Green Terrace / Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

AEAJ Green Terrace: New facility for Aroma Environment Association of Japan. An overall shape that looks like a tree was assembled using small section pieces (105mm×105mm) of Japanese cypress based on the theme of the aroma of wood and enclosing it inside a glass box. This glass box is filled with the aroma of wood, creating space where you can experience the fragrance throughout the facility.

Nursing College Ashaktashram / Neogenesis+Studi0261

Hana Abdel — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000

NURSING COLLEGE ASHAKTASHRAM, designed by Neogenesis+Studi0261, is located on the prevailing campus of the Asakta Ashram Trust in Surat. Intended as an extension to the existing building, the nursing college has been envisioned to serve as an active educational institute contributing to the growth of competent nursing professionals.

Industry Lanes Building / Architectus

Hana Abdel — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Set in a gritty, character-filled pocket of Richmond, Industry Lanes, is a new mixed-use precinct comprising 25,000 sqm of interconnected buildings that occupies an entire city block at 459 Church Street. Architectus collaborated with Salta Properties and Abacus to transform the 5,200 sqm site into a commercial and lifestyle hub for a new wave of workers seeking mixed experiences from their physical workplace.

Houston Endowment Headquarters / Kevin Daly Architects + PRODUCTORA

Clara Ott — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The Houston Endowment headquarters has been thoughtfully designed to be the center of a network, equally a meeting place for members of the community and for the distribution of resources and expertise back to the community at large. The headquarters was imagined to have an anchoring quality in a transient city, a measure against the significant urban transformation that has followed the restoration of the Buffalo Bayou and the surrounding neighborhood.