Office Buildings: The Latest Architecture and News
Company Building in Kanagawa / HMAA
Urban Module / Aedes Studio
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Architects: Aedes Studio
- Year: 2013
INES - French National Solar Energy Institute / Atelier Michel Rémon + Agence Frédéric Nicolas
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Architects: Agence Frédéric Nicolas, Atelier Michel Rémon
- Area: 7500 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: TECSOL, Technip TPS
Herostrasse Office Building / Max Dudler
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Architects: Max Dudler
- Year: 2014
Segreen Business Park / Lombardini22
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Architects: Lombardini22
- Area: 30000 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: AZA spa, Bovis Lend Lease, COLORI Project Fornitori, Obiettivo Garden S.S
YETI Headquarters / JRK72
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Architects: JRK72
- Area: 1125 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Lechprojekt
Office Conversion in Cascais / GGLLatelier
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Architects: GGLLatelier
- Year: 2014
An Old Breton Barn Converted into an Artist Studio / Modal Architecture
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Architects: Modal Architecture
- Year: 2014
Cubic Buildings by NADAAA and Himma Studio Redefine the Office Space
One of ARCHITECT Magazine's six winners of a 2015 Progressive Architects Award (P/A), NADAAA and Himma Studio's Ordos 20 + 10 reflects a reconfiguration of the office typology for compact spaces.
The project is part of a high density office park masterplan in Ordos City, located in Inner Mongolia, in which developments are subject to stringent zoning regulations. Offices included in the area must be comprised of multiple cubic volumes, and lack what NADAAA and Himma Studio describe as "an immediate urban context." Learn more about the project and the architects' response to these considerations after the break.
See BIG & Heatherwick's Design for Google's California Headquarters
Images have been unveiled of BIG and Heatherwick Studio’s design for Google’s Mountain View headquarters. The plan, submitted to city council today, proposes to redevelop and expand the company’s home office with a series of lightweight canopy-like structures organized within a flexible landscape of bicycle paths and commercial opportunities for local companies.
"It's the first time we'll design and build offices from scratch and we hope these plans by Bjarke Ingels at BIG and Thomas Heatherwick at Heatherwick Studio will lead to a better way of working,” says Google. “The idea is simple. Instead of constructing immoveable concrete buildings, we’ll create lightweight block-like structures which can be moved around easily as we invest in new product areas… Large translucent canopies will cover each site, controlling the climate inside yet letting in light and air. With trees, landscaping, cafes, and bike paths weaving through these structures, we aim to blur the distinction between our buildings and nature.”
A video about the design and a statement from Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick, after the break.
Google Taps BIG and Heatherwick to Design New California Headquarters
The City of Mountain View is expected to receive a massive proposal from the city’s largest employer; reports confirm that Google has enlisted Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Heatherwick Studio to design its new California headquarters. With the few details released, it is unclear if the proposal plans to update the company’s existing 3.1 million-square-foot Googleplex or replace it. However, as the New York Times reports, the proposal will boast a “series of canopy-like buildings” on a campus organized around bicycle and pedestrian paths.
This means Google is now joining a list of powerful corporations who have enlisted world-renowned architects to design their California headquarters, including Apple’s Foster + Partners-designed “spaceship” and Facebook’s Gehry-Esque 10-acre “room.” If approved, Google will shift its focus on new housing, ensuring there is enough living space within Mountain View to accommodate its growing workforce (a topic of concern for many residents).
The proposal will be submitted to the city this Friday. Take a look at the company’s existing Mountain View headquarters, after the break.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Wins Competition to Design Mixed-Use Complex in Central Oslo
schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition to design a new retail and office complex in central Oslo. The winning scheme, chosen ahead of five other proposals, was chosen for “its strong and innovative” design that “enhances the existing urban qualities” and forms a “new connection between the building and city life.”
City of Paris Approves MVRDV's Restructuring of Montparnasse Superblock
The City of Paris has approved MVRDV’s plans to overhaul a 1970s urban block in Montparnasse. The ambitious plan aims to “reintroduce the human scale” and improve “accessibility and programmatic identity” to the aging mixed-use development. As part of the restructuring, the building’s existing public library, hotel, commercial and office space will be expanded and a new kindergarten, conference center and social housing units will be added.
Office in Son Bugadelles / RipollTizon
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Architects: RipollTizon
- Area: 1019 m²
- Year: 2014
Nestlé Waters Beirut Headquarters / Bernard Mallat Architects + Walid Zeidan
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Architects: Bernard Mallat Architects, Walid Zeidan
- Area: 5500 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: ACEC, Civil Minds, Platinum Invest Holding
Valencia / Dorte Mandrup
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Architects: Dorte Mandrup
- Area: 2420 m²
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Professionals: Jørgen Nielsen A/S, JJ Byg A/S.
Miranda Law Firm / Rita Pinto Ribeiro
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Architects: Rita Pinto Ribeiro
- Area: 3880 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Light Design, Tecniarte, VectorMais
Planning Korea Turns to the Microbial World to Inspire the Future of Paris
When asked by the City of Paris to envision its future, Planning Korea turned to the uncharted microbial world of the city’s parks. Their observations lead them to an unusual proposal: shape the future “Greater Paris” by infilling voids within the urban landscape (in this case, between two bridges in the heart of Porte Maillot) with a floating, “organism-like” complex of mixed-use pods designed to coexist with the “macro world of artificial structures.”