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Mixed-use office building brings a little countryside to the city

Adam Williams May 24, 2019

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) is planning to bring something of the Italian countryside to inner-city Milan with its Vitae project. The eye-catching building will host research facilities, offices and a restaurant, and will be covered in greenery, including a vineyard.

Construction of Vitae will begin later this year

Good Thinking

Device offers hope for workers who aren't comfy in their cubicles

Ben Coxworth April 11, 2019

If you work in an office cubicle, then you likely don't have much control over the factors that determine your comfort level. Well, a new device could at least let the powers-that-be know if things need improvement, by monitoring the environment in your cubby hole.

Office cubicles aren't always ideal workplaces

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Classic 1960s Airstream is ready for work and play

Adam Williams February 6, 2019

The Airstream trailer is a bona fide icon, so it's best to tread carefully when modifying one. Thankfully, Edmonds + Lee Architects did a fine job turning this model into a modern portable office and dwelling, complete with a desk that converts into a bed and custom gadgetry courtesy of Nest.

You may have a cool office but it probably isn't as cool as the Kugelschiff, which ...

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Bullet-shaped skyscraper crowned by stunning cathedral-like space

Adam Williams January 8, 2019

Prolific American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox is responsible for many of the world's tallest skyscrapers and always produces interesting eye-catching designs. The firm's latest project is another standout and the bullet-shaped office building is topped by a stunning light-filled hall.

The China Resources Headquarters is located in Shenzhen, China, and rises to a height of 400 ...

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Vincent Callebaut-designed HQ brings nature into the workplace

Adam Williams January 7, 2019

Vincent Callebaut Architectures brings the outdoors into the workplace with its proposal for a new headquarters for French company Soprema. Named Semaphore, it will boast sustainable technology and have a massive amount of greenery, with around 10,000 plants, shrubs and trees.

The overall form of the Semaphore building is inspired by a terraced rice field

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Google's new office takes shelter inside a historic aircraft hangar

Adam Williams November 13, 2018

ZGF Architects recently completed a new Los Angeles office for Google. The building is actually built inside another building – a massive restored wooden hangar that was once home to the famous "Spruce Goose" aircraft.

The Google Spruce Goose Hangar has a total floorspace of 450,000 sq ft (41,800 sq m), ...

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Beijing office beats workday blues with running track, herb garden and "mini-mountain"

Adam Williams October 24, 2018

Perhaps going to work in the morning wouldn't be such a drag if the workplace was designed by People's Architecture Office. The firm has revealed an unusual office complete with running track, garden and a seating area meant to resemble a mountainside.

An Office for Social Well-Being: Leping Social Entrepreneur includes a running track that's available to all ...

Tiny Houses

Geometric micro-office on wheels works the angles

Bridget Borgobello October 17, 2018

Dubbed Lighthouse, this 154-sq ft (14.3-sqm) unit is designed as a micro-office on wheels. With its use of geometric angles and shapes, the office pod looks quite small from the outside, however it boasts a surprisingly spacious interior.

Designers Justin Rice and Kagan Taylor from Los Angeles-based studio Knowhow Shop, have recently completed an ...

Architecture

Best of British: Bloomberg HQ named UK's finest new building

Adam Williams October 11, 2018

The Royal Institute of British Architects has declared Foster + Partners the winner of the 2018 Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architecture award, for its new Bloomberg headquarters in London. The massive project is impeccably designed and boasts considerable sustainable technology.

Bloomberg London represents the third time that Foster + Partners has been declared the winner of ...

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Striking fiber-reinforced plastic facade fronts new R&D facility

Adam Williams September 14, 2018

This new R&D facility by Morphosis was designed for South Korean textile specialist Kolon Group. It sports a distinctive shading system made from fiber-reinforced plastic, the same stuff used for bullet-proof vests, in construction, and elsewhere. It also boasts significant sustainable design.

The Kolon One & Only Tower would be a fairly standard-looking building, if not for its ...