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Interstate Hotels and Resorts (IHR), a hotel management company, needed a new headquarters to host their members and provide workspace for their staff. FOX Architects was challenged with providing a hospitality-centric space with many areas for collaboration. With an aggressive timeline, the design team began the project in January and IHR moved into their new space in July. The design team developed a two-part concept centered on hospitality: “yours” and “ours.” Front-of-house spaces are designed for hosting clients, while back-of-house spaces provide work areas for staff. Rich materials and textures make each space warm and welcoming, reflecting their hotels. Engineered wood veneer, brass, and porcelain tile appea... Mais

BACKGROUNDThe “Santa Elena Residence” project is located in Centro Poblado Santa Elena, nestled in a rural area in  ​the central jungle of Peru.  As of 2015, after the construction of the secondary school located in a strategic point in the area, access to education has been allowed for 16 neighboring communities therefore, generating an increase in students.  However, the few and difficult access routes meant that students had to walk 2 to 5 hours to reach the school, confronting long and dangerous roads.   To provisionally solve the problem, the community built rooms to house students and teachers but in breach of the minimum hygiene and safety conditions.  Faced with this scenario, the efforts for t... Mais

SBI is a Family Office where there are business and social activities for the members of its families, promoting the creativity and friendship that unites them. SPACE designed a space as a result of a deep analysis of the needs of the client, inspired to create relaxed, elegant and timeless environments that evoke a sense of feeling at home but at the same time encourage work and inspire the generation of ideas that become business projects. Thus Club was born, the nerve center that functions as the heart of the project.    The different operating, support and reception areas surround Club. The operating areas were set up by family, by business unit for a better functioning of the activities. The staff areas are located in the c... Mais

The term “peace” could easily have found its origin between the Outeniqua forest and the long open Atlantic ocean, both of which are an integral part of this holiday home. An elegantly crafted box floats on top of tree tops towards the north and sensitively touches the sand dune on the south.A single level building with a large open living / dining area separates the private en-suite guest rooms to the east and the main bedroom suite to the west.   All rooms capture nature’s elements and reminds of a contemporary Knysna log cabin, with engineered wood fitted to the majority of the interior.  The slow life enters upon a sea breeze through large sliding doors from the South and retires on an Outenique hill to the... Mais

This site is a newly developed residential area, a high ground overlooking the sea near the city of Kobe, Japan. The development took place in recent years, and small-scale individual houses are lined up all around the neighborhood.   The house-building industry has developed significantly, and excellent technologies used in efficient insulation products, equipment with high performance coefficients, high-strength engineered wood, energy saving lighting equipment, etc. have improved the performance of houses, but rather than simply relying on such individual functions, we would like to think about structures that work better when they integrate such technologies, so the whole house can function better and smarter.   Here, whil... Mais

DESCRIPTION  Atrium house was a response to our Client’s brief for a house of modern simplicity and good space. The architectural design of the house was based on the desire to celebrate spaciousness and create meaningful spatial relationships. The central atrium became the anchor for the house, connecting it with all the living spaces from the first to the highest level. The idea of a punctuation echoed to the façade with a patterned perforation that allowed greenery to climb and peek into the interiors of the house.    CONCEPT The first level presented the living room as a spacious space. A lighted walkway connects the living to the open island kitchen at the back of the house. Our Clients loved these space... Mais

Um ícone de vizinhança com vários programas A Microlibrary Warak Kayu é o quinto projeto construído dentro da série Microlibrary - uma iniciativa para aumentar o interesse pela leitura, criando espaços comunitários multifuncionais socialmente performáticos com design e materiais ambientalmente conscientes, que visam atender bairros de baixa renda. Projetado pela SHAU e pré-fabricado pela PT Kayu Lapis Indonésia, este projeto é uma colaboração da comunidade, do setor privado e do governo - um presente da Fundação Arkatama Isvara para a cidade de Semarang. A microteca não cobra taxa de inscrição e é admi... Mais

This apartment is designed for a family of 4 people: husband, wife and 2 children. The husband - a young business man - come to us with a specific requirement. He wanted the apartment to be simple, contemporary and yet to have his own theme. We asked what kind of things he liked and he said he loved coffee. He drinks coffee every morning just to have the energy needed for a whole day. So we had a theme right there: The Kafe Apartment. Because the owner just wanted to have minimalist bedrooms with no distraction to him and his family members, so we focused our concept on the living space.  At first, we produced 3D model with monotone color to get a feel of the space. And it came naturally to us that we should be playing around with co... Mais

O hotel boutique MYMORY está localizado no sopé da montanha Tianmu, um local panorâmico em Taihuyuan, Lin'an, Hangzhou. Rodeado por uma pitoresca paisagem natural, com vista para a vila distante e delineando uma bela pintura em tinta chinesa. Uma velha casa construída na década de 1970 está lindamente preservada, com as principais paredes de taipa e as molduras de madeira. Imaginamos a antiga residência como a representação do espírito da geração mais velha. Essa se tornou a premissa do planejamento geral do projeto.   O HUB RIGHT tem um planejamento geral para este projeto, uma casa antiga a ser preservada, um prédio totalmente novo a ser constr... Mais

Solms CastleThe dukes of Solms-Lich erected Solms Castle in 1488, attaching it to the already existing city wall. It was originally made up of two halls, one located on the ground floor, the other one on the second floor. Besides the addition of a staircase in 1588, the castle underwent several other conversions, the biggest one being the reutilization as a district court at the turn of the last century. The native Hall had been destroyed regarding its function as a room.   RevitalizationThe main goal of revitalizing the castle was establishing a multifunctional structure, resulting in the attraction of many different tenants. To this date, the building is harboring a cultural hall inside of the medieval truss, a dental clinic on the... Mais

THE CONCEPT:- V&V is a neighborhood Gym and Health Bar located in the heart of Beirut. The space occupies the Ground floor and basement area of a longstanding building situated along one of Badaro District’s beautiful calm residential streets. - The approach was to create a space for people to hangout, workout and be part of a healthy neighborhood lifestyle. Hence, the idea of bringing the outside in, spatially and visually; all the way from the terrace to the ground floor interior and down to the basement. - The street’s extension to the space is first achieved through the main façade; it spreads through the whole space and is 22 meters long, it is a dominant feature in the design. Folding black powder coated steel... Mais