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Perkins Eastman's University of Illinois Philanthropy Center in Champaign is a purpose-built headquarters that brings together advancement staff, strengthens collaboration, and expresses the University's values through design and sustainability. For the first time, advancement professionals from the Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield campuses share a single home. Positioned between the Urbana–Champaign Main Quad and the growing Research Park, the Center draws donors, alumni, students, and corporate partners into the University's orbit. Caption Caption Photo by Andrew Rugge/Copyright Perkins Eastman As budget pressures on public universities intensify, the environments where advancement work happens matter more than ever... More

Casa MAD is a two-story residence in Costa Rica. It was conceived as a dialogue between architecture and the natural landscape. Rather than imposing itself on the site, the design embraces the existing trees, allowing the built form to adapt organically to their presence. The house unfolds around a sequence of internal, lateral, and frontal courtyards that bring light and ventilation into every space, creating an intimate relationship between interior life and the surrounding vegetation. Each courtyard becomes a pause — a moment where architecture and nature meet in quiet equilibrium. Alvaro Fonseca Alvaro Fonseca A distinctive rotated and cantilevered volume projects toward the horizon, framing the spectacular views of the... More

The design concept for a series of garden terraces in skyscraper office towers integrates sustainable architecture as a harmonious solution to urban density, environmental challenges, and occupant well-being. This approach envisions skyscrapers not only as vertical workplaces but as dynamic ecosystems that blend nature into the built environment through multi-level terraces, balconies, and green facades. Caption Caption Key elements of this concept include: Vertical Integration of Green Spaces: Cascading garden terraces are strategically incorporated at multiple levels to maximize green surface area without compromising floor space. These terraces serve as microclimates that regulate temperatures, increase shade, and reduce the... More

Completed in 2024, the Office at the Water's Edge in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has been designed by Chiangmai Life Architects as a functional, sustainable workplace. This 290 square-meter office building integrates architecture with nature, its organic form following the line of the nearby pond. The design highlights a climate-conscious approach that supports daily use through natural materials and environmental integration. Markus Gortz Caption The building has a low or near-zero carbon footprint due to the use of bamboo and clay. Operational costs are reduced with efficient lighting and the high thermal mass of the walls, which regulate temperature and lessen the need for mechanical systems.   Bioclimatic strategies to lower... More

 As a counterpoint to the conventional corporate fitout, Woods Bagot designs a narrative-driven workspace featuring layered design techniques, expressive gestures and textural surfaces in a poetic response to BHP’s physical land assets. Woods Bagot’s Melbourne studio has redesigned the workspace for BHP’s global headquarters in 171 Collins Street. Sharyn Cairns Backed by a ten-year history of co-authorship and collaboration, client and designer have an established relationship of trust and understanding, working together on the brief for the workplace refurbishment. ‘Brave’ was the keyword that guided the team for the Melbourne headquarters, beginning with the reduction in the overall workspace fro... More

This office building is located in a typical office and business development with the familiar rather banal contextual preconditions. In view of the programme, being a new office building with underground parking, a warehouse to be renovated and an intermediate car park, a plan layout was designed that was as efficient as possible.  ©Stijn Bollaert ©Stijn Bollaert A plan layout was designed that was as efficient as possible. Within this layout, we made sure to green as much surface area as possible. A transparent and second solar shield marks the entrance and the first two floors of the office. The sliding sun shutters on the top second floor provide a regularly changing appearance. The office platforms are ge... More

The renovation of AG Campus is an ambitious and sustainable project in the centre of Brussels. It introduces light, air and space. Throughout the renovation, materials were chosen as sustainably as possible and maximum effort was made to preserve and reuse materials from the existing building. ©Stijn Bollaert ©Stijn Bollaert The roof of the new extension was implemented entirely as a green roof and additional green spaces were added in the garden, adding in total more than 1500m2 of green spaces in the heart of Brussels. The project AG CAMPUS is a renovation of the ground level of an existing building in the very centre of Brussels. The campus is a meeting and learning place and includes classrooms, meeting rooms, a big... More

Located in Viale Sarca, Milan, Open 336 is a sustainable architecture designed by Park Associati focused on the comfort and well-being of its users. Featuring hybrid spaces that offer modern and functional offices, this building offers a reinterpretation of the industrial identity of the surrounding neighbourhood.Open 336 stems from the desire to create an architecture integrated into its context, while giving its character a contemporary twist. Located to the north-east of the city, the Bicocca district is characterised by a series of large early twentieth century production plants of the former Breda division. The terracotta-coloured fibre cement façade of the new building is characterised by regularly-spaced large windows that int... More