Automotive architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Automotive architecture
Product • By Rolflex Netherlands BV • Compact Full vision door
Compact Full vision door
Design freedom with maximum transparency
Designing buildings with large door openings often comes with a challenge: how do you close them without compromising the architectural concept? Traditional industrial doors tend to be bulky, visually intrusive, and space-consuming. The Compact Full Vision door offers a different approach.
Compact folding, no wasted spaceIts unique folding system allows the door panels to fold compactly above the opening, without the need for overhead rails or inward-swinging sections. This keeps the ceiling free for other design elements and ensures the space remains fully usable—supporting clean lines both inside and out.
More light, more transparencyLarge glazed sections maximize natural daylight and crea... More
Project • By IPA - Architecture and more • Showrooms
Silver Star Mercedes-Benz Complex in Sofia
Designed by IPA - Architecture and more, the Silver Star Mercedes-Benz Complex in Sofia brings showroom, service, logistics, training, and workplace functions together within a unified architectural environment. Conceived as a contemporary automotive campus, the project translates the Mercedes-Benz identity into a highly functional complex defined by clarity, transparency, and precise organization of movement.
Dian Stanchev
Dian Stanchev
The development consists of four buildings accommodating a diverse program of customer-facing, technical, administrative, and support functions. Rather than treating these elements as separate facilities, the architectural concept organizes them as parts of a coherent operational system, carefull... More
Project • By Genton • Research Facilities
Ford Asia Pacific Product Development Centre
A one-of-a-kind facility in Australasia, leading Australian architecture firm Genton’s design for the Ford Asia Pacific Product Development Centre project — delivered in collaboration with Cachet Group — fuses the client’s requirements for abundant natural light and privacy, delivering a minimal, state-of-the-art sanctuary designed to inspire creative thinking.
“This project was unique in that each of the spaces had to be suitable for both human and vehicle scale, allowing for easy movement of the cars through the spaces while staff work in and around those spaces,” says Genton Principal Marc Debney.
A space in which cars are designed from concept to prototype, Genton’s approach to... More
Project • By OB Architecture Ltd • Showrooms
Lanzante Showroom
The supercar showroom, offices and storage facilities we designed for Lanzante automotive company with overnight accommodation for guests and clients, all combined together in one building.
OB Architetcure
OB Architetcure
The offices and storage facilities are set behind the showroom and are divided from each other by double height glazed links. Different materials help create definition to the different functions, but the overall palette is calm and muted to tie everything together.
OB Architetcure
OB Architetcure
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