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Sabadell Bank
The proposal by Actiu is based on the advice and design of spaces taking into account the philosophy "open space", and using the setting of a "spine" to create individual spaces, that promote job sharing.
Actiu was selected as the winning company to supply office furniture to the new Corporative complex of Sabadell Bank, one of the largest banks in Spain, after a contest amongst 22 companies from the sector. Actiu office furniture has equipped offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and a total of 400 workstations in the new headquarters, which was opened by the President of Catalunya Goverment, Artur Mas last Monday 11 June.
The works, designed by the architects Jaume and Eugeni Bach, began in July 2009 and has involved an investment... More
Project • By Bossley Architects • Private Houses
Island Complex
On an island in the Bay of Islands, four separate buildings discretely occupy an east-facing bay. The houses are light pavilions which promote the concept of 'roof' as the predominant element of shelter. The monopitch roofs float above and beyond the spaces, supported on exo-skeletal structures beautifully detailed in wood. Exterior walls are taut joinery frames, offering minimal interruption between inside and out. The boatshed is totally underground, to reduce visual built form in the bay, with the guesthouse above. The house has frequently been published internationally and has achieved what the Monument journal from Australia described as near 'mythic status'.
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Project • By Bossley Architects • Housing
Arruba
A relatively mundane set of requirements has been transformed into an exciting and vibrant treehouse. A one room space serves as bedroom, workroom and rumpus area, with a separate small bedroom in the concrete masonry tower. The red box ‘floats’ above the boat space, and is nestled amongst the branches of the existing pohutukawa. Squeezed between the sea and a steep cliff, the extension reads as a floating red cube relating to the existing and grounded yellow bach.
Clad in extruded aluminum weatherboards, the cube has a crispness of form and colour, which could overpower the bay and neighbours if not for the fact that it is recessed behind the large pohutukawa boughs, creating the feeling of a tree-house from inside. The red reflects th... More