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We worked with New York‑based Kindbody to re‑envision their IVF and egg‑freezing facilities in the FlatIron district. As a woman‑run business, we knew the importance of placing the woman at the center of her own experience, especially one that could be otherwise uncomfortable or anxiety‑inducing.   Eschewing the cold and sterile environment of a traditional doctor’s, we revitalized the space with curved lines, warm lighting, abstract art and organic shapes, mirroring the female form and providing a softer, supportive environment that functioned as an extension of one’s self.   We created spaces that fostered conversation and socializing, so women don’t ever have to feel alone. With our development of art and... More

Project Completed: February 2019   When Eric and Jo Ann decided to build a new home, they set their sights on building a Passive House as a testament to the benefits of high-performing homes. “My wife and I feel very passionately about the environment; because of this, we had been looking into building an energy-efficient house,” said Eric. “As an engineer, the Passive House standard was appealing to me because it results in an analytically-designed home that has proven performance before you even lift a hammer.” After working on a design for the two-story, single-family home with architect Michael Klement, AIA, NCARB, AIBD, CPHC from Architectural Resources, the couple selected Mitsubishi Electric Zoned Comf... More

Jewellery has been something we treasure for centuries. Whilst our ancestors kept their jewelleries in delicate boxes, our grandparents kept them in tiny silk pockets, and we now keep them in safe deposit boxes in banks. The preciousness of jewelleries is accentuated through the design concept of safe deposit boxes, which is translated into an elegant and innovative shopping space. The shop resembles safety vaults in banks, the walls are dissected into numerous rectangular shapes to represent safe deposit boxes. Breaking the stereotypical greyish and dull metallic safe deposit boxes, the rectangular shapes are in a soft shade of pink and grey, generating a natural and comfortable atmosphere as opposed to the cold metallic tone. Jewelle... More

Situated in the Sakarya region—some 170 km east of Istanbul, in Turkey’s Hinterland-- S2OSB is a pioneering management building, headquarters and conference hall, of our client, Sakarya 2nd Industrial District’s Board of CEO’s. Uniting the vision of their management and engineering teams, it is also an iconic structure in the area, engaging people into a new way of looking.A new way of looking leads to a new way of knowing as it can reflect the core concept of industrial development. A new and unexpected presence creates a unique character for the area and provokes people’s thinking: they become curious about the end product: How did this structure come about? What is the story behind it? What collaboration took place behind the scenes?The... More

"Grandma's Home" is a restaurant chain that offers affordable cuisines in China. Originated in Hangzhou, the restaurant's slogan reads "Grandma's from Westlake". This new branch restaurant is located on the 8th floor of the shopping mall in GDA Plaza. Chinese restaurants tend to use dark color tones for its interior space design with a variety of traditional Chinese design symbols or homely style. How to break through the stereotype impression of Chinese restaurants and bring it closer to the taste of the emerging young consumer groups? We look at the complex words, images and purposes behind "Grandma's Home" restaurant and explore to sort out and express a line of clues, e.g. the emotions implied by the symbol "grandmother's home", im... More