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Double skin facade

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Project • By CarrOffices

116 Rokeby

Carr, working with a progressive client, has designed a project that transfigures commercial architecture and interiors by embracing sustainability, longevity, and innovation. This project, situated on an urban industrial site in Collingwood, showcases Carr’s potential to transform industrial spaces into vibrant and sustainable environments. Rory Gardiner The design of 116 Rokeby echoes Collingwood's industrial materiality combined with a pragmatic approach to sustainability. Rory Gardiner Rory Gardiner Robust and tactile The form is robust and tactile, expressing strong architectural repetition on the facade while adopting a holistic, inside-out approach. Figurehead, a Melbourne-based construction company, is both... More

Project • By JJP Architects & PlannersLibraries

Kinmen Public Library and Art Museum

Kinmen, an island that is closer to Fujian, China than Taiwan, with its special geographical location and rich geological textures, has emerged from its tumultuous history with pride. Today, well preserved villages in the traditional style of southern Fujian, sprinkled with western mansions built by wealthy emigrants, and cold war battlefield relics coexist harmoniously, accumulating in distinctive architectural and cultural layers. JJP JJP JJP’s competition winning scheme for the Kinmen Public Library & Art Museum tells the story of the site and Kinmen as a whole, while responding to its sensitive geological context. The new building will encompass 13,200 m2, and anchor a proposed arts and cultural special district tha... More