High-tech

These days we hear a lot about workplaces of the future – but where does the architecture fit into that? This question was our point of departure for Market Lane, a new office project that kicked off a new chapter of experimentation at Elenberg Fraser. With a massive generational shift underway in the workforce – did you know millenials willmake up the majority of Australia’s workforce by 2020? – we wanted to understand exactly what makes people want to work at, and stay working at, a workplace. As you know, our studio is all about art and science, so it makes sense that we conducted an intensive three month researchplatform into office architecture after embarking on this project, collaborating with a workplace pla... More

Deluxe is a globally renowned media services and digital post-production, asset management and copyright protection company that works with a diverse and global client list.    As a progressive content media company, Deluxe has highly specialized audio/video requirements for their high-end production facility. In order to design their three-story Toronto office, located in a renovated 1990s data centre, Deluxe needed an architecture and design firm that would understand their complex information technology requirements and that had expertise in workflow, flexible space and creative work environments, which is why they engaged Quadrangle.   Design charettes between Deluxe and Quadrangle were an important tool that allowed... More

A transparent cover that has as primary purpose to protect the archaeological site but also and just as important, to fill the void created by the excavation; "heal" the ground. Digging, exploring our roots to establish our unbreakable bond with the place, with the earth, the rock, our history. And then cover, protect, close the wound, through the construction of a "limen" - the transparent cover - that will allow us to think of both an inside and outside, a before and after. And to paraphrase Wittgenstein the ability to explore them both. The project takes all of this into account and has produced a cover that, while communicating with the elliptical shapes and concave-convex arrangement of the twentieth century, becomes an element of re... More

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Villa Orebic is situated in the hill over the City of Orebic, Croatia. Structured concrete, glass, metal and onyx stone were used as main materials. Gym, pool technology, storage and entry terrace are situated in the first floor. Main living area, storages, toilet, swimming pool, outdoor shower, outdoor kitchen and petanque game area are situated in the upper floor with the view of the see and city of Orebic. The building was completed in 2014. More

INTIMACY is a high-tech fashion project exploring the relation between intimacy and technology. Its high-tech garments entitled 'Intimacy White' and 'Intimacy Black' are made out of opaque smart e-foils that become increasingly transparent based on close and personal encounters with people. Social interactions determine the garmentsʼ level of transparency, creating a sensual play of disclosure. INTIMACY 2.0 features Studio Roosegaardeʼs new, wearable dresses composed of leather and smart e-foils which are daringly perfect to wear on the red carpet. In response to the heartbeat of each person, INTIMACY 2.0 becomes more or less transparent. Currently Studio Roosegaarde is selecting haute couture designers to develop the next INTIMACY... More