Industrial architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about industrial architecture
Project • By Hariri Pontarini Architects • Apartments
Five: Condos at 5 St. Joseph
FIVE, a residential development in downtown Toronto off Yonge Street and south of Bloor Street, combines traditional urban industrial architecture and contemporary design. The 458,000 square foot project restores a 1905 Gothic Revival brick warehouse at the corner of St. Joseph and St. Nicholas Streets, adding newly configured windows, roofs and storefronts. This refurbished historic façade—the largest retention of its kind ever undertaken inToronto—serves as the entrance archway, and contrasts the 46 storey residential tower above. The heritage preservation efforts include restoring nearly half a block of historically significant buildings on Yonge Street, as well as retaining the original paving stones along St. Nicholas.
The elegant t... More
Project • By ECOSTEEL • Offices
ELLEDI Headquarter+Offices
Multistorey steel building hosting one of Europe’s market leaders in the production of sweets (Elledi).
Building with height ranging from minimum of 8 m to maximum of 24 m arranged for the instalment of 20 m high storage silos.
The perimeter is partly made of sandwich panels with corrugated outer finish arranged horizontally, partly with substructures in polyurethane resin and mineral wool (for soundproofing) and partly with sandwiched panels with alucobond sheet cladding. Alveolar type floors (maximum load 6000 kg/sq m) More
Project • By Fantoni • Restaurants
The renovation of Fantoni’s cafeteria
The project reconfigured the interior of one of the wings of the Fantoni offices of 1972-74, dedicated to the cafeteria where around 700 people have lunch/dinner every day. A building that characterizes strongly Fantoni’s corporate identity.
Fantoni campus was realised end of the 60s by arch. Gino Valle, the same architect who did the urban plan of the industrial area in Osoppo and who invented - with Herbert Ohl - the 45° cut, an iconic element of Fantoni furniture. This campus has become a symbol of industrial architecture, destination of many architects who come over to discover the refined hand of an architect who has marked last century’s architecture.
When the company had to renovate the cafeteria, one of the 3 buildings which we... More
Project • By Luigi Rosselli Architects • Bars
Osteria BALLA Manfredi
Renowned Chef Stefano Manfrediand Architect Luigi Rossellihave in common a Milanese origin. The Milano of Stefano and Luigi is the once industrial earth of Italy, its industrial architecture, space, honest and cognisant of the quality of materials. BALLA is a transposition of the life along Milan’s Navigli canals to the shores of Sydney’s harbour.
Osteria BALLA’s namesake was the Milanese Futurist artist GiacomoBalla who co-signed the Futurist Movement Manifesto in 1909. The Manifesto is an ode to industry and machines, one hundred years later the machines and industry have left Milano but the Architecture remains, proud and beautiful.
The kitchen and bar are raised up from the main floor level and are framed by concrete trusses re... More
Project • By DP Architects • Offices
Sunray Woodcraft Construction Headquarters
Sunray Woodcraft Construction Headquarters (Sunray Headquarters), an industrial project at the Sungei Kadut furniture hub in Singapore, has been awarded the prestigious Design of the Year accolade at the President’s Design Award 2015. Sunray Headquarters was one of 13 projects to win this award, now in its tenth year, conferred by the then President of the Republic of Singapore, Dr Tony Tan, and recognised in Singapore as the highest symbol of excellence for design. On the accolade, lead designer and deputy CEO Angelene Chan said, “It is a deep honour and privilege to have our people-centric efforts and design thinking acknowledged at a national scale.As a homegrown firm that has matured together with Singapore for close to 50 years, it is... More
Project • By GBL Architects • Offices
133 EAST 8TH AVENUE
133 East 8th Avenue is situated in the Uptown area of the Mount Pleasant community, bridging the threshold between the commercial artery of Main Street to the east and the light industrial neighbourhood to the west. Located centrally in the linear block on East 8th Avenue between Main Street and Quebec Street, the neighbourhood is typified by an eclectic mix of low-rise apartments, small retail stores and light industrial buildings that together form a creative hub of activities and small businesses.
The site presents 145 feet of frontage along East 8th Avenue. The size and shape of the site yields a conventional double loaded corridor layout with a predominant north/south orientation. The main entry point to the building fronts directl... More
Project • By Major Architekci • Community Centres
WROCŁAW TECHNOLOGY PARK COMPLEX
Hall W-7/44 was constructed in 1940 within the area of former Linke-Hofmann-Werke plant. Over the years it was functioning as a great example of modernistic industrial architecture.
The construction of the Hall VII was accomplished in 1940 and was based on a project from august 1939 signed by Bernhardt. From the middle of 1944 till January of 1945 inside of the hall there was a subsidiary of a concentration camp Gross-Rosen located – a part of camp Breslau II. The Hall was at the same time a working camp and a working space. Rooms for workers on an entresol could hold around 800-1200 people.
During the battles that took place on the area of the plant at the beginning of april 1945 the hall was seriously mutilated: the steel elements... More
Project • By Grimshaw Architects • Factories
SITA Suffolk facility
SUEZ’s new energy-from-waste facility in Great Blakenham has officially opened and already set a precedent for industrial architecture. Designed by Grimshaw, this innovative building breaks down the mystery of waste facilities and creates an open, attractive scheme which also includes office accommodation and a visitor centre.
Described as ‘exemplary’ when reviewed by CABE, the plant provides an alternative to landfill by generating electricity from household waste. The facility will process 269,000 tonnes of waste per year generating electricity for approximately 30,000 homes.
A key part of the design brief was to balance industry, nature and community as the site backs directly onto Gipping Valley, an area of historic waterways and... More
Project • By ATELIER ARS • Warehouses
Levering Trade
For us, it is very important to design attending to the character of the building through its physical presence and to communicate clearly the use of the building working with its image. Looking at the work of German photographers Bernrd and Hilla Becher, we can appreciate the beauty of the industrial structures that in part is because its forms and the relations of its elements are the result of the pertinence in use. In other words, they are beautiful because of the sincerity of its forms and none of its elements were added for aesthetical or decorative purpose.
We wanted to propose a building that was able to communicate its industrial condition through the architectural elements. So we recalled a couple of forms that is possible to r... More
Project • By Crossboundaries • Factories
Aimer Lingerie Factory
A Decade Later, Crossboundaries Realizes Aimer’slingerie Factory, A New Model Of Industrial Architecture That Embodies China’s Economy In Transition
When Aimer first approached Crossboundaries in 2004, it requested a factory compound of 14000 sqm gross floor area that could house conventional storage, manufacturing, and a 300-people dormitory by individual functions. However, as Aimer grew rapidly in China, the leadership quickly foresaw the importance to upgrade its operation shifting from a production-focused business to a genuine fashion brand. In order to reinforce its brand image and adapt to a maturing economy, Crossboundaries was asked to add a Research and Development office, a 23000sqm distribution center as well as spaces to sh... More
Project • By VS-A | Façade Engineering • Libraries
Regional Learning Center - CFA
The regional learning center of Gennevilliers appears as a set of two parallel and monolithic naves. These are cladded by a siding shingle of terra-cotta which covers the façades and the roofs, giving it continuity and unity to the different volumes created. Designed as an open end of the building, the Northern facade includes a high and smooth glass wall which becomes their showcase. More
Project • By Architecture Patrick Mauger • Universities
Technological Halls of l'Ecole Nationale d'Arts et Métiers de Paris
The renovation of the technological halls is the cornerstone of an ambitious renovation program that aims to give the Ensam school a new face and allow it to stand out as an "engineering school of the future", at the forefront of technological development.
The restructuring of the halls took place over three core interventions.
The first concerned enhancing the architectural heritage of the halls which bear witness to an earlier industrial architecture.
The second was related to potentially convertible surfaces. These have been given greater density and been extended, permitting the installation of new classrooms, laboratories, experimental areas and offices.
Finally, spaces favouring exchanges and relaxation have been designed to... More
Project • By Syte Architects • Offices
Loman Street
The existing building was a dilapidated hinge factory. The conversion to a graphic design studio sought to retain the industrial architecture of the elevations and the riveted steel trusses within. The apex of the long roof was glazed to admit a large amount of natural light to the main space.
Open plan offices occupy the entire first floor, intentionally bounded by large glazed elements on either elevation. The ground floor spaces contain all of the organisation's other spaces including: meeting rooms, gallery, recording studio and audio-visual facilities. These spaces are more private and introverted. More
Project • By D+DS architecture office • Offices
Capco Bold Rocket, London
The Capco and BoldRocket offices in Shoreditch, London are located in a 150 year old 5 story steel and brick loft building. The architectural and cultural context of the neighborhood inspired the design concept: open loft space, industrial architecture with character, solid materials, visible joinery details. The custom furniture and walls use raw materials and expose the method of construction. Solid ash wood, timber pine either left natural or painted, black powder coated steel are the predominant materials. Walls reveal the method of construction, turning the typical construction inside out, wood studs are visible.
The building has a challenging shape, dividing the floor plan in 4 fairly separated corners with a central area in the m... More
Project • By BXB studio • Housing
THE ARTIST’S HOUSE
Project: BXBstudio Boguslaw Barnas
Team: Boguslaw Barnas, Elena Casado Castrillo, Giulia Berloco
Cooperation: Filip Maciejowski
Visualisations & Graphics: BXBstudio Boguslaw Barnas
Consultation: Stefan Godecki
Location: Konary, gm. Mogilany, k. Krakowa, Polska
Date: 2013
Total area: 615 m2
Client: Privat
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The Artist’s House is a re-incarnation of The Rural House. Further development of this design was initiated by the client in order to figure out the optimal solution in regards to the problem of function vs. space. The process relied on both physical and 3d modelling and resulted in a more detailed understanding of the site and natural environment, form and function. A small scaled wo... More