Mixed-use building

The supercar showroom, offices and storage facilities we designed for Lanzante automotive company with overnight accommodation for guests and clients, all combined together in one building. The offices and storage facilities are set behind the showroom and are divided from each other by double height glazed links. Different materials help create definition to the different functions, but the overall palette is calm and muted to tie everything together.   Photography by Martin Gardner More

Tulip City is a 100.000m2 redevelopment project of the former Astana-2017 World Expo site by the consortium of Fundamental Architects and Omega Render. The original site served as a huge parking lot for the World Expo in 2017, which was attended by over 3.86 million people from 101 participating countries. As part of the Post-Expo Use Plan grounds, pavilion spaces and parking lots have been converted into commercial spaces for corporate, startups, education and research entities. The south-eastern lot on the edge of the Expo area and intersection of key city avenues Mangilik El. And Turar Ryskulov has been selected to house business centre, luxury hotel for 200 rooms and retail. The consortium of Fundamental Architects and Omega Render... More

The Huayu Center is planned as a Commercial and Residential complex in the city’s Shapingba area. The planning and design strategy targeted on clarity of pedestrian connectivity, scale and an eclectic architectural vocabulary to create a destination within the city that would be global in its varied components and regional in its detail. The five-level mall allows for grade level entrances on each floor taking advantage of the site’s terrain while a series of outdoor streets and cascading steps connect the retail lifestyle component in a quintessentially Chongqing style. The 200m hotel & branded apartment tower defines an elegantly sculpted profile capped by an exclusive club and observation deck. More

Sculptural forms and innovative design are the main features of “Pebble” proposed project for developers "Masharii“ and „The Land“ for the mixed-use tower in Limassol. The inspiration for the project was directly in front of AVA's team- at the wonderful beach, or more precisely in the simple childhood memory of playing with pebbles and stacking them on top of each other. It is exactly this plain expression of beauty and freedom that inspired the final form of the building. The seemingly complex orientation of the pebbles i.e. levels is designed to create a premium living experience while maximizing the sellable area of the building. The pebbles are shaped by a steel structure around a reinforced concrete core... More

AN ELEGANT SUBURBAN JEWELAlexandra Central is a mixed commercial development located at the prominent northeast corner of Jalan Bukit Merah and Alexandra Road. Occupying the former SAFRA Bukit Merah site with a land area of close to 8,000sqm, this landmark development comprises the 19-storey Park Hotel Alexandra, perched on top of a six-storey retail and car park podium, with landscaped hotel facilities on the podium roof.The upscale hotel has spectacular, unobstructed views towards the green Southern Ridges in the southwest and the city in the northeast. The retail component presents a mix of restaurants and speciality retail shops that serve hotel guests and the community. Strategic planning was critical in the design phase to best locate... More

Lawrence Heights comprises two large mixed-use sites that are located on either side of the Allen Expressway and the Spadina/University subway line at Yorkdale Station. An iconic pair of developments is sited strategically to form a distinctive gateway to the renewed Lawrence Heights.   The project represents the first phase of an ambitious 100-acre revitalization of Lawrence Heights by Toronto Community Housing in partnership with private developers. Phase 1a includes retail at grade and commercial offices at the second floor, along with Market Condominium (315 units) and Rental housing (77 units). Phase 1b includes retail at grade, Market Condominium (307 units) and Rental Housing (77 units). In Phase 1, up to 5,000 sq. m. of new c... More

RiverOne is a pioneer edifice in São Paulo, as it brings together commercial, corporate and residential uses in a single 500 ft tall tower. Designed by Perkins+Will's São Paulo studio, the project is groundbreaking in the city, as mixed-use complexes are commonly constituted by two or more volumes. Initially responsible for creating a new corporate edifice in place of a former Johnson & Johnson unit, the architects took advantage of the city’s newly updated legislation to propose a construction that seized most of the five-thousand-sqm terrain’s potential, as the site is located next to one of the busiest areas in the city. “The collaborative trend is changing society and creating new habits and ways to work, inhabit, con... More

Commercial exteriors are always challenging to articulate, but CAS has done a fantastic job with the facade design of the Modern Commercial Building Design in Basrah, Iraq. Featuring a bold, modernistic aesthetic, the sleek lines of this building makes the five-story midrise seem like a futuristic masterpiece. Clearly demarcating an exposed Fire Escape, a VIP restaurant at ground level & apartments on the upper levels, the exterior of this building boasts the uniqueness of each function inside. More

ArchitectureMixed Use & MasterplanningSpring Mews is a mixed use development incorporating a 378 bedroom student accommodation, 93 bed suite hotel, office and new public realm re-vitalising an old industrial site in the Vauxhall Nine Elms Opportunities Area.The Manser Practice were initially employed by CLS Holdings to design the interiors and then work on the clearance of a set of complex pre-commencement planning conditions to enable works to start. Our success in re-imagining the design led to us being appointed to take over the entire scheme in a combined architecture and interiors role.We translated our experience in hotel design to create interior bedroom layouts for both the student accommodation and hotel that made cost effectiv... More

The exterior design of mixed-use buildings should always be designed with the utmost care in order to respect its multi-genre accommodation, which is why CAS respected the urban context and fabric for the Bound Brook Mixed-Use building exterior design. Located in a historically rich neighborhood of New Jersey, USA, this building exterior features a facade with lots of stone, glass, and brick. It seamlessly blends into its surroundings and respects the heritage of the site. More