Mixed-use development
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about mixed-use development
Project • By AVR Development • Wellness Centres
ONSEN
The concept is shaped around a preserved pine forest and natural thermal waters, where the idea of daily restoration is embedded into the very way of life. It is designed for people who value a balance between activity and quiet, who work in dynamic environments yet need regular physical and mental recovery without leaving the city.The key feature is the fusion of an urban квартал typology, suburban living, and a resort: perimeter block development forms a protected inner forest core, while the architecture operates below the tree canopy, avoiding competition with nature. The concept is reinforced by the Japanese philosophy of onsen — as a ritual of silence, water, and balance — expressed through spa infrastructure, thermal bath... More
Project • By AVR Development • Housing
Hill Residence
This project is the result of a desire not merely to fill an empty plot with new development, but to create an architectural composition that naturally weaves into the context—both physical and emotional. At the heart of the concept lies a synthesis of urban dynamics and the natural environment, where architecture does not compete with, but rather enhances, the natural lines, topography, and atmosphere of the place.
The building does not impose itself but “grows” out of the landscape, establishing a new rhythm within the space. It complements existing visual and functional axes of the neighborhood, not interrupting but smoothly continuing the urban fabric. The terraced form supports this effect—allowing the volume t... More
Project • By Pelli Clarke & Partners • Offices
Salesforce Tower Chicago
Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the 57-storey Salesforce Tower Chicago marks the completion of Wolf Point, a 14-year master plan that has transformed a historic and underutilised riverfront site. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners, the 1,450,000-square-feet tower is part of a mixed-use ensemble of three towers: the residential West and East towers and the South tower (Salesforce Tower Chicago).
Jason O'Rear
Jason O'Rear
Redeveloping a prime city location
Wolf Point sits at the confluence of the North, South, and Main branches of the Chicago River. In the early 19th century, this historic area was home to Chicago’s first commercial settlements and provided a strategic location for trade and transport.... More
Greycoat Stores
In the heart of Westminster, London, a former Victorian-era warehouse for the Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd. has been painstakingly restored. The warehouse had fallen into disrepair and obscurity. Led by London-based architectural studio SPPARC, the project breathes new life into the historic building.
The refurbished 90,000-square-foot Greycoat Stores is now a flagship mixed-use development. SPPARC has revived the building’s original Victorian charm, particularly through the reintroduction of its previously lost red brick facade.
Ed Reeve
Ed Reeve
Restoring the original brickwork
Designed by the prolific British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield, the warehouse at 10 Greycoat Place was originally built in... More
Project • By IPA - Architecture and more • Offices
Business Center Veliko Tarnovo (BCVT)
Business Center Veliko Tarnovo (BCVT) represents an innovative multifunctional development that integrates modern office spaces, a congress center, and a range of sports and relaxation facilities. This project was developed in partnership between IPA architects and the investor - Business Center Veliko Tarnovo Ltd.
Dian Stanchev Photography
Dian Stanchev Photography
BCVT provides flexible office solutions that can be adapted according to the needs of tenants, featuring 96 distinct zones, each with its own microclimate. In addition to private offices, the building includes a co-working space with 30 workstations available for short-term rental on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
Dian Stanchev Photography
Dian Stanc... More
News • News • 31 Oct 2024
Urban plan for Oostenburg in Amsterdam’s city center combines industrial heritage with urban density
The artificial island of Oostenburg is the final large-scale development in Amsterdam’s city center. This area’s impressive urban plan combines its industrial heritage with a dynamic approach to urban density, flexible city blocks, and proactive community growth. Amsterdam-based Studioninedots collaborated on the urban plan’s development.
Oostenburg’s’s first residents arrived at the end of 2020; it’s anticipated that the last residents and entrepreneurs will arrive in 2025, completing the new live-work district.
Sebastian van Damme
Sebastian van Damme
Oostenburg: A potted history
The Eastern Islands of Kattenburg, Wittenburg, and Oostenburg in Amsterdam were forme... More
News • News • 16 Oct 2024
ORN Denver by MAD Architects embraces a biophilic design concept inspired by Colorado's natural terrain
Designed by MAD Architects, One River North (ORN) is a 16-story mixed-use tower that embraces MAD's approach of blending the built environment with natural elements. ORN is characterized by a dramatic 'landscaped rift' that cuts through ten stories of the building's façade, creating terraces with lush greenery inspired by Colorado's natural terrain. The design echoes the Rocky Mountains and aims to transform urban living by introducing biophilic design principles to the city.
Iwan Baan
Guided by the sounds of cascading water audible from the street, residents traverse the building's canyon trail from the 6th to the 9th floor, becoming immersed in a curated environment inspired by the Colorado foothills and canyon ecos... More
News • News • 23 Jul 2024
MVRDV imagines mixed-use Pixel development in Abu Dhabi as an oyster
International architectural practice MVRDV has completed Pixel, a mixed-use development project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, that is designed to cultivate community and creativity. Located on Reem Island, a natural island situated 600 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi, Pixel is the first project to be realized in the island’s new “Makers District” neighborhood. The development is defined by seven towers that surround a communal plaza and is imagined as an oyster. Abstract patterns on the outer facades of each tower allude to oyster shells. Around the plaza, the towers “break down” to form pixel-like terraces and bay windows complete with shading screens finished in a mix of fourteen pearlescent pastel colors — thes... More
News • News • 4 Jul 2024
B-architecten completes first phase of new mixed-use development in Brussels Canal area
Belgium architectural studio B-architecten has completed the first phase of City Dox 7, a new mixed-use development in the Brussels Canal area. The studio worked in collaboration with Brussels-based design studio Veld. Split across two phases, City Dox 7.1 and 7.2, the development includes housing, commercial spaces, and a secondary school.
LUCID B
LUCID B
The City Dox project is a key urban renewal scheme in Brussels, set along the banks of the Brussels-Charleroi Canal in Anderlecht, a municipality in the Belgian capital. B-architecten and Veld created the design for City Dox 7: block 7 of the new district master plan. City Dox 7.1 was recently completed: this phase comprises 74 apartments, four ground-floor commercial u... More
News • News • 26 Jun 2024
Alison Brooks Architects references classic Berol Eagle pencil in design of mixed-use development
One Ashley Road is a flagship project in the regeneration of Tottenham Hale in north London. Designed by the acclaimed London-based architectural studio Alison Brooks Architects, the project is a mixed-use development that is rooted in both community and place.
Paul Riddle
Alison Brooks Architects
One Ashley Road was commissioned by Related Argent, a property developer and urban regeneration specialist. The project marks the gateway to “Heart of Hale”, a masterplan for Tottenham Hale that comprises new homes, retail, restaurants, cafes, office space, and more. Tottenham Hale underwent significant urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the construction of many new factories and workho... More
News • News • 8 May 2024
Studioninedots designs “Octavia Hill” on intricate site in new Hyde Park district, Hoofddorp
Amsterdam-based architecture and urban design practice Studioninedots has designed a building as part of the new Hyde Park district development in Hoofddorp, a town in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands. The studio’s challenge was to create a building that accommodates 124 social housing units (alongside a community cafe and workspaces) in a complex volume and activates the three urban axes around the site.
SURREND3R, Studioninedots
Studioninedots
International architecture and urbanism office MVRDV designed the urban development plan for the new Hyde Park district, part of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam. The 400,000-square-meter (4,305,564-square-feet) urban development will transform the form... More
News • News • 27 Nov 2023
AART’s new mixed-use Nicolinehus development contributes to urban life in Aarhus
Nicolinehus is a prodigious mixed-use development designed by Scandinavian architectural studio AART in collaboration with the Danish developer Bricks. Located in Aarhus, Denmark, between the city’s marina and Havnebadet (Harbor Bath), Nicolinehus offers a mix of urban, commercial, and residential accommodation and facilities. It is the last building project in the first phase of “Aarhus Ø” (a new city neighborhood).
Niels Nygaard
Niels Nygaard
Plans for Aarhus Ø date back to 1997 when the City Council adopted a new master plan that would expand the Port of Aarhus. The plan’s aim was to transform the then unused container port into a completely new district, linking the city and port... More
News • News • 20 Oct 2023
Loader Monteith designs an Office and Two Houses in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish architectural studio Loader Monteith has completed phase one of a mixed-use brownfield development in the Scottish Highlands. The headquarters of an international mountain bike tour operator, the development comprises a two-story office building and bike store alongside the first of two private residences. Sited on a slim, sloping 5,600-square-meter (60,278-square-feet) plot of land, the dark timber-framed buildings provide a pleasing contrast with the verdant landscape.
Henry Woide
Loader Monteith
The project aligns closely with Loader Monteith’s keen interest in the revitalization of rural communities through the creation of remote co-working and community hubs. Matt Loader, Co-founder and Director at Loa... More
News • News • 27 Sep 2023
CoBe designs a mixed-use development as part of an urban renewal program
Multidisciplinary architecture and design firm CoBe has completed the design and construction of the Laherrère center, a mixed-use development in Pau (a commune overlooking the Pyrenees in southern France). In the heart of Pau’s Saragosse district, an area undergoing major urban redevelopment, CoBe, in collaboration with partner architect WEEK, built two buildings that comprise housing for students and young workers, office and training spaces, craft premises, shops, and services.
Luc Boegly
Luc Boegly
Built in the 1950s and 1960s, the Saragosse neighborhood is a large social housing district with around 14,000 inhabitants. An urban renewal project identified the area as having great social fragility: low-ren... More
News • News • 4 Aug 2023
Melbourne’s latest mixed-use development enhances past identities in a contemporary way
Situated at the historical end of Collins Street in Melbourne, 623 Collins Street by Carr is a 42-story mixed-used development offering a new and meaningful architecture that enhances past identities in a contemporary way.
The site includes two heritage-listed buildings adjacent to the proposal, the State Savings Bank and the Batman’s Hill Hotel. The architectural response to these buildings provides the point of departure for the design of 623 Collins Street, with Carr collaborating closely with heritage consultant Lovell Chen to develop a response in line with the form and scale of the historic surroundings.
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The constrained footprint of the site and its heritage buildings require a precise and careful level of pla... More