Redevelopment

Having undergone rapid and widespread urban development since its independence, Singapore faces the critical issue of land scarcity. Sustainable development in a land-scarce country, therefore, necessitates innovative solutions. Paya Lebar Green offers a workplace prototype for sustainable development, employing adaptive re-use strategies on a brownfield site to address the evolving needs of the Paya Lebar precinct. David Yeow, Courtesy of DP Architects Paya Lebar Green (PLG) is a redevelopment of the existing Certis Centre, comprising two blocks—PLG North, which underwent extensive addition and alternation (A&A) works to an existing building, and PLG South, a new grade-A office building. The development was awarded the Buil... More

Many people were horrified by the destruction of the wildfires that burned most of Lahaina in 2023. We were approached by homeowners to help them re-build their burned out properties. One of those properties is on the edge of town, on a small street of other singe family homes needed to be rebuilt. With rule changes to the zoning code in Lahaina, we can now offer more ADUs and other smaller dwelling options than before. The design of the new residence at Kaeo Place offers a larger single family residence at the front, and a smaller double ADU unit in the rear. The danger of the amount of new built square footage was that the home would read as overbearing and commercial. Caption To help offset that concern, the front entry is differen... More

Rooswijck 5 is a flexible, multi-tenant mass timber office building in Buitenveldert, a southern district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Designed by Dutch architectural studio DAMAST architects, this low-carbon, adaptable, and circular wooden construction draws from the functionalist ideals of modernism, including a strong emphasis on light, air, and space, rational planning, and structural clarity. The building’s design combines historical awareness with forward-looking sustainability. DAMAST architects   A designed influenced by Amsterdam’s 1935 Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan Rooswijck 5 stands within the uniform street grid defined by the 1935 Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan (General Expansion Plan). A framework for Amsterd... More

Located in a historic site in the city centre, the Grand Hotel Yekaterinburg is a local redevelopment project comprising a hotel, housing, a co-working space, a restaurant, and a museum. A 175-old heritage monument housing a former gold processing laboratory is the heart of the project. Caption The laboratory opened in 1847, with the advent of chemical extraction of gold from ore in the Urals, to examine gold purity. A cluster of buildings constructed in the city centre hosted a laboratory block, the director's living quarters, an outbuilding, and a stone boundary fence. The complex took up a lot of space in the quarter plan, dominating the town. Its long construction (up to the early 20th century) resulted in classicism and eclectici... More

This landmark re-development project consists of three elements:  • The refurbishment of the existing atrium, study area and retail concourse. • A three-storey extension creating a fully accessible entrance to the Andrew Miller Building complex and Macrobert Arts Centre. • The transformation of Queen’s Court from a bus terminus and roundabout into a fully pedestrianised courtyard garden.  Paul Zanre Located at the heart of the University’s spectacular Airthrey Campus, the proposals were inspired by the geography of the setting at the edge of the Carse of Stirling, whilst addressing the specific conditions of the site and wider masterplan ambitions.   Paul Zanre Referencing the... More

Buchan have been involved with the redevelopment of Belmont Forum through many stages since it first opened in the 1960’s, and have recently completed a staged redevelopment of the centre, including a new Coles, Children’s Play area, green outdoor space, a Fresh Food Precinct, Food Court, and Dining Precinct. The new Dining Precinct at Belmont Forum has created a vibrant pedestrian friendly environment, inviting and protected from both traffic and climate, and rich in texture and experience. The precinct includes public seating, a performance stage, and hybrid urban furniture that encourages interaction in unexpected ways. The team and the client shared a vision for a vibrant place for the wider community. Silvertone Photogr... More

The process of redeveloping and converting Hoofddorp Fort took a decade. Some 8,100 m2 in size, the Dutch world heritage site has been transformed into an urban park with space for a restaurant as well as cultural and educational activities. Serge Schoemaker Architects tackled the landscape, architecture and interior in an integral manner, fusing past and present into a new entity. MWA Hart Nibbrig Hoofddorp Fort (1904) is one of the few forts along the historical Defence Line of Amsterdam with two floors. Like most of the forts, this defence structure is embedded into the landscape and covered with a layer of earth. The fort consists of a rich labyrinth of spaces: gun positions, rooms, corridors and niches. Walls and vaults of metres... More

Jointly led by Design Partners, Chin Yong Ng and Lukasz Wawrzenczyk, the design team has released new plans for one of the largest transport-oriented retail landmarks in Nanjing. Caption 10 Design won an international design competition to transform China Fortune’s 243,768sqm site into a contemporary mixed-use project in 2020. Recently, the Nanjing Planning Bureau granted planning consent for the project, which is part of the wider redevelopment of the historic Nanjing Dajiaochang military airbase in China. Caption The scheme envisions the integration of retail while preserving the 2.6km airport runway which has been kept in its original form as a historic feature. The runway will be reimagined as a multifunctional cultura... More

Woldon Architects is on site for a new farmhouse between the Falmouth and Helford estuaries in Cornwall. The proposal replaces a compromised and poorly laid-out farmhouse of 315sqm with a highly efficient contemporary house of nearly 400sqm. The proposal was developed to embrace the best elements of Cornish farmhouse design with careful consideration for the client’s requirements for a contemporary home. The local area has a strong tradition of farmhouses following a simple rectangular or “L” shape plan often with gables ends. The new house seeks to continue this distinct Cornish tradition. Key principles of local vernacular design have been incorporated. The external walls are finished in coursed local granite with dress... More

The former Option Exchange on Rokin, designed by Cees Dam in 1987, now houses the new office for NRC Handelsblad (newspaper). The ambition of the NRC was to create an evident place in the heart of city and society that showcases the daily preparation process of the newspaper, and vice versa situates its staff right in the buzz of the city. With a new transparent façade and a number of modifications to the interior, the previously self-contained building has been transformed into a translucent glass building, displaying the enterprises of NRC in the heart of Amsterdam.  The glass façades act as a large screen that provides a very direct as well as virtual look into all the activities of NRC and nrc.next. To allow the buil... 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 two buildings under refurbishment are located on the territory of the former Rassvet Machine Plant in Krasnaya Presnyastreet. Before the 1917 Revolution, it had been occupied by the furniture factory of Muir and Mirrielees merchant house. The main building was designed by Roman Klein, the author of Central Universal Department Store (TsUM) in Moscow and many other projects, and built in 1912. There is a well-known historical monument in the immediate vicinity to the plant. It is the famous merchant and art collector Pyotr Shchukin’s former manor house in Pseudo- Russian style with a park. Nowadays, it is the Timiryazev Museum of Natural Science. Different epochs brought buildings of different styles to the premises of the plant.The rest... More

In recent years more conceptual projects of redevelopment of former industrial sites appears within the borders of Old Moscow. One of the most interesting conceptual renovating projects of such areas is Business-park “Factoria” on Vyatskaya str. near Savelovskaya metro station and 400 meters from The 3rd Ring Road. The architects of the Moscow Bureau MAD Architects managed to create a modern business and recreational space on the territory of the former spinning mill.   The business Park is located on area of 5 hectares and includes 17 multi-level buildings from two to five floors. Its total gross area is 59 thousand sq. meters, and leasable area – 53,9 thousand sq. meters.   Until recent times “Factoria” was the territory with diverse entr... More