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The Sarafraz building in Beheshti neighborhood of Tehran, located on Sarafraz street, is designed on five floors, with two office units on each floor, around a large central void in such a way that, in addition to simultaneous light from the south and north sides of the building, have the possibility of providing more light absorption level through this void.Office units were designed in two different forms for offices with diverse spaces and functions. Caption Caption The general material of the facade of the building and the lobby and entrance space is made of gray basalt stone, which is worked at certain distances from each other with vertical finishes on the stone. In the facade of the building, rectangular cubic volumes of d... More

Growing tired of the commute to city offices from their home in a leafy northern suburb, once their youngest child left home our clients decided to relocate to an apartment in walking distance from not only their work, but also a city playground of theatres, restaurants, and their circle of friends. Prue Ruscoe In leaving their large garden, tennis court, swimming pool, reserved neighbours, and attractive but staid suburb behind, they opted instead for a harbourfront penthouse apartment, and found a likeminded group of sophisticated urban dwellers. Friendly and welcoming neighbours were an added bonus to what is the main attraction of this penthouse, its generous size and equally large outdoor terrace, which takes full advantage of sp... More

‘r kids is an agency that works with foster children to re-unite them with their biological families. Newick Architects Newick Architects This is an addition to an existing one story masonry building. Because of its tight urban site our second-floor cantilevers over the parking creating a roof garden where a typical construction volume would have been. The third floor is the storage loft that we could not technically build as a basement. The principal street façade is constructed of 81 aluminum tubes with sloped wood panels and the windows in between. The building interacts with the environment in complex ways. Tim Nighswander Newick Architects More

Australia’s first elevated indoor forest completes at Fender Katsalidis-designed tower A Fender Katsalidis-designed $200 million residential tower in Melbourne’s CBD, Paragon, has completed featuring Australia's first elevated indoor forest in a high-rise. The 48-level tower by developer Beulah features a three-level ‘urban forest’ containing a selection of mature trees, leafy canopies, climbing gardens and grassy spaces, complete with refined terrazzo pavers and outdoor seating zones. Paragon’s design also meets post-pandemic living needs through its low density, with a maximum of six residences per level, access to nature within the building and two levels of amenity. Paragon encompasses a heritage fa&ccedi... More

Finding your place at Yokohama stationJR Yokohama Tower is part of a reconstruction project and the landmark structure for the west exit area of Yokohama Station. It is also a lead project of "Excite Yokohama 22", the development project for the Yokohama Station area sanctioned by the city of Yokohama. With a total floor area of approximately 100,000 square meters, and a height of approximately 132 meters, it was designed as a complex facility consisting of commercial facilities, offices, and a movie theater. In 2014, we were selected through a nomination competition and were in charge of the environmental design of the exterior corridors, atrium, and rooftop garden. Yokohama Station is an "accessible" place for many people, for it is a hu... More

IDEA   The BLUE HOUSE Project is a conceptual design of a summer house located on the rocky Cliff. The name of the building pertains not only to the colour of the facade alone but also to a pool that is integrated with the body of the building. Owing to its location, the water reservoir influences the space of the entire house and changes its nature depending on the recipient’s location. For the observer beyond the building, the pool is interpreted as a water façade of the building; the user inside the house perceives the pool as a ‘transparent’ room serving as a panoramic window (that allows one to observe both people swimming in the pool and the landscape filtered by the water surface), from the perspective... More

WANGAL COUNTRY. Lilyfield House is an inner city home, conceived as a spatial assembly of internal and external rooms and volumes, opening to the light, to green spaces and rising to the district outlook. The rooms and platforms of the house pivot around a central atrium, integrating portions of a historic shop. Accessible from only two sides and subject to acoustic constraints under a flight path, these 3-storey alterations and additions cater for family living and working from home. A reduced materials palette of off-form concrete, black steel, plywood and bamboo flooring and historic fabric in white-set plaster, provides a generosity of space and light for a family of five. Lilyfield House is effcient in its use of an inner city site.... More