Tag Commercial Buildings

05-10-2021

SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Manhattan West renovates Far West Side in New York

Manhattan West, a complex of six mixed-use buildings designed in large part by the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) studio and developed by Brookfield Properties was officially inaugurated on September 28. An adventure that originally began thirty years ago, the first development programme to transform the unused space located above the active railway lines, an essential point in the pedestrian paths that connect New York’s West Side, in fact goes back to 1990.

05-08-2021

Moussafir Architectes & Nicolas Hugoo Architecture Mixed-use buildings in Paris

Block G, a recently completed mixed-use building designed by the Paris studios of Moussafir Architectes & Nicolas Hugoo Architecture, is part of a major urban regeneration plan known as Chapelle International, currently underway in the 18th arrondissement in northeast Paris. The new building contains a number of lodgings built on the basis of the innovative SOHO, or Small Office Home Office, concept.

21-12-2020

From shoe factory to sustainable, mixed-use building

Batawa is a small town in Ontario, Canada that gravitated around the large Bata shoe factory. It’s now going through a sustainable and social conversion, once again at the request of the entrepreneurs. The renovated factory has been born again as a mixed-use residential, commercial and community building designed by Quadrangle and Dubbeldam Architecture + Design.

03-12-2020

Klotski by Graham Baba Architects, sustainable mixed-use architecture in Seattle

With Klotski, Graham Baba Architects has completed a three-floor, mixed-use building in Seattle’s Ballard district. The project is named after the sliding block puzzle and combines an eye-catching look that plays on geometries, with plenty of attention to sustainability.

24-11-2020

Technical innovation and ceramic quality: benefits and prevention with Granitech raised floors

On the contemporary surfaces scene, the acknowledged and increasingly appreciated qualities of high-tech ceramic make all the difference, with their strength, flexibility, and easy cleaning and maintenance. Granitech raised floors, coupled with slabs made by the brands in the Iris Ceramica Group, represent a preventive solution for optimising and speeding up maintenance work in public places and workspaces

10-11-2020

P+F Parisotto + Formenton Architetti re-design Galleria Bolchini Milano

Parisotto + Formenton Architetti resigned Galleria Bolchini, located in Piazza Meda, Milan, in the building of the same name designed by Pier Giulio Magistretti between 1928 and 1930. The project focused on re-designing the lower part of the building with its public arcade.