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MAD Designs Futuristic Headquarters for electric car manufacturers Faraday Future
Chinese architect MAD is to design the futuristic headquarters of electric car manufacturers Faraday Future in the United States. The development, covering an area of about 130,000 sq-m on the site of an abandoned naval base on Mare Island, in Northern California, will house the research, development and manufacturing bases of the company, which makes …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design , Interiors , Top Story
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- architecture , California , electric car , Faraday Future , MAD , Mare Island , production , sustainability , USA
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Wilson Associates teams up to design luxury hotels in China and Japan
Wilson Associates, a global architectural design company based in Singapore, has unveiled two new exciting luxury Asian hotel projects – the Hilton Jinan South Hotel & Residences in Jinan, China, and the Skye Niseko in Hirafu, Japan The Hilton Jinan South Hotel & Residences is situated in Shandong province’s capital city, which is known for its many …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design , Interiors , Top Story
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- art , dining , ECADI , Hilton , Hilton Jinan , Hokkaido , intoriors , Japan , minimalism , Wilson Associates
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Leading Chinese designers Redefines China’s design and architectural landscape
As China’s architectural profession matures, many of its firms continue to redefine the design landscape with bold, imaginative and culturally sensitive creations that seek to improve the lives of end users. Perspective looks at seven leading Chinese designers in the field and discovers what lessons can be learned for the rest of Asia and the …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design
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- A&D Trophy Awards , aka Wei Architects , Arch Studio , architecture , China , Chu Chih-Kang Space Design , design , designer , Elevation Workshop , People's architecture office , RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang , Urbanus Architecture and Design , X + Living
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Japan’s Apollo Architects renovates old family house in style
In a world where it’s all too easy to pull down and start again, the idea that a homeowner wanted to retain rather than rebuild was music to the ears of Japan’s Apollo Architects Upon inheriting his family home in Tokyo’s Ota ward, the owner was faced with a dilemma: to tear down and build …
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- Architecture , Interiors
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- Apollo Architects & Associates , architecture , Building , design , Home design , interior , interior design , Japan , Satoshi Kurosaki , Tokyo
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HKIA Symposium and Awards inspires Cross-Strait exchange
HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards 2017 gathers design professionals from across the region The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards (CADSA) 2017 once again generated enthusiastic debate about trends in architecture and the challenges ahead, drawing key players from the Greater China region. The event, held on June …
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- Architecture , Special Promotional Feature
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- Architects Association of Macau , Architectural Society of China , architecture , awards , Forum , HKIA , HKIA-CADSA , Hong Kong , Hong Kong Institute of Architects , Oslo School of Architecture and Design
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Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors recognises distinguished practices
Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors recognises industry’s best at the Building Surveyor Awards The Building Surveyor Awards 2017 Presentation Ceremony and Gala Dinner — held on June 8 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong — was attended by more than 200 guests and judges. Those gathered included Ir Hon Chi-keung, JP, Permanent Secretary for …
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- Architecture , Special Promotional Feature
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- Building Surveyor Awards , Hong Kong , Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors , surveying
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Rathbone Square transforms London’s Oxford Street
Rathbone Square, a mixed-use development in the heart of the UK capital, is playing a pivotal role in the transformation of the eastern end of Oxford Street — and will also house Facebook’s new London headquarters Anyone who has travelled along London’s Oxford Street from Marble Arch eastwards in the direction of Tottenham Court Road …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design
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- architecture , Building , design , facebook , Gustafson Porter & Bowman , interior design , London , Office , Oxford Street , Rathbone Square , United Kingdom
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Phuket’s beach resort The Slate undergoes a chic facelift
Phuket’s Indigo Pearl is now The Slate. Hotelier Prakaikaew Na-Ranong, heir to Thailand’s tin-mining pioneers, reveals her vision for its design Perspective first travelled to Indigo Pearl, Phuket, in 2012 and found a delightful resort cleverly crafted by architect Bill Bensley. Its beautiful industrial chic interiors had been inspired by the history of the property’s …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design , Interiors
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- architecture , design , Hotel , Hotel design , Indigo Pearl , interior design , interiors , Phuket , resort , Thailand , The Slate , travel
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Guilin Wanda Cultural Tourism Exhibition Center sets to change the cultural landscape of China
With its elegant water features, winding paths and soaring bamboo gallery, the new Guilin Wanda Cultural Tourism Exhibition Center in Guangxi Province provides visitors with a multi-layered experience The scenery of Guilin has been called the finest under heaven. Here, the karst topography typical of the region has created a landscape in which mountains appear …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design
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- architecture , Building , China , culture , design , Guangxi , Guilin Wanda Cultural Tourism Exhibition Center , Teng Yuan Design Institute
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Benoy redesigns David Jones flagship store in Sydney
Architectural agency Benoy takes over the major redevelopment of David Jones’ iconic Elizabeth Street flagship store in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. “We are pleased to be collaborating with Benoy, award-winning retail development architectural bureau. Our vision is to reach a new height for both Australian and international retail, embracing the heritage of this remarkable building,” …
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- Architecture , Dose of Design
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- architecture , Australia , Benoy , Building , David Jones , design , interior design , luxury , news
