The Public Works Operations Building serves as the heart of Salem, Oregon, a hub designed to keep the city’s infrastructure running smoothly. Supporting the Public Works Department, Engineering, and Administration staff, the building is essential for maintaining the city’s operations, ensuring that employees have the resources and environment.
Project name
City of Salem Shops Public Works
Location
Salem, Oregon, USA
Photography
Josh Partee (interior), Lewis Williams (exterior)
Design team
Design Principal: David Keltner. Principal-in-Charge: Laura Klinger. Project Manager: Jen Dzienis. Project Architect: Daniel Childs. Architectural Design Team: Caitie Vanhauer. Architectural Design Team: Caleb Couch. Architectural Design Team: Kirsten Heming. Architectural Design Team: Marissa Sant. Architectural Design Team: Sarah Post-Holmberg. Sr. Interior Designer: Sarah Weber. Interior Designer: Anya Norcross. Interior Designer: Mayumi Nakazato. Interior Designer: Van Stanek
Collaborators
Owner’s Rep: Compass Project Solutions
Civil engineer
Westech Engineering, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical & Plumbing Engineer: Mazzetti
Landscape
Ground Workshop LLC
Construction
Howard S Wright Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Commercial Architecture › Office Building
The main objective was to develop a project that would coexist with more than 80 trees that are currently on the land, taking advantage of the most important view of the place; the adjacent lake. The architectural project was developed on two floors with natural textures such as quarries, granite and wood.
Project name
Casa El Carmen
Architecture firm
GM Arquitectos
Location
Boulevard Diego Rivera 23, Condominio El Carmen, Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico
Principal architect
Carlos Rodolfo Molina Salgado
Typology
Residential › House
The house features a contemporary and minimalist design that combines natural materials with contemporary architectural elements. The lattice walls stand out for their geometric composition based on triangular patterns, allowing natural light and ventilation to flow through, creating dynamic shadow plays both inside and outside the house.
Architecture firm
Rea Studio
Location
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
José Juan Rodríguez
Typology
Residential › House
Neone is a leading social-integration and communication agency in China from which we are commissioned to design its new office space in an ordinary street in Shanghai. From the beginning of design process, the client has been discussing with us about his understanding of the city and society and looking forward to some thoughts brought by design a...
Project name
Shanghai Neone Office
Architecture firm
Youmu Architects
Location
Aomen Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, China
Photography
Youmu Architects, Xiaofeng Zhen
Design team
Jianbo Lin, Jiatong Yang, Shengyu Qian
Typology
Commercial › Office
The project involves the renovation and expansion of a residence located in the heart of Coyoacán. Efforts to optimize resources resulted in the enlargement of the original space, which now functions as an art studio and production workshop.
Project name
Taller Estudio Daniela Riquelme
Architecture firm
AMASA Estudio
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Andrea López, Agustín Pereyra
Collaborators
Gabino Neri, Oscar Baltazar, Jorge Luis Santiago
Structural engineer
Juan Felipe Heredia
Environmental & MEP
Gabino Neri
Lighting
Andrea López, Agustín Pereyra
Construction
AMASA Estudio
Typology
Residential › Restoration, Workshop
Nestled in the rolling countryside of Palermo, Susafa embodies its founding family’s five-generation legacy of farming, which dates back to 1870. This sustainable boutique hotel member of The Aficionados––a travel resource for those seeking lodgings that meld luxury, design and authenticity––reimagines its 500-hectare historic masseria.
Written by
The Aficionados
Photography
Courtesy of the hotel and The Aficionados
In this project, the existing site had an acceptable area, but due to the detailed plan provided by the miunicipality, a large part of the site could not be built, and our limitation in this design is the slope of the land in the north and west direction of the project, and the presence of buildings with close distances in directions that we had p...
Project name
Sepehr Villa
Architecture firm
Architect Line
Location
Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Revit, Lumion
Principal architect
Farnaz Karimi
Design team
Reyhaneh Bazhdar
Visualization
Omid Merkan
Client
Mrs. Eftekhari, Mr. Abolhasani
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Villa
Inspired by nature and technological advancements, the design of future skyscrapers aims to create spaces that are both sustainable and self-sufficient. The concept of a vertical forest skyscraper, fully integrated with cutting-edge technologies and sustainable architecture, represents a forward-thinking approach to urban living.
Project name
EcoVerse Tower
Architecture firm
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Visualization
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Design team
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Interior design
Rezvan Yarhaghi
Typology
Future Residential Building
In designing the hotel conversion of the Palazzo Capponi, on the Via di Ripetta, a branch of the city’s Sistine Trident radiating from the Piazza del Popolo, Hadid and her team at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) led by Paola Cattarin, started where Baroque architects ended their palimpsest—at the vaulted ceilings.
Project name
Romeo Roma Hotel
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Photography
Chris Dalton, Jacopo Spilimbergo, Roberta Vassallo
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Christos Sazos, Daniel Fiser, Grace Chung, John Morrison, Konstantinos Psomas, Kyle Dunnington, Ludovico Lombardi, Melodie Leung, Monir Karimi Kakhki, Natassa Lianou, Ovidiu Mihutescu, Pasquale Lorusso, Peter Logan, Sofia Papageorgiou, Thomas Sonder
Structural engineer
Studio Beta srl
Environmental & MEP
Spring srl
Lighting
Corte Gherardi snc
Construction
Mannelli Costruzioni srl, Ga .Re .Co. srl
Client
Romeo Gestioni spa
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Noah's Nest, located in Tien Giang, Vietnam, is a unique architectural work combining traditional and modern elements. Designed by Archiro Vietnam for Lam Thanh Nha, a local artist, this house is not only a place to rest but also a space that shows a strong connection to the roots, while bearing the mark of contemporary Vietnamese architecture.
Architecture firm
Archiro Vietnam
Location
Vinh Binh, Tien Giang, Vietnam
Material
Concrete, Baked Brick, Wood, Bamboo, Rattan, Rice husking boards (materials previously used to store rice)
Typology
Residential › House
