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Statoil Offices
After winning first prize in an open competition to design a new building for Norwegian energy producer Statoil, Oslo-based architectural practice a-lab found it had little time to celebrate.
Images courtesy of Luis Fonseca, a-lab and Ivan Brodey
Architect a-lab (Arkitekturlaboratoriet) Location Oslo - Norway Company involved Elval Website http://www.elval.gr -
China Pavilion - Shanghai Expo
One of the most striking pavilions at last year’s Shanghai Expo came, appropriately, from the home country. It was obvious immediately that it was Chinese, through both the inverted pyramid of its shape, with strong horizontals, and the bright red that is immediately reminiscent of monuments such as Beijing’s Forbidden City. The horizontals, with ends cantilevering a short distance beyond the supporting elements below, pay homage to one of the most typical forms in traditional Chinese architecture, interlocking ‘dougong’ brackets. These were always realised in timber but here, in this modern interpretation, are clad in aluminium.
Architect South China University of Technology Institute of Architectural Design (He Jingtang) Location Shanghai - China Company involved Hunter Douglas China Website http://www.hunterdouglasgroup.com -
Quantore Offices
Quantore Europe’s business is the wholesale purchase and distribution of office supplies. The company, based in the eastern Netherlands town of Beuningen, distinguishes itself in the Dutch office products market through its mastery of logistics and the quality of its products.
Architect Wilbert Hofmeester Location Beuningen - The Netherlands Company involved Jack Muller Website http://www.jackmuller.com