Chrome Hotel use sculpted space to make their unique hotel that located in Kolkata, India, was designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. Facing a busy arterial road of the city and flanked by commercial buildings on either side with a residential building at the rear, there was only a small plot of land to build a business hotel with a height limitation of 24 m. The hotel is planned in eight levels with...
Designed by CetraRuddy, One Madison Park is located in New York, United States. Cantilevered from the main shaft, the pods enabled construction to begin on the main tower before the full site was available. These cube-like forms extend the tower’s 2,700 sq ft floor plate to 3,300 sq ft and allow for varied apartment units, some with terraces. OMP features open, loft-like layouts with floor-to-ceiling...
Crawley Library that located in Crawley, United Kingdom, was designed by Penoyre and Prasad. creates a new major civic building and destination for the community comprising public library, register office, together with social services facilities set around a new public open space, bringing together various stakeholders in a timeless yet contemporary civic building. The key design drivers were to create...
The East Beach Café located in Littlehampton, United Kingdom, designed by Thomas Heatherwick is a long, south facing single storey building of shallow depth. The slim footprint was developed from the constraints of the public promenade at the front and a pressurised underground service pipe at the rear which could not be built over. The shell of the building is both its skin and the structure. It...
Designed by Schacht Aslani Architects, The Seattle Public Library – Douglass Truth Branch is located in Seattle, United States. The Douglass Truth Library is a cherished landmark in the Central District community of Seattle, Washington. As a Carnegie-era library that has served a diverse and ever-changing community for over 80 years, the facility was in need of expansion in order to accommodate...