The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) in the Bard’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon United Kingdom was designed by Bennetts Associates Archtitects. has once again undergone a dramatic transformation. Since the original theatre was built in 1879, the site has seen various extensions, renovations and complete overhauls, including a rebuilding project following a devastating fire in 1926. Bennetts...
Was designed by SPARCH that located in Beijing, China, Raffles City Beijing comprises 150,000 sq m of offices, retail, serviced apartments and residential accommodation at the junction of Beijing’s East 2nd Ring Road and Dongzhimen Neidaijie. The ideal location takes advantage of direct links to Asia’s largest transport hub at Dongzhimen. Consisting of a 21-storey office tower, 5-storey...
Located in London, United Kingdom, W London – Leicester Square was designed by Jestico Whiles. The façade of the hotel has been wrapped in a second skin of frameless glazing, which is suspended from the face of the building like a floating sheer veil and etched with an undulating, abstract pattern, reminiscent of the folds in a theatre curtain and evoking the cinematic legacy of the locale....
Chevron Headquarters that located in Nanjing, China, was designed by Perkins + Will. The project is a headquarters for a manufacturer of power tools. The client’s business exemplifies the process of globalization, with global markets combining with local labor. The architecture represents this process by emphasizing the intersection of the contemporary and traditional. It symbolizes this intersection...
Located in Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece, Grace Santorini Hotel was designed by Divercity & Mplusm. This 20-room hotel is carved into the cliff-face 300m above Santorini’s volcanic caldera. The understated design allows this extraordinary landscape to take centre stage. The hotel provides a contemporary interpretation of vernacular architecture: economy of space, radical simplicity, and organic...