Industrial

Hemsworth Architecture wraps Canadian mass timber factory in cedar slats

June 8, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Hemsworth Architecture has completed a mass timber factory wrapped in vertical cedar slats, nestled in British Colombia’s Squamish Valley. Hemsworth Architecture created a 2,700-square-metre industrial facility for Leon Lebeniste Fine Furnishings & Architectural Woodworking in the region near Vancouver in 2021. The studio aimed to create an industrial structure that complemented the natural

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Herzog & de Meuron transforms derelict Brooklyn power plant into arts centre

May 25, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has completed the restoration and conversion of a power plant on a decontaminated industrial site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. After an extensive decontamination project launched by the state government, Herzog & de Meuron was charged with converting the remains of a 115-year-old power plant into an

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Atelier Guy uses mass-timber structure for Canadian wood company facility

May 23, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Atelier Guy Architects has completed an all-timber office and factory for engineering firm SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec. Completed in January 2022, the airy, 2,000-square metre (21,500-square foot) facility reflects the products and services of the client, Quebec wood products manufacturer SmartMill, and has a structure made with glued-laminated (glulam) timber columns and floor

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MSR Design places colourful buildings and walkways in skeleton of Pittsburgh steel mill

May 19, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Minneapolis-based architecture studio MSR Design has installed a tech campus within the shell of a 70-year-old abandoned steel mill in Pennsylvania, adding three colourful buildings and adding a massive solar array to the rooftop. The adaptive reuse project is located on a former brownfield site just a few miles from downtown Pittsburgh, in the city’s

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Lina Ghotmeh wraps Hermès leather workshop in “galloping arches”

May 16, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has created a brick workshop in Louviers, France, for luxury brand Hermès that is the first industrial building to achieve France’s highest environmental labelling. The wood-framed Maroquinerie de Louviers workshop, located in Hermès’ hub in Normandy, was built from over 500,000 bricks produced by local brick-makers located 70 kilometres from the site.

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Estudio MMX and Luis Campos weave gardens into Betterware campus in Mexico

March 30, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Ample daylight, worker ammenities and low-maintenance gardens feature in a large campus for a housewares company that was designed by Mexican architecture studios Estudio MMX and Luis Campos. The project – referred to as Campus Betterware Guadalajara, or CBG – occupies a 7.5-hectare site in El Arenal, a town north of Guadalajara in the western state

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Industrial Interior With Energizing Yellow Accents

March 24, 2023 HD Staff 0

Industrial concrete interiors are loved for their bold and raw aesthetic but they can appear a little on the cold side. In this home visualization by Igor Sirotov, vivid yellow accents bring a powerful warmth to the cool industrial palette. These bright bursts of color come in the shape of woven area rugs, which also […]

Morphogenesis creates stone-clad skincare factory in Himalayan foothills

March 12, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Indian architecture studio Morphogenesis referenced traditional housing when creating this stone-covered skincare factory in the village of Lodsi in India. The 929-square-metre building provides production facilities for the skincare brand Forest Essentials, replacing its old facility on the same site in the Himalayan foothills. Morphogenesis’ aim for the building, named The Lodsi Community Project for

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Concrete colonnade wraps oatmeal factory in China by JSPA Design

February 5, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A thin concrete colonnade on a perforated brick base forms the Ningwu Oatmeal Factory in Shanxi province, China, which has been designed by Beijing architecture studio JSPA Design. Located on an open, green site surrounded by industrial buildings, the 8,600-square-metre factory was conceived as an “introverted” space, buffered by a landscape of grass and low

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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur completes office in Sweden that “balances industrial and cosy”

January 18, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Industrial materials are contrasted with “homely” details at this headquarters for Swedish custom sticker company StickerApp, designed by local practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur. Located on an industrial estate in Lomma, southern Sweden, the building combines StickerApp’s production hall with offices and a restaurant that is planned to be open to the public in future. Informed

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