Club Interior Design | La suite 21 Club,Nantes, France Designed By Trust In Design

Project : club
Type : invitation to tender
Location : Nantes
Date : 06.30.07
Size : S: 218 m²
Materials : lacquered and punched wood
Budget : 250 000 euros
Client : Neo promotion
Project team : Joran Briand and Athur De Chatelperron
Collaborators : Dan caud and Pirotais agencement
Status : completed
Links : www.lasuite21.com
Description : inside the red perforated ribbon nest the club's functions (bar, lounge vip, boudoir and bathroom). The modular furniture allows different fixtures in the center of the space.
Reference : Bayeux wall-paper and "cadavre exquis" drawing....more

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Restaurant Interior Design | Georges Restaurant, Centre G. Pompidou, Paris - France Designed By RFR Engineers

As part of the renovation of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the draft Brendan MacFarlane and Dominique Jakob was chosen for the restaurant on the fifth floor.

The specificity of the project lies in the transformed continuity of the frame of the false floor in shell around the volumes of the different activities and atmosphere of the restaurant. These forms were not selected based tooling, material or structure.
The choice of aluminum due to its ductility forming, ease of welding and shaping. The sheets are formed in the hydraulic press ball end, before being applied against the couple, following a traditional shipyard and welded together. The surface, made uniform by blasting, diffuse and reflected light

The installation site is landlocked, the shop fabrication of the shells has been limited by the size of the elevator building and has imposed an important work of shaping on the site.....more

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Office Interior Design | Taito-ku, Tokyo Designed By Power Unit Studio

location:Taito-ku, Tokyo
main use:office
total floor area:471.9m2
structure:reinforced concrete

complete:Nov.2002

An old building is renovated as an office for a medical company. On the first / second floor, there is a vaulted presentation room. The subdued light from the frost glass and the interior unified in white creates a metaphysical space. The wall reaching to the ceiling is also used as a screen for a projector. The third floor is for the office use. The penthouse for VIP use has a great view of the woods and the five-story pagoda in Ueno.....more

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Apartment Interior Design | McFarland Residence | New York | Designed By I-Beam

This main focus of this project was inspired by a painting the client and his deceased wife had received as a gift from an artist, and which had a great sentimental value to him. We decided to incorporate the square painting that was composed of many different vibrant reds and pinks, into the wall of built-in cabinetry designed by I-Beam. The built-in cabinetry became a jig saw puzzle that accommodated all the various CDs and DVD collections the client owned as well a state of the art entertainment system along with his collection of ceramics, and objects. The cabinetry doors were painted to match the colors in the painting, and the painting became a door within the cabinet. All other cabinetry in the apartment were custom built to the client's needs....more

Photos by Peter Miller

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Corporate Interior Design | Healthcare Software Developer Offices,The Burgess Group Designed By SmithGroup

The Burgess Group was in the midst of transition. The company specializes in the development of Medicare and Medicaid-based reimbursement software, and was expanding as a result of the transformation of the nation's healthcare system. Due to rapid growth, they needed new space to accommodate increased staff and to visually reinforce their brand presence as a leader in their field.
Burgess selected a new space in a SmithGroup-designed building two blocks from their existing address. The new headquarters integrates organizational changes in work flow and processes, directed by owner Greg Burgess. The coveted corner office was no longer the centerpiece. The space was instead planned as a collaborative environment around an open studio for software engineers who often work long hours. It combines administrative offices, sales support space, a variety of workplaces, and an abundance of dedicated collaboration spaces and staff lounges to encourage creativity, knowledge sharing and open exchange of ideas in this ever-changing industry.
The success of the project was a result of a collaborative effort between Burgess Group and the design team. Company leadership was eager to push the envelope, integrating design concepts to accommodate workflow, technology and sustainability. Access to technology was crucial within the environment. The dozens of servers required to support software development are prominently displayed. Colors throughout convey the duality of a young, growing, yet stable organization. Use of natural materials both express authenticity and complexity.

Incorporating green design concepts was critical for the new digs. Every detail from building selection to finishes and company processes were considered in the sustainability plan. To promote employee well-being, open workstations are purposely low and transparent, allowing 100% of staff with views to outdoors and access to natural light. The building is situated in a hip, mixed-use area close to shopping, restaurants and transportation lines, and participates in a recycling program that accepts paper, cardboard, plastics, glass and metal waste. More than 90% of the equipment and appliances in the space are Energy Star rated. The tenant space provides for ongoing accountability and optimization of energy. Meters were installed to document on-going electric, stream and water use. Lighting efficiencies reduced the energy consumption by 35%, while low-flow plumbing fixtures reduced potable water requirements 55% below standard needs.

The project achieved LEED-CI Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, top honors for a green building....more
Location :Alexandria, Virginia
Size :17,000 sf
Cost :Confidential

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Copilevitz & Canter Law Firm,Kansas City, Missouri Designed By BNIM

Kansas City, Missouri
10,980 square feet
Completion: 2007

The Copilevitz & Canter law offices reflect the culture of this non-traditional law practice. The workplace is casual, functional yet fun, environmentally responsible and incorporates strategies that foster human health and productivity.

BNIM worked with Copilevitz & Canter in 1996 to design their previous offices. By 2006, Copilevitz had outgrown their space, and looked for a new location. The design team worked to create a new home for the law practice, beginning with a “re-acquaintance” evaluation to understand the needs and goals that had changed in ten years, and what elements should be duplicated, but with a twist.

Both the design team and client agreed the design should incorporate the exposed building materials of the renovated warehouse in their natural state. As a result, the design incorporates red brick exterior walls, wood columns, wood beams and an exposed wood deck. The new design elements, modern furniture and backlit walls of a modern polycarbonate material in cobalt blue, contrast with these materials and bring energy and bold color into the space....more

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Bar Interior Design | El Tubo Puericultorio Perez Aranibar l Lima , Perú Designed By Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido

The bar, a job on the instructions of the Kent cigarettes brand is sited in the old and semi abandoned Puericultorio Pérez Araníbar building, a neoclassical palace dated 1820, built to house an orphanage.
The project uses two rooms of the second level of one of the pavilions of the palace, considering that the building is part of the city of Lima cultural heritage. This condition lead us to think on one element only that, absolutely out of context of the rest of the building, would acquire no relationship with the preexisting architecture, so as to not interfere the space, but to transgress it.
The building was used as a container where the content is introduced, executing this time a new container that will house the bar and the art gallery. These two programs live together within an independent and self-referring element. A tube.
The overall length of the two joint rooms was used and a pavilion of curve borders was introduced, separated from the floor, the ceiling and walls, so when entering, you are totally outside the building. The tube was drilled on the middle part of one of its walls and the middle of its ceiling, generating from these holes the single blue-violet light entrance to the space. This highlights the idea that this element floats inside the building.
A longitudinal bar arranges the single space, stressing the length and strengthening the concept of being inside a single element. In the space leaved by the bar are located five sculptures and at the lateral pavilions huge frame pictures. Peruvian contemporary artists supplied the art-works.
The strip formed by this tube initiates the search of a continuous upon the following elements of the interior design. The furniture, therefore, were created under the concept of a membrane that runs along its backing structure, consistent with the lightness idea.
From the furniture to the dishes, everything in this bar was designed following a very abstract and neutral aesthetic.
The material used were steel, plaster board, lacquered mdf and shining white epoxy paint....more

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