Paris-based ARRO Studio has transformed a 19th-century warehouse into the design studio for British shoe brand Clarks, adding factory-shaped volumes that house meeting rooms and offices. The new studio was created for designers working on the company’s Clarks Originals line. It is located within a factory that was part of Clarks’ first industrial site in […] Read more
A 100-year-old school-building in the center of Amsterdam is transformed into 10 spacious and sustainable apartments directly for the group Ons Dorp Amsterdam (Our Village Amsterdam) of 10 young families. Each apartment has a different floor plan and different materials based on the individual wishes of the participants. Sustainable technologies like solar technology, ground source […] Read more
Taking their latest co-working campus to Madrid, tech-giant Google has occupied a former electrical battery factory to accommodate 7,000 members in the Río area of the Spanish capital. To design the shared workspace, London-based architecture and interiors practice Jump Studios were tasked with facilitating the five-storey building with a dynamic space for entrepreneurs to learn, […] Read more
KAMP Arhitektid has installed angular wooden rooms and five metre-high trees inside a former factory in Estonia, to create an office modelled on a “bright summer forest”. Previously the empty hall of a disused Soviet-era factory building in Tallinn, the office space is now home to Estonian children’s clothing manufacturer Lenne. Tallinn-based KAMP Arhitektid was briefed with transforming the large room into smaller […] Read more
French architects CAAU transformed an old industrial building in the city of Dunkirk into a spacious co-working space with a cafe and nursery. The discreet intervention comprises an external metal staircase and an annex and furnishings that create an exceptionally warm interior atmosphere. The structure is also made to resemble its original design – an […] Read more
As part of her graduation project ‘Value’, London-based designer Angela Mathis has recycled old decommissioned money to create a fabric that can be used for various upholstery needs, such as these stools. The description from the designer: Without their given value, any paper bill is worth nothing more than its material composition; a mix of […] Read more
Danish architecture firm 3XN, have transformed what was once a historic listed boat house, into an office for themselves, that can accommodate up to 150 staff. The historic canon boat shed, which dates from the mid-1800s, was originally used to repair and store military boats. The floor of the building slopes slightly towards the adjacent canal, […] Read more
Swiss architecture studio Stereo Architektur has completed its first project: a wooden structure that transforms a former Basel machine factory into a shared working space. The structure inhabits the main assembly hall of the former Burckhardt factory in the Swiss city, a 1930s building that was originally used for making perforation machines. The hall had most recently […] Read more
Studio Muda was challenged to create a set of outdoor furniture from recycled wood pallets. The design team conducted research on over 200 pieces of furniture made from upcycled pallets before settling on their final minimal design that minimized waste and evoked the appearance of pallets. Three furniture pieces—one table and two benches—were crafted from […] Read more
Do you ever catch yourself staring out the office window, wishing you could work in a lush, outdoor location and still be productive? Then the folks at Kantoor Karavaan have answered your prayers with their mobile micro-offices. Located at a campsite outside of Amsterdam, these micro offices help busy bees quit their buzzing hive for […] Read more
