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Spec buildings have increasingly become the answer to commercial clients' pandemic growing pains

Archinect

“Historically, spec buildings have been risky, but in a market environment like we are in now, where there is a race to get goods to people faster and to manufacture more things, the flexibility of the spec space becomes an asset, not a liability.”

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Adaptive Reuse Revolution: 7 Commercial Projects Potently Preserving the Past

Architizer

While demolition yields a blank slate, it erases the historic roots of our built environments and is a wholly unsustainable practice. These seven winning commercial projects from the 11 th A+Awards exemplify how radical reuse can elevate our skylines. The interior aesthetic was led by the availability of reclaimed materials.

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8 Ways Architects Shook up Commercial Design in 2022

Architizer

The commercial landscape has long been a barometer for economic prosperity. It’s the role of architects to negotiate this complex dance between form and function to create engaging environments of transaction and productivity. The benefits of integrating the natural world with commercial spaces are well-documented.

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How Ice Cubes by Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte is Changing the Skyline of Northern China

Architizer

The client imagined a flat building, we proposed a tower: to conquer the sky, mark the territory and put the whole commercial district in tension with the future ski slope on the other side. In this commercial environment, our cultural center says “I am here!“. You can see it everywhere, day and night.

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Design Iconic External Diagrid for Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters

Architizer

Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters is the new home for a bank that has grown from a rural credit union into a modern commercial bank. The structural system serves multiple purposes at once, creating an open and column-free environment, which is passively shaded and naturally ventilated. Project Status: Built.

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OCA Office Headquarters 03 by Oficina Conceito Arquitetura | Office facilities

Architonic

The interior design of the 39m² commercial room was based on the premise of housing the 03 headquarters of the Concept Architecture Workshop, located in Porto Alegre, and in the same building that houses the 02 headquarters of the office. The second part is the production zone, where the founding architects work on a daily basis.

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The Future of Architecture: 10 Transformative Design Principles for a Sustainable World

Architizer

This article was written by Edward Mazria, FAIA, the founder and CEO of Architecture 2030 whose mission is to rapidly transform the built environment from a major emitter of greenhouse gases to a central source of solutions to the climate crisis. Function-Based Zones 2. Hardie/ Wikimedia ; Air pollution in Victorian-era Britain.