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30 June, 2011 Amazing Spaces
A building larger than Indonesia
Dutch company "KuiperCompagnons" are designing the office building for "Agung Sedayu Group" after announcing a collaboration with the Indonesia Institute of Architecture for a competition to design the company's new headquarters in Jakarta. Applicants have an issue with the area, as this commercial and domestic estate development group wants a much bigger building than the specified space area for it in Indonesia. The team at "Kuipercompagnons" found a design that allows the two buildings move inwards until the core, which has elevators and the main escalators. Architects found a way to use the common grounds between the buildings for an open area for commercial use on the ground floor. The group "KuiperCompagnons" reached the top spot out of 190 participants, in addition to the groups "Sardjono Sani" from Singapore and "Franky Du Ville" from Jakarta. The judges haven't yet decided which of the three will be chosen for the implementation of the building.
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Tetris for a Building
The Slovenian Urban Planning Institute assigned Ofis Group to design 650 apartments in the capital Ljubljana, and these have now been built. The apartments are on four storeys, in total 58 meters long and 15 meters wide. The Institute was inspired by the famous block building game "Tetris". The front side was inspired by an array of Tetris parts, and although the parts have different shapes and s...
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30 June, 2011 Amazing Spaces
Apple in a spaceship
Steve Jobs, Chief Executive Officer at Apple, revealed the new headquarters of the company during a presentation to the council of the American city of Cupertino. Jobs presented the 3.1 million square foot plan of office spaces that would hold 13,000 employees. He demonstrated what's attractive about the site using animation. The site was previously owned by his young age idols Dave Packard and ...
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