Artwork

MASSminors is a small stylish bar right in the heart of Zhujiang New Town, a booming central business district of Guangzhou.  With 128-square-meter of internal space, architects Ofd conceived — “shop in shop” — a sketchy requirement of the client into a trio consisting of MASS Lobby, Leap Tunnel and minors Lounge, three stages with mixing design narratives and multifold space-time settings. Harmonizing with each other’s singular design style, the trio acts as a bold visual manifesto to the space’s genius loci — innovative and unique. Caption Naming the project with a pair of antonyms, Ofd embedded a dual meaning in it. One is to imply base wines and specialty cocktails deriving from them... More

Taking Apollo and Dionysus as aesthetic symbols, Nietzsche explored the dialectic spirit state: dreaming and intoxicating, illusion and ego. The space's name - Blazing Night, consisting of contrasting imagery. Therefore, we take the dialectic spirits as a spatial metaphor from the perspective of time. Blazing Night is based on a compound model of a cafe by day/a bar by night to illustrate the vision of interacting with the future. Therefore, using time as a design concept, we transform the complex commercial format into an immersive emotional experience.  Caption The light gives us the basic perception of time. Taking the variation of time as a design idea, we deploy visual languages to compose a flowing spatial narrative: as da... More

A workplace redesign that truly complements a company and its people? Cheers to that! After creating two successful Tap Rooms serving their craft brewing innovations, we partnered with The Boston Beer Company again – this time to transform their corporate office. Boston Beer asked us to help them create a more cohesive office environment that would connect and showcase their brands while fostering community and collaboration in their home base. Caption The existing 50,000 SF workplace had a public corridor that physically divided the office into two sides, with walls and storefronts – and security barriers – separating them. Our design team overcame the inconvenient layout by eliminating the barriers and opening up... More

The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) makes a daily impact on hunger by distributing nutritious food across Chicago and Cook County. Their new volunteer orientation space informs visitors of the incredible work employees perform each day and inspires the community to support their mission. Office branding reminds employees to cultivate and celebrate progress daily. More

Help at Home offers skilled care, support and services for families with elderly and disabled individuals in their homes. Their new office showcases carefully curated moments inspired by those they serve and reflects the company’s mission and core values. More

A Loft with personality, colors and light. Artworks and designed objects creat a new ambiance to the place. More

Elegant and dignified interior of the company with premises of the Baroque Wratislaw Palace in Malá Strana of Prague is a sophisticated collage of materials, dim colors, both new and historic furniture and accessories and, last but not least, valuable original works of art. Using both dim and distinctive earth tones, we structured the space into several rooms interconnected into the rich emotional form. Grey sand paint of the walls of the rooms are complemented by distinct green and dark claret painting of some of walls. Color scheme is also developed in the brick red carpet and velvet padding of the furniture used. This is selected from collections of current brands and historic solitaires which are provided by Ret... More

THESE ORIGINAL SINGLE FRONTED VICTORIAN TERRACES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRUNSWICK WHILE DIFFERENT IN STYLE, ARE OTHERWISE SIMILAR IN THEIR SCALE, MATERIALS, AND SETBACK. THIS STREET, COMPRISES AN ATTACHED ROW OF FIVE VICTORIAN BRICK SINGLE STOREY HOUSES.THE ORIGINAL FRONT PART OF OUR CLIENT’S HOUSE CONSISTS OF A CORRIDOR ON THE NORTHERN SIDE WITH ACCESS TO THE TWO BEDROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE REAR PART HOUSES THE LIVING AND DINING ROOM AND WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AN EXTENSION ADDED AT A LATER STAGE.THEN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM UNDER THE SKILLION ROOF INCLUDING THE REAR DETACHED METAL CLADDED GARAGE WERE ADDED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE ORIGINAL LAYOUT OF THE MAIN DWELLING DID NOT INCLUDE ANY INTERNAL WC AND LAUNDRY WHEN IT WAS OR... More

Starting with a raw space, this project was for clients with a spectacular collection of Art Deco furniture and art.  We wanted to integrate the antique pieces purchased across the world and marry them to a brand new condo in midtown Toronto. So the concept was to create a home for their collection, creating a balance between Art Deco and contemporary design.  We brought elements and flavours and the client’s affinity for the period, and integrated it into today’s living, so that it also feels modern and luxurious and usable.  More

‘Writ in Water’ – New public artwork by Mark Wallinger is unveiled at Runnymede to celebrate the legacy of Magna Carta.Opening tomorrow (Saturday, 16 June),Writ in Water, a major architectural artwork by Mark Wallinger, in collaboration withStudio Octopi, provides a new immersive space for contemplation and reflection at Runnymede, Surrey.Over 800 years ago, Runnymede, now cared for by the National Trust, witnessed the feudal barons forcing King John to seal Magna Carta - a founding moment in shaping the basis of common law across the world. Writ in Water, commissioned by the National Trust in association with arts producers Situations,celebrates the enduring significance of Magna Carta. Set in the heart of this ancient landscape, Writ... More