Event space

Hilton Sofia, the new inspiring leader in the capital's 5-star scene, has opened its doors after a major renovation, offering an exceptional experience. The updated spaces provide guests with a tranquil and refined atmosphere, with an architectural concept inspired by its location and the beautiful surrounding green spaces. The renovation of the iconic building in the capital involves reshaping volumes and enhancing the park environment to present a beautiful transformation based on the motto "A Park in the Hotel and a Hotel in the Park." The design is based on the principles of "green architecture," which emphasize functionality, aesthetics, efficiency, and sustainability. The project team faced the challenge of integrating an innovative... More

The rconstruction of the Bulgarian Army Stadium  that has managed to unite football fans and the general public in Bulgaria. IPA - Architecture and more is the chosen architectural team tasked with bringing CSKA's ambitious vision of its own modern and multifunctional sports facility to life, meeting both current and new UEFA requirements. An important part of the project is revitalizing the area, enhancing the nearby infrastructure, elevating the surrounding spaces, and establishing new areas for recreation and relaxation. The plan includes allocating 40 decares for free use in Borisova Garden Park by separating green areas and alleys and planting over 300 new trees. The stadium's pitch is reduced by approximately 3,800 square meter... More

Nationale-Nederlanden (NN) makes a strong statement with the complete renewal of its office environment in Rotterdam and The Hague in the Netherlands. The fully circular, zero-waste renovation required an unconventional approach, creating an exciting new spatial experience. Fokkema & Partners and Silo joined forces to design an Event Space and four Co-working Spaces that facilitate interaction and immerse users in the world of NN. Lucas van der Wee All events in-house In the post-COVID world, people work from home much more often, and employees go to the office to meet their colleagues and business contacts. This also applies to financial services provider NN. In the iconic bridge over the A12 motorway in The Hague, an Event Spac... More

The new HKEX Connect Hall is a world-class, state-of-the-art venue that fully embraces HKEX’s position as the global markets’ leader in Asia. As technological advancement shifted the stock exchange from on-floor to off-floor trading, the purpose of the hall has also changed from physical trading to hosting social and financial events. Kris Provoost The new design features a theatrical entrance foyer, three new backdrops (the digital wall, the media wall, and the gong wall), a new multi-functional room that used to be the data center, an elegant boardroom, a VIP room, and last but not least, an auditorium with an origami ceiling that integrates advanced technologies. The new Connect Hall is highly versatile. Its curved wal... More

Situated at the top of Little Bourke St, a precinct known for its established dining venues, Longsong provides a local stalwart with a seductive new offering. It opens a portal onto the site’s history and Melbourne’s story as a fast-evolving city still enriched by its past. Tom Blachford The space once functioned as horse stables for Angliss and Co. Built in 1900, the building’s history and unique heritage qualities – brick floors shaped by horses pawing their hooves, soaring ceilings, a steep entry ramp horses climbed to reach the loft from the street – became the design’s primary drivers. Tom Blachford JCB's initial design thinking focused on creating a series of architectural and decorative... More

With the completion of Hotel Schani Wien in 2015 Archisphere already created a place, which soon established itself as the living room of the new city quarter. Through the addition of an event space on the roof, the hotel sets another example for digital avant-garde and Viennese coziness meeting. In regards to the interior design, the architecture and design studio Archisphere followed the same story line it did when originally designing the hotel. A story of individuality and contemporary spirit with a strong reference to tradition. This is particularly visible through the materials: wood, steel and glass. Thus, architect and interior designer Gabriel Kacerovsky and his team created a harmonious work of art. Gregor Hofbauer The extra... More

In Beijing, Kokaistudios’ overhaul of The Opposite House lower ground-level space has resulted in fully flexible multifunctional event space, Commune. In keeping with the property’s original design language of a traditional Chinese courtyard home, and taking inspiration from the adjoining sunken garden, the team extended these established motifs to create distinctive areas throughout. Adaptable thanks to folding doors and glass partition walls, the 756 sqm area, which includes a surrounding corridor, can be configured in multiple ways for events of all types and sizes, opening up new possibilities for this most prestigious of hotels.    The Opposite House invited Kokaistudios to transform a lower ground level restaur... More

Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home with beautiful reclaimed antique pine heart floors.  It houses a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood. Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W. Herndon, the house sat on 23 acres bordering a wooded area to the south. It was home to a number of families over the years.  Green Pastures Restaurant was established by Mary Faulk Koock and husband Chester Koock.  Mary remodeled the home in 1946 and began serving guests that same year. Thus, the transition commenced from the sturdy old farmhouse into a restaurant known as Green Pastures. The restaurant was an immediate success and featured not only Southern food, but gourmet French cooking... More

E-Shochu is a company which envisions the deepening of Japan-Thai relations and interactions through the increased exposure of Japanese Liquor into the Thai market.  In keeping with that vision, this time the company is planning for a new retail outlet which aims not just to engage in liquor sales but also become the place for communicating the latest news in the industry as well as be the de-facto destination for Japanese liquor enthusiasts to gather.   We therefore proposed the creation of the Sake Forest (Japanese お酒の森) as a space to exhibit  the rich variety and style of liquor lineup comprising of Japanese Sake and Shochu, which are arranged metaphorically into a forest; liquor bottles standing proudly just like trees... More

Informed by research on urban problematics related to climate change, we actively challenge the functions of public spaces, transforming them into educational, interactive, and conscious catalysts. Similarly to our previous urban project ‘City Cell Prototype’, a fully self-suffcient public installation tackling the problem of water shortages and heat waves, their latest Next Gen Park is addressing the issue of CO2 production in our cities, by visually representing the amount of 1 ton in the size of the air balloon.   The iconic landmark raises the environmental awareness in the public realm and becomes, throughout the day, a center for the discussions on various topics such as the use of public spaces, the implementation... More

This art space takes the metaphysical blank space in abstract paintings by contemporary Chinese artists as its starting point. It uses natural light, simple black strokes and translucent materials to create a fuzzy, dream-like physical realm. The project is located within Beijing’s 798 Arts District, as a renovation of a former factory, originally build in the 1970’s during Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward.The project is conceived as a communication space, open to anybody interested in artistic, cultural and spiritual topics. An almost paradoxical juxtaposition, given its previous industrial function. The project started with a chance encounter during a long-haul flight between Amsterdam and Beijing. The client a renowned cognitive scientist... More