Shin-Marunouchi Tower - Hopkins Architects

The Shin-Marunouchi building stands on a very important site in Japan, on the avenue leading to the Emperor’s Palace, opposite Tokyo Station Plaza, known as the ‘gateway to Japan’, The symbolic importance of the area has resulted in strict town planning and codes, which together with the commercial requirement to maximise floor space, have been strong factors influencing the design for the contemporary yet formal building.

Shin-Marunouchi Tower - Hopkins Architects

The goal of the client is to establish a new area centre by including all functions appropriate for international businesses in a mixed-use, high-rise form, within a landmark urban landscape.

Shin-Marunouchi Tower - Hopkins Architects

The structure is divided into three sections – two towers on a podium base. There is an underground connection to Tokyo Station Plaza. The six-storey podium will house shops and restaurants.

Shin-Marunouchi Tower - Hopkins Architects

The building’s West facade faces one of Tokyo’s most exclusive shopping streets. The offices in the towers are intended for leading International business tenants.

Shin-Marunouchi Tower - Hopkins Architects

For more information, please visit Hopkins Architects website.

Tribeca West Los Angeles, CA - HLW

Give Tribeca West a presence and identity from the street
Create welcoming places for tenants to gather in the outdoor courtyards
Increase interest in the building by prospective tenants
Improve way finding throughout the building complex

Outcome: The occupancy rate increased to 80% (+35%) after the enhancements. The final 20% of space is not yet ready to lease. Design solutions included:

Tribeca West Los Angeles, CA - HLW

Installed new iconic building signage that can be seen from the street
Painted the existing stair towers with bold graphics to serve as a way finding element
Added terraced landscaped planters to provide a human scale to the building
Redesigned the courtyards with wood decking, bamboo planters and outdoor seating
Added light boxes along the entry drive for tenants to feature recently developed products.

For more information, please visit HLW website.

Crown Conference Centre, Southbank, Melbourne - Batessmart

The major spaces: the Crown Exhibition Hall, Meeting Rooms and the Crown Conference Hall are housed in a rectangular volume visible through the glazed façade and served by large multi-purpose pre-function spaces filled with natural light facing onto Whiteman Street. The Conference Centre has the ability to host two large conferences under one roof seating 840 delegates in the new Crown Conference Hall bringing the total capacity for large conferences to 1500 delegates. The additional 6 meeting rooms all feature natural light and artwork by Australian photographer Earl Carter.

The new facility also houses a dedicated conference organiser’s suite, cafés on each level and the pre-function spaces feature artwork by international and Australian artists including a 7-metre painting by Waldemar Kolbusz.The Crown Conference Centre is connected to the new Crown Metropol Hotel, retail precinct and car park via a glazed pedestrian air bridge beneath the Kingsway overpass.The Crown Conference Centre sets a new benchmark for conference venues in Australia and together with the new Crown Metropol Hotel, completes the urban vision for Whiteman Street and the Crown Entertainment Precinct.

For more information, please visit Batessmart website.

Crown Conference Centre, Southbank, Melbourne – Batessmart

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

This to say nothing of the programmatic requirement to house a rambunctious family of six in a way that makes day-to-day living just plain fun!

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

This “one-of-a-kind” high end custom residence is sited on a mid sized central city lot to take advantage of the prevailing cooling breezes and good solar orientation in such a way as to maximize passive cooling in the summer and passive solar heat gain in the winter.

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

The layout of the interior spaces reinforces these pragmatic comfort goals while also being unique to the way a contemporary family lives.

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

An open central stair tower helps cool the home while flooding its center with glare-free daylight and creating a fun backdrop for the family piano.

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

An ample sized casual living/dining/kitchen area opening onto a screened porch allows for kid play supervision and for four-season relaxation.

Tarrytown Residence - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

The upstairs Master suite represents a sanctuary in the trees and includes a European style bathroom/ dressing room set-up.

For more information, please visit Barley & Pfeiffer Architect website.

1st Choice Bayside Shopping Centre Frankston - Graypuksand

When Coles Liquor Group entered the wholesale wine market with their 1st Choice brand, low fitout cost were achieved through simplistic design and easy way-finding which complimented their products on offer.

For more information, please visit Graypuksand website.

Crown Metropol, Southbank, Melbourne - Batessmart

The site is an entry point to Melbourne and the sinuous form of the tower and its activated podium creates a striking and highly memorable gateway to the CBD.

Crown Metropol, Southbank, Melbourne - Batessmart

By extending the pedestrian-friendly environments that already encircle the Crown Entertainment Centre, the urban design component creates a much needed link to the adjacent South Melbourne retail precinct and riverfront promenade. The main podium level contains a major retail offering, which along with restaurants maze and maze Grill by Gordon Ramsay enlivens the Clarendon Street edge and identifies the hotel as a major leisure destination.

Crown Metropol, Southbank, Melbourne - Batessmart

The hotel offers 658 guest rooms including 12 dedicated spa rooms, 32 suites and one apartment. The spacious rooms feature an abundance of natural light by day and intimate atmosphere by night. The day spa and pool facilities are located on Level 27 and take advantage of breathtaking city views. A 25 metre lap pool with infinity edge and hot plunge pool takes centre stage in the pool area.

Crown Metropol, Southbank, Melbourne - Batessmart

The top floor of the hotel, Level 28 is occupied by the club lounge facility, which includes an intimate and moody cocktail bar with screened views over the pool and an external terrace showcasing the Melbourne skyline.

The hotel also features art by renowned artists from Australia, New Zealand, China and Korea.All three Crown Hotel tower forms share a similar language and related branding but this building is the most arresting and dynamic.

For more information, please visit Batessmart website.

Beverly's Cool House - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

A couple approaching retirement age, and relocating to Austin, wanted to maximize resources in the building of their unique theme. The wife’s sister will live with them in a co-housing arrangement that allows separation of the couple and sister’s personal spaces while sharing the public spaces.

Beverly's Cool House - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

A home office for all three of the owners was designed into the scheme. Located at the crest of a steep hill, in an established neighborhood, the lot offered breathtaking views, yet faced squarely into the hot Texas afternoon sun. The strong prevailing breeze was amplified by the precipitous drop below, to the neighbors rear yard. Hence the extensive use of shading trellises, awnings, covered porches, and screened porches to allow the enjoyment of natures gifts while being protected from her harsher side.

Beverly's Cool House - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

The owners’ progressive tastes inspired the architects to experiment with dynamic forms inside and out while utilizing traditional building techniques. A multi-story scheme with a walkout basement allowed for this, while making full use of the compact site.

Beverly's Cool House - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

“Green” principles abound beyond the use of careful site planning and orientation. Energy efficiency features include careful window placement and overhang sizing, a ventilated radiant barrier metal roof system, a central stair tower designed to enhance the flow of natural ventilation by creating an internal thermal siphon, a hydronic (water based) heating system, and a water tower enhanced cooling system that works better the hotter it gets outside! “Green” building materials selections include the use of post consumer recycled cardboard for the wall insulation and siding, utilizing locally quarried stone and a mix of exterior cladding materials that are light in color to reduce solar heat gain.

Beverly's Cool House - Barley & Pfeiffer Architect

These features, along with many others, demonstrate that one can achieve significant environmental compatibility without resorting to unusual building techniques.

For more information, please visit Barley & Pfeiffer Architect website.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

The seating tiers on the mound were renewed. A new steel superstructure, supported on only six columns, to minimise disruption to views, are linked by a plate girder, from which lattice trusses cantilever out, like ribs from a spine, forming the skeleton of a  three -storey structure, which hovers over the mound below.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

Private boxes and dining rooms hang below the skeleton, while service rooms occupy the space between the ribs. A tier of raked seating backed by open-air restaurants and bars sits on top.  The six columns continue up to become masts supporting a flamboyant canopy of PVC-coated, polyester fabric.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

The whole structure is held back by tension members anchored to the ground and strapped to the brick piers below to stiffen them. As cricket is played only in the summer, the building is unheated and uninsulated. The finishes are simple and unadorned.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

The private boxes have folding, frameless glass doors opening onto a raking balcony facing the wicket, with party walls of fairfaced concrete blockwork and rear walls, onto the corridor, of glass blocks in full-height panels.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

For more information, please visit Hopkins Architects website.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

The seating tiers on the mound were renewed. A new steel superstructure, supported on only six columns, to minimise disruption to views, are linked by a plate girder, from which lattice trusses cantilever out, like ribs from a spine, forming the skeleton of a  three -storey structure, which hovers over the mound below.

Private boxes and dining rooms hang below the skeleton, while service rooms occupy the space between the ribs. A tier of raked seating backed by open-air restaurants and bars sits on top.

The six columns continue up to become masts supporting a flamboyant canopy of PVC-coated, polyester fabric. The whole structure is held back by tension members anchored to the ground and strapped to the brick piers below to stiffen them. As cricket is played only in the summer, the building is unheated and uninsulated.

Mound Stand, Lord’s Cricket Ground - Hopkins Architects

The finishes are simple and unadorned.  The private boxes have folding, frameless glass doors opening onto a raking balcony facing the wicket, with party walls of fairfaced concrete blockwork and rear walls, onto the corridor, of glass blocks in full-height panels.

For more information, please visit Hopkins Architects website.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

The Maharashtra Cricket Association in West India has commissioned Hopkins Architects to design a new 55,000 seat stadium in Pune near Mumbai.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

The sloping site enjoys superb panoramic views. Rebalancing levels results in a bowl of terraced seating for spectators centred on the Match Ground, creating a “place” around which development can grow.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

Four stands sit over this terrace accessed via a wide pedestrian concourse, the gaps between not only providing views to the horizon but airflow and daylight.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

Upper levels include further seating for spectators, a Members’ Pavilion, hospitality boxes, and facilities for broadcasting and press. Parking is provided on surrounding land. With cricket played November-May, the sun is often low. Membrane roofs provide shade and, together with the elegantly braced structure of the steel and concrete stands in this seismic zone, create a memorable form for the Stadium.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

Members’ amenities focus on the adjacent Practice Ground, comprising restaurants, sports and spa facilities, together with a residential Indoor Cricket Academy. City centre grounds often develop incrementally. Here we can model an international ground from scratch, offering not only the perfect setting for the World Cup, but also an excellent base for future development.

MCA Pune International Cricket Centre - Hopkins Architects

For more information, please visit Hopkins Architects website.