About Us
Corstorphine & Wright is an award-winning architectural practice with design studios througout the UK. We have a unique reputation – we’re known both for creative excellence and commercial edge.
We design spaces with that elusive ‘must-have’ quality, translating requirements, constraints and opportunities into places that are more than the sum of their parts.
Using our insight-led approach and drawing on experience from our 300+ strong team, we help invigorate communities, excite stakeholders and maximise long-term value.
For further insight into our practice, please visit our website at www.corstorphine-wright.com
Practice History
Corstorphine & Wright was established in 1978, trading continuously over the past 40+ years.
Corstorphine & Wright was originally a partnership formed in 1978 by Tom Wright and John Corstorphine, they created a practice who’s legacy endures today. The practice became an established commercial architectural practice creating a number of studios across the UK including London, Warwick and Manchester.
Parts of the practice were purchased by the SMC Group in 2002 which subsequently became Archial in 2008. The remaining studio in London continued to trade as Corstorphine & Wright during this period under the control of Stephen Barnett.
Following their decision to leave Archial in 2010 Paul Turner, Michael Lampard and Jeff Downes formed a new Warwick Studio of Corstorphine & Wright and re-joined the original company which had been managed by Stephen Barnett in London.
The new studio in Warwick very quickly secured work which enabled it to expand rapidly. At the end of 2010 Paul Turner and Michael Lampard became shareholders and Directors.
After a successful first two years and continual growth, Corstorphine & Wright opened an studio in Manchester with Ross Erwin.
During 2013 Corstorphine & Wright began talks with BBLB a practice in Stourbridge who had a good profile within Education and Residential sectors, these were areas that we were keen to develop. In April 2014 BBLB Corstorphine & Wright Ltd was established with the existing BBLB Directors.
In 2015 a studio was set up in Canterbury with Alistair Milne, who had an increasing workload and needed the support of a larger practice to deliver work for existing clients. This studio collaborates closely with our London Studio. In addition, we expanded the Northern region with Paul Thrussell and Simon North who both operated from Leeds.
During the same year our Birmingham Studio was opened to help raise the profile of our practice in the City Centre maximising our potential in a developing city.
During 2016 we joined forces with SasanBell a Glasgow practice with some joint clients, some of whom had offered work to us if we had a regional presence. This venture added Scotland as a territory and expands the practice experience.
In February 2019 we joined forces with Niven Architects in Darlington. This team focuses on BIM using Revit which we believe helps us to focus more on technical support for contractors and during large scale developments at the technical design stages.
In 2020 we welcomed Architecture519 to the group adding 30 staff to our Leeds Studio bringing experience in defence and security, residential, industrial, bluelight, offices, education, retail and leisure sectors.
Later that year we welcomed aLL Design in London, Will Alsop’s legacy design practice led by Marcos Rosello. A unique practice with studios and a remit in China and the Middle East.
Tamworth based WHP Architects joined us in 2021 bringing significant health capability, a growing sector that had been targeted by the group.
During 2022 we opened a Newcastle Studio to support our growing Health sector work.
In 2023 we were happy to see Lipton Plant merge with our London Studio to enhance our regional capability in the area and bring 20 years of experience and creative excellence.
In 2024 South Coast-based practice BrightSPACE join to enhance the practice’s expertise and expand our reach across the UK with the Central South region.
In 2015 Corstorphine & Wright became part of the Architects Journal top 120 practices for the first time and in 2018 were ranked number 45 by a jump of over 27 places on the previous year. Over the last few years we have rapidly risen up the rankings and currently sit in 13th place in this list of UK practices.
Reborn
Jeff Downes, Paul Turner, Micheal Lampard & Stephen Barnett re-established the Warwick and London studios
The
Beginning
Corstorphine & Wright was established by John Corstorphine and Tom Wright
Manchester Launch
Ross Erwin joins to open Manchester Studio
Stourbridge Studio
BBLB join to open our Stourbridge studio
Birmingham & Canterbury
Birmingham & Canterbury studios opened
Scotland Launch
Corstorphine & Wright joined forces with SasanBell in Glasgow
Entered the AJ rankings at 116
Leeds Studio
CAL Architects join to establish our Leeds studio
Bluelight Team
Simon Crosby re-joins the practice to form specialist Bluelight Team
Darlington Studio
Niven Architects come on board to establish our north east studio
Tamworth Studio
WHP Architects join to establish our Tamworth studio and specialist Health Team
Up 16 places to 56
We climb to 41 We climb to 22
Leeds Expansion & aLL Design
Corstorphine & Wright welcome Architecture 519, further consolidating Leeds presence
MattBrook Architects
London Studio
Lipton Plant Architects join to enhance our London presence
Fordingbridge Studio
South Coast-based practice BrightSPACE join Corstorphine & Wright to further expand our Central South Region presence.
The most creative architect in the world
FAST COMPANY magazine
Will Alsop tops the 2009
Creative People in Architecture List
We acquired award winning signature architects aLL Design in 2020 to develop our international offering. The founding Partner Marcos Rosello leads the international business and we trade as aLL Design Abroad.
Now part of the 300+ strong Corstorphine & Wright Group, aLL Design are an award-winning global design studio known for iconic structures and spaces that make life better. From teaspoon to city, our all-encompassing design service spans architecture, masterplanning, interiors, products and landscapes.
They’re a London-led design team that blends emerging talent with established architects and designers. With an approach that’s characterised by collaboration and ambition, they specialise in fun, vibrant, colourful design that resonates with your community. Our philosophy is to knock nothing down – by enhancing the existing fabric of your space, we celebrate your community’s past while making a difference for the future.
Corporate Structure
Why Corstorphine & Wright
With Corstorphine & Wright, you get better places and spaces – which means more value for clients and communities. Using our straightforward methodology and drawing on cross-sector experience, we deliver a designdriven service with a commercial edge.
Enjoyment
Collaboration
Working together for a common purpose
Innovation
Loving what we do
Integrity
Inclusivity
Being bold and pushing boundaries
Being honest and responsible and abiding by our Values
In Numbers
16 studios worldwide
135 leading UK property PLCs and developers have worked with us
300+
strong team of experienced professionals who share learnings from across the practice
40+
£25.6m years’ of industry experience company turnover in 2023
85% of projects have been for repeat clients over the past 3 years
Selected Clients
Public Sector
Universities
Contractors
Our Design Ethos
Great places stem from a clear local identity, filling a deep-rooted human desire for belonging. They foster a human connection, adding commercial, civic and social value.
How do you achieve a great place?
Great placemaking comes from a Big Idea. That idea provides the framework for design decision-making at every scale. It creates a sense of intellectual rigour, consistency and completeness in the finished product.
Distil & Amplify a Sense of Place
The sense of place stems from an analysis of the site’s current and historical context. That way, downstream design solutions flow seamlessly as the natural next chapter.
Generate a Convincing Narrative
The narrative is a rigorous, insight-based response to the context, opportunities and constraints. This ensures designs have form and meaning, fostering local identity and community connections.
Prioritise People, Place & Purpose
Well-designed places are built for people. This means spaces and buildings are legible, respond to their purpose and add meaning to the activities they contain. It also means there’s a positive relationship between buildings and the public realm always acknowledging a human scale and proportion.
Keep it Simple, Efficient & Sustainable
Elegant buildings and pure forms are more memorable. Well-designed and proportioned repetition – combined with a limited material palette – delivers visual consistency and robust, sustainable building envelopes.
All Scales are Informed by the Big Idea
The Big Idea is the filter for all decision-making. This leads to the unified, harmonious quality we recognise in all good design – and helps us unlock commercial, civic and social value.
Maximising planning consents
People -focused Big Ideas
Optimising appraisals
Value for communities and clients
De-risking construction
Services Offered
Corstorphine & Wright is a collective of multi talented specialist designers across a range of disciplines. As a result we can offer an array of services to our clients in addition to Architectural Design services.
Architectural Design Services
We design spaces with that elusive ‘must-have’ quality, translating requirements, constraints and opportunities into places that are more than the sum of their parts. That way, you get intelligently-designed places – places that invigorate communities and maximise long-term civic and commercial value.
Masterplanning & Urban Design
We have delivered a range of projects across a number of sectors. Our experience comes from direct client or main contractor appointment.
Our focus on delivery and technical design information delivers our clients’ vision. This can be from working with a completed concept design or continuing to work with the architect who has produced the concept design and is focussed on the aesthetics to working with existing designs that are over budget, reviewing them and bringing in within budget.
Digital Design
Interior Design
We have extensive experience working with developers and owners to maximise efficiency and drive commercial success –while creating spaces people want to live and work in.
Our approach looks at the holistic working environment, considering how amenities, break-out spaces, meeting rooms and desk areas integrate to boost productivity and inspire staff.
At Corstorphine & Wright, we pride ourselves on our Digital Design capabilities - including workflows, and adhering to industry standards.
This helps us to improve our standards in several ways. Standardisation, Collaboration and Coordination. It also drives greater efficiency and productivity.
Executive Architecture
As Executive Architects we interrogate an existing scheme to find available opportunities to add value and improve viability that may previously been overlooked. Often, we work within the constraints of a consented scheme, so we look at areas where design can add to the original concept whilst minimising the impact on the original design intent. Our experience comes from direct client or main contractor appointment.
Modern Methods of Construction
Our experience has been both alongside developers delivering projects using a variety of offsite solutions and working directly for modular suppliers assisting with the development and delivery of their products.
Multi-Sectored Expertise
When clients talk about our creativity and commerciality, they always mention our cross-sector experience. We’re known for our sector depth and breadth. Knowledge sharing is built into our process, so you get a unique perspective that incorporates innovation from other industries.
You see this in the way our student living schemes foster communities. You see it in the way our hotel, retail, residential and office expertise promotes placemaking in mixed-use projects. You see it in the ways our bluelight and defence specialists design schemes that boost operational efficiency. And the list goes on.
Our studios span the UK, and we have a deep understanding of how developments and planning work nationwide. We drive projects forward thanks to 40 years’ experience working with a range of partners, stakeholders and supply chains.
Whether it’s a hotel in Scotland, a mixed-use scheme in the Midlands or a military barracks on England’s south coast, you benefit from a culture of collaboration that delivers better results.
Offices
Mixed Use / Leisure
Residential
Bluelight / Defence
Student Living
Market insight and knowledge sharing are built into our approach. This creates more opportunities to invigorate communities, excite stakeholders and maximise long-term value.
Life Sciences & Industrial
Retail
City Living
Urban Design
Hotels
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Experience
HOUSING
1998 Theresienstieg
2001 Speicher
2007 Lower Mill Estate
2007 City Avenue 151
2007 Glenwood Power Station - Yonkers NY
2008 Cruiseport
2009 Chips
2010 Chongqing Twin Towers
2013 Calypso
2013 Heliport Heights
2013 Alaska
2015 Newport Street
2015 Sturton Street
2015 Millharbour
SUSTAINABILITY
2001 Earth Centre
2005 Dongtan
2009 Clarke Quay
2010 Masdar City
2007 University of East Anglia
2003 Ciboga
2014 Nanjing Smart Healthy City
STREET CREATURES
Tides & Times
Newspaper Kiosk
Skirt
Canary Wharf
Juice Bar
Will’s Bar
Beauty Spot
Heat Tree
Window Shopper
MASTERPLANNING
1997 Cardiff Bay Visitors Centre
2002 New Islington
2003 Middlehaven
2004 Bradford
2007 Croydon
2008 Cruiseport The Hague
2010 Haikou
2010 Lille Riverside Park
2011 Qinghai Sports & Leisure Park
2013 Purfleet
2015 Brentford
2015 Testbed 2
1997 Erotic Museum
1998 4th Grace
1998 Staatsarchiv Hamburg
2000 Peckham Library
2003 Valencia Biennale
2008 The Public
2009 Edessa
2010 Langfang World Theatres
2010 Zhuhai Museum
2011 Filmport
2012 Testbed 1 & Doodle Bar
2013 Edge of Arabia Gallery
2015 Testbed 2 & Doodle Bar
2016 Testbed 3 & 4
2014 Nanjing Smart Healthy City
CULTURAL OFFICE
1994 Le Grand Bleu
1997 Stresemannstrasse Berlin
1998 Neuer Wall Hamburg
2000 The Met Office HQ
2002 Colorium
2006 Palestra
2007 Kilometre Tower
2011 Filmport
1988 Sheringham Leisure Centre
2003 Almere Hotel
2003 Almere Entertainment Centre
2009 Puddle Dock Hotel
2008 Rough Luxe Hotel
2009 Space Pod
2009 La Fosca Hotel
2010 Abu Dhabi Hotel
2013 Xi’an Floating Sand Hotel
2000 Queen Marys College
MIXED-USE
2001 Rotterdam Central Station
2003 Walsall Waterfront
2005 Elephant & Castle
2006 Glenwood Power Station, Yonkers NY
2007 Kilometre Tower
2011 Gao Yang - Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal
2011 Raffles City Beijing
2011 Hainan International Trade Plaza
2013 Kunshan Phoenix Cultural Mall
2013 Bradford
2015 Brentford
2016 Manchester Great Northern
1997 Cardiff Bay Barrage
2004 Bradford
2006 Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
2006 Clarke Quay
2007 Campa De Los Ingleses
2009 Gao Yang - Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal
2009 Reem Island
2010 Lille Riverside Park
2013 Bradford Bowl
RETAIL
1990 Cardiff Bay Visitor’s Centre
1997 Jersey Cafe
2006 Clarke Quay
2006 Westside Sales Centre
2007 Raffles City Singapore
2009 Raffles City Beijing
2011 Gao Yang - Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal
LANDSCAPE DESIGN TRANSPORTATION
1991 Tottenham Hale Station
Hamburg Ferry Terminal 1998 North Greenwich Station 2000 Blackfriars Station
2003 Heron Quays Station
2007 Stratford DLR
2008 Dubai Ferry Terminals
2011 Steeles West Station
2011 Finch West Station
2014 Wembley Car Park
Alsop & aLL Awards
Our achievements and creativity have been recognized by some of the most prestigious architectural awards in Europe, America and Asia.
PECKHAM LIBRARY
LONDON, UK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
2,300 M²
RIBA STIRLING PRIZE
BCIA AWARD
CIVIC TRUST AWARD
AIA AWARD
THE SHARP CENTRE TORONTO,CANADA
OCAD UNIVERSITY
7,800 M²
RIBA WORLDWIDE PROJECTS AWARD
DX DESIGN EFFECTIVENESS AWARD
TORONTO ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN AWARD
HELIPORT HEIGHTS LONDON UK
APARTMENT BUILDING,
GRAND PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER WITH TURKISHCERAMICS
CHIPS MANCHESTER, UK
URBAN SPLASH 16,200 M²
RIBA REGIONAL AWARD
THE INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
BUILDING, BATTERSEA
ARCHITECTURE
BLIZARD BUILDING
QUEEN MARY, LONDON UK
QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLLEGE
9,000 M²
RIBA EDUCATION, LONDON AWARD
CIVIC TRUST AWARD
LEAF AWARD BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN A LARGE SCHEME
NORTH GREENWICH LONDON, UK
LONDON UNDERGROUND
13,280 M²
RIBA STIRLING PRIZE SHORT-LIST
CONCRETE SOCIETY AWARD
RIBA CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE AWARD
BCIA AWARD
PALESTRA LONDON, UK
BLACKFRIARS INVESTMENT LTD/ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT
37,400 M²
RIBA COMMERCIAL BUILDING PRIZE FOR THE LONDON REGION STRUCTURAL STEELWORK AWARDS
FAWOOD CENTRE LONDON, UK
STONEBRIDGE HOUSING ACTION TRUST
1,220 M²
RIBA STIRLING PRIZE SHORTLIST
RIBA LONDON REGION AWARD
CIVIC TRUST AWARD
AIA/UK EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARDS
ROYAL FINE ART COMMISSION BUILDING OF THE YEAR
HOT DIP GALVANISING AWARD
CLARKE QUAY, SINGAPORE
CAPITALAND 33000 M²
CITYSCAPE ASIA AWARDS, BEST WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT CITYSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AWARDS
LE GRAND BLEU MARSEILLE, FRANCE
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BOUCHES DU RHONE 44,500 M²
RIBA WORLDWIDE PROJECTS AWARD
RIBA CIVIC & COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE AWARD
PALMARÉS AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
BRADFORD BOWL BRADFORD, UK
BRADFORD CENTRE REGENERATION 4 KM²
ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE AWARD
BRITISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REGENERATION AWARD
THE SHARP PROJECT
Toronto, Canada
“The OCAD building is responsible for a 2.5% increase in tourism to the city of Toronto”
DAVID MILLER MAYOR OF TORONTO
College of Art and Design
A distinctive cultural force in Ontario, OCAD’s impetus to expand comes with a growing recognition at national level of the contribution of the creative industries to Canada’s modern economy. The decision to employ Alsop was based upon a significant track record in the design of cultural buildings of enduring effectiveness and appeal which also offered iconic representation of the client body as the school enters a new age.
Following the appointment, Will Alsop instigated a series of client workshops in which early concepts were developed with college staff and students. During this time, conventional ideas of teaching, learning and architecture were explored as the group sought to redefine their new college of art and design. The participants exchanged sketches and ideas that lead to the development of a basic strategy. These original ideas are embodied in the final scheme, a flying, translucent rectangle or ‘table top’ vividly patterned with a colourful pixellated skin, raised eight storeys from the ground and housing the new Faculty of Design.
The project unifies the existing brick structures beneath the ‘table top’, the park to the west and McCaul Street to the east. Views to the park are preserved for OCAD’s neighbours across McCaul Street, who participated in the consultation process. The park will also benefit from the area’s regeneration and, restored, will be the home to contemporary sculpture and school events
Programming works in collaboration with OCAD and Alsop have accommodated all the elements of a complex client group. In addition to the teaching and administrative spaces the project also incorporates gallery spaces, design and research centres, lounge and meeting rooms, specific craft and metalwork workshops and design critique spaces. The college satisfies its aspirations to revive a neglected area of town by inviting in the public to visit galleries and cafe spaces in the new building. OCAD contributes distinctive design and revived public areas, internal and external to this quarter of the city
Completion: 2004
Client: Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD)
Contract value: £25 million
Size: 7,800m2
Awards: 2004 DX Design Effectiveness Award / 2004 RIBA Worldwide Projects Award / 2005 Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Award of Excellence - Building in Context Alsop Architects and Robbie Young + Wright Architects
Singapore
“Clarke Quay is buzzing. It has developed into a nightlife and entertainment icon in Singapore where locals and tourists hangout.”
BERNARD LIM, CEO OF LIFEBRANDZ SINGAPORE
CLARKE QUAY
Riverfront Redevelopment
Alsop’s first major project in Asia, a dramatic redevelopment of the river front district of Clarke Quay in Singapore, is succeeding in drawing tourists and locals back to the historic waterfront.
Developed by Capitaland, the SGD88million (approx. £30.6 million) mixed-use scheme, designed to increase commercial and leisure activities, gives the riverfront area a new identity and repositions Clarke Quay as a vibrant and attractive destination.
Crucial to the success of the project has been the architect and engineer’s ingenious manipulation of the site’s micro climate through the design of a distinctive and sophisticated shading/ cooling system that provides the quayside with tremendous visual interest and environmental benefit. Following a steady decline since its heyday servicing bustling trade on the Singapore river, and an unsuccessful conventional gentrification of the heritage site in the 1980s, Alsop was appointed in 2002 with a brief to rejuvenate the prominent three hectare diamond shaped site.
For Alsop the challenge was to provide a new ‘lease of life’, not just by developing an attractive re-design of the streetscape and waterfront, also to address the perennial climate problem - and to find ways to mitigate against Singapore’s ambient temperature and heavy rainfall - without resorting to the traditional scenario of creating an internal air-conditioned mall. The first phase of the waterfront revival, which was completed in March 2006, has effected a total transformation of the area’s ambience, activity and appearance through the redevelopment of three main areas: the riverfront, the streets and River Valley Road.
Completion: 2009
Client: Capitaland
Contract value: £30.6 million
Size: 33,000 m2
Awards: 2008 Cityscape Asia Awards, Best Waterfront Development 2007 Cityscape Architectual Review Awards (Tourism, Travel & Transport - Built)
YUBEI AGRICULTURE PARK
Yubei, China
Masterplan
‘Sendsun’ Agriculture Park will form the heart of the Yubei district in China. The master-plan unites agriculture and art within 4mm² of outstanding natural beauty. The project seeks to create a retreat from the intensity of the city of Chongqing.
The vast site that ranges from <540m to >450m sealevel will be dotted with luxurious tree-houses; yacht club, botanic garden, boutique hotels and a walled village populated with garden cottages. Land sculptures and art installations will pepper the landscape.
Each building will evolve as a site-specific form, combining natural materials of bamboo, wood, stone and weathered and polished steel. Surface patterns and textures are crafted on a grand scale with façade materials appearing woven, perforated or honeycomb.
There is an emphasis on the delightful and multifarious in the scheme that reflects Alsop’s design approach – the employment of varied arts practice to inform a master plan; from poetry - via painting, sculpture, music, craft and horticulture - to the art of contemplation - simply being and looking about. The resulting typology refuses to conform, inventing new ways to work and play.
Completion: Ongoing
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential aLL Design
Hamburg, Germany
Redevelopment of Industrial Waterfront
The name Hafencity means harbour city and the project came out of a vision by Will Alsop in the 1980s. The city’s chief planner invited Alsop to discuss plans for the now defunct industrial port. In 1985 Alsop initiated the Bauforum in Hamburg, a series of public workshops which looked at the Elbe waterfront and what people wanted to create there. The Bauforum brought together architects, politicians, developers and local people in a series of meetings held over several days. The result of this was a huge model of the waterfront, populated with the dreams and ambitions of the citizens.
The Elbe riverfront has subsequently enjoyed a renaissance of life and activity. Alsop’s practice designed and built a 500m long ferry terminal and a mixed use refurbishment and extension of the Stadtlagerhaus as part of the renewal scheme. The feel of the HafenCity builds upon the historic beauty of the red brick industrial buildings and intersperses them with bold new designs from the worlds leading architects.
Now the waterfront is a vital part of the city, the master plan has expanded to include three new neighbourhoods, and 1,700 people live there, with 8,400 employed in 300-plus businesses. The leafy character of HafenCity is being considerably intensified. Squares, small and large, and links between them will advance urban spatial integration. Lohsepark, the “Central Park” of Hafen-City, will be extended down to the River Elbe. In the south, an Elbe promenade may motivate people to stroll on to Entenwerder; an island for play and leisure is to be created in Baakenhafen harbor basin.
As part of the first phase, Alsop designed and oversaw construction of the ferry terminal and conversion of historic Stadtlagerhaus into mixed use scheme. He opened an office in the city and has enjoyed decades of good relationships with Hamburg.
TESTBED II
Chongqing, China
Masterplan: arts and exhibition space, hotel, retail, leisure embracing
The masterplan and redevelopment of an area between the Yangtze and Jialin rivers in the district of Yuzhong, TESTBED II, Phase I is now complete. The development includes aLL Design’s new Chongqing headquarters. The studio and offices sit within a grand hilltop scheme with spectacular views of the city. The concept is partly inspired by Alsop’s former London HQ, Testbed I in Battersea; a creative hub that housed start-up and established businesses, a gallery, exhibition and performance spaces, bar and beach.
TESTBEDI’s events programme, exhibitions and range of visiting speakers, garnered great interest and attracted vast numbers of visitors.
Testbed II, Chongqing, offers a similar environment on a greater scale, with boutique hotel, art gallery and studio spaces, offices, live/work units, restaurant, bars and a distillery. A central market and performance/exhibition space s planned to extend the programme of events and provide a meeting place for ‘creatives’.
Phase II includes the ‘suitcase’ hotel, so named for its striking metallic suites that ‘grow’ out of the ground on stilts, overlooks the river and valleys beyond. A ‘floating’ restaurant and landscaped roof gardens make full use of these spectacular views. The masterplan has been designed to incubate burgeoning businesses and to foster a collaborative, creative community. This cultural hub is the first plan of its kind for the region.
The 43,366m² site originally comprised a series of both functioning and derelict buildings – the occupiers include interior designers who were involved in the evolution of aLL Design’s plans. The fabric of any demolished buildings is part-salvaged, retored and incorporated into the new structures.
Completion: Phase I - 2018 / Ongoing
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
aLL Design
Shopping Mall shop
aLL Design have won planning permission for a new retail concept in Nairobi, Kenya. The centre will be aLL Design’s first project in Kenya and the late Professor Alsop’s only project in Africa.
Nairobi shopping centre and Grade A office project, ‘The Beacon’, is to be developed by Kiloran. The new open-air mall features 24,300m² of retail, food and beverage along with a 4,200 m², seven-storey office tower overlooking the mall’s roof garden and bar.
The contents of the mall will be characterised by a ‘sweet factory’ theme with many details commissioned by local craftspeople and artisans as well as those using the latest manufactured materials and technology. The Beacon is intended to bring delight to locals and tourists; the vivid colours and striking patterns of the façade will hint at the amusements and leisure facilities inside. A light monorail with ‘jellybean’ style carriages is planned; a helter-skelter, piano staircase and merry-go-round will enliven the space and encourage community interaction and shared experience. Playful twists on form and function will fulfil Alsop’s desire that architecture should always be fun.
The main façade to Uhuru Highway is clad in monochromatic porcelain panels broken by a bright red leisure box. Internally, mallscape walkways are sheltered from seasonal rain and sun by colourful solar fabric canopies. A thatched rooftop restaurant and solid surface clad bar sit atop a biodiverse brown roof.
It is intended that the mall will become a destination in its own right and will sit well on its prime retail pitch immediately between major employment zones; the Central Business District, the Industrial Area and Upper Hill financial district, broadening the localised leisure offer to provide facilities that encourage longer dwell time on site by visiting families with children; teenagers and young people.
The completion and grand opening of ‘The Beacon’ is planned for the spring of 2020 and the building will be an architectural legacy for Nairobi that will serve to promote tourism.
Completion of ‘The Beacon’ is scheduled for spring 2020.
Completion: Spring 2020
Client: Kiloran
Designed in 2018
Size: 28,300m²
aLL Design
Nairobi, Kenya
KENYA MALL
YUBEI AGRICULTURE PARK
Yubei, China
Residential, Hotel and Retail
The Mauritsweg project, rebranded ‘Calypso’ was completed in 2013. It is a development of Rotterdam Centraal, the urban strategy scheme, undertaken between 2000 and 2001 by Will Alsop. Consultation and workshop exercises with the community of Pauls Kerk church in particular, were central to the development of new designs.
Previously occupied by a hotel, retail space and church, the site is a key meeting point of a number of primary city routes. New shops, a replacement church and residential accommodation, have preserved a mix of public and private realms and accommodate a broad social spectrum.
The quality of the public areas in particular have been considered with a two-tiered circulation space below the residential buildings; the lower below a transparent pavement traversing the upper, and connecting directly with car parking for 305 cars. The development takes the form of five “rocks” – structures which accommodate the apartments, retail area, commercial space and the church.
The apartments provide a mix of differing forms and layouts, Alsop felt this imperative to creating a sense of identity for a large apartment block. The balconies are partly enclosed enabling year-round use.
The development of this site established the beginnings of a quality public realm on the Westersingel - leading from the station - the city’s ‘cultural route’. The development reinforces and enhances pedestrian routes across the city which has been identified as a positive contribution to the city mesh.
Completion: 2013
Client: Mauritsweg BV, with De Wilgen Vastgoed as main client together with Sterner Groep BV and Gerritsen
Contract value: £57 million
Size: 26,950 m2
Alsop Architects
ALASKA
Toronto, Canada
Condominium Building at home
Alaska is a condominium building sited on a crucial boundary on Yonge Street, between the city and suburbia. Existing structures in this area are generally low-rise brick buildings and the condominium is one of a number of innovative schemes to champion new architecture in this part of Toronto. The project was cited in Toronto Life’s 50 reasons to love Toronto, alongside proposals by other world class architects for the city.
The façade is blue-green glazed, interspersed with strips of opaque white glass. The mass of glass renders the overall visibility of the building subject to the weather – the reflective quality enabling
Alaska to ‘disappear’ into the sky. Much of the glazing is formed of large Louvre windows that can be opened to aerate outside living areas and closed to protect from harsh conditions whilst allowing spectacular views.
Together with the client, a designer and furniture retailer, aLL Design has devised a series of unique interior concepts. Sold off-the-shelf; kitchen, bathroom and partition systems fold away so that space can be maximised within the apartment. These Swiss Army knife-like features will transform the way that we think about our homes.
The scheme is currently in re-zoning, and the city has responded positively. A series of public presentations have highlighted public concerns and the design has been adapted in close consultation with the client and stakeholders and without compromising its boldness. The project will be launched to the market in 2018 and built in 2020.
Completion: Ongoing
Client: Pollak Design
Contract value: $90 million Canadian Dollars
Size: 14,265 m2
aLL Design
PIONEER VILLAGE
Toronto, Canada
“Pioneer Village Station is intended to become a new civic landmark with unique and world- class architecture, straddling the border of Toronto and York Region and anchoring a corner of York University Campus.”
INTERNATIONAL NEW ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE
Subway Station
The Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project (TYSSE) provides a critical extension for the existing Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway system across the municipal boundary between the City of Toronto and The Regional Municipality of York (York Region). The six stations include two designed by Will Alsop in collaboration with local architect Richard Stevens (part of the IBI Group)- Finch West and Pioneer Village (PVS). PVS sits adjacent to York University and includes a metro station, car parking and a bus station.
Completed December 2017
Client: Toronto Transit Commission
Contract value: £130 million
Size: 7,000 m2 Alsop Architects
Subway Station aboard Finch West is the second subway station designed by Will Alsop in collaboration with local architect Richard Stevens as part of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension.
The concept defines a ‘station of light’ to provide direct and indirect daylight and sunlight into previously dark spaces. This is to provide a positive psychological effect on all passengers and staff using the station and provision of daylight would in-turn lead to reduced energy consumption.
Alsop also worked with long-term collaborator, artist Bruce McLean.
They have developed a concept of public art fully integrated with the architecture.
The structures supporting the power substation reference Greek caryatids; the pillars supporting the underground were inspired by 6,000 year-old Minorca-style pillars.
Completed: January 2018
Client: Toronto Transit Commission
Contract value: £65 million
Size: 3,000 m2
Alsop Architects
Toronto, Canada
New City Masterplan embracing
Haikou is a city in the tropical Hainan province in south China and a popular cruiseliner stop over for tourists. Will Alsop’s studio was appointed to masterplan a 15-hectare site close to the city centre, with the brief to create an innovative mixed use scheme.
The proposal stacks a variety of uses including residential, offices, retail, eating and drinking and other leisure activities to form towers that are interwoven with parkland and undulating pedestrian walkways; waterways and roadways are bridged to knit sites together. Several storeys within each of the towers are given over to shared gardens and landscaping. The groundplane landscape design eaves along the entire length of the site, varying in level and punctuated by stepped squares and plazas. A series of kinetic solar shades rotate, circulating cooler air to mitigate the humid local climate.
A total area of 800,000 sqm is proposed, with 45% residential and the remainder a mixture of offices, hotels, retail and leisure facilities.
Location: Haikou, China
Client: Confidential
Size: 800,000m2
Designed 2010
HAIKOU Haikou, China
FUSION QUARTER
Masdar, Abu Dhabi Residential Development and Urban Design
The Fusion Quarter neighbourhood, is sited within Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City development. We proposed a six-phase development programme to create a neighbourhood with a strong emphasis on leisure and recreation.
The 240,000m2 (gfa) aims to provide an optimal work-life balance; a carbon-neutral community, the Fusion Quarter will be a welcoming environment for an international population where all cultures will be represented through the retail and leisure offering, making the area a focal point for the whole of Masdar City.
The unique selling point of this neighbourhood is that all aspects of daily life, for both the professional and their families, have been carefully considered; this quality-orientated living experience will be a key retaining point and will help prospective business tenants build a competitive and stable work force in the region.
Utilising a cost-efficient modular construction methodology, the design aims to strike a balance between ease of construction and diversity of offer, through a sophisticated system of building components and room modules that can be arranged in varied combinations.
Designed in 2010
Client: Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Contract value: £480 million
Size: 250,000m2
Alsop at RMJM
SMART HEALTHY CITY
Nanjing, China
The scale of China’s urbanisation in recent years has often not addressed ongoing issues, such as the aging population, haze and dust storms, environmental pollution, unemployment and land loss.
Formerly one of China’s southern economic centres, Nanjing has fallen behind Shanghai and Suzhou.
aLL Design were appointed to design a new world-class city with a focus on healthcare, business and trade, creative culture and service, education, science and research, ecological living, leisure and tourism.
This master plan will form part of Nanjing’s emerging city plan to become a sustainable 21st century city with the following values:
- Independence
- Sustainability
- Self-sufficiency
- Modernity
Acknowledging and incoroporating the value of nature, health and well-being, we have designed an environment to encourage different generations to inhabit the city.
The hub is connected by two lakes and a central spine of water that links them. As society evolves, we need to create places that enable people to prioritise living rather than focussing on work. Productivity increases when people are happy and fulfilled.
Completion: 2014 - Ongoing
Client: China Mall
Contract value: Confidential Size: 2,325,500m2 aLL Design
REEM ISLAND
Abu
Dhabi
Al Reem Island, previously referred to as ‘Abu Al Shuoom’, ‘The Pearl’ and ‘Emirates Pearl Island’, is a residential, commercial and business project to be built on the natural island of Al Reem, off the northeastern coast of Abu Dhabi city. In 2009, Will Alsop’s practice was invited to propose a vision for the Najmat area. The development is connected to the Abu Dhabi city island by three bridges and is 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Al Reem Island covers an area of 633 hectares (68 million square feet) to be built by three developers: Tamouh Investments, Sorouh and Al Reem Investments. The development will be overseen by an independent thirdparty facilities management company known as Bayt Al Khidma, who will ensure that all three Reem Island developers meet the high standards of construction. The island is expected to accommodate 280,000 residents and will include important amenities like schools, medical clinics, shopping malls, restaurants, a 27-hole golf course, hotels, resorts, spas, gardens, and beaches.
Residential, Commercial and Business Island
A boardwalk stretches from the vehicular bridge in the west to the marina in the east. With its natural, wild landscape it offers a different experience from the rest of the masterplan. It will be a romantic destination with attractors such as the juice bar and oyster bar. Around the perimeter of the marina, outdoor dining tables are cantilevered on platforms over the water’s edge. These tables are sheltered by large petal canopies which offer shading and cooling to create a pleasant outdoor environment which animates the marina day and night. The marina is the focal point of the Masterplan. It features a multi-purpose, kinetic stage which can vary in height for different performances and rotates to form a projection screen for open-air shows. To the north of the stage raked seating platforms provide dedicated seating for open air performances.
Designed in 2009
Client: Al Reem Investments
Contract value: Confidential Size: 633 hectares Alsop at RMJM
City Centre Landscape
In 2010, Will Alsop’s practice was shortlisted to design a landscape to unify the centre of Lille. The site is a long strip defined by the canal which, in-turn, is sheltered by surrounding large scale infrastructure. Alsop masterplanned a new river and linear park with paths that bridge the waterways, animating both riverbanks and increasing accessibility to the wider city. A programme of sports and cultural activities is imagined on a series of promontory stages and in public spaces along the river’s edge.
The vision provides urban coherence and an ecosystem for a more sustainable city. The park re-establishes flora that has been lost over the years and uses passive techniques to oxygenate and cleanse the water and to supply energy for the fountains and public lighting. Activating the river area focusses the city’s cultural offer encouraging public engagement in new and historic Lille.
Designed 2010-2011
Client: City of Lille
Contract value: £250 million
Size: 13.5 hectares Alsop at RMJM
SHANGHAI LONG BEACH
Shanghai, China
Competition, Mixed-Use Masterplan embracing
Long Beach is a mixed-use scheme located on the Shanghai Waterfront. aLL Design’s proposal responds to the natural advantages of the site, benefiting from sea views and the public promenade. Our scheme intends to promote an active ground floor and public realm with a strategy of ‘buildings in the sky’.
The scheme is split into three key elements. The ‘Lighthouse’ Tower, containing a museum, offices, a club & sky garden, will provide dramatic sea views and act as an icon for the waterfront. The ‘Lobster’, containing an hotel, apartments, live-work duplex and offices, is raised on legs providing views of the ocean – raising the structure permits light and encourages air to permeate at ground level. A raised and undulating landscape has been created to contectualise the wider landscape.
A series of public walkways and promenades host a range of bars and cafés that further animate the Shanghai waterfront.
Location: Shanghai
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
Year: 2013
Mixed Use Development - Office and Hotel together
The Hainan International Trade plaza project is located on the Dayingshan Haikou City Road, adjacent to the Hainan Provincial Government Centre. There are three elements to the design concept: water, ice and wind. These represent three distinct parts of the building.
The atrium is designed around water features and is partially open-air with generous provision for social interaction; seating, recesses for privacy and meeting spaces on varied levels around the light, well-ventilated space.
Design of the offices is inspired by ice - a textured glass block that brings solidity to the building.
The façade is similar to that of Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal which engineers a sustainable and ecological cooling, ventilating and shading system. The inner skin is doubleglazed using clear, curved glass which both insulates the building and deflects the sun’s glare. The external skin provides a “rain screen system” that shelters occasional balconies. The outer skin is made of white faceted, fritted glass.
The hotel is elevated - the lobby on the 52nd floor is accessed by three express lifts from the ground floor, the underground shopping complex and the car park. Four further lifts transport guests to the upper floors - the highest hotel rooms in Haikou and enviable views of the city.
Completion: Ongoing
Client: Haikou New City Construction
Contract value: Confidential
Size: 223,000 m2 Alsop at RMJM
HAINAN Haikou, China
Shanghai, China
GAO YANG
Working, Living and Leisure
Will Alsop was appointed by the Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal to develop proposals for the Gao Yang site. Alsop reviewed the previous masterplan and proposed interventions for consolidating and enriching it.
Alsop co-ordinated with the other design team disciplines: structural, mechanical and electrical principles as well as supporting information relating to traffic analysis, fire, structure, facade engineering and lighting design.
Gao Yang is a site of 68,000sqm, located along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, providing a gateway into the metropolis and accommodating three 80,000-tonne cruise ships at any one time, with a passenger flow of over 1.5 million people per year.
The city planning authorities set a target to liberate 30% of the municipality for citizens to enjoy as part of the Shanghai world expo 2010, whose theme was ‘better city, better life’. The cruise terminal site formed part of the vision to create a green corridor along the Huangpu River. Completed in 2010, the mixed-use development occupies a total floor area of more than 260,000 sqm, comprising 80% commercial use, and 20% public facilities including an art gallery and retail outlets. Existing structures were preserved where possible and the design complements the context and enhances waterfront views.
Completion: 2009/2010
Client: Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal Development
Contract value: £200 million
Size: 68,000 m2
Alsop Architects
LE GRAND BLEU
Marseille, France
“Alsop’s intelligence in the conception of the project results in a conviviality for those that use it and a dynamic transparency to understand how the building is used.”
LUCIEN WEYGAND, CITY OF MARSEILLES
This headquarters building for the regional government of the Department of the Bouches du Rhone was won by Will Alsop in a two-stage competition in 1990. The starting point of the project was the political decision to relocate the Departmental headquarters from the centre of Marseilles to the suburb of St Just as part of a regeneration initiative. This was made possible because the Metro provides a convenient connection to the site from all parts of the city - the trains run literally below the building. The site, close to the shore of the Mediterranean, was subject to extreme conditions of wind, including the mistral, and Alsop’s environmental strategy was an important aspect of the practice’s submission.
The scheme (built in 26 months between the end of 1991 and spring, 1994) brings to fruition a number of themes and ideas explored in previous Alsop projects. The basic format of the building consists of two parallel administrative blocks, rectangular in form, joined by a toplit atrium. The attached block containing council chamber and assembly hall (the Deliberatif) is cigarshaped and joined to the other blocks by walkways and escalators. The office atrium is a public space, grand but not intimidating, dramatised by great pairs of “X” columns, with shops and cafes
for staff and visitors. The tremendous presence and impact of this major late 20th century public building is achieved with a high degree of economy - the materials used, concrete, solaglass, timber and steel, are straightforward but used in an extraordinary way. There was an equal stress on economy in the services strategy, with only limited use of air conditioning and optimum use of natural ventilation. Shading devices, including a sweeping fabric awning across the assembly hall block, counteract the effects of the Mediterranean sun. The impact of the building as a public landmark is vastly enhanced by the use of strong colour in the external elevations - stimulating, comfortable and affordable; the Hotel is the antithesis of the conventional bureaucratic fortress.
Completion: 1994
Client: Regional Government of Bouches du Rhone
Contract value: £100 million
Size 44,500 m2
Awards: 1997 RIBA Worldwide Projects Award / 1997 RIBA Civic & Community Architecture Award / 1995 Palmarés Award for Architecture
Alsop Architects
SIDE HOTEL
Hamburg, Germany
5-star Hotel
The luxury five-star SIDE Hotel is situated in the heart of Hamburg between the Gänsemarkt Square and the National Opera close to the Binnenalster, only a few minutes walk from the art and cultural centre of Hamburg. With its distinctive architecture and fitout this hotel sets itself apart from the usual Hamburg Hotels. It is very much a luxury hotel for the 21st Century: a 12-floor lifestyle experience for the individual traveller to Hamburg.
The central feature of the Hotel is the 30m-high entrance lobby atrium incorporating an illuminated installation by New York light choreographer Robert Wilson. Two full-height lighting fields dominate this space, ever changing in a calming sequence.
The hotel facade features a combination of glass and nature stone that stretches across all 12 floors. A glazed angular volume forms the urban block facing the street, its double skin serves as both thermal and noise barrier. Within the skin cavity colourful, gently-lit sun screens create an animated presence within its surroundings. A further volume clad in light green natural stone cantilevers over and above this block, accommodating the hotel suites that provide stunning views across the city of Hamburg.
Hotel facilities include a generous roof terrace, conference facilities, media lounge, library as well as the restaurant “Fusion” and a wellness area with pool, steam room, fitness and massage facilities. The automated mechanical car parking system has capacity for 100 vehicles.
Completion: 2001
Client: Seaside Hotel Hamburg GmbH & Co
Contract value: €47 million
Size: 11,500 m2
Awards: BDA Hamburg Prize for Architecture 2002, 1st Place / AIV Prize 2002, 1st Prize / Hotel forum 2002: Die Hotelimmobilie 2002, 3rd Place Alsop Architects
Raffles City comprises two apartment hotels, a shopping mall, residents’ Clubhouse and elevated landscaped gardens.
The position of the apartment hotels at either side of the retail centre, provides boundary and shelter to the roof terrace, creating a private urban garden for the residents. The glazed roof of the mall forms an illuminated central feature to the garden. Apartment types vary from single bed studios to 3 bedroom units, all of which have a garden view or a view to the city, some face the Forbidden City.
The Clubhouse has two private entrances and houses a swimming pool and gymnasium; crèche and lounge. There are an abundance of restaurants and boutiques within the shopping complex, an art gallery and an outdoor space that hosts events and displays.
Completion: 2009
Client: Capitaland China Holding
Contract value: £65 million
Size: 150,000 m2
Awards: 2008 Cityscape Asia Awards, Best Future Mixed-Use Development Alsop Architects
Film and media studio complex
aLL Design’s proposed raised theatre complex comprises three theatres: a main 2000-seat theatre, an 800-seat multifunctional theatre and a 500-seat children’s theatre. They each share a large foyer area and backstage and technical areas are served by a vehicular access ramp and a lift with capacity for large-scale scenic equipment.
The building sits within a landscape designed with areas for repose and relaxation. There is an outdoor stage for summer performances; shops, bars and restaurants. A network of raised pathways enables visitors to survey the spectacle from an array of viewpoints.
aLL aims to create an environment both evocative of the region’s natural habitat and surprising and stimulating in its innovation. The design of a creative, dynamic world, inspired by theatre arts intends to absorb and delight.
Designed in 2010
Client: The City of Langfang
Contract value: Confidental
Size: 59,200 m2
Alsop at RMJM
LANGFANG
Langfang, China
ABU DHABI HOTEL
Abu Dhabi
The purpose of this hotel is to provide an alternative offer to the Emirates Palace Hotel on the “Palace” segment of Abu Dhabi’s cluster of islands. The design and services of the hotel will distinguish it from the existing 5-star range of hotels.
The Emirates Palace is defined by traditional Arabian architectural features whilst the design of the Abu Dhabi hotel derives from classical Western European architecture.
Space and light are paramount and traditional materials are incorporated in refreshing ways.
The hotel will include:
- 300 rooms, and 90 suites including:
- 40 one-bed suites, four royal suites & 16 three-bed suites;
- 8 restaurants; additional bars, brasseries & BBQ eateries
- 1100-seat auditorium
- 2400-guest ballroom
- 40 meeting rooms including business and media centres
- Spa and beauty centre, fitness centre with gym, indoor and outdoor swimming pools
Designed in 2010
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
Size: 300,000 m2
Alsop at RMJM
LA FOSCA
Palamos, Spain
La Fosca Beach Hotel is a new Rough Luxe hotel in Palamos, Spain. The design comprises a series of spaces to eat, drink and relax offering hotel guests and locals variety and choice throughout the seasons.
Hotel bedrooms are individual ‘tree-house’ pods, the forms of which are derived from the canopies of pine trees typical of this region. These pods would be constructed off-site and each supported in-situ’ by its own set of structural columns.
The variation in height and positioning aims to recreate the forest’s canopy. A driftwood screen between street and hotel provides shade and privacy to the bedrooms from the street. All bedrooms have full-height, south-facing glazing that opens onto private terraces which enjoy magnificent views to the sea.
Designed 2009 - Ongoing
Client: The Englehorn Family Contract value: Confidential Size: 1,800 m2
Will Alsop at RMJM
ALMERE
Almere, Netherlands
The “polder city” of Almere, close to Amsterdam, has evolved as a low rise development along the lines of the English garden cities. Although the residential areas of Almere are attractive, the settlement lacks a real “heart” and the dearth of local amenities encourages people to commute to Amsterdam for entertainment. Almere has, however, something of a tradition of encouraging bold and innovative architecture and this has underpinned moves to transform the central area.
In line with the development masterplan for Almere, which envisages a process of “intensification” for the city centre, Alsop designed a 16,000 m² waterfront entertainment centre. Completed in 2003, the centre consists of a family of buildings grouped around a new square and elevated 4m on a unifying podium, which covers a parking area. Varied in form, the buildings use a variety of materials to create a rich new urban landscape. At the heart of the development is the Pop Zaal, its reinforced concrete structure clad in preweathered zinc and steel mesh. The four storey hotel, in contrast, is clad in cedar boarding, while the retail centre is metal clad. The square itself is a lively place, with cafes and restaurants, attractive in all seasons.
Completion: 2003
Client: MAB Groep BV
Contract value: £38 million
Size: 16,000 m2
Alsop Architects
“Alsop has managed to create a solution which is vibrant and expressive and extends the ambitions of the Almere master plan.”
JOS MELCHERS - MAB GROUP
The City Museum of Zhuhai and Urban Planning Exhibition Hall is a regional museum and cultural facility authorised by the city government of Zhuhai. It has responsibilities of research, excavation, protection and collection of the heritage of the City of Zhuhai and exhibition, education and research of history, culture and art for the city. Additionally, it will exemplify Zhuhai’s approach to urban planning and construction, and become the roadmap for future urban development.
The Shizimen Business district, located on the Xi River estuary in Zhuhai, is divided into two parts: The southern part is located on the northeast of Hengqin Island, its east and north extend to Shizimen River, while its south extends to Hengqin port district. The total planning site area is 5.77 km².
The business and exhibition cluster is located in the northern part of Shizimen Business District (Wanzai and Monkey Island), with an area of about 258,000 m², and gross floor area of 556,000 m².
The development is planned in two phases. During Phase One, 150,000 m² (gross: 245,000 m²) will be developed including part of the Zhuhai International Conference Centre; International Exhibition Centre, International Class A office building and two five-star hotels, business apartments and business facilities.
Phase Two covers an area of 108,000 m², (gross: 311,000 m²) including the completion of the Zhuhai International Conference Centre, International Exhibition Centre, International Class A office building, and further business apartments and business facilities.
Designed in 2009
Client: Huafa Industrial Co
Contract value: £190 million
Size: 484,000 m2
Alsop at RMJM
ZHUHAI
Zhuhai, China
DANCING TOWERS
Toronto, Canada
The Dancing Towers were designed with the intent to exude the spirit of joy, delight and fun while creating an identity for residents’ return home.
The two towers, though each 65-storeys are differential in height due to distortion of the vertical and the rotation of their axis. At the base of the towers sits a public space - the “Ballroom” - that can be opened up during summer months. The Sports Bar comprises rock climbing, swimming and volley ball facilities alongside a coffee stall, juice bar, deli and florist. The mix ensures a lively and active space.
The “Dance Floor” is an additional external space that can be opened to the public when required. At its heart is a bandstand with dance-floor and the sales centre; these are surrounded by gardens.
A single band of colour at the 42nd level, “The Bow Tie” provides amenity space for residents with function room; fitness area, lounge and library.
Designed in 2012
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
Size: 116,000 m2 aLL Design
The Chongqing Global Towers Development brief requested a landmark development and luxury living catalyst for the City.
The masterplan, totalling c.1.4 million m2 comprises three towers, clusters of residential and serviced apartments, retail space and landscaping.
aLL Design proposed towers of varying heights from 43 to 59 storeys. Two towers are residential and the third hosts serviced apartments. The design includes private car parking and private elevators, private front gardens, and swimming pools ogether with communal gardens and a member’s club.
Designed in 2012
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
Size: 188,000 m2 aLL Design
CHONGQING
China
RAK CORNICHE
Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE
Sustainable Waterfront Development embracing
aLL Design’s masterplan for the redevelopment of Ras Al Khaimah’s Corniche transforms the shoreline into a year-round, sustainable, waterfront destination. We have grasped the opportunity to integrate green technology, with each component designed to meet the latest environmental standards.
These use adaptable solutions to be enhanced as newer technologies emerge, enabling the Corniche to export advanced ideas to other parts of the UAE and the wider region. As a result the lifetime costs of the scheme are greatly reduced comparative to a traditional approach.
The scheme achieves a 5o temperature reduction and lowers humidity in key areas by 50% to 70% with the use of ETFE, ground cooling and other technological advancements.
Client: Confidential
Contract value: Confidential
Size: N/A
aLL Design
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