Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Amazing Architecture

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White Mountain Office by Albert France Lanord Architects

With a design to make a Bond villain jealous, the White Mountain Office by Albert France Lanord Architects is easily one of the most amazing offices in the world. White Mountain Office is home to a Swedish ISP– 100 feet below the surface of Stockholm. The space was once used as an anti-atomic shelter, intended to provide an escape from atomic blasts and the resulting fallout. In 2008, Albert France-Lanord Architects rehabbed the 4,000 square foot shelter to become the home of Bahnhof AB data center and office. We’ll bet you ONE MILLION DOLLARS that you couldn’t walk through this office without cracking a dated Austin Powers joke.

Selgas Cano Architecture Office

An architecture firm’s talent is best measured by the design of their own office. The Selgas Cano Architecture office, just outside of Madrid, Spain, is fully immersed in the natural environment around it. This white and glass-walled tubular structure makes the nature around the office its true focal point, bringing in the falling Autumn leaves, the Spring flowers and the seasons in between. Photographed here by Iwan Baan, one can get a clear sense of what working in such an amazing environment must feel like.

Bastard Store and Office by Studiometrico


The Bastard Store and design office in Milan, Italy is truly a skateboarder’s dream. It features a street level retail outlet, a balcony design office overlooking the shop and the “Bastard Bowl”, a full-size indoor skate park spanning 600 square feet and raised 18 feet above the floor level. The design for the Bastard Store was created by Studiometrico, an Italian architecture firm that selected the location and developed the project from planning to completion. The client, Comvert S.r.l. (parent company of Bastard and ElectricVisual), now owns one of the most amazing offices in the world, a dream work place for any skateboarder.

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