ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 后记 We would like to thank everyone involved in the production of this book, especially all
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the artists, designers, architects and photographers, for their kind permission to publish their works. We are also very grateful to many other people whose names do not appear on the credits but who have provided assistance and support, for their contribution of images, ideas and concepts, as well as their creativity to be shared with readers around
Laguarda.Low Architects Laguarda.Low Architects is an award-winning,
the world.
international practice with the essential
在此，我们非常感谢参与本书编写的所有人员，尤其是各位艺术家、设计师、建筑师和摄影师，他们授 权我们出版他们的作品。我们亦感谢为本书编写提供支持和帮助的人员，虽然他们的名字并没有出现在 本书中，感谢他们提供的图片、思想和理念，并将他们的创意分享给全世界的读者们。
mandate of seeking a pure methodology toward the process of design. With over 80 design professionals in New York and Dallas, as well as abroad in Beijing, China and through the affiliate office of Laguarda. Low + Tanamachi in Tokyo, Japan, LLA shares an extensive knowledge of a diverse
The people involved in the book are:
range of project types through a proven degree of experience. Ranging from Master
参与本书编写的人员有：
Plans to Mixed-Use projects of varying scale and program, the work and experience of Laguarda.Low spans across four continents and continues to evolve. With the central idea of placing emphasis of design first through an inclusive process of developing ideas and possibilities, LLA is void of the undermining tendencies and bureaucracy that occur within
The Jerde Partnership The Jerde Partnership is a visionary architecture and urban design firm that creates unique places that deliver memorable experiences and attract over 1 billion people annually. Founded in 1977, the firm has pioneered "placemaking" throughout the world with projects that provide lasting social, cultural and economic value and promote further investment and revitalization. Based in a design studio in Los Angeles with project offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Seoul, Jerde takes a signature, cocreative approach to design and collaborates with private developers, city officials, specialty designers and local executive architects to realize the vision of each project. The firm has received critical acclaim from the American Institute of Architects, Progressive Architecture, American Planning Association, and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. To date, over 100 Jerde Places have opened in diverse cities, including Atlanta, Budapest, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Osaka, Rotterdam, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo and Warsaw.
the traditional practice. As such, the body of
UNStudio
work that has been developed since the firm’s
UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, is a Dutch architectural design studio with centrally located offices in Amsterdam and Shanghai specializing in architecture, urban development and infrastructural projects. The management
inception contains a strong lineage of high-
RM Architects (RMA) RM Architects (RMA), founded by two Italian architects, Riccardo Minervini and Marco Vitali, is located in Beijing, and is staffed by a team of
level design that is not defined through the eyes of a single aesthetic but rather a clear viewpoint that is rich with contextual, cultural, and programmatic understanding.
Benoy Benoy is a world-leading, international firm
10 DESIGN
of Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and
A leading international Partnership of
Graphic Designers. Founded in 1947 in the
Architectural, Urban, Landscape and Interior
UK, the company now operates from offices
Designers and Computer Generated Imagery
in the UK, Middle East, India, China and Asia,
(CGI) specialists. They have spent the last two
with a global team of over 500 people working
decades working in the emerging Asian and
in more than 60 countries.
Middle Eastern markets and have established
Underpinned by real personality and united
a reputation and brand name within the
by the desire to create the very best, the
industry. The founding of
Benoy Team brings together international
10 DESIGN was a result of the Partners’
experience and local understanding, creative
aspiration to create multicultural projects
flair and design integrity. As a result, Benoy
with architectural, economic, environmental
consistently delivers design solutions that
and social integrity. 1O DESIGN works at a
are inspiring, enduring, cost effective and
range of scales and operate within all sectors;
commercially sound.
including corporate, cultural, hospitality,
Internationally recognised, Benoy’s core
retail, education and residential and have
philosophy remains simple. Creativity and
offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Edinburgh,
viability are not mutually exclusive. They are
and Dubai. 10 DESIGN has a group of
essential and complementary elements of the
specialist Landscape Designers who develop
unique ‘Benoy Offer’.
their concepts in conjunction with architects,
Benoy's global reputation is built on award-
arbourists, artists and the
winning projects including Hysan Place in
Sustainable Design Group. Collaboration
Hong Kong, ION Orchard in Singapore, iAPM
and the sharing of ideas are the foundation
and ICC Shanghai, Westfield London, Ferrari
of the group. A key focus of the Landscape
World Abu Dhabi, Bluewater Kent, and the
Designers is the enhancement of communities
recently opened Chengdu IFS.
and quality of life. They frequently work with the environmental
skilful and experienced architects, planners and
specialists in projects that involve aspects
team of UNStudio consists of co-founders Ben
interior designers from around the world. The
such as Ecowalls or living green walls and
van Berkel, Caroline Bos and the directors
company is run by Arch. Riccardo Minervini and
other living elements.10 DESIGN has been in
Astrid Piber, Gerard Loozekoot and Harm
Arch. Marco Vitali who have been working in
the World’s Top 100
Wassink. Hannes Pfau is the director of
China for almost a decade. Their international professional experience concentrates on three
Architects since 2012.
UNStudio Asia. The name, UNStudio, stands for United Network Studio referring to the
main core subjects - Architecture (from Urban
SASAKI ASSOCIATES, INC
5+design
to Building), Interior Design and Sustainable
Sasaki was founded 60 years ago on the
5+design is an international architecture firm
basis of interdisciplinary planning and design.
based in Hollywood, California with offices in
Today, their services include architecture,
Shanghai and Shenzhen. The firm focuses on
interior design, planning, urban design,
creating thriving urban places that become
landscape architecture, strategic planning,
centers of community life. With projects
retail, and tailor-made project management
civil engineering, and graphic design. Among
located throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle
within these fields include; the Mercedes-Benz
programmes for the implementation in China
these disciplines, they collaborate with
East, North Africa, the United States and
Museum in Stuttgart (Germany 2006), the
collaborative nature of the practice. The office has worked internationally since its inception and has produced a wide range of work ranging from public buildings, infrastructure, offices, residential, products, to urban masterplans. Pivotal UNStudio projects
Design. RM Architects specialises in Multipurpose master plan and Architecture, including high rise buildings and public buildings. RMA has developed many projects in luxury interior designs for hotel, residential and
of retail spaces for luxury brands. Sustainable
purpose. Their integrated approach yields rich
Russia, 5+design recognizes the universal
Company Profile
large scale mixed-use project Raffles City in
design is also a forte of RM Architects, with
ideas and surprising insights.
human need for connection and creates
HYHW Architecture Consulting LTD is
Hangzhou (China 2008 - 2013), the Galleria
an experienced team capable of implementing
Sasaki is an innovator. They play a leading role
environments that embrace and foster this
registered in Beijing, Shanghai, and London.
Department Store in Seoul (2005), the urban
projects with a zero-carbon footprint through
in shaping the future of the built environment
principle.
The company is multidisciplinary, specializing
and architectural plan for 88 residential
integrated design applied to planning or single
through bold ideas and new technologies.
The firm’s projects aim to become places that
in architecture, planning, urban design, and
buildings.
They approach sustainability through the
bring people together, where business and
interior design. Projects include commercial
KR), department store Star
lenses of economics, social context, and the
commerce can prosper, where people can
buildings, shopping malls, urban planning,
Place in Kaohsiung (TW 2009), private family
environment. Their solutions are not only
convene with others in comfort, where life can
urban design, public buildings, tourism,
house VilLA NM in Upstate New York (USA
effective but poetic and enduring. Their
happen. Growing from five original principals
sports and cultural recreation, education,
2007), the Agora Theatre in Lelystad (NL
approach helps clients make smart, long-term
in 2005 to an office of more than a hundred
and residential developments. We value the
2007) and the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam
decisions that result in greater value for their
people, 5+design has become a multicultural
demand of the clients and final users, and
(NL 1996).
them, and a better future for the planet.
hub of creative design that tailors buildings
guarantee high-quality design.
towers of I'Park City in Suwon (2007 - 2012
and spaces to naturally suit the lives and aspirations of the people who use them.
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