Long Museum West Bund and the Jiangsu Software Park complex.]]> https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1430-atelier-deshaus en-us A coal-conveying platform from the 1950s and a parking garage from the first decade of the 21st century act as unlikely form-givers to Atelier Deshaus’s new Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai.

]]> 1408-long-museum-west-bund-atelier-deshaus.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7520-long-museum-west-bund Long Museum West Bund The stripped-down concrete-and-aluminum facade of the Long Museum West Bund echoes the modest aesthetic of an extant 1950s-era coal-conveying platform at its entrance.   Photo © Su Shengliang Long Museum West Bund Public spaces at the both the entrance level (photo, left) and the second floor (next photo) connect different parts of the museum and extend out to a new riverfront park along the Huangpu River.   Photo © Su Shengliang Long Museum West Bund Public spaces at both the entrance level (previous photo) and the second floor (photo, left) connect different parts of the museum and extend out to a new riverfront park along the Huangpu River.   Photo © Su Shengliang Long Museum West Bund The lobby looks out to an entry plaza.   Photo © Xia Zhi Long Museum West Bund A footbridge connects a second-story space with the coal platform.   Photo © Su Shengliang Long Museum West Bund A sculptural stair takes visitors down to underground galleries.   Photo © Su Shengliang Long Museum West Bund The vaulted concrete structure creates flowing spaces on the ground floor for galleries and circulation.   Photo © Xia Zhi Long Museum West Bund The architects brought daylight into second-foor galleries from between and above the vaults, showing the influence of Louis Kahn.   Photo © Xia Zhi Long Museum West Bund Image courtesy Atelier Deshaus Long Museum West Bund Image courtesy Atelier Deshaus Long Museum West Bund Image courtesy Atelier Deshaus Long Museum West Bund Image courtesy Atelier Deshaus For profit-driven software companies, good business  can be as simple as making employees happy and more productive.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12236 Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12236-china-awards-2010-plot-6-of-jishan-base-jiangsu-software-park Photo © Shu He Photo © Shu He