https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1985 en-us The workplace is an ever-evolving design challenge. With continuous upgrades in technology, advances in telecommunications and rising costs of commercial real estate, space for individual employees keeps shrinking'whether for assistants or executives. The average allotment per office worker fell from 225 square feet in 2010 to 176 square feet in 2012, and these days can go as low as 60 square feet. 

]]> 1508.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11214-all-in-a-days-work The Milanese firm of CLS Architetti, founded in 1993 by Giovanna Cornelio, Massimiliano Locatelli, and Annamaria Scevola, has carved out a reputation for a modish modernismo style. Its portfolio includes fashion boutiques, offices, showrooms, apartments, and the Lia Rumma Contemporary Art Gallery in Milan (2009). 

]]> 1508-cls-architetti-milan.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7355-cls-architetti-studio-in-chiesa-san-paolo-converso CLS Architetti Studio Late last year, the Milanese firm CLS Architetti moved its offices into a deconsecrated 16th century church, San Paolo Converso.   Photo © Ruy Texeira CLS Architetti Studio CLS inserted a four-story black-steel frame in the rear to solve the problem.   Photo © Ruy Texeira CLS Architetti Studio Fifty architects and designers work in and around the open structure, which allows them various perspectives on the encrusted walls and ceilings in the 47-foot-high space. The architects worked with a lighting manufacturer to insert neon tubes on dimmers into the scaffolding.   Photo © Ruy Texeira CLS Architetti Studio Known for its frescos by Antonio and Vincenzo Campi, the church-as-landlord had one sacrosanct requirement of the new tenant: not to touch the walls.   Photo © Ruy Texeira CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti CLS Architetti Studio Image courtesy CLS Architetti The Dutch firm Cepezed Architects, founded in 1973, is known for its quick-assembly, on-site construction with factory-made elements. From 1999 until just recently, it occupied a glass and steel building it had designed that demonstrated the firm's commitment to a modernist method of fabrication. 

]]> 1508-cepezed-delft-the-netherlands.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7356-cepezed Cepezed As it expanded, the architectural firm Cepezed decided to relocate to a 40,370-square-foot landmark complex of three neo'Dutch Renaissance brick structures in Delft.   Photo © Jannes Linders Cepezed The architects rebuilt the annex using glass and steel to provide additional meeting rooms.   Photo © Jannes Linders Cepezed The firm moved into the largest of the early 20th-century buildings, originally workshops for a technical university, where light Polonceau trusses are exposed in the dramatic 52-foot-high space.   Photo © Jannes Linders Cepezed Photo © Jannes Linders Cepezed Photo © Jannes Linders Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects Cepezed Image courtesy Cepezed Architects To accommodate its staff, the Denmark-based studio reimagines wood buildings once used by the Royal Danish Navy.

]]> 1508-3xn-copenhagen.asp Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7353-xn-offices-by-3xn-architects The new offices for 3XN occupy five historic gunboat structures formerly part of the Royal Navy Base in Copenhagen.   Photo © Adam M'rk The entrance to the complex of lark-wood buildings is on a small street.   Photo © Adam M'rk The architects renovated the interior with shiplike timber framing.   Photo © Adam M'rk In an open plan that affords long views toward the water, the new space also allows the firm to display architectural models.   Photo © Adam M'rk Floor Plan   Image courtesy 3XN