Following on from the hip and chic original award winning Beach Republic, the new development “Dancing poles” is inspired by the swaying palm trees of this “coconut” island.
The natural rock formations have been preserved to provide dramatic backdrops to the new chill-out pools, bars and waterfall rock pools.
Completed 2010
The rhythmic ‘push’ and ‘pull’ nature of our hotel planning is driven by the musical aspect of the hotel. On the facade this effect is further enhanced by the addition of a bay window that becomes an ‘inspiration’ space, a floating extension of the hotel room, allowing the artist to focus on practice or writing of new material. The coloured glass of these bays draws inspiration from the ‘northern lights’, a phenomenon of nature that can be observed across the Latvian skies. It is envisaged that from a distance the hotel itself will take on the appearance of such a natural marvel. Externally the building is clad with ‘ship lap timber’, similar to Jurmala’s timber homes.
Koh Som Resort is located on the beautiful island of Koh Som (Orange Island) Its cluster of villas surround a meandering stream that leads down to the beach. The elevated structure of the villas and angled roofs allow maximum airflow in and around each building, naturally cooling them. Exclusive “floating villas” reduce the “footprint” on the island and provide unique , private hideaways for priviledged guests.
The coloured banding to the floating villas gives identity to each unit, reminicent of the colourful bands of material wrapped around the bow of local long tail boats for good luck.
Tung Wah office tower in Wanchai is orientated to maximize harbor views with expressed “shading mullions”. Completed in 2005.
88 Hing Fat St Causeway Bay facing Hong Kong harbor. The “Sail” facade is emphasized by “mast’s and battens”. Completed in 2002.
CRC Tower Queens Rd Central, a competition winning entry based on “solar shade” and “wing walls”. Completed in 2004.
In association with ALKF.
An exclusive villa development with panoramic sea views. Each home has been designed to fully envelope the stunning view whilst retaining a high degree of privacy. From a solid stone base, the villas stand perched high above the surrounding forest.
Completed 2014
Awards:
Sweeping roof forms that flow through the building and landscape focused around a specimen tree that captures the stunning panoramic views to Koh Phangan
– Highly Commended Best Villa Architectural Design (Thailand), Thailand Property Awards 2014
Completed 2013
Aja is designed to resemble local butterflies perched on the mountain side. The roof structures are fashioned to emulate delicate butterfly wings floating lightly above the walls on invisible glass .
Completed 2011
The Azur development is comprised of a residents clubhouse, 26 new villas that link in with a series of residential apartment blocks. All of which enjoy a striking sea view out towards Koh Phangan.
Mixed use towers with stunning northerly views out to West Lake. A modern interpretation of traditional handcrafted, Vietnamese privacy screens. 625 residential apartments above a 5 storey retail podium with extensive internal clubhouse facilities, capped off with a series of roof gardens.
A series of 11 villas set on two seperate sloping sites. Each villa is broken up into a series of pavilions which creates an open resort feel to the circulation, giving rise to mulitple tropical landscape pockets. All the pavilions interconnect and open out onto their adjacent outdoor spaces with prominence given to long coastal sea views.