Materials
Polymer Building Skins.
January 13, 2012: During the development of the Bridgestone Pavilion, Architectkidd was able to study a variety of polymer materials. While not all materials made it [...]
BOI Fair: Digital + Manual Construction.
January 6, 2012: As a showcase for emerging technologies, Architectkidd had the opportunity to explore some new ideas in the Bridgestone Pavilion for the BOI Fair. [...]
Cantilever Spaces.
August 18, 2011: At Architectkidd, we think each material has its own unique properties that need to be considered to realize its potential in architecture. For [...]
Steel Techniques.
August 4, 2011: The Architectkidd team is currently working on a project that involves designing with steel in construction and detailing. So during a review of [...]
Sound Wave: Hard Rock Facade.
July 16, 2011: The design for the new Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok will mark a new approach for the global Hard Rock brand. This is [...]
Old Wood Details.
June 7, 2011: Construction is nearly complete for the new Hard Rock Cafe restaurant in Bangkok. This project is a renovation of an existing building structure [...]
Reclaimed & Old Wood in Thailand.
January 11, 2011: In Thailand, it is difficult to source wood and timber from sustainable sources for building. At this moment, there does not seem to [...]
From Mountains to Building Materials.
January 10, 2011: The art of stone cutting is a process that involves massive machinery, brute force and lots of water. Recently, team members from Architectkidd [...]
New Directions in Thai Materials.
December 3, 2010: A new publication titled “New Directions in Thai Materials” has been released by the Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC). The book is written [...]
Design Plant Hut.
September 9, 2010: For a temporary meeting space, Architectkidd has converted an empty floor of their shophouse using palm leaves as the primary material. The space [...]
Hand Made Facades.
July 23, 2010: We’re not quite facade engineering specialists, but we have been using our curiosity as motivation to investigate possibilities and materials in buildings. In [...]
Library for a Monastery.
June 17, 2010: Architectkidd has collaborated with designer Prinda Puranananda to develop a small library building in a Buddhist monastery in Chiengrai. The building, to be located along a hill side [...]
Vertical Teak.
June 4, 2010: For the construction of a new showroom of a high-rise condominium in Bangkok, we have designed a vertical installation using strips of teak [...]
Klong Toey Boxes.
May 8, 2010: For the design of our first food retail project, we commissioned people living in the nearby Klong Toey slum to build a wooden [...]
Deep Patterns.
March 20, 2010: For the design of a new gallery, we have been developing strategies to create “deep” patterns in order to fabricate architectural walls with continuously variable [...]
Speckled Superstructures?
January 20, 2010: Our work on the Lightmos showroom is now completed, and the building has been receiving some coverage from web and print publications. [...]
Smooth Reception.
March 1, 2009: The Thai Obayashi wood reception counter is now installed in the company’s headquarters building on Rachadamri Road. This counter is the final piece for [...]
Seamless Lobby Spaces.
October 23, 2008: Using white polymer panels, concealed leds / fiber optics and stretched fabric, we were able to resurface the elevator lobbies and public areas [...]
Green Walls.
May 1, 2008: The headquarters for Goodwill has been completed. The building provides a new workplace environment for administrative staff and engineers who build and maintain the industrial kitchen equipment that [...]
Concrete Entrances.
May 1, 2008: Concrete is a material that has latent potential in Thailand. If we understand the limitations of how it is currently used in [...]