The design for the new Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok will mark a new approach for the global Hard Rock brand. This is probably most dynamically expressed in the facade design of the building’s exterior. For Architectkidd, the starting point for this facade design were the shapes, rhythms and structures of sound. Interpreting sound into […]
Facades
Can Architecture Compete with Advertising?
There are many advertising billboards in Bangkok. Driving around in the city, it often seems that there are more billboards than buildings along the streets. Some say that the dominance of these oversized signs has detrimental effects on architecture and the urban environment. But there is no doubt that the revenue-generating potential of large-scale advertising […]
Hand Made Facades
We’re not quite facade engineering specialists, but we have been using our curiosity as motivation to investigate possibilities and materials in buildings. In the process, we hope to develop designs that are not strictly limited to functional or technical criteria. In this recent project, we have created a new 3-storey facade using hand-made woven plant […]
Wallpaper Fashion Shoot
Architectkidd was on location with stylist Ananda Chalardcharoen and photographer Tanapol Kaewpring as well as their creative team. They selected the Lightmos showroom as a location for “Shedding Skin”, a feature for Wallpaper Thailand. See the full results of the fashion shoot in the November 2008 issue (“Design Report 2008”). Share on Facebook
Green Walls
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 the company provides to its clients. In developing the design for the workplace environment, we studied the possibilities for applying soft landscape for every architectural surface of this building. We developed details to provide for plants […]
