Dec 24, 2007
barbara cappochin award
zlgdesign is proud to receive the 2007 International Barbara Cappochin Foundation Special Prize Award for their BOH Cameron Highlands Visitor Centre. The building is located in the Highlands Tea Estate of Malaysia.
The International Biennial “Barbara Cappochin” Prize for Architecture is launched in Paris. The purpose of the Foundation is to remember Barbara, a young student of the Faculty of Architecture I.U.A.V of Venice by promoting high quality architecture. This quality can only be obtained if the three essential figures, the Contractor, the Designer and the Constructor, work together to identify that thin line that connects life and architecture, by focusing on choices, ideas and materials in order to attain high quality results. This is the objective of the Foundation.
See also: world architecture news
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Jul 24, 2007
astro
Image of Astro new look office, designed to promote Astro’s philosophy of work, of solidarity, symbolic in the way the facade shows two building materials coming together, one transparent, and the other more solid. A concept that drives the plan form as well as the section, two spaces meeting in the centre where the courtyard breaks into a garden, with many natural elements. The dark cement and the panar glazing on the facade locks into each other as a clasping hand, the interlocking floors give each level a view of the the next one either above or from below. A humane and completely intimate internal environment that encourages external awareness and as ens eof connection to light and landscape.03:23 Posted in astro | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: astro, offices, zlgdesign, competition, projects
Jul 09, 2007
beijing showroom: entrance to new offices, HQ
Canopy detail made from polished mirror stainless steel. Wires adorn the "invisible" roof, made to support decorative items during festive events or for effects at night. Project completed within 8 months of ZLG's appointment. Located in Beijing's art district, for China's premier lighting company ZHONGTAI Holdings of Shanghai.
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Dec 14, 2006
duyong: restaurant in terengganu
The detail here shows a close study of the site elements, in this case we embrace the fishermen's boat ribbed structure as a reference for the partitions, for this restaurant, recently launched in the east coast of Malaysia, state of Terengganu, a traditional boat building locality. More details of this proejct can be seen in the link below:
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Infinity Pool
View of House sold to private owner, located in Kuala Lumpur, taken from the pavilion.
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Dec 13, 2006
Aqualive Showroom
This is a retail project for a boutique client in the water business. Aqualive is a showroom facility with a sales office and project room, centered around a display of various products marketed by the Client. Columns of light receive guests and visitors on approach, marked also by fine stainless steel wires to give intimacy to this space.
Concept: Huat LIM
Team: Umi K, Fauwaz, OTP, Koh, Soh Siew Ping
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Kenny Heights
This is a parcel within a masterplan, located in Kuala Lumpur. Kenny Heights is carved out of the land, and the retail link here is remarkably a simple envelope, with a small incision on the roof, to let daylight in deeper into the plan of this development. Arguably very different from anything else seen for a retail project, this link will prove to be very edgy and yet accessible for this new suburbia community.19:40 Posted in architecture , Blog , Conceptual Projects , Offices , residential , retail design | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: kenny heights, parcel 4, masterplan, retail planning
Nov 09, 2006
Corner Lights
Corner detail of one of many rooms redesigned and reconfigured for one of our clients. Frame-less glass window opening brings in the greenery outside and gives this otherwsise bare room a fantastic sense of awareness of the landscaped courtyards.
Project Designer: Susanne ZEIDLER
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Strip Ceilings
Project: Digi Telecommunications Shah Alam Malaysia
Art Direction and Concept: Huat LIM
Project Architects: Bernard LIM, Julia PAGEL, Wenke WEISS, ONG Shi Yi
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Digi Folding Browns
A series of benches and shelves form a wall sculpture along the outside passageways of this office boardrooms. Made for purposes of giving staff somewhere to read whilst waiting for meetings to commence. The black receding ceilings are appointed with ZLG's signature bell lights.01:45 Posted in digi telecommunications | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Digi Mirrors
The extensive use of mirrored finish for this space exudes a sense of absence. of minimalism without loss of character. The desk is made by Shinwa Metals of Malaysia, exemplary workmanship and articulate detailing. Mirrored finish columns make them disappear, and provide views out to the lush landscaped fields beyond.01:25 Posted in digi telecommunications | Permalink | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
DiGi Crystal
This is one of twenty break out areas assigned to the new Digi Telecommunications Offices Headquarters located in Shah Alam, some twenty minutes from Kuala Lumpur, part of the Zen Minimal Concept floor, one of three zones created for the Interiors.01:20 Posted in digi telecommunications | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Nov 08, 2006
new brownies to collect!
ZLG now has the new brownies [named after their close colour match to the famous W Hotel Brown] to collect for our faithful and loyal friends. After the first volume [soon running our of stock] we now have more images to stimulate and inspire the aspiring architects, designers and artists. Made from the best recycled quality paper we will publish sketches and products from our collection of work over recent years. This will be a Limited Edition production.08:04 Posted in Publications | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Nov 01, 2006
Kiara II
Quite simply a new direction for apartment reception design, somewhat intentionally corporate, not necessarily cold, given the tropical materias used for benches and loose furniture. The white is well balanced against naturally darker wooden elements. Overhead glazing is softened by means of white film to reduce unpleasant contrast from external daylight.
Design: Susanne ZEIDLER
Managers: Fun Soon KIT, Bernard LIM
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Tunku House 2
A very satisfying proejct, in both senses of a good appreciative Client, as well as a Project that is so challenging given the terribly confusing and disorganised interior when we first saw the house. All materials employed are all kept tropical, yet exotic in their execution to the extent where we manufactured 'new skins' and fabricated partitions that would not mormally be as functional if the materials were not as we have specified.
Design: Susanne ZEIDLER
Project Managers and Assistants: Bernard LIM. Fun and Tracy LIM
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Tunku Residence
Not many of our Clients survive this stark and severe aesthetic treatment and utterly uninterrupted delivery but for being one of our best, this has brought much satisfaction to the office. We love this work, and hats off to those who appreciate our simplicity for want of better use of space, materials and technology.
Design: Susanne ZEIDLER
Project Assistants and Managers: FUN and Tracy LIM, Bernard LIM
Art Direction: Umi K
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Maldives White as Sand
Approach view of the Maldives chalet designs. Platform access is limited to serving no more than say four chalets for luxury and top of the class privacy design. Possible internal mini courtyard define the interior world of this chalet..extending the experience to include not only views and the water body, but also the intimate relationship between the envelope and the interior elements.21:02 Posted in Leisure | Permalink | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Oct 31, 2006
maldives take 2
Another reconstruction of the chalets for the maldives entail the resolution of the enitre superstructure, therein extending all of the elements connected to it from the framework rather than built separately from it. The soft insides are luxuriously furnished fabric and leather comforts, in contrast to a stark, somewhat aggressive exterior. Distinctively zlg formula in execution.03:05 Posted in Leisure | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Oct 16, 2006
Federal Hotel
Hotel renovation and ugrading works for the Federal has commenced and ZLG proposed for the famous revolving restaurant redesign to the Client. The Project involved a new art direction to include also the upgrading of the entire bedrrom suite designs and part of the public areas including the arrival lobby.15:10 Posted in Leisure | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Oct 14, 2006
Maldives Resort
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Oct 05, 2006
Ispartakule: Istanbul
Huat's Sketch study of Ispartakule, project for LDY for Client based in Istanbul. Project for 1000+ units of middle to high-end residentail property. Altogether there wil be 12 numbers of Towers whose height varies from 18-25 storeys.
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Oct 03, 2006
BOH Visitor Centre Malaysia
The BOH Visitor Centre is an International PAM award winning building design, recently opened to the public, and now hosting events for designers, artists and the general public. A building that remains warm and simple, albeit its complex functions of visitor centre, cafeteria, tea showroom and sales offices and exhibition centre.10:10 Posted in boh visitor centre | Permalink | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
Jun 07, 2006
challenge park: revisiting the CAD models
The later studies of the challenge park skate centre shows the folding and ziggy zag roof wrapping around the slopes of terrain to be presereved and retained and conserved. Targetted completion date approximately 2 years from now.
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Jun 05, 2006
Calvin's Bath
Calvin's Bath is truly a delight to see and use. It is in the tradition of celebration of water as element, ZLG's classic concept to make the ordinary room a Temple of Water, complete with glass curtain shower design and a forest themed screen printed glass wall. Column box [with mirror] and black granite plinth detail appear as sculptural objects within this space, housing both the custom black granite washbasin and the water supply spout design.15:05 Posted in bathrooms | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: Design
May 24, 2006
zhongtai waters
This is a newly completed showroom project executed in collaboration with Kengo Kuma in Shanghai for Zhongtai Holdings Company, located in central Shanghai. zlgdesign acted as Executive Architect throughout the entire duration of the construction phase with major design amendments incorporated into the interior and aso some of the key elements fo the scheme, inculding changes to the baluster [the original steel frames were deleted in lieu of glass balustrades] and the water features and the water curtain. The lobby plan was also fundamentally changed to suit practical use of the reception area, where the 4-storey high glass wall and water feature was supposed to be placed.00:20 Posted in shanghai showroom | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: Design, zlgdesign, interior, shanghai project, zhongtai holdings
May 19, 2006
challenge park: cad model
ZLG's signature minimalist but warm materiality to the design is through using only the most durable finishes, that embrace sustainability and modernity with a twist. The model was practically an image that stood the test of time, and today it resembled the work on site almost without any visible differences.
The seating in the landscaped terraces were made of concrete plinths, resting on the grass slopes, forming an informal arrangement of sculptured objects.
See also challengepark.
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May 11, 2006
WAC Showcase
Our minimal and naturalistic designs promote a clear appreciation of a bare-finished interior to permit enhancing WAC-Lighting products that are ultimately finely crafted, sophisticated and beautifully manufactured elements to be set against this ambience. Location: Pudong, Shanghai.
Project Direction: Huat LIM
Assitant Designer: Serena YONG
Project Manager: KOH SY
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May 10, 2006
WAC Showcase
This is WACLighting lifestyle showcase for their new W2 line for the chinese market. ZLG's stark and minimal brand is at once appropriate and functional and will stand to showcase products in an environment that is both light-friendly and warm, derived from an architectural envelope design and placement of artifacts that emulate WAC's own brand position. Location: Shanghai.
Design Huat LIM
Proejct Driection; Serena YONG
Proejct Architect: KOH SY
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Digi goes Minimal
The new HQ for Digi Telecommunications will bear asome minimal some not so minimal designs. Some 23 different environments will be presented to end users, amongst others places for contemplation and reflection. Completion date scheduled for June of 2006.
Designs: ZLG Design
Project Direction: Bernard Lim
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Mar 16, 2006
cliff hanger
Bungalow residence built on hill-side sloped land, triangular in shape. Has amazing views to KL City centre. Approach road from behind the building offers an element of surprise upon arrival.
Design: Susanne Zeidler
Artistic Direction: Umi K
Project Architect: Fun
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Mar 02, 2006
Belfast going green
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Feb 26, 2006
something seventies
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Feb 25, 2006
Found Object or Rainbow
Futuristic and yet friendly, a grand remodelling of the new project in the UK. Information cannot be made avaialable as yet to the public as to the nature of this building. A design consultancy and collaboration for which ZLG serves to manage design and concept for a large planning and urban design company based in the UK. Total build up area of more than 680,000 sqft. located in a prime neighbourhood.
Design Huat LIM Project Architect: Teo LT
Artistic Direction: Fauwaz
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beijing rising
Finally the Beijing showroom has come to look, well almost exactly as we've designed it, bare and minimal but sensously decorated with the richest chinese materials of this region. The silver canopy, with its mirrored stainless steel edges reflect exactly Zhongtai's esteemed reputation for quality and precision in their core lifetsyle business.
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Jan 29, 2006
IJM Project Update
We are most pleased to announce the completion and hence the launch of the IJM Showrooms for PJ8, the new residences located at Petaling Jaya, opposite the Hilton.
Thanks to Jimmy WONG for his efforts, and we hope the project will draw success for the Client Mssrs IJM, and bring credits to all who has contributed to its completion. Images and photographs of this project interior will soon be made available on this site.
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Dec 31, 2005
avenueK's new look
This the latest statement for avenue K, this Christmas and New Year, to be compared with the photo of the building some 3 years ago. The atrium now boasts an upgraded mall, with escalator leading up to the mezzanine floor, and museum quality ambience largely due to the white resin terrazzo used for the entire ground floor.04:45 Posted in avenueK | Permalink | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: Architecture
Dec 04, 2005
What avenueK was
This a reminder of how avenue K looked like before ZLG worked on it. Note the open roof and the lift core in the atrium. This amazing photograph should be read together with the latest atrium views of avenue K elsewhere on this blog. Scary, but guaranteed to blow the mind away.
Design: ZLG Design Sdn Bhd
Contractor: Leightons International
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Changkat Stripes
This is a study further to the earlier design for David Lee's apartment project in Kuala Lumpur. Still investigating the possibility of reducing the building to a simple envelope, an objet d'arts of sorts. Currently ZLG will be testing the pallette with using materials that are warmer, perhaps in Corten Steel or copper. Comprising 6 apartments, each unit will have a fully fitted kitchen with hob and three bedrooms and an glass enclosed lanai.08:03 Posted in residential | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: Architecture
Nov 30, 2005
New Waves: Asian Architects
Architecture and Urbanism 05:12 We are pleased to announce the publication of the Cameron Highlands Project in the latest A+U Issue number 423, covering stories on Asian Architects, and also with a detailed write-up on ZLG's philosophy and approach to the project.
Website: http://www.japan-architect.co.jp
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Immanuel Kant
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Nov 24, 2005
Giraffe Chair
GC101: "Nature" Cream Aluminium anodised seats, natural Ply base
GC102: "Darth Vader" black leather seats, Jet black spray-paint base
Both come with unique comfort seats with rubber stool rests. All orders will be accompanied with ZLG giftpack complete with design manuals and ZLG Booklet latest edition 2005.
Orders at USD 330 each, 20% discounts for orders above 10 units. Packing and shipping to Asia only. Contact Admin [Ms Cynthia NG]
Design: Huat LIM and Susanne ZEIDLER
Contact: zlg@streamyx.com
Copyright ©1994.ZLG Design
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Nov 22, 2005
External Awareness
View of the other side of the BOH Visitor Centre wash area, showing the open relationship of the toilets and vanity to the site, a very bright and airy part of the building. A very simple cast canopy in white plastered concrete, skim-caoted in white, protects the area from driving rain whilst a bamboo cladded wall splashback functioning as screen supports a aluminium-framed mirror panel. Black painted metal railing detail at the back of the wash area in simple steel flat bars design in minimalist approach as barriers, unobstructing views to the landscape beyond.
Design: Susanne ZEIDLER, Huat LIM, Jimmy WONG, TEK Tsien, HONG Chieh Yow
Project Architect: Jimmy WONG
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boh visitor centre: back to basin
Detail of washbasin against off-form concrete wall for Cameron Highlands new BOH Visitor Centre. Taps from the old world style, with bamboo splash back design. Natural light comes through from the sides to give the toilets a bright and airy feeling throughout the day.05:55 Posted in boh visitor centre | Permalink | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this | Tags: boh visitor centre, basin detail, sustainable design, cameron highlands
Nov 18, 2005
Imagination Unlimited
"The true sign of Intelligence is not Knowledge but Imagination."
Albert Einstein
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