Architects Design Area’s First Micro-living Apartment At The Ink Block Development

7Ink, Microliving Apartments, Boston, Elkus Manfredi Architects, Pure Freeform, Lumiflon USA, Photography Raj Das
Ted Tye, Principal at National Development, calls the Ink Block in the South End of Boston a "game changer." Designed by Elkus Manfredi architects, the block features seven buildings, all designed to give an "urban edge" to the neighborhood. The award-winning development's last building, 7ink, is the area's first luxury "micro-living" apartment building.

Architects Design Residential Mixed-Use Development Using High Performance Materials

Union Denver, Colorado, Davis Partners Architects, Pure Freeform, Lumiflon USA, Photography Phalanx Studios
Union Denver is a massive mixed-use development by Davis Partnership Architects in the Central Platte Valley of Denver. Developer Holland Partner Group worked closely with the architects to produce the 580 units over three residential towers with 60,000 square feet of ground-floor retail below. The retail space is anchored by Whole Foods urban grocery chain.

Commercial Architecture Provides Companies Of All Sizes Contemporary Work Spaces

Facebook Spring District, Seattle, NBBJ, Pure Freeform, Lumiflon, Photography Benjamin Benschneider
Commercial architecture serves multiple purposes. These designs often seek to attract new businesses to become tenants or for existing companies to provide essential functioning spaces for staff and visitors. For large businesses, their company headquarters serve as a physical representation of their brand and even mission. While commercial office parks seek to attract leaseholders with contemporary designs that fit a variety of potential industries.

Dynamic Architecture: Adaptable, Responsive, Energy Efficient Designs

Uber Headquarters, San Francisco, SHoP Architects, Akzo Nobel, Interpon, Lumiflon, Jason O Rear Photography_1
Dynamic architectural buildings are adaptable, responding to their given environments to produce maximum efficiency. These contemporary facades serve more than their functional purpose, they are reactive, highly sustainable, and aesthetically pleasing. The movement of dynamic facades coincides with energy efficiency, allowing architects to create consciously modern designs.