Bespoke Tower marks completion of Rem Koolhaas’s City of Art Complex for Prada in Milan

Rem Koolhaas’s new tower designed for Prada puts movement at its core. A panoramic glass elevator and encasing staircase cuts through the one-of-a-kind building giving visitors wide-ranging views of the compound and the city around it while cantilevering decks allow for different height floors for galleries, cafes, and restaurants. Koolhaas swaps out the standard stacked floor plan with a radical diversity within a simple volume.

Art Elevator, Building Appendages, Custom Elevator, Museum Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical Landscape, Fashion HouseJoshua NelsonFebruary 4, 2020Prada, Fashion House, Architects Elevator, Vertical Transportation, LED Light Panels, Stone Elevator Panels, LED, OMA, Rem Koolhaus

Rem Koolhaas' Stacked and Staggered Library Rethinks Wayfinding

Rem Koolhaas' stacked and staggered public library is an eleven story monument to public space and level transition in downtown Seattle. Celebrated for its brilliant planning, the architects solution for an urban library has more to do with exploration than it does books and records.

Custom Elevator, Modern Elevator Design, Vertical Landscape, Urbanism, Library ElevatorsJoshua NelsonFebruary 12, 2019Library, Accessibility, Rem Koolhaus, Architecture, Architects Elevator