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point92

Point92 is a new mould, we are investing quality time to develop this project in terms of its iconic functionality as well as its premium as an office development. The building is located very prominently in a prime area in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The external wall elements are made from marine ply, glass and modular cement boards sealed within a black steel framed window structure. The anticipated target gross floor area is around 140 000 sq.ft.

Point 92 is aptly named after the land area due to the very tight site, which is just under an acre. The client sought out to do an iconic building to draw investments into their real estate. The project is located right across from an elevated road and looks out from a cliff into a residential precinct.

Point 92 is about blurring the territory between residence and office environment. the volumetric shapes carved from inside the shape of the building gives variation both in terms of spatial organisation internally as well as aspects of views out from within. Each compartmented space has its own unique features, internal bridges, voids and double height ceilings etc compound into a complex but integrated whole.

The arrival experience is one of walking through a body of water filled with lemon grass and weedy plants, linking the drop off point to lift lobbies that rise directly into the offices. The underside of the structure is simply a white reflective surface that pick out water movements from the landscaped pools and so forth. at night we contemplate the options to light up this undercroft space or soffit to give the surreal feeling of a floating box. The facade is compose dof 50 % glazing and the rest is of wooden panels or cement boards. the checkered and patterned facade allows for deep daylight penetration into the building plan. The block is supported off a minimum number of columns to express a generous and unobtrusive views of the landscape beyond. The podium structure consisting mainly of car parks will be greened on the edges to resolve the connection of this building to the ground.

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Kenanga now is in precast grc

Kenanga wholesale city is now being constructed in precast concrete grc panels. We are delighted with the current progress of upto 500 panels. A total of 6500 panels will soon be erected on site making this one of the largest precast grc projects in kuala lumpur.

Lotus: masterplan in east malaysia

A masterplan for 600 units of select houses and 20 acre natural park will be designed to feature the latest ideas in housing schemes. This project challenges convention by offering residents an estate owned gated community development with at least two 5 acre lakes and a 200 km long jogging trail around the site. All units have gardens that link directly to their 20 acre park.

2007 international biennale 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.

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astro broadcasting studios

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 planar 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 a sense of connection to light and landscape.

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duyong

Image of one of our most recent projects, built around the aesthetics of ancient art of boat building, a tradition prevalent in this small viallge town of East Coast of Malaysia. For more on this Project, and more images please refer to the the dedicated blogsite.

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