East Village

30 March 2016

When it comes to winning awards, there is no stopping for East Village! We are thrilled to announce that East Village has scooped another three awards, winning the Mixed-use Interior, Mixed-use Development, and Development Marketing categories of the Asia Pacific Property Awards.

Since its launch in 2014, East Village already has won seven awards and has been shortlisted for another six.

The official presentations of the Asia Pacific Property Awards will be hosted during the Asia Pacific Property Awards Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the 7th and 8th April 2016. All category winners… Read more

AUSTRALIAN DESIGN REVIEW
Inside Interior Design Magazine
February 10, 2016

“With the hero the tree structure, the Payce project successfully challenges the retail marketplace experience with a strong commitment to social and environmental sustainability,” said Sue Fenton of the East Village project by Payce with Koichi Takada Architects and Turner.

“We see where the interior design conceptual drivers have informed a diverse, authentic place – a welcome change from the lifeless box of the modern day mall. While the project is embedded underground, the clever use of filtered natural light and small vistas forms a connectivity to the… Read more

MONOCLE Magazine
Issue 91, Volume 10
March 2016

Lendlease x Monocle
Cities of the future

LEADING CITY LIVING

There’s no secret ingredient for making city neighbourhoods tick, but applying the principles of shared space, discerning design and forward-thinking transport can turn a space into a true place.

01 City Lovers
Being a city dweller doesn’t mean getting lost in the masses. Cities draw individuals but as more people choose to live in them there is an opportunity to maintain a community mindset, share space as neighbours and embrace the vibrancy that urban living provides.
People… Read more

Five major multi-residential projects under construction

1 March 2016

With five of our major multi-residential projects now under construction, the next couple of years will see the reveal of some of our most exciting and sophisticated designs yet as they continue to take shape amongst the iconic skylines of Sydney and Melbourne.

By 2020, Koichi Takada Architects will have a total of 166,728 m2 complete, offering 1,928 beautifully designed apartments across some of Sydney and Melbourne’s most sought after residential addresses.

Skye by Crown Group
GFA: 37,553 m2
Storeys: 28
Apartments: 242

ARC by Crown Group… Read more

EAST VILLAGE

1 March 2016

Since its launch in 2014, East Village has already won four awards and was short-listed for several more. It is now in the running for the 2016 Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation & Excellence Awards. It has made it into the short-list of not only one, but three categories: Best Mixed Use Development, Best Shopping Centre Development, and Best Sustainable Development.

The national awards program, now in its 34th year, celebrates Australia’s property development and investment industries. This year’s awards program has been narrowed down to 136 finalists in 18… Read more

INDESIGN Magazine
Issue 63 (Dec 2015)

One Central Park is the signature residential stage within the $2 billion Central Park mixed-use development’s substantial 5.8 hectare site located in Chippendale, Sydney. Its gateway quality address, on the southern boarder of the CBD in an established neighbourhood where there’s continuing improvement, infrastructure, and underlying transport, saw Frasers Property Australia acquire the site in 2007 for joint venture development with Sekisui House. An international line-up of eminent planners and architects was assembled to modify a pre-existing master plan.
PTW Architects was appointed on the design team for One Central Park’s… Read more

HABITUS Magazine
issue 30 (Dec 2015)

WHAT IS AN ICON? A place, a person, an object?
Thirty global creatives nominate their favourite icon and share their thoughts on what makes it so, and the significant role it plays in our everyday lives.

Koichi Takada
Architect
Sydney, Australia

Icon: Rem Koolhass
The Netherlands
1944 –

I first met Rem Koolhaas back in 1995, during my study at AA school in London. I still keep a vivid memory, or perhaps the moment felt more like a shock to me. Koolhaas had made a big impact on my… Read more

ARTICHOKE issue 53
Australia’s interiors and design magazine

In this month’s issue of ARTICHOKE, Koichi Takada Architects’ design for East Village was shortlisted for Best Identity Design in the 2015 Eat Drink Design Awards. Now in its fourth year, the annual award celebrated the best of Australia and New Zealand’s new eating and drinking interiors for 2015, showcasing innovation and excellence in the design of hospitality venues of all scales and types, retail environments for the sale of food and beverages and visual identities for both.

This year’s awards saw a record-breaking 176 entries across the six categories:… Read more

EAST VILLAGE

26 November 2015

Winner, Retail Category: East Village
PAYCE with Koichi Takada Architects & Turner

The Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2015, Australia’s premier awards program for interior designers and architects, has nominated East Village as the winner of the retail category.

East Village urban marketplace has already taken out the Gold Award at the A’Design Awards, has won the Best Retail and Commercial Development category of the Urban Design Institute of Australia (UDIA) Awards and the Mixed Use category of the Sydney Design Awards, and has been shortlisted for numerous national and international awards… Read more

Koichi Takada Architects’ new website

23 November 2015

Koichi Takada Architects’ new website leaves the launch pad today. Apart from the fact you’ll find it fresh, engaging, straightforward to navigate and responsive on all devices – what you also need to know about its launch is the most visible evidence that KTA has entered an important new phase in its history. The new chapter is one not only characterised by the evolution of the brand but an unfolding of a larger mission: to take its particular expertise and architectural vision to the world (exciting things now happening across the globe,… Read more