日本語 WE ARE A LONDON-BASED GROUP OF ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS AND THINKERS WHO VALUE THE TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OF IDEAS AND THE CAPACITY FOR ARCHITECTURE TO INSPIRE. During these difficult times, PLP remains fully operational and committed to servicing our clients and meeting our new and existing commitments. As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the health and wellbeing of our employees, colleagues and clients remains our paramount concern. Our studio draws strength from teams of talented people working collaboratively. We have developed a comprehensive strategy to ensure that we can continue to work this way remotely. Our team leaders are experienced creative professionals, in constant communication with the leadership of the firm and fully empowered to make all necessary decisions. At the same time, our office remains open as a base of operations and will continue to be in use. All conference and meeting facilities remain fully accessible to our teams, our clients and our collaborators and are also fully accessible remotely to ensure that business continues as usual. Our IT teams are working on a 24-hour basis and our systems are resilient. We greatly appreciate the support and confidence of our clients and collaborators, and we remain fully committed to continue to deliver the high level of creativity and service that is the hallmark of our studio. YANDEX HEADQUARTERS MOSCOW, RUSSIA PLP Architecture is designing an innovative new smart headquarters for Yandex, the global technology leader, in the Gagarinsky District of Moscow. The inclusive, 170,000m2 campus will enable staff to have a healthy and sustainable place for seamless work and recreation, a space for inspiration and fun that will integrate technology with materiality to inspire new ideas and refined ways of working. The campus will be a striking yet sensitive addition to the city’s skyline, sitting on a prominent site near the Moskva River a short distance from the some of the city’s leading research institutions and the location of the company’s first office. The sculptural, titanium-clad building will respect its sensitive context and connect to nearby parkland. Its adaptable design will bring a distinct new ambition to the tech campus, accommodating employees under one roof for the first time in a secure, interactive, collaborative environment that celebrates the company’s identity, technological innovation and collaborative achievements and aspirations. PLP ARCHITECTURE REVEALS DESIGN FOR ITS FIRST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA PLP Architecture has revealed its design for a new signature luxury residential tower on a beguiling garden site along Orchard Boulevard in Singapore’s most coveted neighbourhood. Park Nova will be a biophilic enclave rising above the surrounding greenery, embraced in a lush vertical garden. The building brings a new focus on modern metropolitan living and aims to redefine urban living in the garden city. Park Nova’s biophilic design has been inspired by the context, history and setting of the local area, once home to orchards and now a lifestyle destination that maintains its lush green character. Drawing on the form of a butterfly, the building is elevated above the tree canopy on slender columns and features gently undulating floorplates arranged into three wings to maximise the potential for natural shading and ventilation. Lee Polisano talks to the Business Times about embracing public outdoor space, smart buildings and our ambition to add to Singapore's iconic skyline Unfolding features in the London Design Biennale 2021 PLP Labs launch 'use of wearables in the office', a new report for the BCO INTERNATIONAL TEAM TO REVITALISE INDUSTRIAL RECLAMATION SITE INTO DIVERSE GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD IN MILAN PLP Architecture is part of an international team that includes OUTCOMIST, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, CRA - Carlo Ratti Associati and Arup that has won a major competition to realise Parco Romana, an urban-scale redevelopment project in Milan’s Porta Romana district. The project interprets the industrial legacy of the site while reanimating it with contemporary programs centred on an ethos of sustainability. The scheme rethinks a large railway yard that has divided the area for more than a century. It stitches together a fragmented urban realm, reconnecting surrounding neighbourhoods with a vibrant mixed-use district rooted in the principles of inclusivity, biodiversity, resiliency, connectivity and wellbeing. Built around a new Great Park that serves as the green heart of the development, Parco Romana celebrates its layered histories while offering shared environments for living and working that unite a diverse community of residents, students, office workers, athletes and visitors. 4 CANNON STREET WINS CITY OF LONDON BUILDING OF THE YEAR: CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEXT AWARD 4 Cannon Street has been selected as recipient of the Contribution to Context Award, a special award created for this year’s City of London Building of the Year Awards to specifically honour the building. The recognition was given by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and highlights the building’s sensitive design, which confidently respects place and context on its site between three listed buildings at the heart of the City. © 2021 PLP Architecture International Ltd New Business Enquiries newbusiness@plparchitecture.com Press Enquiries press@plparchitecture.com Careers careers@plparchitecture.com Other Enquiries info@plparchitecture.com