The new office complex of CATRC in Tianjin, China, will serve as the main headquarters for the entire CATRC, which has several offices throughout China. CATRC is the technical administration body in the auto industry and a technical support organization to the governmental authorities in China.
Heller Manus will create a state-of-the-art office building equipped with underground parking, conference center, library, hotel, restaurant and parking garage. The architects will conceive a design that focuses on facilitating the core functions of the building efficiently. It will be designed as a state-level research institute displaying a building plan outfitted with green building methods, and functional usage space.
Heller Manus has also won a contract to design the International Fashion Center in Guangzhou with headquarters for Canudilo, a men’s clothing and accessories firms and luxury brand retailers in China. The fashion center and the Canudilo headquarter will feature spacious office and retail space, gallery for fashion exhibitions, roof garden, and below-grade parking. Heller Manus will incorporate environmentally-sustainable design plan with energy-saving and green building methods into the design.
