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Take a first look inside Adidas' new North American Headquarters

2022-05-25T18:13:00-04:00

When it premiered last fall, LEVER’s new building for the Adidas North American Headquarters in Oregon was talked about as a potential game-changer for an industry still struggling to find answers about the future of workplace design. Celebrated as one of the most inspiring corporate office concepts in recent memory, the effort was included in the 2022 Wood Design Awards and recently got the profile treatment from FastCompany.

Photo: Jeremy Bittermann.

In collaboration with San Francisco's Studio O+A, LEVER was able to erect two new buildings on the apparel giant’s existing Adidas Village campus just north of Downtown Portland in University Park.

Photo: Jeremy Bittermann.

One, a six-story glass-curtain facade design called the Gold Building, features a variety of collaborative work considerations such as flexible workstations, a café, and several maker spaces contained within what the firm deems as a “unique hybrid structural system” composed of pre-cast concrete columns and girders, ...

Adidas Originals and LEGO team up with new launch

2020-09-16T12:09:00-04:00

Earlier this month, LEGO and Adidas Originals launched a teaser of their recent collaboration on the upcoming ZX 8000 sneaker. For all of those architects and designers out there with reminiscent (or recent) memories of playful fun with the beloved LEGO, this unveiling is sure to intrigue. Check out the teaser below:

Ubalt Architectes complete Adidas-branded renovation of French National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance

2020-05-13T12:48:00-04:00

Paris-based design studio Ubalt Architectes has redesigned a number of spaces at France's National Institute of Sport, Expertise, and Performance (INSEP) as a part of its partnership with Adidas. The primary aim of the renovation was to create a sustainable and functional environment for the organization's athletes.

Locker rooms, lounge space, corridors, and meeting spaces have all be transformed to more appropriately meet the needs of the young athletes who will use the space.

Of the spaces redesigned, the "house of life for young athletes," or more simply, the lounge area, can be thought of as the project's main space. This zone is set between two brick walls, each anchoring one end of the space. Running perpendicular to both walls are two large stretches of glazing, providing generous natural light into the area.

A large white metal cage sits in the center of the lounge, dividing the space into sub-zones, each with its own function. Within the caged area are two tall tables with ...

Zaha Hadid and Pharrell Williams are co-designing shoes for Adidas

2015-07-28T16:06:00-04:00

"I’m a huge fan of Zaha’s, I’ve always been. I would venture to say she’s one of the most talented architects of our time and of history in my opinion. The kinds of shapes and the kinds of structures that she transcribes from her mind’s imagination – I think that Zaha’s designs are just like her buildings, they augment reality forever. And I feel like with the Supershell, she created, while using the dimensions of the shoe, cast shadows that weren’t necessarily there”

This isn't the first time the singer and architect have worked together – Williams referred to a pre-fab housing collaboration back in 2013. And his designs on associating with the architecture community were made clear at the AIA National Convention in 2014, where he delivered a keynote speech alongside Jeanne Gang and Theaster Gates.

But the architect's influence is pretty understated, compared to other Zaha-designed shoes. It appears as if the only major change to Adidas' classic Superstar trainer is to the pronounced ridges on the toes. Watch Pharrell's full spot for the "Zaha Hadid Supershell Superstar" shoes ($120 USD) below:

h/t designMENA

COBE to design Adidas’ Meet & Eat in Germany

2014-12-16T14:12:00-05:00

Sports brand giant Adidas recently selected the COBE-led consortium to design the Adidas "Meet & Eat", a new public conference center at the Adidas Group's World of Sports headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany...The 11,000 m2 building has an open, clean design that complements and embraces its natural surrounding landscape. Aside the hints of Adidas' insignia through the interior, the "striped" pattern of the roof also seems to subtly nod to the brand's triple-stripe mark.

New adidas Laces Research and Development Building

2011-09-27T15:17:00-04:00

German firm kadawittfeldarchitektur has sent us fascinating first photographs of the recently completed new adidas research and development building "adidas Laces". The new structure houses 1,700 working places at the adidas World of Sports campus in Herzogenaurach, Germany.