In LEVS Architecten's newest development Forum City, the firm reinterprets Russian urban life in the center of its fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg. The 103,000 square meter multi-use development aims to attract visitors and maintain a healthy quality of life for its residents by offering a market hall, cafes, a kindergarten, offices, a gym, and a medical center. It will also feature 586 modest to luxury apartment buildings housed in towers that range from eight to 30 floors. >>>

The client - a successful manufacturer of glass products - asked the architects to find an appropriate design response for upgrading his production facilities into a one-stop arts production and innovation centre. Struggling with rising production costs, many Chinese companies are upgrading their businesses from mass production to design, marketing and cultural services. In this context, the brief included four components: glass art production facilities (the "arts factory"), an innovation and auction hall, a small museum, and a boutique hotel for VIP clients. >>>