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The colours and atmospheres of the Alpine landscape inspire the interior design of the 5-star Falkensteiner Hotel Montafon

20-03-2023

The colours and atmospheres of the Alpine landscape inspire the interior design of the 5-star Falkensteiner Hotel Montafon

The new Falkensteiner Hotel Montafon is a 5-star resort among the woods and mountain slopes of Montafon, a protected area in Austria. The architectural project by Snøhetta of Norway is complemented with interior design by Italian studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, who draw their inspiration from the traditions, colours and atmospheres of the Alps

Labics, a contemporary museum space for Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara

17-03-2023

Labics, a contemporary museum space for Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara

The Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara has been reopened to the public with an exhibition dedicated to two great Renaissance masters, following the completion of the complex restoration and refurbishment project designed by the Labics architecture studio founded by architects Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori

Architecture and the climate crisis, Yasmeen Lari's works and commitment on display in Vienna

13-03-2023

Architecture and the climate crisis, Yasmeen Lari's works and commitment on display in Vienna

Vienna's Architekturzentrum explores the relationship between architecture and the climate crisis and does so through an interesting exhibition dedicated to Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect and founder of a zero-carbon self-build movement for refugees and those forced to migrate due to climate emergencies

Architecture and materials

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PULO Market di a9a rchitects creates a sense of community

22-03-2023

PULO Market di a9a rchitects creates a sense of community

The Chinese a9a rchitects studio has designed PULO Market in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, a new multifunctional complex for The Ideal Land developer. The project serves as a reference point for new neighbourhoods to promote interaction between inhabitants and to help create a sense of belonging.

Circular design for a reversible shop in Milan

15-03-2023

Circular design for a reversible shop in Milan

Flexible circular design for retail, a scene that is continually changing in response to new trends and demands, is the key to the new store opened by multibrand retailer ON-OFF in Milan, designed by bloomscape Architecture with Francesca Perani Enterprise.

Creating new relationships with context: a pedestrian bridge over the Thames

01-03-2023

Creating new relationships with context: a pedestrian bridge over the Thames

The Dukes Meadows Footbridge is a new pedestrian bridge in Chiswick, West London. The infrastructure designed by Moxon Architects with structural engineers COWI, located below the Barnes Bridge, a historic railway bridge, establishes a new urban relationship with a section of the Thames Path and improves safety, access and pedestrian flow.

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Design&Trends

The fifties in Madrid: design meets ceramics

08-03-2023

The fifties in Madrid: design meets ceramics

An exhibition set up for the Madrid Design Festival, currently under way, focuses on a little-known period in Spanish creativity between the fifties and the late sixties, when a handful of designers decided to import the forms of modernity to a nation that was still anchored to the past.

THE ARCHITECTS SERIES

The Architects Series – A documentary on: Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT

The Architects Series – A documentary on: Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT

In its 27th instalment, The Architects Series will feature international architecture firm Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT on Thursday, December 1. The webinar will include the screening of the video followed by a lecture on the...

PROJECTS

Stitching a building together like a rag doll

02-03-2023

Projects

Stitching a building together like a rag doll

In a surprising solution for renovation of a protected heritage home in the Het Zoute district of Knokke-Heist, a renowned holiday resort on the Belgian coast near the Dutch border, Delmulle Delmulle cut the volume into parts and replaced the ground floor with a new transparent level.

Creative freedom and customised design: DYS - Design Your Slabs

27-12-2022

Inspiring Spaces

Creative freedom and customised design: DYS - Design Your Slabs

The latest new technological solutions and the versatility of ceramic materials have allowed decoration to return to a role of prominence in interior design.

Studio Vincent-Space Encounters: BD house in Bergen, the Netherlands

28-12-2022

Projects

Studio Vincent-Space Encounters: BD house in Bergen, the Netherlands

A partnership between Vincent Architecture and Space Encounters Amsterdam integrates the renovated and expanded BD house into the coastal dunes and polders of Bergen, in the Netherlands.

Neri&Hu: Adaptive reuse project for Lao Ding Feng pastry brand in Beijing

23-12-2022

Projects

Neri&Hu: Adaptive reuse project for Lao Ding Feng pastry brand in Beijing

Neri&Hu have provided Beijing pastry brand Lao Ding Feng with new headquarters through adaptive reuse of an old textiles factory, grafting concrete onto brick walls to give the confectionary industry a new look.

ACRC: Xu Wei Art Museum and Qingteng Square, Shaoxing, Zhejiang

21-12-2022

Projects

ACRC: Xu Wei Art Museum and Qingteng Square, Shaoxing, Zhejiang

ACRC The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University offers a surprising new project in the Xu Wei Art Museum and the adjacent Qingteng Square.

ACRC: Xu Wei Art Museum and Qingteng Square, Shaoxing, Zhejiang

21-12-2022

Projects

ACRC: Xu Wei Art Museum and Qingteng Square, Shaoxing, Zhejiang

ACRC The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University offers a surprising new project in the Xu Wei Art Museum and the adjacent Qingteng Square.

Sapienstone: design ideas for the kitchen of 2023

06-12-2022

Inspiring Spaces

Sapienstone: design ideas for the kitchen of 2023

Kitchens featuring black and white high-tech ceramic surfaces are setting the trend for the new year.

Biographies

Architect

Herman Hertzberger

One of the leading Dutch theorists and architects of the modern age, Herman Hertzberger (1932) graduated in Engineering and Architecture in 1958, as a student of Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) and opened his own Practice in Amsterdam that same year. During his studies, Hertzberger had already won a competition to design a student residence (1959-1966) in Amsterdam. This project, like the expansion of the LinMij factory (1964), already contained numerous recurrent ....

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Architect

Diller, Scofidio + Renfro

The Diller Scofidio + Renfro design studio based in New York was founded in 1981 by architects Elizabeth Diller (Lódz, 1954) and Ricardo Scofidio (New York, 1935), the husband and wife team who have worked together professionally since 1979. Charles Renfro (Baytown, 1964) has been with the company since 1997, becoming a partner in 2004. Benjamin Gilmartin became the Practice’s fourth partner in 2015. Recognized as one of the most influential and ....

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Henning Larsen Architects

Henning Larsen Architects focuses on social responsibility and environmental sustainability. Since Henning Larsen founded his practice in1959 he has worked on projects of all kinds with the involvement of prominent personalities offering expertise in different areas, permitting innovation and progress in research. The starting point of his work has always been the state of the art, inspiring architectural visions in a variety of sectors. From private homes to school buildings, from ....

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