Tag Refurbishment

25-09-2020

The new headquarters of the Boa Mistura collective in Madrid

Located in the Puente de Vallecas district, near Madrid’s M-30 ring road, the new headquarters of the famous creative collective of artists, Boa Mistura occupies the ground floor of a 1960s building. A project completed with the professionals from Estuyo Studio and Imaginean.

23-09-2020

y.ad studio designs the Yuangping Meijing Bookstore

The creatives from y.ad studio worked in an existing shopping mall in Renqui, a city Hebei province, China, where they incorporated a bookshop. The Yuangping Meijing Bookstore acts as a catalyst to rethink the image and atmosphere of the existing retail area and brings a breath of culture to boost the attraction of the structure.

17-09-2020

Makeover of the Sunriver Resort & Spa in Huangshan by CCD

The Chinese studio Cheng Chung Design (CCD), has renovated a historic hotel in the scenic area of Huangshan. They retained the five original buildings of the former Yungu Hotel, and they gave the interiors a complete overhaul to bring them into the modern-day world, infusing the facility with elegance.

14-09-2020

ENORME Studio completes the new XEITO offices

Since the architects from ENORME Studio began their project for the new XEITO offices in Madrid, the world has turned upside-down. But their approach to design characterised by flexible spaces and solutions means that the new offices are perfectly useable even in this pandemic.

11-09-2020

Reinforced curved brick façade

An old building restored and expanded with classic technologies is given a new brick and glass façade

11-09-2020

Berlin, the famous Berghain club morphs into an art gallery

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives profoundly, and music venues have suffered more than most from the prevention measures put in place. One of the most famous of these - Berlin’s Berghain Technoclub - has been closed for six months. To keep afloat, it has now been converted indefinitely into a modern art gallery and is hosting the exhibition called Studio Berlin.

09-09-2020

The makeover of a holiday house in the Hamptons

The award-winning United States architecture and design firm, Turett Collaborative with Jessica Shaw redecorated the holiday home in the Hamptons of a family-based in Manhattan, turning it into a haven with an easy-to-balance leisure and work vibe, easy to get to but far from the city.

07-09-2020

BAAQ’ puts its name to a sustainable refit in Mexico City

The Mexican architecture studio BAAQ’ founded by Alfonso Quiñones is behind the refurbishment and conversion of a 1960s building in a neighbourhood where the population density is rising. The project generates inclusive spaces, improves the use of daylight and implements sustainable solutions, including the harvesting of water.

04-09-2020

Opening of Manifesta 13 in Marseille

Opening later than initially scheduled, Manifesta 13 kicked off in Marseille on 28 August. The biennial event is taking place for the first time in France, as an embodiment of the initiative’s cross-disciplinary and multicultural ideals. A team of architects, urbanists, curators and art products explore the specific geographic and sociopolitical context of the French port city.