Tag Refurbishment

20-04-2022

No Architects: renovation of a maisonette in Žižkov, Prague

No Architects renovated a maisonette in the Prague neighbourhood of Žižkov in which the common thread is the art of Vladimír Houdek and Josef Bolf. The home features surprising details such as the “eroded” edges of the kitchen cabinets and lamps “dripping ” from the ceiling like milk.

06-04-2022

Wittman Estes, transformation of an apartment in Seattle

The US architecture firm Wittman Estes has designed the transformation of an apartment inside Lakeside West, a condominium complex originally built in 1961 by John Graham, who at the time had already created his iconic Seattle Space Needle. The intervention carried out by the Wittman Estes studio has adapted the residence to contemporary needs, with simple and functional spaces.

05-04-2022

Salty Architects for Jerusalem’s Gordon Gallery

Gordon Gallery, one of Tel Aviv’s oldest and best-known institutions for the arts, appointed Israeli studio Salty Architects to convert an old industrial workshop in Jerusalem’s Sapir Center area into an anxiously awaited new exhibition space.

29-03-2022

destilat design studio’s reclamation of Gut Wagram estate

destilat design studio reclaimed an abandoned old estate in Weinviertel, Lower Austria, for well-known winemaker Clemens Strobl. destilat design studio backed up the construction of the winery with research into the site and its historic buildings.

03-03-2022

5th Studio completes Bloqs, a makerspace in Enfield

5th Studio worked with Bloqs to create the UK’s first free makerspace as part of a 6-billion-pound revitalisation project in Enfield, London. The new facility provides makers with workshop space at accessible rates including use of cutting-edge equipment.

21-02-2022

New kiosko in Kiwanis Methow Park to revitalise the park

The Kiwanis Methow Park Kiosko is a facility that serves as a community hub for a park in Wenatchee, Washington. Commissioned by the Trust for Public Land organisation and the city of Wenatchee, the project designed by the Fivedot architectural firm with the Site Workshop landscape architects studio, has become a point of reference for the local community.

16-02-2022

A sculpture park in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Tamaraceite Park in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, designed by architect Hector Martínez and sculptor Juan E. Correa, falls somewhere between architecture and sculpture, between landscape and art. “Corrientes” redevelops a classic non-place in the city and turns it into a public place with a social function.

14-02-2022

Remembering the past in the Chinese countryside: LLLab’s WAAAM

Chinese studio LLLab designed WAAAM, a museum of art and architecture in Beigou, Beijing testifying to the great impact of rural revitalisation on the local community. The museum adopts a critical approach to local materials, casting new light on them and expressing their characteristics in accordance with a contemporary artistic sensibility.