Tag Refurbishment

08-10-2020

Wittman Estes, refashioning a holiday home

With Aldo Beach House, the American architecture studio Wittman Estes has revamped an existing structure from the 1940s. The new-look beach house is now a multi-generational home in the stunning natural environment of Hood Canal, Washington.

29-09-2020

Efficiency and beauty: Granitech ventilated façades on new and renovated buildings

The Granitech ventilated façade is a laying system in which Iris Ceramica Group ceramic slabs play the dual role of adding aesthetic value to buildings while protecting their walls. Buildings are given a facelift and preserved against long-term damage caused by atmospheric pollutants thanks to the innate properties of high-tech ceramic, such as lightness, strength and non-absorbency: a set of qualities which also provide thermal insulation, saving energy and money

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.