Tag Refurbishment

25-05-2020

ADEPT at Carlsberg City, Copenhagen

The Danish architecture studio, ADEPT has helped to transform the Carlsberg City district in Copenhagen. They worked their magic on Theodora House, a contemporary, mixed-use building complex that is part new construction and part reuse and all with the typical brick of this historic district.

21-05-2020

Sinan Poetry Books Store, Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

A poetic project to accommodate a bookstore for poetry. The Shanghai-based Chinese architecture firm, Wutopia Lab has converted the old orthodox St. Nicholas Church in Shanghai into a specialty bookstore.

19-05-2020

Continuous Plate House 2.0 by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato

The Continuous Plate House 2.0 by the Japanese architects, Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato from F.A.D.S. Design in Fukui, Japan is a creative project that revisits the spatial relations and materials of the original design, featuring a reinforced concrete slab that folds up and over the house.

18-05-2020

Philippe Starck’s restyling of La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich

French architect and designer Philippe Starck directed the restyling of the Hotel Eden au Lac on Lake Zurich. The new five-star hotel, now called "La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich", offers customers the experience of an imaginary yacht club with majestic interiors of timeless, classic elegance from which to enjoy stupendous panoramic views of the lake and the city.

11-05-2020

A Forest, an interior design project by Aquiles Jarrín

The architect, Aquiles Jarrín, has completely refurbished a 1970s apartment in Quito, Ecuador, turning it into an urban forest. An interior design project that showcases some new ideas at a time when we lead our day-to-day lives inside the four walls of our homes.

04-05-2020

GAP Studio, a loft in a castle in the Langhe

The architects from GAP Studio based in Asti, Italy, have completed their visually arresting makeover of a castle in the Langhe. A project that fits in well the beauty of a one-of-a-kind landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014.

30-04-2020

Evolution Design completes the new Sberbank headquarters in Moscow

Swiss architecture and design practice Evolution Design, in collaboration with Russian architectural office T+T Architects, has developed striking new headquarters for the headquarters of the Russian bank, Sberbank. Their project revolves around an internal atrium, complete with a diamond-shaped, suspended meeting pod, 20-metre high planted walls and a series of cantilevered meeting rooms.

24-04-2020

Wittman Estes designs Mercer Modern, the revamp of a modernist house

Mercer Modern is a mid-century house nestled into a hillside on Mercer Island, United States, overlooking Lake Washington. Wittman Estes Architecture and Landscape worked closely with the owner, fashion designer Melanie Owen to craft a stylish interior that fits the context.