Tag Refurbishment

24-04-2020

The interior of Mecanoo’s locHal mechanical library

The interior of Mecanoo’s locHal mechanical library consists of a series of workshops of great creative value designed for development of the city’s cultural creativity.

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.

22-04-2020

SWEETS Hotel, repurposing Amsterdam’s industrial heritage

At a time when travel is more a thing of our imaginations than actually going anywhere, here is a unique destination. SWEETS Hotel is a new, concept-style hotel located in 28 different bridge houses built along and on Amsterdam’s canals between 1673 and 2009, each one designed in the architectural style of its building period.

21-04-2020

Rethinking a townhouse, Tiago do Vale Arquitectos

The architect Tiago do Vale and his team recently completed the interior makeover of the interiors of a newly built townhouse in northern Portugal. A minimal approach that gets the best performance from the existing shell and boosts the comfort of the occupants.

20-04-2020

LUO Studio, a community centre in Yuanheguan

The architects from LUO Studio have completed a new community centre in the village of Yuanheguan, in China’s Hubei province, using the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project. Design in the name of architectural and urban recovery.

13-04-2020

RED Arquitectos is behind Traspatio, a refurbishment in Puebla

Susana López and her team from RED Arquitectos completed the Traspatio project in Puebla, Mexico. A community project that rehabilitates a 19th-century building with a clever combination of historical and contemporary elements for an eye-catching, socially significant operation that injects new life into the neighbourhood.

10-04-2020

SLOWEAR18: mixing clothes and cocktails

Visual Display, the creative branding and interior design specialist founded by Giorgio di Bernardo is behind a versatile project that brings together two worlds for the sustainable use of one the rarest resources in our cities: space.

06-04-2020

Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore by Wutopia Lab

The Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab has given the famous Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, Hubei a complete makeover. Their project gravitates around an internal cone of light and stands as a symbol for the Hubei Changjiang Publishing & Media Group and for the city itself.