Tag Refurbishment

28-09-2018

Tsutsumi & Associates: Tsingpu Baisha Retreat in China

In the village of Baisha, in China’s Yunnan province, Tsutsumi & Associates have restored a group of original Naxi homes and converted them into the Tsingpu Baisha Retreat. Now a luxurious resort, Yoshimasa Tsutsumi’s Tsingpu Baisha Retreat preserves the masonry of the old homes, made using local Wuhua stone.

26-09-2018

Mecanoo architecten: Masterplan for Villa Industria, Hilversum

The redevelopment of Hilversum, in the Netherlands, sees the participation of Mecanoo architecten in Villa Industria, a new residential district on the former industrial site of REGEV. The new residential tower blocks in Villa Industria are inspired by gasometers.

12-09-2018

Batlle i Roig: landscape restoration of the Garraf waste landfill

Batlle i Roig worked from 2003 to redevelop the waste landfill site in the Vall d'en Joan, in the El Garraf Nature Reserve to the North-East of Barcelona. In Batlle i Roig’s project the artificial orography combines with the natural landscape to create a public park.

07-09-2018

Blue Note Jazz Club in Beijing, Chiasmus Partners Inc.

The project in Beijing by the Chinese architecture firm, Chiasmus Partners Inc.

06-09-2018

Scenic Advisement Offices by Feldman Architects

The design team from Californian firm Feldman Architects are behind the conversion of the 1909 Bricca stables on Battery Street, San Francisco, now home to the offices of an investment bank.

20-08-2018

Dominique Perrault Architecture and MAD at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale

On the occasion of the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, which will end on 17 September, MAD architectural studio restored with artistic spaces the Kiyotsu Gorge tunnel of Tokamachi, an area of outstanding natural beauty, while the Dominique Perrault Architecture studio designed the Drape House pavilion.

16-08-2018

The Austrian studio smartvoll and the Loft Panzerhalle in Salzburg

An example of a perfectly executed urban renaissance by the Austrian architecture studio smartvoll, on the site of an old armoury in Salzburg, Austria is the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Residential Interiors.

06-08-2018

MIYA, LOSTVILLA Huchen Barn Resort by Helen Wang, Ares Partners

Architecture firm Ares Partners headed by Helen Wang designed the conversion of six old rural buildings into a stunning resort in Ninghai - not far from Ningbo, in East China's Zhejiang province.