Tag Refurbishment

21-10-2022

The Athletes House by AR Design: a balance of the contemporary and the traditional

Multi-award-winning architecture firm AR Design, based in Winchester, last year completed a project in Hampshire dubbed ‘The Athletes House’. The brief was to extend a private 1950s home in a way that deftly combined the clients’ passion - triathlon - with a desire to blend the contemporary with the traditional.

18-10-2022

Hitzig Militello Architects’ Manduca Market inaugurated in Buenos Aires

Argentinian studio Hitzig Militello Architects has come up with a new attraction for Paseo La Plaza, a cultural and shopping complex in the San Nicolás district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Manduca Market brings new life to this popular place, staying true to the studio’s tradition of drawing on local history and references.

17-10-2022

Dining alone at J&Dragon Group’s Lonely Noodle Shop

Chinese studio J&Dragon Group designed the Lonely Noodle Shop in Shanghai, a pop-up experience where you can „give yourself a bowl of noodles to take a break from reality“. Designed for people dining alone, in response to the rapid growth of the population of urban singles, the pop-up shop convinces diners to come in with its high-impact design.

14-10-2022

Battersea Power Station London opens to the public

London’s famous Battersea Power Station opens to the public today, 14 October, concluding the second phase in London’s greatest ever urban regeneration project, the Battersea Embankment Development. The primary purpose of the reclamation and conversion of the power plant by award-winning studio Wilkinson Eyre is creation of a multi-purpose mixed-use development that will become an exemplary project for the city. The interiors are designed by Michaelis Boyd.

05-10-2022

Exhibition against demolitions and waste in construction

At the S AM, Schweizer Architekturmuseum - Swiss Museum of Architecture in Basel, the exhibition entitled "Die Schweiz: Ein Abriss", curated by Countdown 2030 recently opened its doors to the public. A look into the Swiss demolition culture that generates more than 500 kg of construction waste per second and accounts for 84% of waste in Switzerland. Can we counteract this waste of energy embedded in the architectural heritage?

04-10-2022

Francesca Perani designs functional beauty in an industrial space

Italian architect Francesca Perani has created a small multifunctional room inside a plastics production and processing company, which allows workers to rest and also serves as a showroom. An small intervention covering a space of just a few square metres, fittingly called "Mini Break", becomes a true oasis of relaxation for users.

23-09-2022

Fang Ting Bookshop by a9a rchitects

The a9a architects studio has designed the new bookshop of the Chinese Fang Suo bookstore chain in the OCT O'PARK commercial district in Chengdu. The project involved the recovery of a pre-existing building with a rounded triangular shape where natural light becomes the material of the design.

19-09-2022

FICUS OFFICE metamorphosis from warehouse to office designed by ARQUID

The Spanish architecture firm ARQUID has transformed an old industrial warehouse in Madrid into its new offices. FICUS OFFICE starts from a ficus plant that becomes the heart of the space and of the design, for a healthy and efficient working environment that supports the creativity and well-being of those who work there.