Tag Refurbishment

19-07-2022

Josep Ferrando Architecture and Gallego Arquitectura, transformation of a prison in Reus

Josep Ferrando Architecture, in collaboration with Gallego Arquitectura, worked on the renovation of the former prison in Reus (Tarragona). The complex, built in 1929 and classified as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest, included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia, has been transformed into the El Roser Social Centre. It is one of the finalists in the Architecture category of the FAD 2022 Awards.

14-07-2022

NEUHÄUSL HUNAL’s decidedly minimal interior design

NEUHÄUSL HUNAL, the architectural studio founded by David Neuhäusl and Matěj Hunal, designed Prague’s Kro Bistro & Bar, the studio’s third restaurant for Kro: a new gastronomic experience in the Czech capital centring around honest local cuisine. The same philosophy is reflected in the restaurant’s interior design.

13-07-2022

Shiyuan, a Hutong in Beijing built sustainably

Chinese architect Haipeng Ren from the Days in YARD studio, has designed the recovery of a Hutong, a traditional courtyard house in Beijing. The intervention starts from attention to the urban context and strives for coexistence between traditional Chinese construction and contemporary life and technology. The result won the Active Excellent Award, an important recognition of the effective sustainability of architecture.

11-07-2022

The Urban Conga studio creates programmable community space for the Ackland Art Museum

The latest project created by The Urban Conga studio is a programmable open-ended space for the Chapel Hill community and the Ackland Art Museum located at the University of North Carolina. The studio designed the pARC spatial intervention through a series of participatory design workshops with community stakeholders and museum representatives.

27-06-2022

The renovation of Casa Hotel in Amsterdam by i29

Casa – as the project is called – was born in Amsterdam in the late 1950s, founded by four friends looking to help solve the shortage of student accommodations. Thanks to the unique hotel and residence mix, the project continues to offer affordable housing for students. The i29 studio has created the new interior design for all 518 hotel rooms, in collaboration with the Lensvelt furniture brand and textile designer Mae Engelgeer.

24-06-2022

Droogbak building in Amsterdam, a perfect fusion of past and present

A historic 19th-century building near Amsterdam Central Station, the Droogbak, has been transformed into a contemporary office space. Commissioned by Allianz Real Estate, the KCAP architectural firm, together with the ABT consulting engineers, carried out the spatial transformation of the listed building. The interior design of the structure that houses the Clifford Chance law firm was completed by Fokkema & Partners.

21-06-2022

PIFO GALLERY by ARCHSTUDIO, renovating with natural light

Designers from ARCHSTUDIO renovated the renowned PIFO GALLERY art gallery in Beijing. The space, which integrates the functions of art exhibition, reception and office, has been revisited from what was originally a "closed box". By choosing the theme of light for the design, the architects in fact opened up the space to the urban context.

17-06-2022

Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, a new building at Vitra Campus

The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, is enriched by a 'new' historical building: the reconstruction of the Umbrella House designed by Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara in Tokyo in 1961.