Tag Steel

12-04-2023

Vltavská Underground, transformation of an urban non-place

The architects of U / U studio and re_place worked on revitalisation of a classic non-place in the city: an underpass in a Prague metro station. Vltavská Underground had already become a mecca for street artists, and is now a public space inviting freestyle sports activities.

22-08-2022

The memory of the countryside as an attraction, Imprint by Hu Quanchun

Designer Hu Quanchun of Field Conforming Studio is the author of an unusual public artwork entitled Imprint. It depicts a section of a muddy country road complete with rural footprints. Made of Corten steel, he designed it for the first OCT Fab Public Art Festival, held in the Fab Town theme park in Xiangyang. Creating a strong contrast in the rarefied context, it is a work that astonishes visitors.

03-05-2022

The Vanished House by Hu Quanchun

"The Vanished House" by Hu Quanchun of Field Confirming Studio is an artwork created for the second East Lake International Ecological Sculpture Biennale, held in Wuhan in 2021. The exhibition was held in Wuhan Shimenfeng Memorial Park, a cemetery in a beautiful natural setting with a serene, tranquil atmosphere.

03-01-2022

ALA Architects, expansion of Terminal 2 of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Finland’s gateway to the world has been renewed with completion of ALA Architects’ expansion of Terminal 2 at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The new airport terminal welcomes passengers with an impressive timber-clad ceiling expanding outside to form a massive curved canopy roof.

23-12-2021

UDG builds a chapel in Sanya celebrating the natural landscape

Dysis Chapel of Poly Shallow Sea, by Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd., known as UDG, faces Yazhou Bay, south of Hainan, opening onto the South China Sea and embracing the magic of its sunsets. The architecture of the classic symmetrical construction based on the triangle and the circle offers moments of great spirituality in connection with the natural beauty of the site.

24-05-2021

atelier-r restores a castle in the Czech Republic

Helfštýn castle is the Czech Republic’s second-largest castle, after the one in Prague. Located in the region of Olomouc, it was subjected to a major restoration by Czech architectural practice atelier-r.

11-05-2021

Seventyonepercent: new high-tech ceramic bathroom concepts

Everyone wants a relaxing, comfortable and personalised bathroom. The Iris Ceramica Group’s high-tech ceramic expands the range of available solutions with new design combinations in which ceramic interacts with other prestigious materials, as in the new Seventyonepercent brand by Paolo Castelli. Traditional craftsmanship and technical innovation produce 100% Italian-made items for reinterpreting the bathroom in your own personal, exclusive way

13-04-2021

Award-winning architecture for the sporting tradition of Quebec

Designed by ABCP architecture, the ice-skating rink in Parc des Saphirs, Boischatel, Canada is a sporting facility sheltered from the weather in both summer and winter by an iconic glulam roof. The award-winning structure made out of locally sourced materials is very popular with the locals.

26-02-2021

Curved steel façade for BIG’s The Smile building

BIG has constructed a building on 126th Street in Harlem, New York, with a façade made of interlocking blackened steel panels. The building’s curved shape has earned it the nickname “The Smile”.