Ornaments & Details

Gogl Architekten has designed the incredible design of this hotel “Wiesergut” located in Austria, in the town of Saalbach. Visually stunning. Just before the New Year, Hotel Wiesergut in Hinterglemm/Salzburger Land was re-opened after a complex renovation and extension. The architect selected for this job was Monika Gogl who created a unique addition to the existing hotel which merges in with the surrounding landscape…

Designed by Ville Hara and its situated on a cliff-top site eighteen metres above sea level, with spectacular views of the sea and the city of Helsinki, the ten-metre tower is a delicately transparent landmark for Korkeasaari Island. The free form is inspired by its natural setting: it follows the existing low stone wall and skirts around a small birch grove…

The Iron Market in Port-au-Prince is a cultural, historic and architectural landmark in Haiti. Its location in the centre of the city means it is a significant commercial and social hub. John McAslan + Partners will rebuild and restore the market in time for it to re-open on the first anniversary of January 2010′s earthquake. The Iron Market will be an important resource for the residents of Port-au-Prince as well as an important symbol for the country’s recovery from devastation…

Maison Escalier (Stairs House) imagined and realized by Paris-based architects Jacques Moussafir. Located at 22 rue Jacob, this house of 153 m2 steel structure opens onto a quiet courtyard and preserved. Fully glazed façade is dressed in a metallic second skin pattern plant that protects the privacy of the occupants and hints at the complexity of interior volumes…

Shadowboxx by Olson Kundig Architects features structural elements that move in surprising but functional ways. Responding to the building’s exposed shorefront site, Kundig, FAIA, devised an elegant system of awning shutters for security and weather protection. Clad in corrugated Cor-Ten steel, the three panels lift to nest under a broad…

The project of the Catalan architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca also affected the area above, transformed into pedestrian zone and upgraded aesthetically. The communication between internal and external space is entrusted to the skylight-structures-that, from the street, carry the sunlight in the rooms below…

The interior design of the restaurant “A Cantina” in Galicia (Spain) reminds of a forest, with several long, wooden bars that look like trees growing from the chairs and tables up to the ceiling. The architects of Estudio Nomada won the International Restaurant & Bar Design Award 2012 for their creation…

Melbourne’s new $1.0b Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), recently unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II, is set to begin a revolution in healthcare architecture. Designed by joint venture Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart Architects (BLBS), with US based HKS as international advisors…

A new addition to the Zizzi Leeds family has arrived. Now open in The Light Shopping Centre, the restaurant highlights a few of the things that have made Leeds famous. There are colourful Knitted wool stools that have been inspired by the city where the material originated, made by Fresh Talent Collective member Claire-Anne O’Brien…

Soneva Fushi is the original desert island hideaway. The resort that set the tone and the standards for every subsequent resort. A jewel of an island – large by Maldives standards – with perfect beaches, a vibrant reef encircling the island, a colony of nesting turtles and its very own world class observatory. There are few more beautiful locations on earth…