Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,Green Project,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,Steel,STRUCTURAL,Structural Award,Terminal / Station,TravelMay 4, 2013
The refurbishment of the Grade I Listed Western Range is a fundamental part of the overall King’s Cross redevelopment programme. The design and construction teams from Arup, John McAslan + Partners, and VINCI Construction, along with key external stakeholders English Heritage and Camden Council, have sympathetically restored the 150 year old building to reflect its heritage, meet the current operational needs of the station and its staff, and complement the new Western Concourse…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,Brick Block,DAYLIGHTING,Elegance / Artistic,Executive / VIP / High class,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Friendly / social,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Interior Award,INTERIORs SPACE,Modern Classic Style,Open,Shop / Store / Showroom,Store / Shop / Showroom / Retail,Travel,USABILITYFebruary 11, 2013
San Francisco-based practice Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has restored a Grade II-listed building in London’s Covent Garden for retail giant Apple. Apple Store Covent Garden is the brand’s largest store in Europe and was the biggest in the world until the Grand Central Station store in New York opened in December 2011…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,FUNCTIONAL,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Hotel,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,Lodge & Tented Camp,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Plastic,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,USABILITY,WoodenOctober 5, 2012
Designed by RDM Arquitectura, the new cabins or “observatories” are geared towards providing a view of the sky from your bed, lounge or private rooftop terrace. This is a fun and quirky concept hotel, 7 ‘geodesic’ (spherical) domes with removable roofs plus 4 stilted wooden houses with glass ceilings, all set in the stunning Elqui Valley, famed for clear skies that attract astronomers from all over the world…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Charming,Chic,Clear,DAYLIGHTING,Editor's Picks,Harmony With The Context,Hotel,Hotel Interior,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,Luxury,Modern Minimalism Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ornaments & Details,OUTDOOR SPACE,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,Refreshing,Relax,Sexy,Simplicity,TravelSeptember 19, 2012
Grace Santorini is an exclusive boutique hotel and a member of the award winning Grace Hotels® group. The hotel is included in Tatler’s 2011 list of the 101 Best Hotels in the World. Located in the beautiful setting of Imerovigli in the northwest of the island, high above the Caldera, the Grace Santorini is the perfect vantage point from which to view the famed Santorini sunsets that envelop theAegean Sea, and the Cyclades Islands…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Active,Charming,Editor's Picks,Excited,Firm / Solid / Strong,Friendly / social,Interior Award,Market / Super market / Canteen,Modern Industrial Style,Modern Loft Style,Open,SmoothAugust 28, 2012
Amsterdam-based studio UXUS to join their design team and compose a welcoming space, in which people can find it easy to exchange ideas. Inspired by sports, Nike’s new canteen is actually an inviting social space in which people can also eat…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Exotic Idea,Exterior Cladding Materials,Green & Sustainable House,Green Project,House Award,House's Structural,Metal Sheet,Prefab House,Prefabricated elements,Roof,Steel,Steel HouseJuly 28, 2012
Spanish architects Herreros Arquitectos have completed phase one of what Avi Friedman called a Grow Home, which he defined as “a quality product that allows both the perimeter and interior of a house to be expanded and changed to fit the space needs and budget of its owners. Frills are extra.” It is a prefab built with simple, cheap materials, inside and out…
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The building designed by Olson Kundig Architects,The project designed for one of their clients, a local filmmaker who wanted a space where he could work through his ideas in zen-like peace and harmony…
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