Artesk van Royen Architecten designs extension for 17th-century Dutch house

June 30, 2019 Tomek Zylski 0

Artesk van Royen Architecten has extended a more than 300-year-old house in the historic centre of Maastricht, the Netherlands, adding a contemporary glass structure. The studio has refurbished and expanded the house. It also had to factor in the side elevation of the extended house that is currently hidden by a neighbouring building slated for

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St. Philips Footbridge / Knight Architects

June 30, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Knight Architects has completed St Philips Footbridge across the River Avon in Bristol; a new pedestrian and cycle bridge providing improved connectivity to Temple Island behind Temple Meads railway station, which will be developed into a new townscape in the coming years.

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QAMT Installation / AAU ANASTAS

June 30, 2019 Diego Hernández 0

Born as a reaction to a systematic misuse of clad stone in Palestine, Stone matters is an experimentation-based research project examining the potential of including structural stone within the language of contemporary architecture and combining traditional craftsmanship with innovative construction techniques.

david thulstrup transforms heritage copenhagen building into contemporary hotel for vipp

June 29, 2019 macnadusa 0

studio david thulstrup has transformed a heritage-listed former water pumping station with a towering chimney in copenhagen into the vipp chimney house, a cutting-edge contemporary hotel for danish design company vipp. while retaining the charm of the 1902-built architectural shell, the original, industrial space has been renovated with custom-designed pieces, including the dramatic U-shaped steel […]

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Duplex De Waterkant / ARRCC

June 29, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

This duplex apartment is part of the Mirage Development in De Waterkant, a trendy suburb located in the heart of Cape Town. The brief was to create a sanctuary for slickers and to create a space that captures ‘urban chic,’ combining contemporary living with high design. The design of the apartment expresses a distinctly modern African attitude that is current with today’s demands of fast-paced city living. It is a space of calm and serenity for re-energising, relaxing within, floating above the city streets of its location.

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Weichang Building Functional Renovation of Shanghai University / TJAD

June 29, 2019 Collin Chen 0

Brief
The auditorium of Shanghai University, Weichang Building, located in the eastern part of Baoshan Campus of Shanghai University, was built from 2002 to 2004. It was the main venue for various ceremonies and conferences held by Shanghai University. For the special dance exhibition of the Fifth National University Art Performance is held in Shanghai University in 2018, the original designed will be difficult to meet the artistic needs of the exhibition, so it needs functional transformation and transformation. At the same time, with the urban development of Baoshan District in Shanghai, the business and living facilities of Shanghai University have gradually matured, but the professional concert hall facilities are almost blank. Shanghai University has the greatest advantage of human resources in the region. The functional transformation of Weichang Building is conducive to improving the current situation of the lack of cultural and artistic facilities in Baoshan District, which can not only meet the needs of daily art teaching for school teachers, but also meet the needs of various high-level performances, maximizing the public service function.

Juana Bautista Hotel brings “avant-garde touches” to colonial mansion outside Guadalajara

June 29, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Juana Bautista Boutique Hotel in Tlaquepaque, Mexico

Creative firm Grupo Mitote has overhauled a 16-century colonial mansion near Guadalajara, Mexico to create the Juana Bautista Hotel. The historic estate, located in the artistic enclave of Tlaquepaque, is treasured for being the site in which General Celestino Negrete signed his support for the Plan of Iguala, a milestone in Mexico’s independence from Spain

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