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Dubai tower with golden lattice spire named world’s tallest hotel

February 16, 2018 India Block 0

A 356.5-metre skyscraper topped with swimming pools and a golden latticed roof in Dubai has won the title of the world’s tallest hotel. Developed by the Al Attar Group on a plot measuring 30 square metres, the Gevora Hotel stretches almost a quarter of a mile into the air. The Guinness Book of World Records ratified its claim

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Raúl Sánchez Architects creates duplex apartment with golden cubes at its centre

November 18, 2017 Miranda Fitzgerald 0

Spanish studio Raúl Sánchez Architects has transformed two derelict apartments in downtown Barcelona into a spacious two-storey home, centred around a pair of double-height gold cubes. Located on the ground and first floors of a nondescript eight-storey block in the city’s Raval neighbourhood, the apartments measured 55 square metres each, but were severely run down. The brief

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Egg-shaped sauna creates escape for residents of Swedish town displaced by mining

May 10, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Bigert & Bergström has built a golden, egg-shaped sauna for the people of Kiruna after damage caused by decades of iron ore mining resulted in the relocation of the entire Swedish town. The Swedish artist duo was commissioned by developer Riksbyggen, to design a commemorative social sculpture for the town after residents voiced fears of losing community spirit after their relocation. The whole town is being

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