YLAB Arquitectos renovated a 130 square meter apartment with terrace, located in the hearth of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, in a catalogued building behind the City Hall. Project description: The original space is composed of a sequence of bright and spacious rooms connected by large arched openings, with balconies along the façade and an inner courtyard. Original features are maintained such as traditional Catalan ceilings with wooden beams and vaulted arches, as well as exterior carpent
CSAR Architecture tranformed a former family home into a loft apartment located in Amsterdam. The identity of the existing house has been the inspiration for the transformation, redesign the existing house with almost the same program but keep it more spacious. The original details has been kept in the facade and is mixed with a modern style interior fitting. Project description: In the centre of the house where is the minimum of daylight we planned the functional spaces of the program. The ki
Design Systems Ltd. created a theme that intends to deliver a closely-intertwined retrospection of both Hong Kong photography and architecture. Project description: As the opening exhibition of the Hong Kong Photo Festival 2010, the “First Photographs of Hong Kong” Exhibition, held at the Former Central Police Station Compound, presents a hundred of old photos of Hong Kong, which have captured the birth of Hong Kong photography during the years from 1858 to 1875. Returning from Eur
This is the renovation project by Archiee for a boutique, located in Paris, that displays and sells traditional Japanese products. Project description: • Simple grid: The project is based on a simple grid of Phillips screws that form the system for displaying the merchandise. There are a total of 377 screws, each having been individually screwed by hand in its allocated point. Each screw is accompanied by a simple clip, which allows the merchandise to be hung to the wall. • Flexibility of the
Asylum collaborated with the creative agency LOVE to design an interactive space to host the most sophisticated “Whisky Converstions”. Housed in the 3 storey Sinan Mansion, located in the French concession of Shanghai, the space was conceived with the intent to engage and advocate loyalty amongst premium whisky drinkers. The concept incorporates the rich history of Johnnie Walker and whisky knowledge alongside essential elements and building blocks of whisky into the spatial design
Mas Arquitectura recreates in Madrid the essence of the traditional “pulperia”, a galician restaurant where octopus is the main product. A unique place to share experiences and enjoy, at the same time, a tasty dinner. The local, called “Pulpeira Vilalúa”, follow a main idea: a place to share your time with family and friends. For this reason, the local has designed with continuous benches –an invitation to share experiences- and perimetral layout. The furniture, designe
Consexto was commissioned to transform a 44 square meter house into a thoroughly useful and livable house. Project description: The house has five spaces, two of them completely flexible and transformable by result of a displacement of a cabinet/wall, in wood with natural finish, that grants spaces from the living and room areas different sizes and uses. Likewise, all the associated automation technology makes possible that joint space, framed in various activities and daily routines. On one h
STUDIOUNODESIGN created a new concept behind the design of Caffe La Roccia, was born from the desire to rediscover the ancient traditions of coffee and bring back the authenticity of flavors and where the objective is to provide a service to adapt to your customer needs him into a trip out from everyday life. In just 15 square meters, the restaurant is the result of the encounter between tradition and innovation. Where the forms and materials look to a conceptual design and modern furnishings
Crea International designed a new kind of bank store which aims to be noticed and admired, the Air Bank. Project description: A new innovative concept, not a transactions one more transparent than the others, honest to the customers and itself, capable to drive people in self evident and intuitive lanscape with its fast orientation within the store. The customer as protagonist of a new bank trip where he must feel that’s the unique bank he wants, where receiving the only services he desires, w
Naço Architectures renovated the Heng Shan Cinema in Shanghai, China. Project description: Heng Shan cinema was founded in 1951, it was the first new cinema after the birth of new China. When Naço joined the competition this was the situation: after 60 years of use, even after the renovation in the 90’s, the space/facade was still very old and in the public space became messy and unfriendly. The style of the main architecture is Art Deco with new sprit, material, form and scale. The buil
Radhicka S Saxena: The concept: Modular homes are the talk of the town due to their affordable cost and easy construction. So this new modular house by Monika Wierzba, which is mobile and also floats, is by all means crowd pleasing. Its dimensions are similar to a transport container and measure about 2500mm, 5000 mm and 2800 mm along the sides. Due to its optimal size, the house can be easily transported via land or sea at a moderate cost. Hence, there will be no need to make special arrangem
Joel Sanders Architect, in collaboration with Haeahn Architecture, designed 12 sustainable houses in the exclusive Seongbukdong district of Seoul. Project description: Taking advantage of its steeply sloping site, the project weaves together building and landscape, natural and synthetic materials, and indoor and outdoor spaces. Our design approach staggers the dwellings so that each unit enjoys unobstructed views of a wooded valley, framed in the foreground by its neighbor’s planted green roof
