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Alemanys 5.
Barcelona architect Anna Noguera has converted a sixteenth-century house in Girona, Spain into two contemporary holiday apartments. Overlooking Plaça de Sant Domènec in the Catalan city’s medieval quarter, they can be rented through Welcome Beyond (a website that showcases beautiful and unique vacation homes and boutique hotels around the world).
I would rent this out as my holiday home (if only I lived in my fantasy world). The combination of classic and rustic architecture with clean design elements is one of my favourites right now. I love the ceilings, finishes, furniture, fireplace, balconies and original stone walls. I love it all.
via: Dezeen
Whimsical comes to mind for the recently-completed Nobis Hotel by Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune.
via: DeZeen
Maximum Garden House: Formwerkz Architects. Singapore, Singapore.
Who doesn’t love gardens, plants and a good use of outdoor (and indoor) space?
Avelgem Cultural Center: Dierendonckblancke Architecten. Avelgum, Belgium
Nicely done compact construction of a theatre, well designed to the existing slope, creating a bike entrance, ramping down to outdoor space on one side, and a vehicle entrance on the other. I like the angling of the windows.
REX Architecture: Vakko Fashion Headquarters and Power Media Center. Istanbul, Turkey.
I really like the simple, yet beautiful exterior. It contrasts well with the more complex interior. Good use of industrial bars throughout, with a nice use of them in the theatre. Predominantly made up of windows, the lower level windows create walls, and the thick echo of a cross bar creates a nicely textured window; the upper level encased floor to ceiling with windows, supported by bars, creates natural lighting in what appears to be studios. I also really like the mirrored entranceway and multi-mirrored lobby areas, although experiencing their effect in person would be even more impressive, I imagine.
If you’ve been to London, you may have been to Shoreditch, a hipster type, renovation neighbourhood, with restaurants, clubs, lounges, and new residences replacing what used to be a shadier hood.
One of the latest is The Book Club, taking the place of former nightclub Home. Activities go beyond eating, drinking, and dancing, and include nights dedicated to fashion, talks, workshops, poetry, and art, amoungst others…they are also open for brunch, and potentially even coffee with their 8am weekday opening time. I love the space and the concept.
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Italian skate and snow company, Comvert, converted an old cinema in Milan into their new Bastard flagship store, which also includes a suspended bowl and office space.
How cute is this kindergarten? The “space was [designed with the concept] that the environment children grow up [in] strongly reflects how their sensibilities develop … Developed to encourage children to be creative and sensitive, free and contained, it is a utopian school promoting education for imagination, sensitivity to one’s surroundings and to be original individuals.”
via: designboom
