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Garage Surubi´i / IND/ARQ

March 18, 2019 Cristobal Rojas 0

When visiting the site assigned to the project we find two different pre-existences: one artificial and small, in the form of an existing construction. The other, natural and extensive, in the form of an existing landscape. We are interested in reinforcing the second and attenuating the first.

Sigurd Larsen and Jonathan Tuckey Design revamp Berlin’s Michelberger hotel

March 18, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of the Michelberger hotel in Berlin

London-based Jonathan Tuckey Design and Danish architect Sigurd Larsen have updated the Michelberger hotel in Berlin, refreshing its lobby and guest rooms. The Michelberger now boasts 23 additional rooms and a rejuvenated lobby area with new fixtures and furnishings. Opened back in 2009, the hotel occupies a former lighting factory beside Berlin’s Oberbaum Bridge. Its

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Hotel Sir Joan Ibiza / Ribas&Ribas Architects

March 18, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

In the refurbishment of the emblematic El Divino apartment building, an interior improvement has been carried out maintaining its structure and giving it a new exterior image for the future use of a 5-star hotel. Following the guidelines of the Regulations and complying with the program required, the isolated building has been kept. With services for the hotel in the ground floor, first, second and third floors with 12 rooms for each floor, and attic floor intended for 2 suites with magnificent views of the port of Ibiza.

10 micro homes with floor plans that make the most of space

March 18, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Micro apartment and micro home floor plans

With more people living into cities, architects are increasingly finding inventive ways to squeeze homes into small spaces. Here are the floor plans of 10 micro homes that most of every square metre. The micro apartment Polish designer Szymon Hanczar has packed a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom into 13 square metres in Wroclaw. The micro apartment contains a double bed raised above

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Carlo Ratti Reveals Design for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

March 18, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

Carlo Ratti Associati has published details of their competition-winning design for the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020, designed in collaboration with Italo Rota, Matteo Gatto, and F&M Ingegneria. Inspired by Dubai’s marine tradition, the pavilion’s construction sequence will see three boats arrive in Dubai by sea, before being raised and turned upside down to become the roof of the pavilion.