3.2023
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An inhabitable steel bridge
Bundanon Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson ArchitectsThis newly built complex by the Shoalhaven River, which is located south of Sydney, connects an art museum and a guest house in two very different structures.
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A hotel in the Alps
Fuchsegg Eco Lodge in Vorarlberg by Ludescher Lut...The Fuchsegg Eco Lodge in the Bregenz Forest embodies the idea of sustainability in its hotel concept. The architecture of the wooden buildings by Ludescher Lutz Architekten plays a significant role.
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Silo Erlenmatt in Basel
Test Bench for Up- and Coming HoteliersHarry Gugger Studio has converted Silo Erlenmatt into a hostel and restaurant operated by Verein Talent. Jonas Gass and Christoph Widmer, executives in the organisation, relate their experience with the project.
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Metropolitan eclecticism
The Château Royal Hotel in BerlinIn a collaboration involving David Chipperfield Architects and Kromayer Interior, two old buildings and one new structure have become a design hotel with 93 rooms, a gourmet restaurant and a bar in direct proximity to Unter den Linden.
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From dry storage building to hostel and restaurant
Silo Erlenmatt in Basel by Harry Gugger StudioIn Erlenmatt Ost, an urban quarter in Basel, Harry Gugger Studio has converted a granary building from 1912 into a hostel and place for studios. Challenges as varied as the building's somewhat unstable concrete frame and the noise of a motorway faced the project.
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From prison to hotel
Hotel Wilmina in BerlinThe peaceful guest rooms lie far from the hustle and bustle of the city, yet they are in the middle of Charlottenburg. Grüntuch Ernst Architekten have transformed this historically protected brick building, once a women’s prison, into a tranquil oasis.
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From Alpine inn to boutique hotel
Hotel Icaro in the Dolomites by Modus ArchitectsBeneath a new roof and behind a colonnade of 13 intricate wooden supports, Modus Architects join the additions to this hotel into a single structure.
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A luxury hotel in a power plant
Shangri-La Shougang Park in BeijingAt the old Shougang steel mill 20 km from Beijing, Milan architects Lissoni Casal Ribeiro have repurposed the power plant at the industrial complex as a luxurious hotel.
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Two in one
Hotel Zoku and Superbude by the PraterOn a former bus parking lot near Vienna’s Prater fairgrounds, Nonconform have built a new hotel. Indeed, Zoku and Superbude unite two trendy hotel concepts under a single roof.
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Overnight adventures
The Trendy Superbude Hostel by the Prater in ViennaAtelier Karasinski and Archiguards developed the interior design for the new location of the Superbude hotel chain in Vienna. The 178 individually designed rooms will appeal to a younger clientele.
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Hotels, hostels, resorts
Where’s the Journey Headed? – Editorial Detail 3....The current issue of Detail takes a look at new beginnings. Few sectors of the economy were so battered during the corona years as the hotel industry.