Un Aperitivo in the Greenhouse
Herzog & de Meuron has extended the Mandarin Oriental restaurant on Lake Como. Using local materials plus a new lighting and colour scheme, they draw attention to the surrounding landscape.
Building in Existing Contexts
Conversion, refurbishment, extension and roof extension: projects and technical articles on building on from what is already there.
Routine School Construction as a Renovation Project
In 1980, Jean Nouvel's Collège Anne Frank in the south of Paris reduced the state-mandated model for industrialised school buildings to the level of farce. Mars Architectes has now renovated the dilapidated building and helped to give new relevance to this architectural provocation.
Planning process as a total work of art
The commissioned conversion of a metal workshop in Madrid goes far beyond architecture. With its combination of office space, cultural offerings, and catering, the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation is making a - rather ambitious - statement about process culture in the construction industry.
Sacred Houses: Transforming Architecture of Faith
Existing conditions are challenging. Churches are places with a specific history and a strong identity. Reusing and rededicating such structures requires tact, sensitivity, courage, and a reasonable budget.
Community Centre in Ghent by Atama
The community centre "The Felix", which houses an elementary school, a police station, a civic office, a library, and a music academy, has quickly become the central gathering place in the Gentbrugge district of Ghent. Bram Aerts of Atama discusses the challenges of the design process.
Conversion into an Architecture Faculty: Beginenhof in Hasselt
In the Flemish city of Hasselt, the Belgian-British partnership of Bovenbouw and David Kohn Architects converted a former beguinage for a faculty of architecture, turning architectural history to new ends.
Baroque-Modern Bricolage
In the Flemish city of Hasselt, the Belgian-British partnership of Bovenbouw and David Kohn Architects converted a former beguinage for a faculty of architecture, turning architectural history to new ends.
Arts Centre in Asse
The exposed concrete surfaces in the interior underscore the industrial character of the solid construction.
Cultural Centre in Catalonia
The solid existing construction supports climate control and the related building services are concealed by a hand-moulded brick shell.
The “Well-Tempered House” in Zurich
In our interview, Elli Mosayebi, Swiss architect and professor at ETH Zurich, explains why experimental concepts for sufficiency-driven indoor climate can be applied to conventional housing types.
Mother-of-Pearl Immersive Museum in the Vogtland
A curved hyperbolic concrete facade defines the new immersive museum in Adorf. The construction and its cascading water film combine geometric precision with atmospheric appeal and refer to the habitat of freshwater pearl mussels.
