A personal review of design creations
#CabinWeek – Caraccard in Chamonix
This wooden box in the French Alps was built for a family use. It is inspired by a traditional Swiss building like an independent raised attic.
#CabinWeek Season 2 – Episode 3: Caraccard by Chevallier Architects
Shan-Shui: A Duality | The Chuan Malt Whisky Distillery
For Pernod Ricard, Neri&Hu designed a distillery on a site close to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mount Emei.
Chapel of Sound
Designed by OPEN architecture, this monolithic open-air concert hall overviews the ruins of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall, just two hours away from Beijing.
Bistro Bergsteiger
Located in the midst of the UNESCO Natural Heritage area of the Dolomites of Sesto, Bistro Bergsteiger by Plasma Studio, fits properly and carefully into its natural and built context.
#CabinWeek - Winter Cabin on Mount Kanin
We end our #CabinWeek series, Season One, with a tiny module in the Julian Alps with a spectacular view over Italian and Slovenian summits. But it has its price: you have to climb to reach it.
Season 1 - Episode 5: Winter Cabin on Mount Kanin (Slovenia)
#LifeAfterLockdown – Berghaus Zallinger
For the last post of our series, we mix everything… The location is Italian but people speak German, the mountains are stunning in the winter but remain an endless field for Summer activities too… And the interior combines here as well traditional wood structures with contemporary flavours…
Episode Eight: Berghaus Zallinger, Italy.
#LifeAfterLockdown - Mint Santa Teresa
Still at home and need some escape? The #LifeAfterLockdown series continues with a new destination in a country with “Playa, Montaña y Sol”…
Episode Five: Mint Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World
Free and independent, Charlotte Perriand was attentive to nature and combined design, architecture, urban planning, crafts and fine arts. The Fondation Louis Vuitton pays tribute to the prolific designer with an exceptional exhibition.
The Bahá‘í Temple of South America in Chile
The Bahá‘í Temple of South America in Chile, designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects, is one of the three finalists for the 2019 The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) International Prize.
A Dunescape Golf Academy
Part of a 44-square-kilometer leisure development, the Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse in Aqaba (Jordan) is inspired by its direct natural environment.