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LBA convert holding cells and courthouse into pod hostel
by Stu Robarts | 14 Nov 2019
LBA have created a pod hostel in a listed building that was originally designed as police chambers with holding cells and courtroom facilities. Called 1a Parliament Square after its location in Edinburgh’s Old Town, the project was commissioned by Code, a hostel operator that accommodates its guests in sleep pods. LBA managing director Lynsay Bell Manson said: "It was clear from the early stages of the project that the building’s
LAVA complete 'socially sustainable' shape-shifting youth hostel promoting sports for all
by Kim Megson | 05 Feb 2018
The Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) has completed work on a sustainable and inclusive sports-focused youth hostel in Bayreuth, Germany, conceived as a new model of “international, innovative and integrative” design. The distinctively Y-shaped JH Bayreuth is located on a 3,800sq m (40,000sq ft) landscaped site between Bayreuth’s city centre and university. Its expansive grounds feature sports fields, adventure playgrounds, volleyball terraces are gardens. Interior and exterior spaces interweave across
Jumbo Hostel opens in Stockholm
by Tom Walker | 20 Jan 2009
A decommissioned Boeing 747 aeroplane has been converted and opened as a budget hotel at the Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Called Jumbo Hostel, the former Singapore Airlines jet offers accommodation in 25 rooms and has a total bed count of 85. While other guests share six shower pods and bathroom facilities, the cockpit has been converted into a en-suite penthouse to attract couples – the hostel also has a
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