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Marianne Shillingford on the power of paint
by Stu Robarts | 04 Feb 2020
As the creative director for Dulux in the UK, Marianne Shillingford is an authority on the power of colour, but she says that paint can do more than just make a room look good and that the impact it can have is often overlooked. "Architects see paint as a protective coating rather than an opportunity to change something quite radically for very, very little money," she explained in an interview
Peter Staic's Hotel Arlberg renovation considers wellness down to paint, colours and materials
by Stu Robarts | 24 Jan 2020
Peter Staic has completed a year-long, €5m ($5.5m, £4.2m) renovation project at the family-run Hotel Arlberg alpine hotel and spa in Lech, Austria, with healthy paints, calming colours and natural materials. The hotel's newly extended spa now features glass courtyards, library and relaxation rooms, a stainless-steel heated outdoor pool with an integrated whirlpool and sauna and steam rooms. There are also Dornbracht hydrotherapy facilities for horizontal water massages, chromotherapy, aromatherapy
Winter Glow lights up historic Bruges via PWL's luminous walk-through experience
by Andy Knaggs | 01 Jan 2020
The historic Belgian city of Bruges has been illuminated with a 2km (1.2mi) walk-through lighting and visual experience for the festive "Wintergloed" (Winter Glow) season, using atmospheric light installations from Painting with Light (PWL). The company was commissioned by Bruges Plus, the organisation responsible for the city's cultural events, and has designed a series of ephemeral lighting and projection-mapped installations in six different areas, each inspired, according to PWL, by
Hugh Broughton Architects revamp 'Sistine Chapel of the UK'
by Andrew Manns | 25 Mar 2019
British design practice Hugh Broughton Architects have completed an £8.5m (US$11.2m, €10m) refurbishment of Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Also known as the English 'Sistine Chapel', the renovated space features a restored Baroque fresco as well an adjoining undercroft that houses a cafe, art gallery, and visitor centre. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the scheme was reportedly one of the largest open-access renovation
The art of Jackson Pollock inspires paint-splattered walls of French performing arts venue
by Kim Megson | 06 Jan 2016
French architecture studio Dominique Coulon & Associates have added colour to their new building for the Conservatoire of Music, Dance and Dramatic Arts in Belfort, France by covering the outer walls with Jackson Pollock-inspired splatters of paint. The 3,895sq m (41,900sq ft) building – which houses two auditoriums, a theatre, a large dance room, a media library, over 30 classrooms and several studios tailored to specific instruments – has been
Architects Fabre-Speller and Atelier 3A work on €56m prehistoric cave painting attraction
by Tom Anstey | 21 Apr 2015
The French government has spent €56m (US$60m, £40.2m) recreating an exact replica of a cave discovered in 1994 containing a huge collection of prehistoric paintings of horses, mammoths and rhinos – among the oldest documented pieces on earth. The works – preserved thanks to a rock fall roughly 23,000 years ago – were quickly closed off to the public after their discovery on the basis that something as simple as
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