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The 750m (2,500ft)-high city-building is designed to accommodate 25,000 people across 180 floors / Luca Curci Architects
The 750m (2,500ft)-high city-building is designed to accommodate 25,000 people across 180 floors / Luca Curci Architects

Luca Curci rethinks lifestyles and communities with water-based vertical city concept

by Stu Robarts | 15 Nov 2019
Luca Curci Architects have designed a water-based vertical city concept designed to encourage healthier lifestyles and to reimagine the traditional concepts of community and society. The 750m (2,500ft)-high city-building is intended to be population-dense, accommodating 25,000 people across 180 floors, but also highly sustainable. The building has a modular structure constructed from 18 prefabricated slice-like elements that are repeatable both horizontally and vertically. Each element houses 10 floors with their composite parts and is wrapped within photovoltaic glass that generates
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The bathing pavilion has a new sunbed area under a glass roof / Chiva-Som
The bathing pavilion has a new sunbed area under a glass roof / Chiva-Som

Chiva-Som reopens after Designrealization renovation and announces new Qatar site

by Stu Robarts | 15 Nov 2019
The celebrated Chiva-Som International Health Resort in Hua Hin, Thailand, has reopened after the most recent phase of a five-year renovation that has seen accommodation and facilities upgraded, with a new Qatar presence also announced. Designed by Designrealization, the renovation masterplan was aimed at bringing a "modern and fresh take" to the resort, with teak, Thai silk, and bamboo complemented by a light colour palette of natural hues. As part of the fourth and final stage, the Health & Wellness
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Additional water recreation facilities will be created as part of the project, as will a harbour bathing pool with a sauna and changing facilities / BOGL
Additional water recreation facilities will be created as part of the project, as will a harbour bathing pool with a sauna and changing facilities / BOGL

BOGL's masterplan relocates main square to reconnect town to the sea

by Stu Robarts | 15 Nov 2019
Danish architects BOGL have won a design competition to redevelop central parts of Tananger, Norway, with a masterplan that will relocate its main square to reconnect the town with the ocean. Tananger's history is closely related to the sea, but the town has developed in such a way that it has been largely cut off from the water. With the town's population expected to double over the next 30 years, a competition was announced by Sola Municipality seeking concepts for
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Barjeel was inspired by the wind towers that have been used to cool buildings in the Gulf region for centuries
Barjeel was inspired by the wind towers that have been used to cool buildings in the Gulf region for centuries

MAS Architecture Studio scale down the wind tower to keep pedestrians cool

by Stu Robarts | 15 Nov 2019
Istanbul-based MAS Architecture Studio have created a barjeel – or wind tower – installation for Dubai Design Week 2019 that gives passersby a place to pause, rest and cool down. The installation, titled Barjeel, was a response to an open call via which Dubai Design Week was seeking to showcase "the design identity of the UAE through diverse representations of local and international creative efforts." Barjeel was inspired by the wind towers that have been used to cool buildings in
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The structure is designed to appear as though it is from both a forgotten age and the future / MU Architecture
The structure is designed to appear as though it is from both a forgotten age and the future / MU Architecture

MU Architecture's paleofuturist forest tower houses a luxury retreat

by Stu Robarts | 14 Nov 2019
MU Architecture have unveiled the design for a paleofuturist tower in the hilly forest of Quebec, Canada, that will house a luxury private retreat. The site for the so-called Pekuliari tower will cover 326,000sq ft (30,300sq m) and the tower itself, reminiscent of a totem or a stone cairn, will rise 670ft (204m). The structure is designed to appear as though it is from a forgotten age, but with materials and refinements that suggest the future. Relatively uniform floorplates are
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LBA was keen to avoid changes to the building itself and to preserve and enhance its existing character / Code Pod Hostels
LBA was keen to avoid changes to the building itself and to preserve and enhance its existing character / Code Pod Hostels

LBA covert 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 unique history would play a key part in the hostel
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Flynn, now partner at Cooper Robertson, explained that the work had to be fitted around MOMA's aggressive exhibition schedule
Flynn, now partner at Cooper Robertson, explained that the work had to be fitted around MOMA's aggressive exhibition schedule

Cooper Robertson's Erin Flynn explains MOMA's "3D puzzle" of creating space

by Stu Robarts | 13 Nov 2019
Plenty has been written about the newly opened Diller Scofidio + Renfro expansion of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, but there's been work going on behind the scenes too. With 38,000sq ft (3,500sq m) of new gallery space and 21,000sq ft (2,000sq m) of new public space, there's much more for visitors to explore. But front-of-house spaces need new back-of-house spaces to support them and that was commissioned as a project in itself for long-time MOMA
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A prow at one corner stretches out beyond the rest of the front of the building / Snøhetta
A prow at one corner stretches out beyond the rest of the front of the building / Snøhetta

Snøhetta and Clark Nexsen design sloped, curved and cantilevered library and public commons

by Stu Robarts | 13 Nov 2019
Snøhetta and Clark Nexsen have revealed their design for the new Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, with elements that help to achieve the mission of it being more than just a library and also serving as a public commons. Located in the US city of Charlotte, North Carolina, the building will cover an area of 115,000sq ft (11,000sq m). It is shaped with a curved prow at one of its corners, which stretches out beyond the rest of the front of the
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An internal space of 820sq m (8,830sq ft) accommodates a dance area and bars / Sergio Grazia
An internal space of 820sq m (8,830sq ft) accommodates a dance area and bars / Sergio Grazia

Seine Design create floating glass-roofed guinguette in Paris

by Stu Robarts | 13 Nov 2019
Seine Design have created a €5.4m (US$6m, £4.6m) floating guinguette – a small restaurant and dance hall – with glass-panelled sides and a glass roof that give visitors views of its River Seine location. Rosa 2, which is a venue for the Rosa Bonheur chain, replaced an existing floating guinguette that was moored close to the prestigious Pont Alexandre III bridge. From onboard, visitors can see the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde. While the
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Chablé Sea of Cortez is located on the Baja California Peninsula in northwest Mexico / CG Verón
Chablé Sea of Cortez is located on the Baja California Peninsula in northwest Mexico / CG Verón

SMA's undulating resort blends with the landscape and provides privacy

by Stu Robarts | 13 Nov 2019
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos (SMA) have created a branched, undulating design for Chablé's planned Sea of Cortez spa resort that blends with the natural landscape and gives guests both privacy and ocean views. Located on the Baja California Peninsula just north of La Paz in northwest Mexico, the resort will cover an area of 64,900sq m (698,700sq ft). The site is set on the coast between two hills in a sparsely vegetated desert landscape. SMA explained that, in approaching this –
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The Collective worked with Palette Architecture to renovate the building / The Collective
The Collective worked with Palette Architecture to renovate the building / The Collective

The Collective goes big and goes global with its two new co-living destinations

by Stu Robarts | 12 Nov 2019
The Collective has opened new co-living destinations in the Long Island City neighbourhood of New York and in London’s Canary Wharf. Its 125-room Long Island City venue is the firm's first in the US and its only one for short (one to 29 night) stays only. The Collective Paper Factory, as it is called, is housed in a 100-year-old building that previously housed a paper goods factory and a radio factory. The Collective worked with Palette Architecture to renovate the
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The masterplan covers an area of 89ha (220ac) around the site of the existing Singapore Sports Hub / Pomeroy Studio
The masterplan covers an area of 89ha (220ac) around the site of the existing Singapore Sports Hub / Pomeroy Studio

Pomeroy Studio plan huge sustainable sports development in Singapore

by Stu Robarts | 12 Nov 2019
Singapore's Pomeroy Studio, Arup and national sporting body Sport Singapore have created a masterplan for an 89ha (220ac) sustainable sports and recreation destination around the site of the existing Singapore Sports Hub. Planned facilities at the Kallang Alive development include a football hub and a tennis centre for both community and international tournaments. Facilities being considered for a youth hub on the site include velodrome, speed climbing and BMX venues. Kallang Theatre will also be redeveloped into an integrated sport,
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The sharp, steep roofs of the treehouses are inspired by the surrounding fir and larch trees

Peter Pichler's treehouses integrate with nature to help guests do the same

Peter Pichler Architecture have designed a series of treehouses for a hotel in West Virginia, US, that are closely integrated with nature and will provide
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Reef Group envisage clinical, spa, fitness and bathing facilities, as well as restaurants, bars and retail spaces

Reef Group plan subterranean health and wellbeing mixed-use destination

Reef Group are to create a £100m+ (US$128+, €117+) subterranean mixed-use destination with a focus on healthcare and wellbeing in London's historic Cavendish Square. Currently
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Elina Grigoriou

Elina Grigoriou
Temperature, noise level and colour affect our stress levels. As designers we should be asking ourselves, how do these things match up?
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Ritz-Carlton Reserve Dorado Beach

Interview: Blurred lines

Scott Lee became president of SB Architects in 2000. Tracy Lee founded TLee Spas in 2015
We design to connect the guest to the place, positioning people at the centre of the design
Architect Scott Lee and spa consultant Tracey Lee on marrying the worlds of design and wellness in a series of interesting projects
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A bright red exterior lift takes visitors up to the hotel’s 10th floor restaurant

Hospitality: High standards

We tried to take over in a friendly way
The Standard’s first London hotel is bold, fun and full of surprising touches
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The design of the Da Sistina restaurant was inspired by traditional Roman trattoria

Interview: Olga Polizzi

Olga Polizzi is director of design for Rocco Forte Hotels and also owns two of her own hotels
On Via Sistina, everything breathes history. At the same time I wanted to reflect the modern hunger for the fantastical - Tommaso Ziffer
Following the highly anticipated launch of Rome’s Hotel de la Ville, Rocco Forte’s director of design reflects on a fascinating project
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The dramatic-looking Musée de la Romanité opened in June in Nîmes, France

Interview: Elizabeth de Portzamparc

Elizabeth de Portzamparc
We need to stop the destruction of our world through predatory practices. We need to think of the future
The architect behind Nimes’ Musée de la Romanité on designing to counter loneliness and the need for more cultural buildings
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Health & Fitness: Working it

Health & Fitness: Working it

We’ve designed the space so that the atmosphere is intimate
Les Mills’ new studio spaces at its iconic Auckland City Gym showcase a trend away from masculine ‘grunty’ gyms to something altogether different
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The International Spy Museum is RSHP’s first cultural building in the US

Interview: John McElgunn and Stephen Barrett

Stephen Barrett (left) and John McElgunn (right) were both made partners at RSHP in 2016
Leisure space – public space – is at the very root of democracy, and architecture is about democracy
As RSHP completes its latest cultural project, we speak to two of its partners about why Richard Rogers isn’t leaving his succession to chance
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The James-Simon-Galerie translates the historical theme of colonnades into modern form

Culture: Alexander Schwarz

Alexander Schwarz
Our aim was to create a place celebrating public space and accessibility
The opening of the James-Simon- Galerie on Berlin’s Museum Island completes two decades of work for David Chipperfield Architects. The lead designer talks us through the building
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Heritage: Lucky dip

Heritage: Lucky dip

A renewed appreciation of the architectural merit of the UK’s historic pools are seeing many brought back to life. We take a look
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The Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, US

Interview: José Alminaña

José Almiñana
We are committed to designing evocative landscapes informed by the best environmental science
The Andropogon principal on pushing the boundaries of landscape design for the benefit of humans and nature
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The Mr Fisher restaurant is one floor below the water level and serves seafood

Hospitality: A deep sleep

Martin Jochman founded JADE+QA in 2013. He formerly worked for Atkins
We didn’t want to put in any gimmicks. We wanted to create a building that’s inherently sustainable through passive sustainability
When Martin Jochman set out to transform an old quarry into a luxury hotel, he faced some serious challenges
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