The landmark project directly on Vienna’s Danube Canal impresses with design care and special architecture by INNOCAD. The expressive, monolithic architectural concept with its characteristic form is identity-forming, explained by architect Martin Lesjak. Inside we also took care to create a balance between the urbanity of the capital and nature – with a biophilic series of luminaires. Read more in the interview with Dr. Anastasija Lesjak from 13&9 Design.
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The Biennale Architecture will be held to Sunday 26 November, 2023 curated by academic, educator and best-selling novelist Lesley Lokko, who has commented: “Architects have a unique opportunity to put forward ambitious and creative ideas that help us imagine a more equitable and optimistic future in common”…
During his keynote address at the Thailand Tourism Forum 2020 in Bangkok on 20 January, Bill Bensley launched his open-source “Sensible Sustainability Solutions” white paper for the global Hotel Industry, incorporating over three decades of experience from designing over 200 hotels around the world and in celebration of 30 years since he created BENSLEY.
O Lofos [the Hill] is a private house located on the east side of Crete where the landscape grows wild, and the nature is an ever-changing source of inspiration. This side of the island is still quite unexplored, and you can clearly sense the authenticity in the habitants and their way of living. Blending Block722’s inherent Scandinavian sensibility and organic minimalism with local architecture influences, result is a one-of-a-kind design language.
Urban concept with a fresh look and feel. The architectural firm MEISSL ARCHITECTS designs the new wood hybrid building of the first Henri Country House in Seefeld and brings the traditional house into today’s world with a green-building approach…
We all know the rule: five (portions of fruit and veg) a day to maintain your health! Martha Schultz from the Gradonna****s Mountain Resort swears by her six a day to make sure she does her bit for the environment. But what exactly is involved? Let’s find out!
Four hotels – four favourite spots. With her four retreats, hotel owner Helena Ramsbacher hasn’t just created four beautiful holiday destinations, she’s also made four very personal lifelong dreams a reality – and her homes. This interview provides some personal insights …
Susan Kaufman is taking us on a stroll through her very own New York City. The quiet places. West Village. The quaint small town in the middle of Manhattan. Bagels and old brownstones. In her book ‘Walk With Me: New York’ she shows us how to slow down in a city that never sleeps.
The concept of the new Mirador Torre Glòries combines a 360° view over Barcelona with an exhibition space that combines art, science and technology …
The Geba Carpet Gallery has been located in the heart of the old town of Graz since 1987 and is renowned in international carpet design. At its beginning, Harald Geba decided to rethink carpets. He is considered a pioneer of the idea of combining modern designs with traditional craftsmanship. Today, Geba rugs are classics of a timeless modernity, in which the charm and flair of handwork always remain palpable …
Architect David Hotson reinterpreted 1,400-year-old Armenian prototype in the design of the new Saint Sarkis Church. The innovative façade memorializing victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide was developed in collaboration with Italian architectural surfaces manufacturer Fiandre Architectural Surfaces …
Do you know what your totem guide is? Is it perhaps a salmon, a hawk, a beaver or a deer? We didn’t know about ours until now, either. But since seeing the chic apartment by STUDIOTAMAT, we haven’t just wanted to know about our spirit animal, we’ve mainly wanted to go to Rome. …
Inspired by Victorian bathroom worlds, pop art and children’s drawings: Liquid, Tom Dixon’s first bathroom collection, gives bathrooms a distinctive look – in private homes as well as hotels …
Mit The Farmhouse liefert Studio Precht den Entwurf für ein Stadtenwicklungsmodell, bei dem sich die Menschen wieder selbst versorgen können …
The Viennese label MOGLI & MARTINI is also fully on trend in 2022. Whether with the Pantone color of the year, the right and sustainable cashmere care for longevity or with the fashion trend Capsule Wardrobe – MOGLI & MARTINI hits the nerve of the time and welcomes the beginning of the year feather-light, extra-warm and minimalist stylish.
Elegantly set in the beautiful East Anglian landscape, on the border of a working farm in Suffolk (UK), the Pavilion House is a real inside-out construction. The shapes and materials of the interior all carry a certain tranquillity and simplicity, while every room offers a different glimpse of the outside. There is a certain humility within the architecture, acknowledging that the big-ticket item in the setting is indeed the countryside; it doesn’t try to compete with it, but frames it instead.
Escape the daily routine for a few days, soothe the soul and really relax – this is the goal of many people when they go on holiday. The four-star Alpin Juwel hotel in Saalbach-Hinterglemm has a spa especially for those looking to unwind, with an area of more than 1,000 square metres playing host to several saunas, pools and traditional massages, plus a range of Ayurvedic treatments. Spa manager Carolina reveals five tips on how to relax sustainably on holiday ….
There are many popular places to go skiing and hiking on holiday. But at the Gradonna ****s Mountain Resort at the foot of the Großglockner, guests experience the mountain in its purest form: from 0 to 3,798.