Located next to Tegnérlunden park in Stockholm, Sweden, this modern apartment features updated kitchen and bathrooms. The floor plan maximizes the use of large windows which allow daylight to flood the interior space. The bathrooms and storage area are windowless and also serve as a dividing space creating a hallway within the apartment.
Archives for March 2011
The St. Regis Lhasa, Tibet: Luxury Hotel At 12,000 Feet
At 12,000 feet above sea level, the St. Regis Lhasa Resort in Lhasa, Tibet is one of the highest luxury hotels in the world. Inspired by the nearby Sera Monastery, the eight-acre resort hotel designed by Denniston International Architects combines the traditional Tibetan architectural elements with modern luxury. The hotel faces the stunning Potala Palace with views of the Himalayas and Lhasa Valley. The exterior of the buildings with stone walls and dark shale pagoda-style roofs pay homage to the ancient Buddhist culture. The interiors showcase works of art from local and international artists such as the six-panel painting in the lobby by Christian de Laubadère. The Iridium Spa has an ornate gold-tiled pool with artwork of a black and white Sea Serpent. Sustainable features such as solar panels and an underground water recycling system were also incorporated into the hotel design.
Glass Tables With Rope Legs By Cappellini
This unique collection of tables and consoles designed by Fabio Novembre for Cappellini uses rope legs to support the transparent glasstop. The flexible polypropylene rope legs have steel internal structure covered with red, white or black ropes. The top and bottom caps of each rope are made of satined stainless steel.
Town Home With Beautiful Architectural Elements
This 7,000 sq. ft. town home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania features beautiful architectural details which architects Rasmussen/Su worked to revive and renew. Renovation done on the entire structure resulted in an exquisite home where new elements were carefully blended with the original architecture. Unique elements such as a barrel-vaulted hall and a cupola provide the brand new interiors an elegant traditional look.
Elegant Winter Garden With Rich Interior Decor
This elegant conservatory designed by Russian interior designer Kirill Istomin has a green palette that makes this a natural winter garden. The richness of the traditional interior decoration with a four poster daybed as the central focus of the room creates a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Penthouse Apartment With Cosmopolitan Chic In East Village
Located in a historic 1830s brownstone in trendy East Village in New York, this duplex penthouse apartment has been exquisitely renovated to provide luxury and comfort of a modern home. The spacious 140 meters (1,500 sq. ft.) apartment occupies the third and fourth floors of the building with its own small terrace garden on the top floor with a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline. The bedrooms are elegantly decorated and the bedrooms with glass and marble complete this chic penthouse apartment design in a historic atmosphere.
Museum Of Islamic Art In Doha By I. M. Pei
Built on a man-made island on the edge of Doha harbour just off the corniche, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar houses one of the world’s most complete collections of Islamic artifacts. Designed by Pritzker Prize laureate I. M. Pei, who embarked on a journey across the Muslim world to grasp the essence of Islamic architecture which he borrowed for the design of the museum. The result is an architectural icon composed of a five-storey minimalist building and a two-storey education wing with the geometric patterns and aesthetic details of the art and architecture of the Muslim world. Inside the building, a soaring atrium with a stainless steel domed ceiling above the grand staircase is a stunning centrepiece of the interiors.
Prefab Loblolly House Redefines New Architecture
Loblolly House on Taylors Island, Maryland is a 2,200-square-foot prefab house composed entirely of fabricated components made off-site. Designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates, this contemporary home named for the tall loblolly pines that characterize its site on the Chesapeake Bay was built in environmentally ethical ways. There is minimal disruption to the ground with the house resting lightly on the site using timber piles as foundations. Architects Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake believe that the construction process today should be streamlined, so they boldly took on the project which has become a model for componentized prefab houses.
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