Nestled into the five-star Naman Retreat in Da Nang, Vietnam, the ‘Naman Pure Spa’ is a veritable open-air oasis of tranquility, offering its guests the chance to unwind and purify in luxury.
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Naman Pure Spa · Da Nang City, Vietnam
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The Legendary Design Of Eero Aarnio
One of the great pioneers of modern furniture design, Eero Aarnio’s seminal pieces – such as the Ball Chair (1963) and the Pastil Chair (1968) – quickly became mainstay icons of popular culture, appearing in such films as ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Men In Black’ and ‘Zoolander’.
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VIU Eyewear Store · Berlin
“Framing characters” reads the elegant white subtitle adorning a spacious glass store facade giving way to a marbled, mirrored interior on Berlin’s Potsdamer Straße.
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The Setouchi Aonagi Hotel By Tadao Ando
In the Japanese city Setouchi, world famous architect Tadao Ando designed a luxury hotel, connecting the richness of nature, history and culture from long past. The little city of Setouchi has become popular with the growth of its international art festival, attracting tourists from all over the world. With the rise of visiting numbers to the city, Tadao Ando remodeled a former art museum into a small boutique hotel with only seven rooms, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The self-taught Japanese architect is famous for buildings like the Pulitzer Art Museum in Washington or the shopping complex Omotesando Hills in Tokyo.
All images © Setouchi Aonagi
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A Restaurant To Be Perched On A Steep Cliff
A concept developed by chef Maria Andrea Payne, ‘Bire Bitori’ will be a restaurant located in a dramatic surrounding in The Sierra Tarahumara Mountain Range, Mexico. TALL ARQUITECTOS, a local studio responsible for the project, has showed the renderings of the impressive property.‘Bire Bitori’, which means ‘a plate’ in the indigenous Mexican language Tarahumara, will overlook a famous Copper Canyon, a valley deep up to 6,000 feet. With a big terrace and a glass, transparent floor, the place will offer an unforgettable experience and a challenge for those with fear of heights. The guests will be able to immerse themselves into the breathtaking landscape and the rich culture of the region, experiencing the whole plethora of local flavors and materials. To emphasize the restaurant’s mission, the architects made the design as simple as possible, using primarily only one building material which relates to the local rock.
All images © Biré Bitori
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Repossi Jewelry Flagship Store In Paris
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A Spa In The High Desert Of Utah
Located in the Canyon Point Campground in the south of Utah, the Amangiri Resort and Spa was designed by the three well-established architects Marwan Al-Sayed, Wendell Burnette and Rick Joy. Opend in 2009, the 34 room luxury hotel is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colourful rock towards the Grand Staircase.
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An ‘Uncertain Journey’ By Chiharu Shiota
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota is known for monumental installations of yarn, threaded through the room like splashing paint in the air. One giant red woven web currently covers the ceiling and walls of Gallery Blain Southern’s Berlin dependance, reaching towards skeletal hulls of boats on the floor.
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The Bold Universe Of Normann Copenhagen
Following the large-scale, comprehensive renovation, Normann Copenhagen has opened the doors of its spectacular new showroom, inviting the visitor to take a stroll through the fascinating universe of colors and contrasting textures.
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The Applesauna By Noa* Network
noa* network of architecture built a sauna for the ‘Apfelhotel Torgglerhof’ in Northern Italy that melts with the nature it is surrounded by. Like the hotel’s name “Apfelhotel” which means ‘apple hotel’ in German, the guiding theme for the realization of the wellness area was an apple and the nature that creates it.
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Spaces By Romain Laprade
In his picture series “Spaces“ Paris-based photographer Romain Laprade depicts various places he can blend into. Laprade is so passionate about taking pictures that he describes it as a form of addiction. In search of meaningful photos he travels to different cities all over the world.
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Landscapes By Brooke Holm
With her defining attention to detail, photographer Brooke Holm takes pictures of landscapes and places that are composed like paintings.
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Forgotten Spaces: The Barbican Conservatory
UK-based Luke Hayes is an independent photographer. One of his impressive works, a joint project with writer Sarah Simpkin, depicts the Barbican Conservatory. The Barbican Conservatory is the second biggest conservatory in London, in the middle of the Barbican Arts Centre.
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BMW Museum · Beijing, China
Opened in August this year in Beijing, China and designed by Crossboundaries, BMW Museum confronts the exclusive quality of the vintage cars with modern, futuristic interior – with references to Chinese aesthetic heritage.
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La Maison De La Celle-Saint-Cloud By Jean Pierre Raynaud
Opened in 1974, Jean Pierre Raynaud designed ‘La Maison de La Celle-Saint-Cloud’ in Paris, a house and art installation comprised entirely of white tiles. The obsessive construction of the house’s walls, floors, ceilings and fixed furniture were all coated with white 15cm x 15cm ceramic tiles with black joints. Covered with a mass-produced article, the architect wanted to produce an absolute space, controlled by a regular grid.
La Maison de La Celle-Saint-Cloud closed down in 1988 and was subsequently knocked down in 1993. The remaining fragments are exhibited in various installations at CAPC and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux.
All images © Jean Pierre Raynaud
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A Walk Through Zurich With Illustrator Philipp Dornbierer
We were recently invited by Zürich Tourismus to visit the Swiss city, where we caught up with the illustrator Philipp Dornbierer. Taking us on a tour through the city, Philipp introduced us to five of his favorite locations across town.
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Villa Clessidra By LAAV Architects
Named ‘Villa Clessidra’, the unique concept home is hypothetically located in a pine forest in the Netherlands, featuring an exceptional interior layout that involves its entire second floor being enlarged to a swimming pool.
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A Swimming Pool Inside A Sunken Pavilion
Architecture firm Act_Romegialli designed a swimming pool inside a pavilion that hides in the ground of an early 1900 property in Alta Brianza, Italy. The clients requested a modern pool house that wouldn’t clash with the old residence and the surrounding park scenery.
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Hotel Hubertus · Valdora, Italy
Located in the famous ski and hiking area of Italian town Valdaora at an altitude of about 1350 m, Hotel Hubertus blends the old family property with the new part, offering the visitors a high-level relaxing space with a feeling of a mountain chalet.
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The Bridging Teahouse By FR-EE
Designed by architecture and industrial design firm FR-EE, the Bridging Teahouse is one of 17 pavilions located in JinHua Architecture Park in the city of Jinhua, China. The park is situated in the new Jindong New District, a new area master planned by Herzog & de Meuron since 2003. The well-known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei secured the order to design the park which is set by the Jiwu river. FR-EE’s Bridging Teahouse explores the typological interaction between the two traditional structures from the gardens of ancient China, a teahouse and a bridge. The bridge spans as a continuous concrete structure over a pond in a flaming red color, which is a traditional symbol for happiness in China. Working in collaboration with local engineers, different platforms were constructed for different uses, creating privacy and intimacy that generate individual experiences for the teahouse’s visitors.
All images © Iwan Baan
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