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COUTUME CAFE - PARIS

2012-01-31T13:59:00.000+01:00

http://www.coutumecafe.com/

47 Rue de Babylone
75007 Paris
info@coutumecafe.com

dESIGNED BY CUT Architecture Cut architecture

Practical information
Address: 47 rue Babylone, 75007
Nearest transport: Vaneau (10) or Saint François Xavier (13)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am – 8 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm
Reservations: Recommended for brunch
Telephone: 01 45 51 50 47

Square Nine Hotel, Belgrade

2011-12-30T11:35:00.000+01:00

http://www.squarenine.rs

"The hotel was born from the owner’s desire to be part of Belgrade’s renovation, impressing a luxurious, but more familiar character to the city.

The interior design applies materials such as stone, bronze mirrors and wood claddings, both light and dark colored, which results in very cozy ambients and the most elegant atmosphere.

Isay Weinfeld
Architect"

"Square Nine’s singular aesthetic sees each of its 45 spacious rooms and suites stylish equipped with Pratesi linen, Hermes toiletries, Nespresso coffee machines, limestone bathrooms, and cashmere throws. Offering imported specialty items, fine spirits, selected waters to Japanese beer, found only at Square Nine, the hotel’s intimate lobby lounge is Belgrade’s chicest meeting place, morning coffee through after dinner drinks. The adjacent restaurant offers fine dining, a smart continental menu, and a summertime courtyard terrace. Downstairs, the clean modern lines of the subterranean wellness centre house a sunlit lap pool, state of the art fitness facility, japanese ofuro tub, steam room and a varied list of massage services."

Location:

Studentski trg
Belgrade 103933, Serbia
(0)11 3333500
squarenine.rs‎

Our new office photos

2011-11-11T10:28:00.006+01:00

Our new office is located in Belgrade, old town area near Kalemegdan fortress at Kralja Petra street.

www.articons.co.rs

Our studio employs team of five architects: Ksenija Plecas, Mladen Vulevic, Marija Mijailovic, Nikola Papic, Vladimir Perovic led by arch Bojan Supeljak

Philippe Stark - Exterior architecture

2011-11-03T13:11:00.001+01:00

LE BARON VERT
Opening 1992 / Osaka, Japan

ASAHI BEER HALL
Opening 1990 / Tokyo, Japan

NANI NANI
Opening 1989 / Tokyo, Japan

LAGUIOLE
Opening 1987 / Laguiole, France

LE MOULT
Opening 1987/ France

Therme Vals by Peter Zumthor

2011-10-09T13:16:00.002+02:00

Therme Vals by Peter Zumthor

Peter Zumthor of Switzerland Becomes the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
(Announcement)

http://www.therme-vals.ch/

Zumthor and Heidegger
The Vals spa—famed among architects for its evocative sequence of spaces and exquisite construction details—presents intriguing correspondences between Heidegger’s writing and Zumthor’s architecture. Writing in his architectural manifesto, Thinking Architecture, Zumthor mirrors Heidegger’s celebration of experience and emotion as measuring tools. A chapter entitled “A way of looking at things” begins by describing a door handle:

I used to take hold of it when I went into my aunt’s garden. That door handle still seems to me like a special sign of entry into a world of different moods and smells. I remember the sound of gravel under my feet, the soft gleam of waxed oak staircase. I can hear the heavy front door closing behind me as I walk along the dark corridor and enter the kitchen[...].(1998:9)
Zumthor always emphasises the sensory aspects of the architectural experience. To him, the physicality of materials can involve an individual with the world, evoking experiences and texturing horizons of place through memory. He recalls places he once measured out at his aunt’s house through their sensual qualities. Zumthor’s Vals spa recounts the thinking he describes in his essay, making appeals to all the senses. The architect choreographs materials according to their evocative qualities. Flamed and polished stone, chrome, brass, leather and velvet were deployed with care to enhance the inhabitant’s sense of embodiment when clothed and naked. The touch, smell, and perhaps even taste of these materials were orchestrated obsessively. The theatricality of steaming and bubbling water was enhanced by natural and artificial light, with murky darkness composed as intensely as light. Materials were crafted and joined to enhance or suppress their apparent mass. Their sensory potential was relentlessly exploited with these tactics, Zumthor aimed to celebrate the liturgy of bathing by evoking emotions.

Peter Zumthor: Therme Vals by vernissagetv

Tokyo - Fashion stores by famous architects

2011-08-17T15:46:00.000+02:00

1. Maison Hermès

Renzo Piano Building Workshop in 2001

1. Tod's

by Japanese architect - Toyo Ito 2004

1. Prada Boutique Aoyama

Herzog & de Meuron in 2003.

1. Christian Dior

by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 2003

Armani residence, Milan 1989 by Peter Marino - "modernity without futurism"

2011-06-16T12:24:00.000+02:00

Armani's broad instructions to create a setting that "'suggested a period in the past as a point of reference.'" That period was Paris in the '30s.

"'...modernity without futurism.'" That's how Giorgio Armani described the aesthetic he strived for in the design of his apartment.

"Tall, sleek ebonized doors are French polished In the background, the bronze leopard, one of a pair, is from the 30s, attributed to the famous Atelier Primavera. The big cats are crouching on a low goatskin table by Jean Michel Frank. In the foreground the sofa, surrounded by a folding screen, is pure Frank-style."

Peter Marino architect - link to website

Four Seasons Hotel, Firenze

2011-06-15T16:07:00.002+02:00

Borgo Pinti, 99

50121 Firenze

Italy

Tel.

39 (055) 2626 1

Fax.

39 (055) 2626 500

Four SeasonsHotel Firenze. An enchanted city sanctuary in the midst of Florence, where an art-filled Renaissance palazzo and conventino frame a centuries-old private park. Relax amidst original frescoes and sculptured reliefs, graced by sunlight and airy garden vistas. Sip cappuccino under majestic trees, lounge by the open-air pool or bask in Italian spa secrets. Wonders of the Uffizi and Duomo are a stroll away. Tuscan hill towns beckon.

Room & Suites:
117;
Setting:
City;
Style:
Grand,Historical, Hotel

Website: www.fourseasons.com/florence/

Hotel Fasano São Paulo

2011-06-15T11:27:00.006+02:00

Rua Vittorio Fasano, 88, Sao Paulo, 01414-020 Brazil 866-539-0036

Hotel Fasano São Paulo > overview:

"The most elegant hotel in São Paulo has been a long-nurtured dream of the Fasano family, who for over a century devotes itself to providing the best in Italian cuisine with outstanding service. Ideally located between the business districts of Avenida Paulista and Faria Lima, in the heart of the exclusive Jardins neighborhood, the hotel is steps away from São Paulo’s prime shopping area. With personalized service, zealous yet un-invasive, the Fasano São Paulo caters to both business and leisure travelers. Guests can enjoy the inviting accommodations and relax by the hotel’s exquisite spa and rooftop swimming pool. The hotel is located between the business centers of Paulista and Faria Lima Avenues neighbouring renowned brands."

"Visitor review: The best in São Paulo

With a reputation as São Paulo's best hotel, expectations of the Fasano Hotel run high, and my stay at this discreet hotel in Jardins was nothing short of perfect. The hotel building is a small stylish tower on one of the smallest streets in Jardins, ensuring peace and calm. Around the corner, though, are the city's most expensive boutiques of luxury fashion and objects. The hotel's rooms are elegant and very spacious, but feel more like an elegant studio apartment than a hotel room. Inaugurated in 2003, the hotel is owned by the Fasano family, who have been running the best Italian restaurants in Brazil for a century and who also opened the sister hotel in Rio de Janeiro. The street on which the hotel is located, rua Vittoria Fasano, was named after the family's ancestor, and the choice of location for the hotel was probably no coincidence. The hotel's restaurant, Fasano, is also considered the city's best Italian restaurant. Naturally, prices match the reputation. You decide if it's worth it."

Architect:
Arch. Isay Weinfeld and Arch. Marcio Kogan

Isay Weinfeld
Rua André Fernandes 175
04536-020 - São Paulo – Sp, Brazil
T: +55 11 3079-7581
F: +55 11 3079-5656
www.isayweinfeld.com

Marcio Kogan
Alameda Tietê 505
01417-020 – São Paulo – Sp Brazil
T: +55 11 3081-3522
www.marciokogan.com.br

Link to site: http://www.fasano.com.br/

thanks to dome

Inspiration - Museum of Islamic Art, Doha by I. M. Pei

2011-05-30T14:37:00.001+02:00

I. M. Pei

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei, the 376,740-square-foot Museum of Islamic Art in Doha Bay houses a collection of international masterpieces in galleries encircling a soaring, five-storey-high domed atrium. The Museum, an architectural icon 60m (195ft) off Doha’s Corniche, rises from the sea and is connected to shore by two pedestrian bridges and a vehicular bridge. A C-shaped peninsula and park area on the shoreline behind the Museum offer shelter and a picturesque backdrop.
The Museum is composed of a five-storey Main Building and a two-storey Education Wing, which are connected across a central courtyard. The Main Building’s angular volumes step back progressively as they rise around a 50-m-high (164ft) central domed atrium. The dome is concealed from outside view by the walls of a central tower. A sheet of glass rises to a height of 45m (148ft) on the north side of the Museum offering views of the Gulf and West Bay area of Doha from all five floors of the atrium. Ceilings are constructed of intricate cast-in place architectural concrete coffered domes, finished with individual molds. At the top of the atrium is the circular oculus of a stainless steel dome, which captures facets of patterned light. The form of the dome changes as the structure descends, so its perimeter becomes an octagon and then a square, which in turn is transformed into four triangular column supports.

Official site - Museum of islamic art

Images courtesy of Museum of Islamic Art

2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate : Eduardo Souto de Moura

2011-05-20T11:16:00.000+02:00

Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Souto de Moura is located in Porto, Portugal.

photo by Francisco Nogueira

Eduardo Souto de Moura is the second Portuguese architect to win the Pritzker Prize - architect Álvaro Siza won the award in 1992.

Souto de Moura was born in Porto, and studied sculpture before switching to architecture at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, the current FAUP - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, and receiving his degree in 1980. From 1974 to 1979 he worked with Álvaro Siza Vieira at his architectural practice, who encouraged him to start his own firm. He began his career as an independent architect in 1980, after winning a design competition for the Casa das Artes, a culture center with an auditorium and an exhibition gallery in the gardens of a neo-classical mansion, in his native city of Porto. However, Souto de Moura collaborated with Siza on the Portuguese pavilion at the Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, and Serpentine Gallery's annual summer pavilion in 2004.

Jury Citation < link to the pritzker arhitekture prize website

Paula Rego Museum

Burgo Tower in Porto, Portugal

Braga stadium in Braga, Portugal

Paula Rego Museum

Kruisherenhotel Maastricht

2011-04-04T15:28:00.002+02:00

Kruisherengang 19-23, 6211 NW Maastricht, Netherlands, 043 3292020

Need to regenerate? Go back in time and seal your soul in the austerity and aboriginal sophistication of Kruisherenhotel. Located in the center of Maastricht, this former 15th century monastery has been able to rise and became a place where unusual design combines with contemporary and classic medieval design. A true architectural challenge raised by the architect Hank Vok that has made this hotel a tribute to beauty and grace. source: Hoosta Magazine

Link: http://www.chateauhotels.nl

First post - Ty Warner Penthouse

2011-03-24T12:52:00.000+01:00

This highly anticipated suite at the pinnacle of Manhattan's tallest hotel is a collaboration between owner Ty Warner, designer Peter Marino and architect I.M. Pei, who came out of retirement to join in the creation of America's most exclusive accommodation.

Size: 4,300 square-ft

Highlights: 360-degree views, four-foot high cut-glass chandalier, grand piano, nine rooms, butler, televisions capable of accessing every channel in the world.

Price tag: £21,580 per night

Link: http://www.fourseasons.com/newyorkfs/guest_rooms_and_suites/ty_warner_penthouse/

And photos from lobby