A personal review of design creations
Waimarino Luxury Lodge
12 minute drive from Queenstown, here is a brand new exquisite and sustainable property development on the shores of Lake Wakatipu: the Waimarino Luxury Lodge. A premiere of its kinds in New Zealand.
#CabinWeek – Le Bois Basalte
In Auvergne, the volcanic region in the centre of France, a former mine site has been transformed into an eco-tourism heaven. All material, food and even the architects are locally sourced.
Season 1 - Episode 4: Le Bois Basalte (France)
#CabinWeek - 72h Cabin in Sweden
Starting 2021 with a new series!
#CabinWeek will invite you to escape from the urban life and help you reset. Its aim is to encourage us to be more environmentally conscious and in tune with nature.
2021 should be the year for all of us to slow our pace and reprioritise. This week will highlight five cozy cabins.
Season 1 - Episode 1: 72h Cabin by JeanArch in Sweden.
#WoodWeek - Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre
“The best carpenters make the fewest chips.” Maybe the wisdom of the English proverb has inspired this project in Geneva. Make the most effective solution to an urgent need for temporary accommodation for migrants.
Day 2: Rigot Collective Dwelling Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
Kimpton Vividora Hotel
In the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona, a new hotel was added to the Kimpton chain with a strong personality, new colour combination and a definitive “bon vivant” flair… hence its name.
#BrickWeek 1 - Entre Pinos
After Asia, we are off to the Americas, where bricks are also used very often. Here is a project rewarded in 2018 by AZ Awards in the category Best in Architecture—Residential Single Family Residential Interiors.
Season One, Episode Four: Mexico.
#LifeAfterLockdown – Berghaus Zallinger
For the last post of our series, we mix everything… The location is Italian but people speak German, the mountains are stunning in the winter but remain an endless field for Summer activities too… And the interior combines here as well traditional wood structures with contemporary flavours…
Episode Eight: Berghaus Zallinger, Italy.
#LifeAfterLockdown - Cheetah Plains Lodge
Stretching over 300km, the Kruger National Park is one of largest game reserves in Africa. For our penultimate visit of this series, we reach South Africa and its extraordinary wildlife.
Episode Seven: Cheetah Plains Game Lodge, South Africa.
#LifeAfterLockdown - Bürgenstock Hotel
Inaugurated in 1877, this resort was the refuge of some celebrities in the 60s before going bankrupt… It has seen everything… But one thing remains: The View!
Episode Six: The Bürgenstock Hotel – Obbürgen, Lucerne, Switzerland.
#LifeAfterLockdown – andBeyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge
After the Atlantic Ocean, the Adriatic and the Sea of Cortes, we go to Africa with a complete different but stunning landscape to escape from our confinement (both mentally and hopefully physically too).
Episode Four: andBeyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge, Namibia.