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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Palazzo Dami – Piano Nobile in Florence, Italy Zeno Pucci+ArchitectsMarch 20th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Zeno Pucci+Architects The house is located on the main floor of a historic building in Florence, redesigned in 1735 by the architects Giovacchino Fortini and Ferdinando Ruggieri for Giuliano Dami, favorite of the Grand Duke Giangastone dè Medici. The project of the Zeno Pucci + Architects studio had as main concept, that of revisiting in a contemporary key this historical dwelling, through the insertion of highly modern furnishing elements and a very minimalist style. The atmosphere can be perceived right from the entrance, where, due to the wall decorations, we are catapulted into a historical space well contrasted by the furnishings present. Here then is the perspective escape of the gallery frescoed by Niccolò Pintucci, which portrays ancient landscapes, shielded by architectural whims, partially covered by a wild vegetation. In the large hall, punctuated by a coffered ceiling of 1400 painted with geometric motifs, the furnishings give a modern style in contrast with the historicity of the room, as in the same dining room. In what was once the family chapel, a small study has now been created, but the atmosphere always brings a very sober and discreet modernity. Even the master bedroom follows the mood of the whole house, like the headboard of the stone bed covered in white leather, and the two modern chairs at the foot of the bed. Movements and atmospheres of a time that design the kitchen, where still the modern blends with the old, with the large sink in gray bardiglio that incorporates the color of contrasting decorations on the walls in pietra serena treated in bold ivory, the sideboard in corten iron and backlit opaque glass.  Image Courtesy © Zeno Pucci+Architects
Read the rest of Palazzo Dami – Piano Nobile in Florence, Italy Zeno Pucci+Architects ABC Department Store in Beirut, Lebanon by KINNERSLEY KENT DESIGNMarch 20th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: KINNERSLEY KENT DESIGN ABC is a name that has been engraved in the hearts and minds of the Lebanese shopper for over 80 years, ever since the retailer opened the Middle East’s first department store in Beirut in 1936.  Image Courtesy © KINNERSLEY KENT DESIGN
Read the rest of ABC Department Store in Beirut, Lebanon by KINNERSLEY KENT DESIGN Atrium Housing in Bordeaux, France by ANMAMarch 20th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ANMA L’Atrium housing development Part of the Bassins à Flot urban development plan, this operation contributes to the cohabitation of mixed-use blocks with preserved or new commercial buildings. Designed in a live-in warehouse style, the 345 apartments are housed in two 10-metre deep buildings laid out in parallel either side of a shared covered garden. Both buildings are double aspect, facing east and west. Access is via four lobbies and passageways and gangways that cross the atrium.  Image Courtesy © Cyrille Weiner
Box In The Box in Móstoles, Spain by arenas basabe palaciosMarch 19th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: arenas basabe palacios The project entails the refurbishment of a 940 m2 warehouse located in Móstoles (Madrid) and its conversion into a building that provides spaces for a cultural association and sporting activities for young students.  Image Courtesy © Imagen Subliminal
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Article source: Design Forum International (DFI) Deriving inspiration from Ikebana, Japanese art and style of flower arrangement this iconic building is the sales and marketing office with an attached sample flat for Novell Ikebana, Neemrana.  Image Courtesy © Design Forum International (DFI)
Read the rest of Experience Centre – Ikebana in Rajasthan, India by Design Forum International (DFI) Historical Future: Milan Reborn in Italy by MAD ArchitectsMarch 19th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MAD Architects MAD Architects presents their research proposal Historical Future: Milan Reborn for the Scali Milano project, community-reactivation masterplan research headed by FS Sistemi Urbani (FS Urban Systems) and Comune di Milano (the Municipality of Milan) with the support of Regione Lombardia (Lombardy Region). MAD Architects, along with four other international architecture firms (Stefano Boeri Architetti, Mecanoo Architecten, MIRALLES TAGLIABUE EMBT, and Cino Zucchi Architetti), was invited to envision a series of Milan’s dilapidated railyards as productive social landscapes that establish a harmony between Milan’s citizenry, the larger metropolitan region, and the natural environment. MAD proposes that these railyards become interconnected micro-systems conforming to five spatial concepts: “City of Connections,” “City of Green,” “City of Living,” “City of Culture,” and “City of Resources.”  Image Courtesy © MAD Architects
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Article source: AL_A The Exhibition Road Quarter, designed by AL_A, is the largest construction project undertaken by the V&A since its main buildings in South Kensington were completed in 1909 under the direction of Sir Aston Webb. The project has transformed the former boiler house yard on London’s great cultural artery, Exhibition Road, to create a sequence of major new spaces that will redefine the V&A’s relationship with the street and the public:  The Aston Webb Screen, Image Courtesy © Hufton + Crow
Read the rest of V&A Exhibition Road Quarter in London, England by AL_A Blossom Owl in Kalamata, Greece by TZOKAS architectsMarch 19th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: TZOKAS architects The redesign of the space (previous name “Reload b/c”), which our architectural firm had undertaken in the past, so as, with the minimum changes and expenses, to achieve a brand new identity, was a great challenge for us. Even though the management would remain the same, the main idea of operating the café would change to transform it into a coffee grinder’s with café services. This operation should transform the café, which initially had an industrial design, to a place more open to the customers, making them feel warm and cosy. At the same time, customers could witness the process of making different kinds of coffee! A great effort was placed on recycling the existing materials from the previous café, yet without living a trace of their past.  Image Courtesy © Athanasios TZOKAS and Alex GEORGIOU
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Article source: destilat ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN Planning the first restaurant of two young gourmet cooks was yet another great opportunity for destilat to realize an exciting gastronomy project in a heritage-protected environment. The architectural concept is based on the culinary philosophy of Marko Barth and Sebastian Rossbach: a kitchen with simple yet top-quality and predominantly regional products that are finished in a sophisticated and creative way.  Image Courtesy © destilat ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN
Read the rest of Rossbarth in Linz, Austria by destilat ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN Torre di Baratti – Bio Resort & Restaurant in Italy by Zeno Pucci+ArchitectsMarch 19th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Zeno Pucci + Architects The \”Torre di Baratti – Bio Resort & Restaurant\” is located in the enchanting Gulf of Baratti and enjoys a panoramic position of considerable prestige, with unique views and characteristics, right in the middle between sea and hills, at the foot of the ancient Etruscan village of Populonia . The site is immersed in an extraordinary countryside, a fertile land populated by beautiful olive groves with centuries-old trees of wild beauty, stone walls \”dry\” that rise in the blue sky, delimiting the vast fields creating here and there plots variables, flanked by important remains of Etruscan civilizations, and ancient lookout towers. It is a strong landscape full of signs and meaning, the one where the village of Baratti is born, a gulf of sea of rare beauty, which has maintained that genuine taste of home, and where stands the \”Torre di Baratti – Bio Resort & Restaurant\”, immersed in the colors and smells of the countryside, whose name comes from the particular type of building, born as an outpost watchtower.  Image Courtesy © Zeno Pucci+Architects
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