The Eames House: Case Study #8

    

Barcelona: Las Arenas by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

This former bullring in Barcelona has been converted into a leisure complex by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, retaining the original facade.

Full article here:

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/05/27/las-arenas-by-rogers-stirk-harbour-partners/#more-129998

Showroom Albert Reichmuth by OSS

Showroom Albert Reichmuth

Wine store in Zürich by OOS.

found via http://www.dezeen.com

Museo del Chocolate.

Museo del Chocolate de Nestlé
Superficie: 634 m2
Programa: recepción, auditorio, museum shop
Cliente: Nestlé
Diseño: enero de 2007
Inauguración: marzo de 2007
Proyecto arquitectónico rojkind arquitectos

El museo está dividido por diferentes áreas, ocupadas por:

• El área de la recepción.
• El área donde está situado el teatro; en donde se presenta el proceso para elaborar del famosos chocolate Nestlé de marca suiza, y en donde se explica audiovisualmente la historia del chocolate.
• Un túnel; que permite el recorrido por toda la fábrica. Desde aquí se pueden observar los trabajadores mientras trabajan en la preparación del chocolate.
• Una tienda: donde el visitante puede comprar artículos y souvenir de la famosa firma.

      

Quoted from: Arquitectura Inteligente, arqhys, arqred, noticias arquitectura,

Grand Designs: Isle Of Wight, The Tree House

I have a friend that knows me so well

 that he always seems know exactly what I'm going to like...

for instance  he  suggested i might like 

channel4's Grand Designs TV Show...

(I just watched the first episode and LOVED it!)

Isle Of Wight: The Tree House

This project 

is 

gor· geous 

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: Lincoln Miles

Check out the before and after: 

http://www.treehouseisleofwight.co.uk/

Diary of  Build

http://www.lincolnmilesarchitecture.co.uk

SANT’ELIA’S WORDS

SANT’ELIA’S WORDS

Going to Budapest?

While on vacation in Budapest in October 2005 i discovered a beautiful art nouveau building right across our hostel. The building was abandoned and in really bad shape, but i was drawn to it. It caught my eye, like many other buildings in this beautiful city...

It was the

Hungária Fürdő

"A Once Prosperous Art Nouveau Bath in Budapest".

History

(Source: http://www.szecesszio.com Author: Mattia Moretti)

The Hungaria Spa was build in 1910 after the project of the Hungarian architect Emil Agoston in Dohany utca(eventually, who projected the Astoria Hotel, too). The history of the building, and of the spa itself, is a little bit messy. In fact the bath structure operated just until the end of the first decade of the XX century. He was converted in a Cinema in 1920 and as a Cabarè just until 1963. After that date the demolition of the structure began and nowadays what remains is just the facade, which also is in a very terrible condition.

However the last piece of this historical building survived, and in this very days seems that restoration works finally begin.

The remaining part of the facade still presents a really impressive relief, in typical secession style, of three woman enjoying the thermal water. They aren’t mermaids strictly sense, however those feminine figures are charged with the typical art nouveau symbolism concerning female characters and the water. the pleasing and excited, even erotic, expression which could be still viewable on the female figure on the very left of the relief, is evocative of the sensual, even sexual, relationship of feminine and the natural liquid element.

Not surprisingly, since this symbolism was quite usual in the artistic production of the turn of the century, a very similar frieze can be noticed in Vienna, in Seitzergasse, 1st District. And even if the subject itself was quite common at the time, however the resemblance between the two sculptures is really noticeable. Judge yourself: link side are the Dohany-utca Budapest woman at the bath, where on the right you can nitice the Vienna mermaids …

.../...

2010

well, i'm happy to say that while searching for info on the building for my scrapbook i've found out it has been renovated and is now a hotel!

Continental Hotel Zara.

And the greatest part of all is that the hotel website has pictures of the reconstruction process!! so you can see the before and after pictures!!!

http://www.continentalhotelzara.com/en/gallery/photos/continental-hotel-before-the-demolation/

http://www.continentalhotelzara.com/en/gallery/photos/beginning-of-construction/

http://www.continentalhotelzara.com/en/gallery/photos/hotel-construction/

http://www.continentalhotelzara.com/en/gallery/photos/last-phase-of-hotels-construction/

http://www.continentalhotelzara.com/en/gallery/photos/

An extended history of the building and more info can be found on the Continental Hotel Zara website.

More beautiful pictures of the building

(these pictures are not mine)

and info:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37578663@N02/4448589318)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/almodozo/sets/72157594381932224/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcsanadi/4444053728/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37578663@N02/4447813841/in/set-72157623533390689/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zder/306991319/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerome1976/4333646406/in/set-72157623360000242/

http://www.danube.org/html/projects_elmallas/image1-3.html

So if you are going to Budapest, this is a must!!!