aire de bardenas hotel
The site for the four-star hotel is a wheat field, located 3km from Tudela's town center and 4 km from the Bardenas Reales de Navarra, a spectacular natural park with semi-desert landscape. In its...
summer spa
The floating spa, symbol of an independent isle to arrive, retreat and become one with the element of water. The reduced style of interior design as well as the clear, axial alignment of the...
lakeside bath
Kaltern Lake is a nature reserve and access is restricted to a few bathing establishments on the Northern shore, the only public one being our site. The project‘s intention is to strengthen the feeling...
san pellegrino thermal bath
Restoring San Pellegrino to its former splendour of the early 20th century has been an intervention of high quality. We developed our ideas, with the intention of outlining a new horizon of possibilities for...
ritrarre l‘effimero
Beaches thronging with holidaymakers, ski stations seething with skiers coming and going, swimming pools, discothèques packed with youths deafened by the music…Massimo Vitali’s photographs portray the rituals of modern-day entertainment and represent the chaotic...
city lounge
Once you enter the area between the Vadianstrasse, Schreinerstrasse, Gartenstrasse and Kornhausstrasse, the redesigned Raiffeisen quarter reveals one of the main objectives of its concept before you have even set foot in it: a...
torre del homenaje
The Torre del Homenaje at Huéscar is a military watch tower which, following the conquering of the city in 1434, was lopped off and became part of the domestic surroundings. 600 years later, the...
the green pine garden
The project locates besides the highway from Shanghai to Zhujiajiao, with a 30,000 sqm green land and two factory buildings inside that are now renovated as a restaurant and a bar. Tree blocks define...
lost in space
Guido Incerti: This issue of Area is dedicated to the theme of leisure and enjoyment: what is your idea of enjoying yourself through your work?
Nigel Coates: I get real pleasure from avoiding the rules...
the racing club
The Racing Club is a new concept created by the Hong Kong Jockey Club to entice younger members to join the club. The program is to create a young, trendy nightspot with 3 main...
light house cinema
DTA Architects were commissioned in December 2006 to realise the recreation of the Light House Cinema. The architectural challenge of this project was to combine the ‘insertion’ of four cinema volumes into ‘existing’ basement...
the song club
The Song Club is a specialized Club for music with multiple functions consisting of a restaurant, bar, showroom, VIPs room and CD store. In order to avoid a space with standard conflicting multiple functions,...
