Friday 4 May 2012

Hotel Puerta America Madrid


This building features interiors by various architects and designers. This conflict of creativity forced each of the designers to try and stand out in their own field and creates a vast range of very different interiors.

Exterior - Jean Nouvel
Zaha Hadid

Arara Isozak


Plasma Studios
Norman Foster
Teresa Sapey

Thursday 3 May 2012

Allure Nightclub, Abu Dhabi Marina

It takes more than simply being excellent to stand out in oil rich countries such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Rich with both money and architectural brilliance only the most impressive spaces attract the high end target market. An outstanding LED animated exterior is made even more noticeable by the F1 track that runs through it. Allure Nightclub, Abu Dhabi Marina.









Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn The Netherlands

Designed over 40 years ago by Herman Hertzberger, this office space in The Netherlands still feels contemporary, the floor to ceiling openings between the blocks of offices are light and spacious and create the feeling that workers are looking out onto streets outside. this openness also allows people to talk to people who would usually be kept separate by walls or floors, the multi level effect also lets them talk to poeple who would even be on different floors. 40 years on and employees still praise the architect for creating such an enjoyable space.




BMW Leipzig Germany

 In many cases the office workers are kept away from the physical construction of their own designs, either by walls or separate buildings. This building interests me because the cars on the conveyor pass through the office spaces giving the workers a sense of pride and involvement in the whole business.