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The Farah Medical Campus was founded in 1977 by the now deceased Dr. Zaid Kilani. It is located in Amman, Jordan. In addition to offering a medical ecosystem composed of various facilities, including obstetrics, gynaecology and assisted reproduction, as well as paediatrics, neonatology, plastic surgery and monitoring, radiology and anaesthesia services, the name Farah has always been a byword for groundbreaking hospital design. A constant element in the architectural style adopted is that of combining contemporary materials, such as glass and aluminium with traditional building materials, like wood and local stone. This means that the architecture also expresses Farah’s capacity for innovation and its consolidated experience in provi... More

Legend has it that Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, was born in Paphos, the oldest and most important town on the west coast of Cyprus. The town’s important political and administrative role can be seen in the numerous archaeological remains that are scattered throughout it, and that is why since 1980 Paphos has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town doesn’t just live in the past, though, as in 2017 it was also named a European Capital of Culture. To mark this important accolade, a regeneration project was drawn up for the old town that began with the restoration, consolidation and renovation of its buildings and monuments. The old town of Paphos is much loved in Cyprus because, following the 1878 Berlin Treaty... More

The Rise of the Cultural Mile in the 19th Century and its Urban Demise in the 20th CenturyIn the course of the 19th century, the town fortifications and the adjoining buildings of the former Barfüsser and St. Magdalen Convents were demolished, making room for what we would nowadays call a Cultural Mile along the southern fringe of Basel’s Old Town. These developments reflect the urban and architectural vision of those times. The Casino (1826) and the Blömlein Theater (1831), based on plans by Melchior Berri, were followed in the second half of the 19th century by several important buildings designed in the neo-Baroque style by Johann Jakob Stehlin.   Situated between Barfüsserplatz and St. Alban-Graben, they incl... More

The highest standards from inside to outOver the course of approximately 150 years, the townhouse, a listed building, underwent a number of extensions. The deconstruction and gentle restoration of the building make it possible to re-experience the basic idea of the courtyard-like structure and inherent qualities of the history-infused location.   Sensitive, bold – and with thrilling contrastsThe exterior and interior are designed as one consistent unit. The concrete, spatial sculpture – outside dark, inside light – extends through the whole house like a protective shell. The facade, which is built of wooden elements, was developed with regional artisans. The oil-treated wooden slats, scorched with dark pigments, cla... More

PAC 2000A is one of the seven cooperatives linked to Conad, the largest organisation of independent retailers in Italy. Founded in 1972, it has a sales network that today extends over most of Central and Southern Italy, from Umbria, right through Lazio and Campania, to Calabria. It has 881 members that every day carry forward the mission that brought them together forty years ago, i.e. the need to develop cooperation between store owners, to safeguard and increase the productivity of the associated companies, to constantly improve service quality and range and to meet customers’ needs. Built over 25 years ago, the Cospea Shopping Centre in Terni belongs to Pac 2000A.In 2019, PAC 2000A decided to amplify and renovate the complex, and t... More

The Can Ramon house is located in the historic village of Aiguafreda, at the edge of the Montseny Natural Park, near Barcelona. Its construction dates from the beginning of the 18th century, when it was originally conceived to house a blacksmith’s forge on the ground floor and a residential area on the upper floors.   Over the years Can Ramon has undergone several modifications and extensions that have affected the interior space of the house, resulting in a less homogeneous appearance overall. Due to its poor state of conservation, the decision has been taken to renovate the building and adapt it for use as tourist accommodation and a restaurant.   The objective of the renovation is to create a space that preserves the... More

DSN Office is an architectural design and construction office. Located in Karawaci (about 20 km outside Jakarta), it is predominantly housing estates with fixed urban typology. The office is situated between two houses of tropical style with Dutch gable roof structure. Therefore, we deconstructed the roof and made it into the face of the building, to give a sense of belonging and volumetric uniqueness.   We broke the space programming into threefloors:first floor accommodates six cars and one meeting room, second floor serves as the actual open space office, while the third floor is the dining – pantry – function space – break room.All wooden materials used are furniture industry byproducts obtained from Central Jav... More

Inspired by the client’s love of all things Italian, Glorietta is a bar and 220-seat restaurant designed to shape a corporate precinct in North Sydney into a lively eating, dining, entertainment destination. Glorietta involved the challenging transformation of a stark, voluminous, double-height glass box within a new landmark tower; void of history, the space was restricted by poor street visibility.   As the podium tenant, Glorietta presented various key constraints. A cold and commercial character, including an open ceiling to allow for the base build utilities to remain effective and compliant. These obstacles made our team work hard to craft a sense of identity, intimacy and warmth.    Firstly, the space was dec... More

The main object of this project is the energetic renovation of the Paul Heraud High School in Gap, France, in order to reduce by 50% the energetic consumptions and to get the gold level for the BDM label. Last November, we obtained this BDM label gold level for the realization phase. In addition to the initial program, The project dealt with the compliance upgrade for disabled persons and safety of the site , especially with the reorganization of the fore court and the entrance.   The compliance upgrade for safety was established by the Region during the study of the project (APD phase) further to the Nice attacks. This operation was used for the definition of the Region reference document concerning the schools safety. All the build... More

Sawmill Market is a contemporary interpretation of an unsung New Mexico — a place synonymous with electric pink sunsets, bleached white cow skulls, pinon pine and the otherworldly landscapes immortalized by Georgia O’Keeffe and D.H. Lawrence. Together with owner Jim Long (Heritage Hotels and Resorts) and F&B Concept Developers Lauren and Jason Greene (The Grove Cafe), Islyn Studio drew directly from the rich cultural heritage of the Land of Enchantment to create Sawmill Market, a food hall, culinary laboratory and homage to the cultural imagination of New Mexico. Read McKendree Transformed from a sprawling and sunlit lumber warehouse in the Sawmill District, just a stone’s throw from Albuquerque's original settle... More

The 260 sq m retail restoration project for the fashion brand Haight Clothing inspired us to design a contemplative lightscape, an investigation about light and about the sensory perception of spaces, a place where an internal universe can be imagined. Our interest in thinking architecture as a choreography of experience for the discovery of space led us to develop the character of this project which is mainly defined by a spatial sequence, that close and open towards the sky, allowing the user to experience a permanent change through simple forms and simple materials. The plot had a pre-existing building, whose structure was maintained and became a guideline for an opaque facade. What from the outside is seen as a rigid geometric, inside... More

Lewisham House involved the full restoration of this classic Victorian Home to the highest level as a present-day, functional family home. The design process was a collaboration between RBA Architects and Sanders & King Interior designers.   The restoration and conversion of this unique Victorian house, involved a modern transformation of the dilapidated, heritage-listed house with an addition of a pool house/children’s room. We were to take it from a bygone Victorian era where the kitchen was the unseen, smallest element of the home and to create a contemporary environment for a family of 5, where the kitchen/living are the pivotal hub of the home.   The original home retained much of it’s prevailing layout, w... More

「Song Yang · The Last Mysterious Place in Jiangnan」 The poet Shen Hui in the Northern Song Dynasty once described Songyang in his poem The First Visit to Songyang like this:“This is the only Peach Blossom Garden, the unique scenery of which can’t be seen anywhere else”. Thousands of years later, more than 100 ancient villages with complete and clear configuration are still hidden in the misty“Peach Blossom Garden”and it is praised by National Geographic as“The Last Mysterious Place in the South of the Yangtze River”.   Songyang Original Cottage is the second design practice of line+ in Songyang after the practice of Stray Bird Art Hotel. The project is located in Langshu Village, Sidu... More

The project was to restore and reconstruct a three storey Edwardian House in the Muswell Hill Conservation Area. Mary Gaudin The ambition was to create a contemporary interior using traditional construction and carpentry skills that the Edwardians themselves would recognise. Taking over two years, the guiding principle at each stage was to have a single spirit carry across the whole house, rather than old feel in contrast to new. Mary Gaudin Despite many areas giving the appearance of being simply restored, every space was remodelled from scratch. The house had not been renovated in over one hundred years and was in considerable state of dilapidation. The entire interior was stripped back to brick walls, timber floor joists and... More