Urban spaces

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Project • By C.F. Møller ArchitectsOffices

Biskop Gunnerus Gate 14B

A highrise at Oslo Central Station, which binds the street, station and the people of the city together.At the heart of Oslo Centre lies the Oslo Central Station hub, which is the point of entry to Oslo from the rest of the world. Here, at Biskop Gunners gate 14B, a new urban space with a plaza, hotel and high-rise building is creating attractive living spaces and efficient urban connections.Biskop Gunners gate 14B will be a pioneering international project when it comes to the environment and sustainability. The project will strengthen the area's development and highlight Oslo's ambition to make this particular part of the city better at handling many transport users, while also being an attractive place to visit. Based on the site’s locat... More

Project • By Alcantara Stone™Restaurants

The Spiegel

SummaryIn October 2011 the SPIEGEL Group, whose stable includes Germany’s most important news magazine Der SPIEGEL, moved into its new publishing house in Hamburg’s HafenCity development. This impressive structure on the Eriscusspitze, lapped by the waters of the River Elbe, was designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen. Ippolito Fleitz Group was commissioned to create a new employees’ canteen for the building. The legacy building’s famous canteen was designed in 1969 by Verner Panton and has since been placed under heritage protection. This inheritance represented a particular challenge.Alcantara Stone™ had manufactured and supplied the whole set of tables for this canteen sited in the Spiegel building. Collaborating with the famous arch... More