Hotel & Residential

Shau Kei Wan is a neighborhood in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island. Flexglo™ F22 LED lights are deployed to illuminate the sculptural geometric facade of one apartment building there. The horizontally bendable F22 light fixtures are mounted invisibly below the black line and create an indirect warm glow to give the low-profile building a striking visual identity. More

10 Design’s architectural concept for Ediston and Orion Capital Managers’ New Town Quarter development in Edinburgh has been revealed.10 Design has led on a unique design concept for one of the largest redevelopment projects in Edinburgh’s city centre which will transform the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) site on Dundas Street into a first-rate mixed-use development.Earlier this year, Ediston and Orion Capital Managers submitted plans for New Town Quarter –previously referred to as New Town North–for planning following an extensive public consultation exercise through the pre-planning process.The proposed mixed-use development will create a new urban centre, providing a significant addition of public real... More

Like a river where you could not discern if a stone is there because the water shaped that way or the flow is moving in a determinate path because is adapting to the stone geometry. People flow and our geometry will have this similar mutual relationship.  Water is the main element of our site and gives a clear indication of north east as the main view that need to be enhance. The green system is divided in two main elements: a mountain in the south west corner the water front that stretch as north south element. The urban fabric it gives an idea of which one is the city morphology and how our design would be integrate in it. Surrounded by residence our commercial podium will be the main attractor for the population needs. By adding all... More

Joining the unique experience of a five-star hotel to all the comforts of a home, the hotel chain Four Seasons inaugurates its first Private Residences enterprise in South America with its interior design signed by Studio Arthur Casas. The 84 residential units are located on the last twelve floors of the Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences São Paulo at Nações Unidas, a building designed by the US-based HKS Architects in partnership with the Brazilian Aflalo / Gasperini Architects.The Interior Design project reflects the classic elegance of the hotel brand without losing the identity of the Studio. Since the entrance through the Hall, following to the Lobby, then through the elevators area, reaching the common spaces and finally mult... More

The hotel “DIE WASNERIN” is a time-out retreat.Guests appreciate the tranquility and the gerenous space in this hotel. The demand for new relexation rooms with panoramic views was high – and the empty space on the roof was just perfect.From there, you can enjoy the unique 360° mountain panorama to the Loser mountain and the Dachstein-glacier.The hotel owners wanted to offer their guests even more space to relax and unwind, surrounded nature. Through the new panoramic windows you get an unobstructed view towards the mountains; the timber structure and the use of natural materials, as well as – the living green wall – make it possible to feel nature indoor as well as outdoor.After renovations in 2012 (spa area and reception), 2014 (renovation... More

THESE ORIGINAL SINGLE FRONTED VICTORIAN TERRACES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BRUNSWICK WHILE DIFFERENT IN STYLE, ARE OTHERWISE SIMILAR IN THEIR SCALE, MATERIALS, AND SETBACK. THIS STREET, COMPRISES AN ATTACHED ROW OF FIVE VICTORIAN BRICK SINGLE STOREY HOUSES.THE ORIGINAL FRONT PART OF OUR CLIENT’S HOUSE CONSISTS OF A CORRIDOR ON THE NORTHERN SIDE WITH ACCESS TO THE TWO BEDROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE REAR PART HOUSES THE LIVING AND DINING ROOM AND WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AN EXTENSION ADDED AT A LATER STAGE.THEN THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM UNDER THE SKILLION ROOF INCLUDING THE REAR DETACHED METAL CLADDED GARAGE WERE ADDED AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE ORIGINAL LAYOUT OF THE MAIN DWELLING DID NOT INCLUDE ANY INTERNAL WC AND LAUNDRY WHEN IT WAS OR... More

Sangha Retreat by Octave is a life learning and wellness community on the shores of beautiful Yangcheng Lake, Suzhou. Sangha seeks to re-establish the connection and unity between people and the inner self, others, and nature. One of the best and largest of wellness centers in China, it offers an eclectic selection of premium lifelong learning and wellness programs, ranging from wellness spa packages to fully-serviced hotels and lakeside villas, with custom medical evaluation and services, body training, early education and a gourmet restaurant as part of the experience. More

ArchitectureMixed Use & MasterplanningSpring Mews is a mixed use development incorporating a 378 bedroom student accommodation, 93 bed suite hotel, office and new public realm re-vitalising an old industrial site in the Vauxhall Nine Elms Opportunities Area.The Manser Practice were initially employed by CLS Holdings to design the interiors and then work on the clearance of a set of complex pre-commencement planning conditions to enable works to start. Our success in re-imagining the design led to us being appointed to take over the entire scheme in a combined architecture and interiors role.We translated our experience in hotel design to create interior bedroom layouts for both the student accommodation and hotel that made cost effectiv... More

Minimal and unique style for a new concept swimming pool created with Lapitec®.The quintessential place of relaxation and leisure: in a private home near London Lapitec® in the Dune finish – the mellowest in the range – has been chosen to grace this corner of paradise, where it has been used to clad the pool edge jets and form a covering for the wall surfaces. The character of the Nero Antracite colour contrasted with a precious mosaic surface shows how Lapitec sintered stone can blend perfectly with all geometrical forms, guaranteeing, especially for exterior applications, its proven resistance to UV radiation and high temperatures, its waterproof properties and its absolute durability. An extraordinarily versatile material selec... More

One Dalton rises at the juncture of two Boston neighborhoods: the Back Bay, with its tree-lined streets of nineteenth-century townhouses, and the western end of the city’s High Spine, comprising the largest-scale complex in Boston, with the 52-story Prudential Center at its heart. This fascinating juxtaposition of scales presented one of the major challenges of the project.   A second challenge—the site’s unusual equilateral triangular shape—is a product of the nineteenth-century railway lines and former railyards, which dictated the street plan, and Massachusetts Avenue, which edges the array of Back Bay blocks. To mitigate the aggressively long sides and sharp corners of the triangular site, the plan of... More