Grace Lennon
Extreme Odyssey Museum Focus: Zeitz MOCAA
Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa’s biggest art museum — by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. Described by the British designer as “the world’s tubiest building," the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, or Zeitz MOCAA, is set to become the world’s most important exhibition space for African art.
Extreme Odyssey Hotel Focus: Hotel Liberty
After an extensive three-year renovation project a 19th-century former prison has been turned into Hotel Liberty – a contemporary retreat in the German city of Offenburg. Originally conceived by the German architect Heinrich Hübsch in 1840 and completed in 1845, the structure served as a jail for the city until 2009.
Extreme Odyssey Focus: Vue Hotel
This hotel comprises a series of artistically transformed quasi-historic buildings from the 1950’s.
Extreme Odyssey Hotel Focus: Deplar Farm Resort
Deplar Farm Resort, developed by Eleven Experience, is a former sheep farm tucked into the mountainous landscape of Iceland’s Troll Peninsula. Surrounded by breathtaking scenery, this off-grid lodge really couldn’t be more remote – and it celebrates the true unspoiled beauty of the area.
Extreme Odyssey Hotel Focus: Ion City Hotel
The Ion City Hotel combines modern design with Nordic charm for an accommodation that design lovers and jet-setters would both appreciate. Designed by architecture studio MINARC, the property features 18 rooms and suites, with interiors that make subtle references to Icelandic design.
Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color
The New York City Smithsonian’s design museum is currently showing "Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color," a comprehensive exhibit about the continuing history of color perception.
Looking Forward to 2019: Charms of Country Life
Classic country characteristics work beautifully in contemporary settings and are used by some of the finest interior designers to create eclectic spaces. This notion is explored in our next color and design trend, "Charms of Country Life."
Coachella 2018: Colorful Art Installations
Between the music, incomparable people-watching and art installations that dominate the vistas at this remote desert event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has always been an immersive experience for fans.
Looking Forward to 2019: The Emerging Trend of Folk Heritage
"Social Architecture" is the conscious designing of physical space to optimize human interaction and connect to its surroundings. This notion is explored in our next Color and Design Trend, "Folk Heritage." Designers who utilize this trend feature local materials throughout the interiors and embrace urban agriculture, sustainability and reuse.
A Look Forward to Color and Design Trends 2019: Experimental Dreams
What makes architecture “experimental?” This notion is explored in our next Color and Design Trend, "Experimental Dreams."