Collection by Ian Quine

Cool Architecture

In 1940, a structure was built at Praça do Império, the site of that year's Exhibition of the Portuguese World, to serve as the restaurant for a celebration of the country's formation. Subsequent renovations had muddied its modernist style. DC.AD and Victor Vicente returned to the building, dubbed Espelho de Água, to restore and transform it into a lively dining room and art gallery.
In 1940, a structure was built at Praça do Império, the site of that year's Exhibition of the Portuguese World, to serve as the restaurant for a celebration of the country's formation. Subsequent renovations had muddied its modernist style. DC.AD and Victor Vicente returned to the building, dubbed Espelho de Água, to restore and transform it into a lively dining room and art gallery.
Each villa is equipped with its own salt-water swimming pool and outdoor shower.
Each villa is equipped with its own salt-water swimming pool and outdoor shower.
The underside of the overhanging roof represents the area's local craftsmanship.
The underside of the overhanging roof represents the area's local craftsmanship.
Designed by José Guedes Cruz, César Marques, and Marco Marinho of the Portugal-based firm Guedes Cruz Architects, The Wall House is laid out in an open-box plan, and is fitted with plenty of glass windows to enhance the synergy between its interior and exterior spaces.
Designed by José Guedes Cruz, César Marques, and Marco Marinho of the Portugal-based firm Guedes Cruz Architects, The Wall House is laid out in an open-box plan, and is fitted with plenty of glass windows to enhance the synergy between its interior and exterior spaces.
The interiors of Kruisherenhotel in Maastricht, the Netherlands
The interiors of Kruisherenhotel in Maastricht, the Netherlands
This renovated 15th century monastery of the “Crutched Friars” is now the 60-room Kruisherenhotel Maastricht – a luxurious contemporary hotel where guests can check-in or dine at a site that was the monastery’s old church.
This renovated 15th century monastery of the “Crutched Friars” is now the 60-room Kruisherenhotel Maastricht – a luxurious contemporary hotel where guests can check-in or dine at a site that was the monastery’s old church.
Vaulted ceilings, high window arches and stone staircases are retained in the guestrooms and public spaces of this gothic style city archive building, which is now a a stylish hotel furnished with 20th century furniture from Gropius, Eames and van der Rohe.
Vaulted ceilings, high window arches and stone staircases are retained in the guestrooms and public spaces of this gothic style city archive building, which is now a a stylish hotel furnished with 20th century furniture from Gropius, Eames and van der Rohe.
This almost 100-year-old landmark colonial mansion in the UNESCO heritage city of Georgetown in Penang was given new life as a hotel by its Malaysian owners who worked with Singapore architects Ministry of Design to create eight dreamy guestrooms with hints of colonial splendor.
This almost 100-year-old landmark colonial mansion in the UNESCO heritage city of Georgetown in Penang was given new life as a hotel by its Malaysian owners who worked with Singapore architects Ministry of Design to create eight dreamy guestrooms with hints of colonial splendor.
The interiors at Waterhouse at South Bund in Shanghai, China
The interiors at Waterhouse at South Bund in Shanghai, China
Les Bains in Paris’ Le Marais district has an epic cultural history—to say the least. In 1885, Les Bains Douches became Paris’ first and most popular bathhouse and was known to host Marcel Proust on a regular basis. In 1978, it was turned into a nightclub that became the ultimate scene where every influential star made appearances—from Prince and Mick Jagger to David Bowie, Karl Lagerfeld, and Andy Warhol. After it closed down for five years, it was reopened in 2015 as a 39-room hotel that hosts an Artists’ Residency program that's curated by Magda Danysz.
Les Bains in Paris’ Le Marais district has an epic cultural history—to say the least. In 1885, Les Bains Douches became Paris’ first and most popular bathhouse and was known to host Marcel Proust on a regular basis. In 1978, it was turned into a nightclub that became the ultimate scene where every influential star made appearances—from Prince and Mick Jagger to David Bowie, Karl Lagerfeld, and Andy Warhol. After it closed down for five years, it was reopened in 2015 as a 39-room hotel that hosts an Artists’ Residency program that's curated by Magda Danysz.
A boutique hotel in a former 19th century water purification faction, sleek glass panels and modern furnishings exist in symbiosis with the old factory walls, stone columns and aqueducts.
A boutique hotel in a former 19th century water purification faction, sleek glass panels and modern furnishings exist in symbiosis with the old factory walls, stone columns and aqueducts.
The new courtyard is seen as not an extension of the original building but as an integral part of it.
The new courtyard is seen as not an extension of the original building but as an integral part of it.
The Sackler Courtyard at the Victoria &Albert Museum's Exhibition Road Quarter
The Sackler Courtyard at the Victoria &Albert Museum's Exhibition Road Quarter

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