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Italy | SELVA DI CADORE

In this renovation project in the Italian Alps, there was no question of using one of the new types of modified wood. Faced...

Conversion, Interior, Wood

Netherlands | THE HAGUE

Wedding chapel

Pending completion of the new municipal offices in The Hague, which are scheduled to open in 2011, a presentation pavilion...

Interior, Textile

Sweden | STOCKHOLM

Tiles and clouds

The tradition of using textiles as space dividers, in the form of curtains or folding screens, is centuries old, but walls...

Colour, Interior, Textile

Italy | MILAN

'Green' and flexible

Vancouver-based molo design has earned itself an international reputation with its experiments with new materials and spatial...

Ecocentric, Interior, Textile

United Kingdom | MANCHESTER

Elastic lycra

With her recent designs for two travelling pavilions, Zaha Hadid underscored the flexibility and 'mobility' of textiles. The...

Interior, Textile

Netherlands | TILBURG

Batyline fabric & knitted slats

The Textile Museum in Tilburg is located in a former wool factory. The Delft-based architectural practice cepezed was...

Conversion, Interior, Textile

United Kingdom | LONDON

Whereas textiles have traditionally been used as a smooth covering for flat surfaces – floors, walls, ceilings – in recent...

Colour, Interior, Textile

Netherlands | HELLENDOORN

Artful felt

Claudy Jongstra, who trained as a fashion designer, is fascinated by wool and, in particular, with traditional dyeing and...

Colour, Interior, Textile

Spain | MADRID

Leather, grass and golden tiles

Despite its diminutive size and central city location, this 70 m2 penthouse in downtown Madrid aspires to be an urban refuge....

Interior, Textile

Netherlands | APELDOORN

Underwater realms

A few years ago, Neutelings Riedijk Architects were commissioned to design an extension to the Central Tax Office in...

Colour, Interior, Textile

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