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Un très bon concept avec cette table basse imaginée par Tianyu Xiao et baptisé “The Writable”. Conçu en bois, sa surface est composée de 3 panneaux pivotants sur eux-même et permettant de communiquer grâce aux ardoises prévues. L’ensemble a été présenté au Stockholm Furniture Fair.

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Here are some photos of the recently-completed Nobis Hotel by Swedish architects and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, where the Dezeen team stayed during Stockholm Furniture Fair.

The architects renovated the interior of the two adjacent 19th century buildings that were originally used as residential apartments.

The 201 guest rooms have been furnished with many pieces specially designed for the hotel, including the Baklava lamps featured in our earlier story.

Photographs are by Åke E:son Lindman.

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The following informataion is from the architects:

Towards the end of the 19th century, every self-respecting city erected what it considered to be its biggest and best hotel.

It was usually named Grand Hotel and was more often than not paid for out of the private pockets of wealthy barons. These hotels are often still in use today and have a charm that maybe only a century-old ideal of quality can give.

Today, such barons are rare and modern times do not allow an armada of Italian stucco carvers and French cabinet-makers to be called in.

But is this why today’s boutique- and design hotels seldom succeed in creating a worthy equivalent to the atmosphere that pervades classic 19th century interiors?

Could it be the difference in style ideals; Neoclassicism versus Modernism? Or is it something else that is being missed?

These were some of the thoughts we had concerning what sort of interior spaces we wanted to create at Nobis Hotel. Amongst other things we concluded that an uncompromising attitude together with a certain amount of eccentricity was necessary. No detail was less important than another. And matching is not about an ever-present, repeated furniture model or colour rather it is about a consolidated personal selection.

The entrance, lobby, lounge, corridors and rooms follow each other in a conscious succession where the character alters with every step.

The extravagant Gold Bar, the French-inspired 24/7 bistro facing Norrmalmstorg, the Italian trattoria Caina on the floor below, the relax area entirely clad in marble and the conference section with its original wooden panelling preserved have each been given a distinctly different character.

Despite the differences in character, each space flows into the next so that the spatial context is strong. Most of the work lay in making openings and spaces between the entrance, lobby, bar and ’living room’ – the generous lounge.

For example, the joist floor structure, an old addition to the original building, was completely removed in order to recreate the full height of the original inner courtyard.

The colour scheme and lighting design is also warm and subdued throughout. We call it Scandinavian dark blond. And as another recurring theme there are subtle patterns, in many cases derived from our own abstracted architectural drawings.

Like the corridor carpeting and the wallpaper in the conference section. Or like the hand-milled wardrobe doors which sprang from the rooms’ curtain pattern. A pattern that is in turn a play with a plan of a gallery building in Kumla we had recently completed.

Apart from the fixed interior features like, for example, the reception desk in rusted and waxed solid shipping steel, a large number of new furniture designs, textiles and lamps have been developed specifically for the hotel.

One hundred and seventy individual designs are included in the final assemblage.

About twenty were uniquely designed by us for this hotel and seventy more are variations of our earlier designs.

Architecturally speaking, there are few more complex undertakings than a hotel.

Our contribution to this project spanned approximately 20 months.

During this time, besides continuous nursing, the general architectural concept was laid out, the planning and restructuring of the central communal areas around lobby, lounge and restaurants were made as well as the furnishing of 201 guest rooms of which there are 115 variations.

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Project name: Nobis Hotel
Address: Norrmalmstorg 2-4
Client: Nobis Group, Sandro Catenacci

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Architect: Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
Contractor: Ebab
Total floor area: 8750 kvm

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Year of construction of the south building: 1884-86
Year of construction of the north building: 1890-93
Re-construction year: 2010

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Swedish interior designers Guise have inserted these tall black free-standing cabinets throughout a Stockholm apartment.

Top photograph is by Jesper Lindström

Called Corner project, the cabinets provide storage space and divide the apartment, which has no interior walls.

Above photograph is by Rasmus Norlander

The units come in three different sizes and are all of the same height.

All functions are housed within the pillars, including the kitchen sink.

Photographs are by Mathias Nero unless otherwise stated.

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Above photograph is by Jesper Lindström

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Here’s some more information from Guise:

PROJECT BRIEF
The assignment was to redesign an apartment of 45 m² from 1900 on Jungfrugatan in an exclusive area in central Stockholm.

Above photograph is by Jesper Lindström

The client’s request was to create storage space as well as giving the apartment a unique identity.

CONCEPT
The main concept is based on breaking up the traditional sequence of rooms and functions to become a nonlinear and nonhierarchical arrangement of space.

The previously strict spatial segregation, with kitchen, living room and bedrooms have been broken up by introducing a forest of columns that define the rooms.

Since the apartment has no walls in the traditional sense, the spatiality is created by the pillars relationship to each other rather than by clear physical boundaries.

PLANNING
The apartment is inscribed in a square of around 45 square meters. The entrance door is located in one corner of the plan, facing one of the apartment’s two windows.

Above photograph is by Jesper Lindström

The previous plan had a wall that strict shared the apartment in the kitchen and living area. A small alcove was positioned close to the bedroom.

All the existing walls were torn down and replaced with a forest of columns that separates the rooms from each other.

Above photograph is by Rasmus Norlander

Even the bathroom walls have been torn down, the toilet is housed in one of the columns, providing necessary privacy.

Above photograph is by Rasmus Norlander

Also the WC-pillar is freely positioned and is thereby able to be, like all other columns, walk around.

Above photograph is by Rasmus Norlander

All the functions associated to the apartment is housed inside the pillars.

Above photograph is by Rasmus Norlander

The positions and size of the pillars derives from functional aspects. All volumes are specially produced for this project goes from floor to ceiling.

The sizes of the pillars vary from 400×400, 600×600 to 800x800mm. The height is 3050mm for all pillars except the bathroom module.

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Bees and strawberries inspire furnishings at Stockholm Design Week’s premiere satellite show

With the world’s press and monochrome-clad fans of design descending on Sweden for a glimpse of the distinctive “Scandi” style at Stockholm Design Week, we checked in on one of the most promising satellite shows, “Check In 11: Unpacked” to see what the ten promising new designers exhibiting there had to show. Curated by Frida Jeppsson (author of In Case of Design—Inject Critical Thinking“), this ambitious show seeks to let the work of the ten do the talking in a “work in progress” format.

We were happy to see the geometrically exuberant work of the furniture designers Zweed, but the show includes some exciting furnishings from Daniel Svahn, whose work focuses on the form of the beehive. Svahn’s two cabinets (below) and tactile drooping lamp (above right) twist the hive form into something that we can enjoy without getting stung. Stained legs and gentle external coloring in green and gray play against the honey-colored interiors of the two cabinets, while the semi-translucent white of the lamp gives it an almost ghostly quality—devoid of the buzz of frenzied bees.

Young design practice Glimpt collaborated with artisans in South Africa on a range of lighting inspired by strawberries (top right and above). The two lights on view, called “Last Fruit Standing” and “Forbidden Fruits,” mix the colors and vibrancy of the region with Swedish aesthetics, drawing the viewer’s attention to reward it with the charming little touches. Each ceramic element has been hand detailed, while the colorways of the shades are enhanced by more accent colors, instead of taking a safe road with neutrals. Each of Glimpt’s lamps command attention and are all the more covetable for their bold, almost carefree use of coloring.

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter have completed this curving nursery school located between a forest and former industrial estate in Stockholm, Sweden.

Called Tellus Nursery School, the kidney-shaped building curls around a courtyard sheltering the main entrance.

Bright yellow wooden batons clad the facade and partially cover some of the windows to filter sunlight.

A large hall inside accommodates six groups of children around various activities, while separate rooms provide space for art projects, quiet areas and play rooms.

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Photographs are by Åke E:son Lindman.

The information below is from the architects:

TELLUS NURSERY SCHOOL
Telefonplan, Stockholm
2007-2010
Client: Vasakronan
User: Citycouncil of Hägersten-Liljeholmen

On the border between a former urban/industrial development and a small forest where new housing is being developed, this nursery school mediates between different contexts and scales. A semi enclosed entrance courtyard constitutes a first exterior space for parents and children meeting and leaving.

The organic layout encourages movement as space becomes continuous and creates both exterior and interior rooms of challenging shapes.

Windows are freely placed at different heights and allow for light and views to be adapted also to the scale of children, which further the relation between the interior and the exterior play ground and the wooded hill.

Together with the client and the pedagogues’ inspiration from the Reggio Emilia school, a new way to organize the interior was developed.

The result is a rather unorthodox plan, where instead of a complete ’flat’ for each group of children, there will be a large common interior plaza where the six groups can interact around different activities, playing and learning projects.

This main space is complemented with separate atelier spaces for water projects and art, as well as small secluded group rooms for rest and quiet activities.

The facade panel, made of 50×50mm sawn wood, filters direct sunlight into the nursery school and create hidden windows that underscores the curved interior and exterior spaces.

The building complies with the highest standards for environmentally friendly and long term sound construction.

Name of the project: Tellus Nursery school.
Address: Telefonplan, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chief architects: Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård
Project architect: Eric Engström
Collaborators: Mårten Nettelbladt, Johan Björkholm, Karolina Nyström, Marcus Andrén, Julia Schönbrunn, Andreas Helgesson.
Client: Vasakronan AB.
User: Citycouncil of Hägersten-Liljeholmen.

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