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Exhibition: Endless Beginning. The transformation of the socialist city

For a variety of reasons, we’re always interested in the so-called former DDR (German Democratic Republic) when it comes to architecture and urban planning. One reason for sure is the mix of Modernist architecture influenced by the SED Regime and the way people should have lived and worked in “perfect” cities between 1949 and 1990.…… Continue reading Exhibition: Endless Beginning. The transformation of the socialist city

Published July 30, 2021
Categorized as architecture, exhibition, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, Anfang ohne Ende, Architect and Friends Blog, architecture exhibition, Eastern Germany, Eisenhüttenstadt, Eisenhuettenstadt, Endless Beginning, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Socialist City, Socialist model city

Architect & Friends “Winning” placement at the 2020 LIV Hospitality Design Awards

We are proud to share our winning entry “Döllerer Geniesserrestaurant Cuisine Alpine” at the 1st LIV Hospitality Design Awards 2020. Winning the category “Renovation” means a lot to us, we’re trying hard to preserve, reuse or adapt existing structures. Therefor we’re very glad to find ourselves in best company with many other great projects. Please…… Continue reading Architect & Friends “Winning” placement at the 2020 LIV Hospitality Design Awards

Published June 28, 2021
Categorized as from our studio, Johanna likes, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, Architect and Friends Winner, architecture, Cuisine Alpine, Döllerer Genusswelten, Geniesserrestaurant Döllerer, Interior Design, LIV Awards, LIV Hospitality Design Awards 2020, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, renovation, Renovation Award Winner

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A FANTASTIC 2021 from Architect and Friends!

After a year that nobody would have expected, we are still positive about 2020! The Modermism Week in Palm Springs in February, a few months in Austria last spring, a relatively relaxed summer in Italy, great projects completed and fantastic new ones started – it wasn’t bad despite everything! We hope that in 2021 many…… Continue reading MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A FANTASTIC 2021 from Architect and Friends!

Published December 23, 2020
Categorized as from our studio, Johanna likes, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, Architekturzentrum Wien, Attic R Grado, AzW, Biennale Venezia, Cuisine Alpine, Döllerer's Genusswelten, Doellerer Cooking Lab, Grado, Happy 2021, Merry Christmas, Nuovo Trampolino, Piran Days of Architecture, Trampolino Grado, TUM @ Pinakothek der Moderne, TUM München, Villa Gerolimich

‚Carl by Car’ @ Sarasota MOD Weekend 2020!

Due to the ongoing unsafe situation worldwide in which entire states are shaken and travel is very unsafe, we are constantly looking for interesting virtual tours or lectures. During a lecture on Paul Rudolph (Paul Rudolph, 100 years of Space and Form – Symposium) in Palm Springs we had already learned a little more about…… Continue reading ‚Carl by Car’ @ Sarasota MOD Weekend 2020!

Published October 7, 2020
Categorized as conference, exhibition, Michael likes, travel Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, Architecture for Nature, Carl Abbott, Carl by Car, In/Formed by the Land, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Modernism Week, Paul Rudolph, SAF, Sarasota Architectural Foundation, SarasotaMOD, Summerhouse

Merry Christmas from Architect and Friends!

architect and friends blog Christmas 2019

After a very busy and successful year time has come to take a break also for us here at Architect and Friends! So many great projects like the Villa Gerolimich, the Casa Azzurra or the fourteen new guestrooms at the Hotel Savoy Renovation in Grado have been completed in 2019 and some great new ones like the…… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Architect and Friends!

Published December 20, 2019
Categorized as from our studio, Johanna likes, Michael likes Tagged Architect and Friends Blog, Casa Azzurra Grado, Christmas 2019, Doellerer Golling, Dollerer Genusswelten, Hotel Savoy Grado, Merry Christmas, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Natale 2019, Villa Gerolimich Grado

Pierre Koenig – A view from the archive

Perhaps the world famous “Stahl House” in West Hollywood is Pierre Koenig’s best known building (thanks also to photographer Julius Schulmann) but to reduce him to just one building would definitely be wrong. And here is why: Little was known about Pierre Koenig’s great work but with his latest publication “Pierre Koenig – A view…… Continue reading Pierre Koenig – A view from the archive

Published October 4, 2019
Categorized as books, catch of the week, Johanna likes, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, A view from the archive, Architect and Friends Blog, Architecture Books, Getty Publications, Julius Shulman, Los Angeles, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Neil Jackson, Pierre Koenig Architect, Pierre Koenig Bool, Stahl House

Bulgaria’s best-known female architect…

Recently we found an article about a female architect from Bulgaria and asked ourselves: How comes that we don’t know anything about local architecture there? Stefka Georgieva is an exceptional protagonist on the Bulgarian architectural scene in the 1960s and 70s behind the Iron Curtain. Focusing on the buildings and projects she designed, Architektur im Ringturm shows a…… Continue reading Bulgaria’s best-known female architect…

Published July 8, 2019
Categorized as architecture, exhibition, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, architecture exhibition, Architekturausstellung, Bulgaria midcentury modern architecture, Bulgarian Architecture, Iron Curtain, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Resort Hotel, Restaurant Düni, Ringturm Exhibition Centre, Ringturm Wien, Stefka Georgieva, Tennis Sofia

TRUTH TO BE TOLD

During this year’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs we attended a lecture about iconic LA architect Craig Ellwood. A small detail remained in our memories – a short film like we’ve never seen before by his daughter Erin Ellwood, a designer and film-maker based in Ojai, California. We all know the stories about the famous…… Continue reading TRUTH TO BE TOLD

Published April 9, 2019
Categorized as architecture film, catch of the week, conference, featured, Michael likes, travel Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, Craig Ellwood, Erin Ellwood, Gloria Henry, Iconic architecture los Angeles, Lecture Modernism Week 2019, Making L.A. Modern, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, midcentury modern, modernismweek 2019, short film, Smith House, Tannenberg Theatre, Truth to be told, Truth to be told documentary

Survival Through Design

Over the past years many great documentaries and architecture films like Infinite Space – The Architecture of John Lautner had the big screening out in the valley during Modernism Week in Palm Springs, California. This year’s edition features another world premiere on February 17th, 2019 @4pm: “Neutra – Survival Through Design” Neutra – Survival Through…… Continue reading Survival Through Design

Published February 10, 2019
Categorized as architecture, architecture film, featured, Johanna likes, Michael likes Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, architecture film, documentary, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Modernism Week 2019, Palm Springs, Richard Neutra, Survival through Design, world premiere 2019

Yes! Modernism Week 2019 is near!

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We still can’t believe that nearly one year has passed since our last trip to Palm Springs, California. Yes, Modernism Week 2019 is near! From February 14-24, 2019 people from all over the world will visit the valley, its hip and iconic architecture and will choose from a constantly expanding offer of home tours, films,…… Continue reading Yes! Modernism Week 2019 is near!

Published February 9, 2019
Categorized as architecture, conference, exhibition, from our studio, Johanna likes, Michael likes, places we like, travel, trends and styles Tagged @architectontour, Alohaland, Architect and Friends Blog, Arthur Elrod, Charles Phoenix, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Modernism Week 2019, Modernismweek, Moshe Safdie, Neutra world premiere, Palm Springs California, Paul Rudolph, Richard Neutra, Sinatra in Palm Springs, Survival through design documentary, The Cree House, The Forgotten Frey

Attention – fragile! This is Slovene Alpine Architecture 2008-2018

Architect and Friends Blog Slovenian Architecture Alps 2019 Dessa

Following the big success of last year’s Piran Days of Architecture organized in cooperation with Dessa Gallery Ljubljana once again we would like to draw your attention to the fact that there will be an exhibition opening next Monday, January 28th, 2019 in Ljubljana: This is Slovene Alpine Architecture 2008-2018 The Slovene Alpine landscape is one of…… Continue reading Attention – fragile! This is Slovene Alpine Architecture 2008-2018

Published January 26, 2019
Categorized as exhibition, Johanna likes, Michael likes, travel, trends and styles Tagged @architectontour, Alpine Barn Renovation, Architect and Friends Blog, Architecture Exhibition 2019, Architecture Ljubljana, Attention – fragile!, Dessa Galerija, Dessa Gallery, Family Chapel Bovec, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Slovene Alpine Architecture, Slovene Alpine landscape, Slovenian Alpine Museum

Merry Christmas from Architect and Friends!

After a very successful year time has come to take a break also for us here at Architect and Friends. So many great projects like the Golling Loft or the first room of the Hotel Savoy Renovation in Grado have been completed in 2018 and many new ones started and will continue in 2019. So what…… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Architect and Friends!

Published December 21, 2018
Categorized as architecture, Johanna likes, Michael likes, Uncategorized Tagged Architect and Friends, Architect and Friends Blog, Architect and Friends Work in progress, Architect Friuli, Architecture Grado, Architekt Friaul, Architektur Grado, Architetto Friuli, Architettura Grado, Dollerer Genusswelten, Fürst Project Grado, Golling Loft, Hip architecture Italy, Hotel Savoy Grado, Interiors Grado, Interni Grado, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Michael Atzenhofer Fuschl am See, Michael Atzenhofer Grado

And the International 2018 Piranesi Award goes to…

Architect_and_Friends_Blog_Piranesi_2018

But stop! Let’s start from the very beginning: Following this years’ lectures at Tartini Theatre in Piran (Piran Days of Architecture), traditionally the Piranesi Award has been awarded for the thirtieth time in a row at Monfort Exhibition Hall in Portorož, Slovenia. 63 projects were exposed at 2018 Piranesi exhibition. 41 architectural projects were nominated by national…… Continue reading And the International 2018 Piranesi Award goes to…

Published December 6, 2018
Categorized as architecture, conference, exhibition, Michael likes, travel, trends and styles Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, Basilica Mariazell, Francesca Torzo, Galerie n09 - z33, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Piran Days of Architecture, Piranesi Award 2018, Terrain Anamorphosis, Workshop Garage

New exhibition @ AzW: Downtown Denise Scott Brown

Architect and Friends Blog Denise Scott Brown AzW

Recently we’ve been to Vienna for work and were wondering what would happen at the AzW (Architekturzentrum Wien). Unfortunately we missed the opening of a brand new exhibition: Denise Scott Brown has shaped the development of architecture over the last 50 years. High time for the world’s first extensive solo exhibition on the work of…… Continue reading New exhibition @ AzW: Downtown Denise Scott Brown

Published November 29, 2018
Categorized as exhibition, Michael likes, travel, trends and styles Tagged @architectontour, architect, Architect and Friends Blog, Architecture exhibition Vienna, Architekturausstellung Wien, AZW Vienna, AZW Wien, Denise scott brown, Downtown Exhibition, educator, Las Vegas, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Mostra architettura Vienna, Robert Venturi, urban planner, writer

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Architecture is Culture – Piran Days of Architecture 2018

We are very happy to announce this year’s topic of PDA – Piran Days of Architecture: ARCHITECTURE IS CULTURE Maja and her team have chosen another great topic and organized this year’s event/conference with all their love and passion for architecture (and Piran) – we’re quite sure that it will be another great success: Nowadays…… Continue reading MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Architecture is Culture – Piran Days of Architecture 2018

Published October 18, 2018
Categorized as conference, exhibition, Johanna likes, Michael likes, travel Tagged @architectontour, Alberto Alessi, Andrej Hrausky, Andrej Strehovec, Anne Isopp, Architect and Friends Blog, Architecture Conference 2018, Architecture is Art, Architecture Slovenia, ARHITEKTURA JE KULTURA, Henrieta Moravčíková, Jana Tichá, Maja Ivanič, Maroje Mrduljaš, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, PDA 2018, PIDA 2018, Piran Architecture, Piran Days of Architecture 2018, Piranesi Award, Venetia Tsakalidou, Zsolt Gunther

Frank Lloyd Wright – The man who built America

Following our unforgettable trip to Taliesin West last February (tweet) we would like to share a video about Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work. There’s still so much we don’t know about him. BBC TWO: Frank Lloyd Wright is America’s greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life…… Continue reading Frank Lloyd Wright – The man who built America

Published May 8, 2018
Categorized as architecture film, Michael likes, places we like, travel Tagged @architectontour, Architect and Friends Blog, BBC Two documentary, Fallingwater, FL Wright life, Frank Lloyd Wright Documentary, Guggenheim Museum NYC, Jonathan Adams, Michael Atzenhofer Architect, Taliesin, Taliesin West, The man who built america, Wright BBC Two, Wright Documentary

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Architect & Friends design value #6: QualLight as a powerful design resource. When it comes to lighting and illumination in architecture, it is very important for us to create a ballance between natural light & artificial light as well as general lighting & effect lighting. A space can be supported or destroyed, light is a crucial factor for it. More soon... #architectandfriends #architecture #interiordesign#renovation #theworldofinteriors #architecturedetails #lightinarchitecture #designdetails #interiordesigner #architects #designerslife#designvalues #qualityofworkmanship #gradoitaly #grado #createdingrado #designedingrado Great find: Various floor plans that architect Marcello D'Olivo studied for the Complesso Zipser in Grado, Italy. Three levels per apartment, corridor/entrance area, living/dining area facing south and sleeping area facing north. Unique for the early 60s. #complessozipser #zipsergrado #marcellodolivo #brutalism #midcenturymodern #grado #gradoitaly #isoladelsole #architecture #interiordesign #architectandfriends ...and this is how we found the apartment before the renovation back in 2019...and how it looked like when the project was completed... #architecture #interiordesign #renovation #reuse #grado #gradoitaly #isoladelsole #realestategrado #architectandfriends Another image of our award winning project "Coastal Home Grado". https://www.architect-and-friends.com/press.html BIGsee Architecture 2023 #architecture #interiordesign #renovation #grado #gradoitaly #bigsee #award #bigsee2023 #architectandfriends #giannimaran Architect & Friends design value #5: Quality of workmanship.Italy has always been associated with high quality craftsmanship. That is why we try to select traditional but also innovative craftsmen and suppliers for each of our projects, to make each of them unique. More soon... #architectandfriends #architecture #interiordesign#renovation #theworldofinteriors #architecturedetails #designdetails #interiordesigner #architects #designerslife#designvalues #qualityofworkmanship #gradoitaly #grado #createdingrado #designedingrado Architect & Friends have won the BIG SEE Architecture Award 2023 in the category Residential - Houses for their work on the Coastal Home Grado project in Grado, Italy. https://bigsee.eu/coastal-home-grado/ #bigsee #architecture #award #residential #winner #italy #architectureaward #bigseeaward #coastalhomegrado #drigani #ceramicafioranese #jonathanadler #dedar #gessi Looking back at one of our first projects in Grado, Italy - Our approach was to create an "outdoor livingroom" invisible from the street and a seperate guesthouse with a wooden facade to reintroduce a traditional building material used for "casone" huts in the surrounding lagoon. By hiding several openings behind integrated shutters incorporated in the wooden facade, the building lives with it's inhabitants being lively and illuminated when used. #architecture #interiordesign #renovation #grado #gradoitaly #colmata #colmatauno #designedingrado @woodn_industries #architectandfriends Image of Marcello D'Olivo's ideas for the Complesso Zipser in Grado, Italy. Designs from the late 1950's, the condominium was built between approx. 1960 and 1965. For the first time Marcello D'Olivo worked with triplex apartments (half-story staggered floor plan) - all living rooms facing the sea (South) and all bedrooms facing the city center of Grado (North). Open kitchenettes and spacious living and dining areas and much much more... #midcentury #marcellodolivo #architect #brutalism #architecture #interiordesign #experimental #grado #gradoitaly #italy #isoladelsole #midcenturymoderngrado Architect & Friends design value #4: Expansion of space! During the design process of each of our projects, we try to make the rooms appear larger than they actually are and to create a strong relationship between indoor and outdoor living where possible. More soon... #architectandfriends #architecture #interiordesign#renovation #theworldofinteriors #architecturedetails #designdetails #interiordesigner #architects #designerslife#designvalues #expansionofspace #gradoitaly #grado #createdingrado #designedingrado
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