Hotels: The Waterhouse Shanghai

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The Waterhouse, Shanghai. Located in Shanghai's historic Shuliupu district. The Waterhouse is a  4 floor 19-room boutique hotel. It was built into an existing 3 floor Japanese army building from the 1930's. The hotel contrasts between the new construction and furnishings and the old restored concrete building. Check out the full post at stylepark.com for more images including construction photos.

At Auction: Jens Peter Schmid

 

Concrete Table by Jens Peter Schmid, ca. 1986  71w x 35d x 30.5h

Important Design, Wright20 Lot #342 

Estimate $20,000 - $30,000

Result No Sale

The More You Know: Wikileaks Atomic Bunker

Thanks to a misleading article by the NY Post, this former atomic bunker in Stockholm was briefly believed to be the headquarters of Wikileaks. 

But sadly its not. Its a Bahnoff center that hosts 2 of their servers. Which doesn't make the space any less cool. Just less headline worthy.

Via archdaily, Albert France-Lanord Architects

Cement Furniture by Nicolas Le Moigne

Trash Cube (2010) Designed by Nicolas Le Moigne via Dezeen. photo: Daniela Droz, Tonatiuh Ambrosetti

Slip Stools (2008)