STUDIO ANNE HOLTROP . photos: © JAMES NELSON
For the second boutique at Boulevard Saint Germain, I proposed instead of a horizontal table display in the first boutique, to turn it spatially and create a huge freestanding translucent wall for jewellery. Entering the space, the wall occupies it and is the central figure hosting the jewellery pieces. Continue reading ANNE HOLTROP
The museum is situated in a protected green zone of the Wadi Hanifah. With the excavation and the freestanding museum placed within it, public connections are made between wadi level and the upper Misk City. The facades are made of casted glass elements, that diffract and diffuses the daylight to all the interior spaces. The rotation of the sun, and the presence of the site and excavation, can be felt throughout the whole building. Continue reading Studio Anne Holtrop
Studio Anne Holtrop . photos: © François Coquerel
Architect Anne Holtrop was her choice. She wanted an Experience, something natural but strange more than something simply beautiful. Those were her words. And Charlotte Chesnais found an answer to her questions in the work of this young Dutchman. A much more radical answer. When they first met, at home in Paris, he was holding that answer in his hands. It was a piece of acrylic material, like a block of ice, mysterious and futuristic. The result of his own architectural interrogations. But Anne had never tried making it transparent before.
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Manama post office is one of the oldest buildings in the area of Bab Al Bahrain, dating back to 1937, where it served as Customs House for the port of Manama. Nowadays with the many land reclamations and building developments that have started in the 80s, the current building marks the center of the capital. Continue reading Anne Holtrop
