/  by Thomas DeVoss

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Oscar Freire Triptyque

The architecture agency Triptyque was commissioned to design a complex in São Paulo with three shops, one restaurant, one bar and an art gallery. The shops should have access to the city, while the restaurant has to be housed in the upper floors.

The complex was designed as a binary metal structure: a “ground” level that receives the shops, and a “space” level called “the Observatory”, which houses the restaurant where the Franco-Brazilian restaurateurs of the Groupe Chez have created their new meeting place: Chez Oscar.

Located at a street where the buildings are next to each other, the observatory is not an additional stage, it is a building over a building, the city over the city. It opens a new dimension of growth spanning the shopping complex and overlooking the Oscar Freire neighborhood of São Paulo.

Text and images by Triptyque

/  by Thomas DeVoss

luxuryaccommodations:

Hotel Alhambra Palace - Granada, Spain

Situated next to Granada’s splendid UNESCO-listed historic monument, Hotel Alhambra Palace pays homage to the city’s Moorish heritage. Beautiful arches, grand pillars, and colorful tiles decorate its majestic interiors, and the spacious rooms come with exquisite décor, ambiental music, and private terraces overlooking Granada and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada. Equally impressive, the hotel’s restaurant serves a fusion of traditional and modern Spanish cuisine in an warm, historic atmosphere.

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