The Icehotel, in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna in Sweden, celebrates its 25th anniversary with art suites designed by artists handpicked from around the world. We take a look
Up There by Luc Voisin & Mathieu Brison of Les Ateliers de Germaine depicts the Parisien skyline / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
Each spring, an open call is issued for ideas for that year’s art suites. The hotel provides instructors and tools for the actual sculpting / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory recreated by Karl-Johan Ekeroth & Christian Strömqvist / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
The Icebar was designed by Wouter Biegelaar, Viktor Tsarski and Maurizio Perron. / PHOTO: VIKTOR TSARSKI
The Icehotel is constructed between October and December each year / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
The Icehotel is constructed between October and December each year
/ PHOTO: PAULINA HOLMGREN
Mind the gap by Marcus Dillistone & Magdalena Åkerström. This suite was designed to celebrate the London Underground’s 150th anniversary / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
Time piece by Emma Curdén, Gabriella Bulin and Theodor Fahlén depicts the inner cogs and wheels of a clock frozen in time / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
An opportunity to reimagine one of the UK’s most recognisable towers has been formally
opened by Rivington Hark, as St Johns Beacon invites operators and partners to shape its
next phase. [more...]
The Icehotel, in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna in Sweden, celebrates its 25th anniversary with art suites designed by artists handpicked from around the world. We take a look
Up There by Luc Voisin & Mathieu Brison of Les Ateliers de Germaine depicts the Parisien skyline / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
Each spring, an open call is issued for ideas for that year’s art suites. The hotel provides instructors and tools for the actual sculpting / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory recreated by Karl-Johan Ekeroth & Christian Strömqvist / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
The Icebar was designed by Wouter Biegelaar, Viktor Tsarski and Maurizio Perron. / PHOTO: VIKTOR TSARSKI
The Icehotel is constructed between October and December each year / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
The Icehotel is constructed between October and December each year
/ PHOTO: PAULINA HOLMGREN
Mind the gap by Marcus Dillistone & Magdalena Åkerström. This suite was designed to celebrate the London Underground’s 150th anniversary / PHOTO: Christopher Hauser
Time piece by Emma Curdén, Gabriella Bulin and Theodor Fahlén depicts the inner cogs and wheels of a clock frozen in time / PHOTO: Paulina Holmgren
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