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Bordeaux-based atelier d’architecture King Kong has unveiled their design for the new NH hotel at the Toulouse Blagnac airport in France. Both elegant and inviting, the hotel's warm atmosphere is achieved through the acoustic and thermal qualities of the sweeping ground floor area, which opens onto the exterior spaces.

The building consists of 150 hotel rooms, a business center, restaurant and fitness center. The bar, restaurant and terrace, located on the upper levels of the building, are "intimate in feel,’’ while offering unrestricted views.

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"Everyone dreams of an ideal city. Except for those who consider the town where they live to be satisfactory. But they are rare. As rare as those who find perfect the society in which they live. The philosopher in his library and the exile in a shanty town dream of a city that could satisfy their everyday lives as much as their fantasies."
Michel Ragon, "L’homme et les villes", 1995

In partnership with Le Grand Café Contemporary Art Centre in Saint-Nazaire, LiFE presents, from 3 June to 9 October, Neocodomousse, an exhibition by raumlaborberlin, a Berlin based network-collective of nine trained architects. 

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