DESIGN & BUILD // AUTUMN 2008 WHAT WE DID LAST SUMMER

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1 DESIGN & BUILD // AUTUMN 2008 WHAT WE DID LAST SUMMER

2 PRIVATE EQUITY CBD LUXEMBOURG P4-5 FINANCIAL SERVICES CBD LUXEMBOURG P6-7 BUSINESS CENTER CBD LUXEMBOURG P8-9 SÜDSTROOM ESCH/ALZETTE P10-11 AUTOMOBILE CLUB LUXEMBOURG P12-13 AUTOMOBILE CLUB LUXEMBOURG P14-15 SPORTHOTEL STEFFISALP PROJECT BY CHRISTIAN LENZ ARCHITEKTUR BÜRO P

3 #1 THE MEETING IS OVER #2 TIDYING UP OUR DESKS #3 LEAVING THE OFFICE #4 HIGH ENERGY #5 CHECKING THE MAP #6 READY TO GO #7 FINALLY ARRIVED How do you measure the success of a project? How do you define its intrinsic quality? The answer is often subjective: it depends on whether you would like to highlight one certain aspect or another: its beauty, how useful it is, whether it fell within the budget, or even how it was organised. But perhaps the real value of a project materialises in how just is its expression, its outcome. In whether it fulfils all its expectations and ambitions; in whether it is, quite simply, just right? Just in time, just within the budget, just what was wanted. The use of the word just, as in, hitting the spot : something close to perfection. Managing a project is a bit like going on holiday. You assess all your dossiers and matters pending, organise them, and prepare for your departure. You settle the usual administrative formalities, much like settling up your electricity bill, before acquainting yourself with your selected itinerary, as if following a road map. And then finally, at the end of the journey, you arrive. Because even in civilian life, we retain our love for the just, we have chosen to present to you not only our projects, but also a hotel lost in the mountains, in a region where the cult of the just, in the field of architecture and design, is a dogma. So here you have it, what we did last summer. Robert Hornung 03

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5 #1 THE MEETING IS OVER PRIVATE EQUITY CBD LUXEMBOURG «Brothers, now our meeting is over; brothers, we must part And if I never see1 you any more, I will love you in my heart Yes, we ll land on the shore; yes, we ll1 land onthe shore Yes, we ll land on the shore and be saved for ever more»1 Meeting is over / David Holt / Reel & Rock /

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7 #2 TIDYING UP OUR DESKS FINANCIAL SERVICES CBD LUXEMBOURG «Ive never once heard it cry. Ive never seen it tease, its always there to please me from nine to five. Such a comfort to know, its dependable and slow, but its always there. Its the friend Ive got, a giant of all times, my Good Old Desk.» Good Old Desk / Harry Nilsson / Harry Nilsson Greatest Hits All Time /

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9 #3 LEAVING THE OFFICE BUSINESS CENTER CBD LUXEMBOURG «All my bags are packed, I m ready to go I m standin here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn Is breakin, it s early morn The taxi s waitin, he s blowin his horn» Leaving On A Jet Plane / Peter, Paul & Mary / The Very Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary /

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11 #4 HIGH ENERGY SÜDSTROOM ESCH/ALZETTE «And the world is made of energy and the world is electricity and the world is made of energy and there s a light inside of you and there s a light inside of me. It s gonna be all right. We re gonna see the sunlight» Energy / The Apples in stereo / New Magnetic Wonder /

12 #5 CHECKING THE MAP AUTOMOBILE CLUB LUXEMBOURG «I see I m a long, long way from where I am supposed to be and frankly I m still happy here I know where I d rather be so whether you re lonely like the sun there s no need to be lonely there s no need to be low we re lines and maps and cities and songs» Maps / Keane / Unreleased 12

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15 #6 READY TO GO AUTOMOBILE CLUB LUXEMBOURG «On the rooftops shouting out, Baby I m ready to go I m back and ready to go From the rooftops shout it out It s a crack, I m back yeah standing On the rooftops having it Baby I m ready to go I m back and ready to go From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out» Ready To Go / Republica / Republica /

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17 #7 FINALLY ARRIVED SPORTHOTEL STEFFISALP PROJECT BY CHRISTIAN LENZ ARCHITEKTUR BÜRO «I used to be just like you so afraid of me and what I thought I could do but I said goodbye tok all my fears I hope you can do the same my dear Goodbye»k Finally Arrived / Glampire / Beginning of terror / 1997 k 17

18 CHRISTIAN LENZ Christian lenz is an austrian architecte living and working in the Vorarlberg region. His long collaboration with Hermann Kaufmann brought him to participate to the development of the Vorarlberg s architecture. During his years of apprenticeship he got concentrated on design as well as in architecture. The ease of transition from overall concept to the details of scale, the rational use of design elements and the careful creation of details without letting it become an affection, make his building structures of subtle simplicity. That seduced us while visiting and discovering the Steffisalp Sporthotel. Being in a place marrying traditional and contemporary design, in the middle of the austrian hills. 18

19 VORARLBERG 593,31 km 06h35 LUXEMBOURG METZ MANNHEIM KARLSRUHE STUTTGART ULM The Steffisalp Sporthotel is located in the city of Warth in the Vorarlberg, north-west region of Austria. Vorarlberg is renowed through the development of a specific architectural movement and philosphy bornin the early 60 s the «Vorarlberger Bauschule». The region offers the possibility of admiring dozen of cutting edge architectural and interior design projects. Discover it. LINKS VORARLBERG ARCHITEKTUR INSTITUT : VORARLEBRG ARCHITECTUR VISITS : VORARLBERG TOURISMUS : STEFFISALP SPORTHOTEL : VADUZ WARTH CREDITS Production & Projects by: EGB Hornung & associates except #7 page project Christian Lentz Pictures by WIDE except page 1, 16, 17,18 STEFFISALP SPORTHOTEL_ 19

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