Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Glashuset

Glass Facade Glashuset
Only looking at the top photo you would say, that this must be a modern building with that cool glass facade, right? Then, seeing the second photo, you would ask yourself, hey, what is going on here? This building is interesting, as they say. A 44-room hotel at Wollmar Yxkullsgatan, near Mariatorget on Södermalm. The building permit alone took thirteen years. It is an old building, but with a new facade. The bar at the hotel claim that the flooring is 1 900 000 000-year-old, give or take. The owner, Per Hellsten now have five hotels in Stockholm. All in old buildings, and all said to have unique rooms. Designed by the architects Fredric Benesch and Katarina Lundeberg.If you would like to see more, check out their web site.

4 comments:

s.c said...

Beautiful reflections in all that glass.

William Kendall said...

Sounds creative.

RedPat said...

I like the distortions in the glass.

roentare said...

A little gutsy to do that to a heritage building especially that old?