Features

XVIII.1 January + February 2011
Page: 32
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From materials to materiality


Authors:
Erica Robles, Mikael Wiberg

Two hundred kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, in a remote landscape dominated by the darkness of long winters, lies Sweden's most popular tourist destination—the Icehotel. For more than 20 years, this frozen edifice has served as a nexus for convening international teams of artists, designers, engineers, and architects. Each year, they transform the mundane substances of the tundra—snow and ice—into remarkable contemporary designs. The result is a spectacular architecture more than 5,500 square meters (59,209 square feet) filled with ice suites, ice rooms, ice galleries, ice furniture, an ice church, and an ice bar. Every setting is composed…




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