Rough Interiors

​Raw ceilings, unplastered walls, and visible concrete girders meet innovative conversion ideas, creative shapes, and modern materials – Rough Interiors presents 55 projects whose designers used the existing historic substance as the basis for their creative processes. The magic of patina and traces of the past are maintained and deliberately integrated into the design concept.

Clashes, contrasts, and frictions become the underlying principle. A host of different ideas, interventions, and measures fill forgotten and abandoned buildings with new life. Whether low budget or high-end, music academy or doctor’s clinic, trendy restaurant or loft apartment, the interiors of each individual project are distinguished by an exciting interplay of history and the present age.

From the content:

_The Waterhouse at Southbund in Shanghai, China
_Astley Castle in Warwhickshire, UK (Witherford Watson Mann Architects)
_SOHO House in Berlin, Germany (Susie Atkinson and Michaelis Boyd Associates)
_RDM Innovation Deck in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Groosman Partners Architects)
_Fresh Restaurant in Moscow, Russia (Sundokovy Sisters Studio)