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WALDHOTEL HEALTH & MEDICAL EXCELLENCE
Right on the inner side of the Bürgenstock mountain, the Waldhotel Health & Medical Excellence by Matteo Thun & Partners steps gently down the slope. Thanks to its terrace structure and the green, naturally insulated flat roofs, the Waldhotel blends perfectly into the landscape. Waldhotel...
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ZWILLING FLAGSHIP STORE
The ZWILLING flagship store in Shanghai includes a shop presenting the full ZWILLING range, a cooking school, a classic elegant bar and the restaurant 'The Twins'. The interior design, realized by the Italian firm Matteo Thun & Partners, is conceived as a visual and dynamic journey that...
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CITY HOTEL MÖVENPICK
The interiors’ concept, designed for the next group’s flagship hotel in Europe, is a unique mix in style of Swiss elegant simplicity and comfort with several design classics. Warm colours and natural materials, especially in the lobby and the Wine & Coffee Lounge, for a friendly and welcoming...
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THERMAL SPA
A healthbathing spa in a famous Spa town at Lake Tegernsee conceived as an inclusive project that integrates the existing natural landscape. The creation of spaces where patients can get medical treatments with maximum comfort and privacy, in close contact with the surrounding nature, was key to...
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AIRPORT HOTEL MÖVENPICK
A green oasis in the atrium-style lobby invites guests to stay and relax. The interior design concept, developed for the second hotel at Stuttgart airport of the Swiss company, has been conceived to facilitate socializing, evoking a sense of vitality and compensating the typical anonymity of...
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CITY HOTEL SIDE
One of the first European design and multisensory hotels in Hamburg - architecture in 2001 by Jan Störmer - experiences a light refurbishment. A luxurious version with accurate materials and colours’ selection to dress-up the 180 rooms and 10 suites, the public areas and the Sky Lounge, striving...
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JW MARRIOTT VENICE RESORT & SPA
In the Venetian lagoon, an artificial island is transformed into a luxury resort and park. The island, which is a state-protected landscape, has a number of early-twentieth-century buildings, including a hospital and service buildings. The project’s complexity is managed through a shift in scale...
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MATTEO THUN MILANO
Matteo Thun, architect and designer, was born in Bolzano in 1952. He studied at the Salzburg Academy with Oskar Kokoschka and at the University of Florence. After meeting Ettore Sottsass, he became a co-founder of the 'Memphis' group in Milan and was a partner at Sottsass Associati from 1980 to 1984.
He was a professor of design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien) from 1983 to 2000. In 1984 he opened his own studio in Milan and became the Art Director for Swatch from 1990 to 1993.
An encounter with Luca Colombo and Antonio Rodriguez led to the founding of Matteo Thun & Partners in 2001, which was later organized into the companies MTLC, MTD-R and MTD-R China. These different creative entities develop projects in the fields of architecture, interior design and product design. The companies employ around sixty professionals, including architects, designers and graphic designers.
City: MILAN
Nation: ITALY
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