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Stacy Shoemaker Rauen: All right, so tell me about you. Were you always creative? Did you always know you wanted to do design or architecture from like a young age?
Lukas Rungger: Well, I think so. I wasn’t quite sure which creative direction I probably would have taken, but there’s actually still a couple of designs…I don’t know why, but I was actually designing sunglasses at the age of eight or nine, don’t ask me why. It probably has to do with my mother, she’s a professional bard and painter, so in a way … And on the other hand, probably my father, he’s more an engineer. So those are potentially the two sides beating in my heart, which came together to form myself, architect.
Apfelhotel Torgglerhof by NOA Network of Architecture: 2020 Best of Year Winner for Resort
February 13, 2021
Photography by Alex Filz.
In the mountainous South Tyrol region of Italy, the Apfelhotel Torgglerhof property chronicles a family’s history dating to the 17th century and its evolution from farmland to super-charming hotel. The synopsis goes like this: In 1978, one of the sons built a small guest house and restaurant. NOA Network of Architecture joined the story in 2016, renovating the barn for guest rooms and the building to accommodates a restaurant and reception areas. In 2020, the Bolzano-based studio expanded the landscape.
Photography by Alex Filz.