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May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022 Golucci Interior Architects has completed a small café in Shanghai, China, that’s been designed to interact with the street. Working with a limited space of 322 square feet (30m2), the designers created a wood box as a facade that can be opened and closed. The cafe is often open to the street, […]
May 18, 2022
Photography by Bicubik Photography Leppanen Anker Arquitectura has completed a new house in Los Chillos, Ecuador, that takes inspiration from the surrounding environment. The architects decided to bring back the use of wood, stone, and clay but with a contemporary mindset, resulting in a home that would feel light and airy. This strategy resulted conceptually […]
May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022 SDH Studio Architecture + Design has completed a new home in Pinecrest, Florida, where a noticeable design feature is a kitchen, that includes two large islands. The larger of the two islands has an L-Shape, and the back side drops down to act as banquette seating with a table for a casual […]
May 18, 2022
Magic can result when architect and client have known each other for two decades and when both are willing to take the time to consider the best way to renovate a sprawling Upstate New York estate. Architect Niels Schoenfelder of Mancini Enterprises and client Beverly Kerzner spent countless days and dinners over four years debating […]
May 17, 2022
Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have completed Google’s Bay View campus, a trio of tent-like structures covered in a “dragonscale” arrangement of solar panels in California’s Silicon Valley. The Bay View campus was designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio for a 42-acre site next door to the NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain […]
May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022 Circle Studio Architects has sent us photos of one of their completed projects, a new house addition for a home in Melbourne, Australia. Glazed tiles act as a creative design feature on this house, a choice that is not often seen as an exterior material on houses. Contrasting the shiny glazed green […]
May 17, 2022
A vast book collection and a trusting friendship between designers and their client helped turn cramped ground-floor rooms into a sun-filled, tranquil private reading room. Six years ago, Tao Liu and Chunyan Cai, co-founders of the Shanghai-based architecture and interior design firm Atelier tao+c, designed an apartment for a client with whom they have since […]
May 16, 2022
Muza, an interior design company located in Pristina, Kosovo, has shared photos of an apartment renovation that they recently completed. Before the redesign, the 1960’s apartment was dated and run down. During the demolition process, tiles, fixtures, and flooring were removed, and the walls were opened up. The apartment after the renovation is a dramatic […]
May 15, 2022
Architects Annie Barrett of aalso architects and Hye-Young Chung of HYCArch have completely transformed an existing Spanish-style house in Los Angeles for a couple anticipating semi-retirement. Working together with Landscape Architect David Hocker of Hocker Design, the front garden has been created with a dense screen of San Pedro cacti, replacing the need for a […]
May 13, 2022
OMA and KRIS YAO | ARTECH have completed the Taipei Performing Arts Center, a “super theatre” comprising a huge glazed cube intersected by spherical and cuboid theatres. The Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) hosts three theatres – the spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, 1,500-seat Grand Theater and 800-seat Blue Box – that intersect a central cube. […]
May 13, 2022
YGNG Interior Design has designed an apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel, for a young family. An interesting design element of the apartment’s interior is a custom living room wall that surrounds the television. The matte light green wall includes hidden storage as well as open shelving, allowing electronics, decor, and plants to be displayed. The […]
May 12, 2022
John McAslan + Partners’ sensitive restoration of the much-loved Burrell Collection has improved environmental performance and ensured that the gallery will be enjoyed by future generations, writes Jennifer O’Donnell. Walking into Pollok Country Park, it is easy to forget how near you are to Glasgow City Centre. I prefer to enter the park on foot, […]
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