Architecture & Design Community
May 10, 2023
Reflect Architecture has remodeled a duplex that had an additional two small basement units, and turned it into one unit on the second floor for income purposes, as well as combined the ground floor and lower-level into a single dwelling for a young family of five. One unexpected design element that’s also fun, is a […]
April 12, 2023
Lyon, France-born, two-Michelin-star chef Claude Bosi has opened a new culinary enterprise, Socca, located on Mayfair’s South Audley Street in a Grade II-listed building. Socca describes its cuisine as “nostalgic French Mediterranean” and it gets its name from the flatbread made of chickpea flour known as socca, but also farinata, cecina or calentita, depending on the region. The concept of […]
April 9, 2023
The LVMH-owned French beauty brand Officine Universelle Buly has recently opened yet another boutique in Japan. It was designed by the brand’s co-owner and creative director Ramdane Touhami in his design practice Art Recherche Industrie. The newest Kobe boutique is a free-standing store in the Kobe BAL Annex in the popular Motomachi neighbourhood. The brand has […]
April 5, 2023
With its long, turbulent history, Tbilisi, the capital and largest city of Georgia, is today a truly multicultural city and an eclectic mix of ancient, historical, Soviet-era and modern architecture and establishments. Joining the growing ranks of trendy bistros, Chicos represents several of these characteristics with its international menu and cool interiors. Chico’s opened late last […]
March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023 Romulo Neto Architects LDA has designed a modern building for a company that produces bakery and pastry machines. Inspired by the company’s principal activity of creating machines that produce dough for bread and pastries, the architects designed a facade that’s reminiscent of the structure found in dough. The sculptural facade has curves […]
March 8, 2023
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed. Designed and patented in Ecuador, IWI is a space that can be extended or compressed, depending on the needs of the user. When compressed, it behaves like a piece of furniture or a […]
March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023 Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both children and adults. Located in the middle of the Brazilian forest, the design of the treehouse was inspired by the geometries of the surrounding sycamore leaf structures Initially conceived in wood, the frames were […]
November 26, 2022
Design firm Spacecraft co. has completed Early BKK, a cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, that has a unique facade. Kaytita Chaisuksiri of Early BKK wanted to have a cafe that would introduce recycling and green concepts to visitors and neighbors. Since the statement of Early BKK was very clear, Spacecraft started researching upcycled materials and trash […]
November 21, 2022
With designers and architects tripping over themselves to interpret the latest, popular trends – often at the urging of their clients – it is easy to miss subtle genius or sensitive interpretations of vernacular styles. When we saw Moos, a bar and café in Amsterdam, we almost passed it buy. It is not particularly striking, […]
September 21, 2022
We love bakeries. And we especially love bakeries with a true sense of design and style. We have written about bakeries for almost two decades and we continue to look for fresh ideas. In the Mi Pan Bakery project, we love the candid admission of the designers that they recognized they could not create a […]
September 1, 2022
Photography by Jin Weiqi 3andwich Design together with He Wei Studio, has completed the Water Drop Library that’s located in Shuangyue Bay Central Park in Huizhou City, China. Photography by Jin Weiqi The building sits on top of a hill, looking out towards the sea, and has been designed as “a white library under a […]
August 29, 2022
August 29, 2022 Stackabl, a collaboration between Toronto-based multidisciplinary design studio, STACKLAB, and its New York-based showroom partner, Maison Gerard, has launched their new collection of lighting. The new pendants will be shown next month in a group exhibition entitled “Composition and Layout: Contemporary Design and Objects” at Mindy Solomon in Miami, Florida. The collection, […]
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