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Alexander Owen Architecture wraps London house extension in two types of marble

February 22, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Marble-clad garden room and home office of the Hansler Road extension by Alexander Owen Architecture

Alexander Owen Architecture has added a marble-clad extension and garden room to this Victorian mid-terrace in East Dulwich, London, to accommodate a home office and a well-stocked bar. The owners, a couple with three young sons, wanted a place to entertain and ample space to spend time together as a family. In response to the

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Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store

February 21, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Interior of Maison Margiela's London Bruton Street store by Studio Anne Holtrop

Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has remodelled Maison Margiela’s concept store in London adding walls cast in textile moulds to reflect the brand’s garment construction techniques. Located at 22 Bruton Street, the boutique is laid out across 190-square-metres and displays Maison Margiela’s Co-Ed collections, with men’s and women’s ready-to-wear alongside accessories such as shoes, jewellery and eyewear.

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Simon Hamui creates clean-lined furniture for minimalist Mexico City house

February 15, 2021 Ali Morris 0
AdH House living room interior and furniture by Simon Hamui

Mexican design firm Simon Hamui has created bespoke furnishings for a moody and minimalist Mexico City home by Spanish practice Francesc Rifé Studio, using a tactile palette of eucalyptus wood, glass, quartzite, marble and brass. AdH House, which was completed last year, is a two-storey home in the residential neighbourhood of Lomas de Chapultepec and

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Penthouse of SOM-designed tower transformed into collectible design gallery

February 14, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Living room of Fifteen Fifty penthouse by Gabriel & Guillaume

Seminal furniture designs by Brazilian modernists sit alongside contemporary art in a shoppable exhibition within the 40th-floor penthouse of a recently-opened San Francisco residential tower by architecture firm SOM. Travelling French-Lebanese gallery Gabriel & Guillaume has decorated the interior of the penthouse of the new Fifteen Fifty building in bright colours and patterns, and furnished

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Warm hues and central oven define Sofi bakery in Berlin

February 10, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Counter and bread shelf of Sofi bakery in Berlin by Mathias Mentze, Alexander Vedel Ottenstein and Dreimeta

The layout of this craft bakery in Berlin, designed by Danish architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel Ottenstein, revolves around an open kitchen that showcases the beauty of the bread-making process. Located in the courtyard of a restored brick factory in the city’s Scheunenviertel quarter, Sofi is a craft bakery that makes bread and cakes

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Merooficina carves up former fisherman’s house into two bright apartments

February 7, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Patio of Casa da Beiramar by Merooficina

Porto architecture practice Merooficina has converted a former fisherman’s house in Aveiro, Portugal, into two apartments that blend original features with new interventions. Casa da Beiramar is located in the historic neighbourhood of Beira-Mar with its colourful terraced houses. These have long, narrow floor plans and an adobe structure, meaning they are built from bricks

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Australia’s dramatic landscape and sunsets inform design of Hong Kong cafe

February 7, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Exterior of Today is Long cafe by Studio Etain Ho and Absence from Island

The terracotta colour scheme and semi-circular forms used throughout this Hong Kong cafe by architecture firms Studio Etain Ho and Absence from Island pay homage to Uluru and Australia’s spectacular sunsets. Located on a street corner in Hong Kong’s Sai Ying Pun district, the 30-square-metre cafe sits at the bottom of an old apartment building.

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Echlin uses broken-plan layout to create spacious interiors within London mews house

February 3, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Living room and green wall of the Knightsbridge Mews House by Echlin

A nearly six-metre-high green wall and a basement floor with a walk-on skylight are among the additions made by design and development firm Echlin to this remodelled mews house in Knightsbridge. The resulting design is described by the local firm as a “reinterpretation” of a classic London mews house, with plenty of useable and flexible

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EBBA Architects remodels London apartment with bespoke joinery

February 2, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Double-height pine wood shelving unit from Bow Quarter interior by EBBA Architects

Structural ash and pine joinery – including a staircase, mezzanine and double-height storage wall – delineate the space within this refurbished, open-plan apartment in London by EBBA Architects. Located in an old matchstick factory in the city’s East End, the one-bedroom, 80-square-metre apartment belongs to a young professional couple, who asked the emerging local firm to

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Chengdu reveals “futuristic” stations for its first fully-automated metro line

February 1, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Standard Artistic Station designed by J&A and Sepanta Design for Chengdu's metro Line 9

J&A and Sepanta Design have created a series of station interiors based on forms and patterns found in nature for the first unmanned metro line in Chengdu, China. Designed to provoke emotion among their visitors, the 13 stations feature fluid forms and cellular patterns informed by the local tradition of silk weaving as well as

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