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Original beams and brickwork add warmth to pared-back Madrid apartment

April 19, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Apartment in Lavapiés by Leticia Saá

Architect Leticia Saá has woven historical features such as exposed brickwork and wooden pillars into the minimal interior of this open-plan apartment in Madrid. Located in Madrid’s Lavapiés neighbourhood, the two-bedroom apartment is spread across the top floor of a three-storey residential building that dates back to 1900. The apartment had been unoccupied for 35

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Impress dental clinic in Barcelona features smile-shaped timber partitions

April 8, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Impress dental clinic by Raúl Sanchez Architects

Pine-wood partition walls that curve upwards like smiles carve up the interior of this dental clinic in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Raúl Sanchez Architects. Impress is spread across the ground and basement level of a historical building at the heart of Barcelona. The clinic differentiates itself from other dentists by offering online treatments that reduce

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Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten refreshes Antwerp attic with pops of yellow

April 6, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Attic conversion by Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten

Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has converted a dark and dusty attic in Antwerp into a living space that features arched portals, curvy furniture and yellow decor accents. The attic – which was previously just used for storage – is set within a young family’s home in Kasterlee, a municipality that’s 45 minutes drive from central

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Mesh and paper-pulp partitions feature inside Nanjing’s Shiwu store

March 31, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Shiwu store by CATS

Mesh panels dipped in paper pulp, polycarbonate and OSB timber merge to form the textured interior of this lifestyle store in Nanjing, China, designed by architecture studio CATS. Located along a narrow alleyway next to the city’s China Modern History Museum, the Shiwu store sells a selection of products handmade by Japanese craftsmen such as

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Little Sky ice cream shop in Melbourne aims to capture the “theatre of gelato”

March 28, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Little Sky Gelateria by Ewert Leaf

Customers can get a glimpse of gelato being made inside this ice cream shop in Melbourne, which local studio Ewert Leaf has completed in shades of blue and pink. Located within a late 19th-century building in the coastal suburb of Brighton, the 140-square-metre Little Sky gelateria has been designed by Ewert Leaf to display the

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Ater Architects uses blue curtains as walls in Kyiv apartment

March 22, 2020 Ali Morris 0
EGR Apartment by Ater Architects

Cobalt-blue curtains hang in place of walls in a small apartment in Kyiv renovated by Ukrainian architecture and interiors studio Ater Architects. Called EGR Apartment, the 65-square-metre space was cramped, featuring a compartmentalised layout with separate rooms connected by corridors. The owners, a  young couple, asked Ater Architects to transform it into a light and

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Francesco Pierazzi Architects delicately clashes materials inside London maisonette

March 15, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Maisonette in Notting Hill by Francesco Pierazzi Architects

A plywood-lined staircase, red-steel beams and exposed-brick surfaces appear throughout this maisonette in west London, which has been overhauled by Francesco Pierazzi Architects. The maisonette takes over the upper-ground and first floor of a brick residential building in the Notting Hill neighbourhood, overlooking another development designed by architects Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw in the

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Sivak & Partners creates greyscale interiors for Kult barbershop in Odessa

March 12, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Kult barbershop in Ukraine, designed by Sivak & Partners

Grey plaster coats the walls, floor and ceiling of this pared-back barbershop in Odessa, Ukraine, which also incorporates a tattoo parlour and beauty treatment rooms. Located in Odessa’s old town, Kult features a desaturated colour palette made up of industrial materials such as stone, glass, steel and plaster. Due to tight time restrictions, locally-based Sivak

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Hop completes two-tone nut-butter cafe in Brussels

March 9, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Buddy Buddy cafe in Brussels, designed by HOP

Nut-coloured walls and bronze mirrors feature in the two-tone Buddy Buddy cafe in Brussels, which serves up speciality coffee and nut butters that are made on site. Designed by Amsterdam studio Hop, the 70-square-metre Buddy Buddy cafe is located on the ground floor of the city’s UN Studio-designed Le Toison d’Or building. The owners, who also

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