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Renesa uses terracotta-brick walls to carve up interiors of Indian showroom

February 2, 2020 Ali Morris 0
The Terramater showroom in India, designed by Renesa

Room dividers composed of hollow terracotta bricks frame the products within this home decor showroom in the northwestern Indian city of Amritsar. Designed by New Delhi-based studio Renesa, the 1,300-square-foot showroom belongs to homeware brand Rustickona. The brand, who has named the showroom The Terramater, wanted a retail space that felt homely and welcoming –

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Hong Kong’s Imperfect Residence embraces the values of wabi-sabi

January 28, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Imperfect Residence by NC Design & Architecture

NC Design & Architecture has applied an array of naturally flawed materials throughout this Hong Kong apartment, which has been designed in accordance with the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. NC Design & Architecture was initially asked by Imperfect Residence’s owners to create a highly functional space that looks beautiful and ages well. The Hong Kong-based

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Hangzhou’s Nova Pets is a grooming parlour where owners can hang out with their animals

January 26, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Nova Pets grooming salon by Say Architects

Say Architects has completed a grooming salon for pets in Hangzhou, China, which includes a sunken cafe, playground and a paddling pool where four-legged visitors can dip their paws. Called Nova Pets, the 450 square-metre space provides a grooming service and areas for owners and their furry friends to socialise with others. Half of the

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Dvekati references 1960s Russia for interior of Moscow office

January 24, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Rupor office designed by Dvekati

MDF tiles and blue carpet are some of the simple materials that architecture studio Dvekati has used to furnish this office in Moscow, which takes cues from the pared-back aesthetic of Soviet modernism. Occupied by a PR agency called Rupor, the office measures just 45 square metres and is set inside a constructivist-style house that

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Interiors of London’s Paradise restaurant nods to Sri Lanka’s brutalist buildings

January 21, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Paradise restaurant in London, designed by Dan Preston

Cement, concrete and black steel merge to form the Brutalist-inspired interiors of this Sri Lankan restaurant in Soho, London, which Dan Preston Studio has dotted with tropical details. Paradise – which formerly housed another eatery – is located on Soho’s busy Rupert Street and measures just 51-square-metres. Designer Dan Preston was asked by the restaurant’s

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Layers of mirror and glass feature in Shenzhen’s “ghostly” Geijoeng store

January 20, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Geijoeng store in China, designed by Studio 10

Studio 10 has layered an array of reflective, translucent and transparent materials to create an ethereal store for a womenswear brand in Shenzhen. Designed by Studio 10 for Geijoeng – a Chinese minimalist womenswear brand – the 120-square-metre store features glass brick walls, a mirrored dropped ceiling and a green terrazzo floor. The studio’s aim

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Contemporary design meets Belle Époque in Berlin office

January 16, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Euroboden's Berlin office, designed by David Kohn Architects

David Kohn Architects has worked with Nord Studio to convert a listed residential interior in Berlin into a grand office for property developer Euroboden. The offices occupy the principal floor of the Palais Eger – an imposing Belle Époque courtyard block built in 1881 on Tempelhofer Ufer in the city’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood. Laid out across

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Ras Al Khaimah’s minimalist Hoof cafe is designed to recall horse stalls

January 15, 2020 Ali Morris 0

Sinks that look like water troughs and rustic plaster walls feature within this spartan UAE cafe recently completed by design studio Bone. Located in Ras Al Khaimah, the UAE’s northernmost emirate, Hoof is a 115-square-metre cafe described by Bone as “a brutalist reinterpretation of countryside equine architecture”. The young design studio, which has previously completed another

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Iterare Arquitectos uses traditional materials inside Valencia’s House of Giants

January 14, 2020 Ali Morris 0
House of Giants by Iterare Arquitectos

Iterare Arquitectos has used traditional construction techniques and local materials to update a 100-year-old home in Valencia with a minimalist interior. House of Giants is located in Valencia’s El Cabañal neighbourhood, which was historically populated by fishermen. The three-storey home, which belongs to a local artist and engraver, has been designed by Iterare Arquitectos to

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Neri&Hu draws upon Taipei’s urban landscape for design of Kimpton Da An Hotel

January 12, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Kimpton Da An Hotel by Neri&Hu

The bustling city streets of Taipei informed the interiors of this hotel, which design studio Neri&Hu has created within a former residential building. Situated in the Da’an district of Taipei, the Kimpton Da An Hotel is meant to be an “inner sanctuary” with plenty of spaces for rest and contemplation. Although the hotel has been

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