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SUPRBLK turns biscuit baking room into light-filled London apartment

October 2, 2019 Ali Morris 0
The Biscuit Factory apartment, designed by SUPRBLK

Architecture studio SUPRBLK has erected birch plywood pods in place of walls in this London apartment, which lies within a former biscuit factory. Set within the baking room of a former biscuit factory in east London, the apartment, which is shortlisted in the 2019 Dezeen Awards, replaces dark and dated living quarters that were created

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MANA and Scott Oster insert mirrored skate ramp into Parisian store

September 29, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Le Cube installation by MANA and Scott Oster

Chicago architecture practice MANA and skateboarder Scott Oster have added a skate ramp encased within a reflective silver cube in the atrium of Le Bon Marché department store in Paris. The installation – called Le Cube – was unveiled as the centrepiece of the Los Angeles Rive Gauche exhibition in Paris, where a curated selection

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MANA and Scott Oster insert mirrored skate ramp into Parisian store

September 29, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Le Cube installation by MANA and Scott Oster

Chicago architecture practice MANA and skateboarder Scott Oster have added a skate ramp encased within a reflective silver cube in the atrium of Le Bon Marché department store in Paris. The installation – called Le Cube – was unveiled as the centrepiece of the Los Angeles Rive Gauche exhibition in Paris, where a curated selection

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Conran and Partners overhauls office lobby to feature hotel-style leisure areas

September 25, 2019 Ali Morris 0
200 Gray’s Inn Road by Conran and Partners

Architecture practice Conran and Partners has renovated the ground floor lobby of a central London office to create a shared space that “blurs the edges between work and play”. Conran and Partners has redesigned the ground floor of Holborn’s 200 Gray’s Inn Road building to be a bright and comfortable shared workspace that functions more like

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Fumihiko Sano Studio creates cedar-lined chocolate cafe in Kyoto

September 22, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Dandelion Chocolate, Kyoto, designed by Fumihiko Sano Studio

Fumihiko Sano Studio has created a cafe and shop for San Francisco chocolatier Dandelion Chocolate, which occupies a century-old house in Kyoto, Japan. Dandelion Chocolate is a small-batch bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker from San Francisco that has cafes dotted across the US and Japan. The brand’s latest Kyoto branch is located on a quiet street in

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DecaArchitecture carves holistic spa into Greek mountain

September 11, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Euphoria spa in the Euphoria retreat by decaARCHITECTURE

This cavernous 3,000-square-metre spa by DecaArchitecture is located within a building that is carved into the base of a mountain in Mystras, Greece. Billed as the first holistic wellness destination spa retreat in Greece, the Euphoria spa sits between a cypress forest and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras – an important Byzantine landmark.

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Karv One Design builds school around giant slide and ball pit

September 5, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Blossom School by Karv One Design

Pastel colours and decorative white partition screens feature in this school in Chengdu, China, designed by Hong Kong studio Karv One Design. Karv One Design created the school as an experimental learning and play space for families at a sales office belonging to property developer Fantasia Holdings. The 3520-square-metre space is based upon the idea of

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Johnson Naylor and MS-DA create Dungeness holiday home on site of radar station

September 4, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Dungeness holiday home by Johnson Naylor and MSDA

Two dilapidated sheds built in 1961 on the shingle beach of Dungeness in Kent have been replaced with a cosy holiday home by London studios MS-DA and Johnson Naylor. The corrugated metal structure with its interlocking pitched roofs replaces a pair of sheds that were built in the 1960s to test radar equipment. The project

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S/LAB10 hides office behind golden folding facade on suburban street in Kuala Lumpur

September 3, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Mantab office by S/LAB10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

S/LAB has placed an office with mismatched interiors for property development company Mantab behind a golden folding facade on a quiet street in Kuala Lumpur. Arranged across the converted house’s existing structure, the conversion has created offices for the company’s three directors, as well a display gallery and leisure spaces for hosting clients. The interior follows the theme

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Reina & Asociados creates exhibition space within vaulted cellars of Seville’s Alcázar

April 28, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Real Alcazar by Reina and Asociados

Reina & Asociados has transformed the vaulted brick cellars of the Palacio del Rey don Pedro at Seville’s Royal Alcázar into an exhibition space. The refurbishment opens up the previously closed vaulted chambers to the public and will eventually serve as an exhibition space for a selection of archaeological artifacts gathered from the Alcázar’s collection. Located inside

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