Articles by Ali Morris

Vintage cars inform design of Garage Pompen & Verlouw restaurant in Den Bosch

March 29, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of Garage Pompen & Verlouw restaurant by Studio 34 South

Studio 34 South has transformed a former garage built in the Dutch city of Den Bosch into a restaurant and bar called Garage Pompen & Verlouw. The studio, helmed by Samantha Ellinson and Chechi Valentine, wanted to create a soft and light, warm and clean environment, within the former dark and industrial mechanic’s space. Using automobile

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Brani & Desi designs Breakfast With Mondrian apartment

March 27, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Bulgarian studio Brani & Desi has designed a concept for an apartment that would translate Dutch artist Piet Mondrian’s abstract paintings into 3D form. Shown in a series of renders the Breakfast With Mondrian apartment features bold blocks of primary colour intended to evoke positive emotions. Considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Mondrian

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Threefold Architects divides up London office with forty-metre long “inhabited wall”

March 24, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of Pocket Living office, designed by Threefold Architects

A forty-metre long wall made from plywood and steel partitions the public from private spaces within this London office by Threefold Architects. The 6,900 square-foot-space in London’s Covent Garden area is occupied by housing developers Pocket Living. Laid out across the building’s unusually long floor plate, the office is split in two by a partition wall

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Pets Playground apartment in Hong Kong is designed for couple, a parrot and a cat

March 23, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Pets Playground apartment in Hong Kong by Sim-Plex Design Studio

Sim-Plex Design Studio has created an apartment in Hong Kong for a couple that lives with their parrot, an elderly parent and her pet cat. Located in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, the 42-square-metre Pets Playground apartment belongs to a young couple, Ken and Teri, who own a parrot. The apartment is shared with Teri’s mother, who owns

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Core Kensington pilates studio blends Mexican and Norwegian design

March 17, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of Core Kensington pilates studio, designed by Studio Wolter Navarro

This calming pilates studio in Kensington, London, by Studio Wolter Navarro is divided by a central timber wall inspired by Mexican celosías. London-based Studio Wolter Navarro was invited by the pilates studio’s owners – a Mexican-Norwegian couple – to design a new premises for their pilates studio. The space contains references to both Mexican and

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BoardGrove Architects uses gradated tones of peach throughout Melbourne office

March 15, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Angle + Earl St Studio by BoardGrove Architects

Australian studio BoardGrove Architects uses three tones of peach to define different zones within this revamped shared studio space in Melbourne, Australia.  The clients – property developers, Angle, and branding business Earl St – asked local practice BoardGrove Architects to refresh its existing dark studio. The architecture studio created two separate spaces: a front of house area

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YPYC Architects uses pink and white shades for N² patisserie in Hangzhou

March 13, 2019 Ali Morris 0
N² patisserie in Hangzhou, designed by YPYC Architects

YPYC Architects has paired pastel pink and white surfaces with glass bricks to make a small patisserie in Hangzhou appear more spacious. Measuring just 40 square metres, the N² patisserie is located on a quiet city street with a south-facing facade. In order to shield the interior from the street outside, YPYC Architects chose to install a

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Ornate plasterwork ceilings hint at this Vilnius apartment’s grand past

March 11, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Young family apartment in Vilnius, designed by ŠA Atelier

Lithuanian studio ŠA Atelier has transformed a dilapidated 19th-century city apartment in Vilnius into a minimalist family home. The apartment is located in an ornate townhouse built in 1862 in the Lithuanian capital’s Old Town. Over its 157-year existence, the formerly grand building and its interiors had become run down having gone through a series

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Storage walls define space within bright yellow apartment in Stockholm

March 10, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Function Walls apartment, designed by Lookofsky Architecture

Swedish studio Lookofsky Architecture has used bright yellow storage walls to maximise space in a renovated Stockholm apartment. Belonging to a young couple, the 80-square-metre, one-bedroom 1920s apartment was last renovated in the 1970s. The owners invited Lookofsky Architecture to create a highly functional yet playful interior with plenty of storage space. The resulting design, called Function

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CRÜ combines different terracotta textures in Barcelona apartment

March 9, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Interiors of La Odette apartment by Crü

Exposed brickwork, vaulted ceilings and terracotta floor tiles feature throughout this renovated Barcelona apartment by Spanish architecture studio CRÜ. The La Odette apartment was formerly a dark and cramped three-bedroom home located on the second floor of an apartment building that dates back to 1877. It has been transformed into a spacious two-bedroom residence with

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