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AMO designs Off-White flagship store as an “abstract reinterpretation of Paris”

July 27, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Off-White Paris store by AMO

Off-White’s latest AMO-designed flagship store features abstract interpretations of Paris’s courtyards and flea markets. Located two blocks away from Place Vendôme, the Off-White Paris store extends over three floors of a 19th-century corner building. The outpost is the second Off-White store to be designed by AMO – the creative think tank of the OMA –

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Mustard yellow tiles clad the walls of this Chengdu hotel by Archetype

July 26, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Buda Hotel interior by Archetype

Grid patterns and crisp lines are softened by an earthy colour palette in this hotel interior in Chengdu, China, by local firm Archetype Design Organization. Located in a building from 2002 that was previously used as shops and offices, the 3,209-square-metre Buda Hotel is sandwiched between the city’s busy Yizhou Avenue and a quiet community neighbourhood.

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Stüssy’s Shibuya store interior by Perron-Roettinger draws upon the clothing brand’s surfing roots

July 25, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Stüssy Shibuya store by Perron-Roettinger

Woven grass “Tiki Totems”, timber frameworks and bold geometric shapes that recall surf culture make up Los Angeles-based design studio Perron-Roettinger’s latest store for clothing brand Stüssy in Tokyo. Called the Stüssy Shibuya Chapter, the store is located on a corner plot in the city’s bustling Shibuya ward. Perron-Roettinger, founded by Willo Perron and Brian

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Point Supreme Architects uses colour to define different functions in Athens apartment

July 20, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Trikoupi apartment by Point Supreme

A previously hidden central lightwell funnels light into this formerly dark and enclosed apartment in Athens designed by local architects Point Supreme Architects. Located in the centre of the city on the sixth floor of a 1980s Athenian polykatoikia — a concrete residential block made up of family apartments with tiered balconies — the two-bedroom

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DG Arquitecto adds minimalist interventions to historic Valencia apartment

July 18, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Casa Cas 8 by DG Arquitecto

DG Arquitecto has completed a minimalist renovation of a 1920s penthouse in Valencia, which celebrates the apartment’s original mosaic floors, decorative mouldings and arched doorways. Located on the top floor of an apartment block in the city’s Ruzafa neighbourhood, the 100-square-metre penthouse was previously made up of narrow corridors and small rooms. Local studio DG

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Arched openings connect indoor and outdoor spaces in 1960s Spanish holiday home

July 12, 2021 Ali Morris 0
The kitchen space has a light and airy look

Perforated steel doors, generous arched openings and terracotta tile floors help to blend the indoor and outdoor spaces within this Spanish holiday home by Barcelona design studio Bajet Giramé. Owned by three sisters who bought the property with a view to renovating it to use as a summer home, Las 3 Marías is located in

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Note Design Studio creates warm-hued wine bar that doubles as an office

July 12, 2021 Ali Morris 0
It has dark wood furnishings

The dark-wood interiors of Japanese bars and restaurants informed this wine-bar-cum-office in Stockholm designed by local studio Note for Swedish digital technology consultancy Samsen. Samsen, a specialist technology consultancy, lets its employees choose how, when and where they work and with which clients. The company’s office set-up led to the unusual interior. “When we did

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Rooi uses plywood joinery to revamp post-war Chinese apartment for modern life

July 7, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Post-war Beijing apartment by Rooi

Multifunctional plywood structures that create spaces for sleeping, storage and drinking tea feature in this compact apartment in Beijing designed by Rooi. Rooi aimed to create a unique apartment in the block of thirty-six identical units that was built in 1950 to provide accommodation for the families of workers employed at a nearby research institution.

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Daytrip channels Margate’s rippled beach in revamped Turner Contemporary store

July 6, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Turner Contemporary store by Daytrip

Design studio Daytrip looked to Margate’s dramatic beach landscape when designing this shop for the Turner Contemporary gallery, which sits perched on the town’s seafront. The David Chipperfield-designed gallery, distinguished by its opaque glass shell and expansive ocean views, recently reopened after a renovation project that included the shop along with a new cafe and common

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Halleroed inserts sculptural travertine display plinths in Axel Arigato’s Paris store

July 5, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Axel Arigato Paris store by Halleroed

Design studio Halleroed has used travertine podiums to display sneakers like sculptures in the Paris store of streetwear label Axel Arigato. Located in the Marais district on Rue Vieille du Temple, the boutique stocks the brand’s full range of footwear, clothing and accessories, in addition to a curated selection of design objects. The store occupies

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