Articles by Alice Morby

MVRDV creates interiors for Groos store inside post-war Rotterdam building

June 2, 2017 Alice Morby 0

MVRDV restored the industrial roots of this building in the Het Industriegebouw in Rotterdam to create a new home for the Groos design store. The Groos store, which had spent four years in the Schieblock building, has become known as a design hotspot for Rotterdam. When the founders decided it was time to move premises

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V&A celebrates legacy of fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga in new exhibition

May 24, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion opens at London’s V&A today, with the exhibition showcasing over 100 pieces of the Spanish designer’s work from the later stages of his career, as well as the works of designers he has influenced. Cristóbal Balenciaga founded the Balenciaga fashion house in 1919, and went on to become one of the most

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Atelier Boter creates home for a furniture designer above his shop in Taiwan

May 14, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Taiwanese studio Atelier Boter has transformed the second level of a teak furniture shop into a home for its owner, adding a traditional tatami room that looks out onto an indoor garden. Located in the Daliao District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, The Second Floor property sits atop of a furniture shop that deals exclusively in teak

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Carr creates dark and moody interiors for art-filled hotel in Australia’s wine region

May 12, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Australian architecture studio Carr has transformed a Federation cottage on the Mornington Peninsula into the Jackalope hotel, cladding the building’s exterior in charred timber and creating interiors based on an alchemist’s workshop. The Jackalope is located in a wine-growing region south of Melbourne that is famed for its production of pinot noir. Comprising both an

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Christian Halleröd uses yellow accents for Axel Arigato Gallery in Stockholm

May 6, 2017 Alice Morby 0

When designing this pop-up store for fashion brand Axel Arigato, Christian Halleröd brought colour to the minimal space through yellow-tinted windows and bright fur seats. Halleröd, the architect behind the brand’s London flagship store, was brought on board to design the Axel Arigato Gallery in the Bibliotekstan shopping district of Stockholm. As in his previous

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company plans to beat traffic with underground “car skates”

May 2, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Elon Musk has revealed a plan for easing city congestion that would see an underground network of tunnels transporting cars on high-speed skates travelling at 130 miles per hour. The entrepreneur and Tesla founder presented his vision for The Boring Company along with a video during a TED Talk last week in Vancouver. He founded

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Vincent van Duysen’s first Molteni&C flagship store opens in Milan

April 23, 2017 Alice Morby 0

For his first flagship design since becoming its creative director, Vincent van Duysen has created a space for Molteni&C that feels like a “secluded home from home”. The Molteni Group tasked the Belgian architect with designing its biggest flagship store to date, which is located on via Cavallotti in Milan’s new Durini design district. Van Duysen,

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Vincent van Duysen’s first Molteni&C flagship store opens in Milan

April 23, 2017 Alice Morby 0

For his first flagship design since becoming its creative director, Vincent van Duysen has created a space for Molteni&C that feels like a “secluded home from home”. The Molteni Group tasked the Belgian architect with designing its biggest flagship store to date, which is located on via Cavallotti in Milan’s new Durini design district. Van Duysen,

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Antonino Cardillo bases textured all-green gallery interior on Wagner opera

April 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

When refurbishing the interior of this gallery in Rome, Antonino Cardillo looked to the colours and textures used in the opening scene of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold opera. Cardillo’s Crepuscular Green project is an interior refurbishment of an art gallery located in San Lorenzo, Rome. Described by the architect as a “green golden grotto”, the

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