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Akin Atelier designs JAM Record Bar to feel like being “inside a giant speaker”

August 19, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Pink plywood and exposed insulation combine in this monochrome bar in Sydney, designed by local architecture office Akin Atelier to evoke the cosy feel of Tokyo’s mid-century listening bars. Akin Atelier founder Kelvin Ho designed JAM Record Bar for Justin Hemmes, the CEO of the Merivale hospitality group, who also runs a music label called

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Akin Atelier designs JAM Record Bar to feel like being “inside a giant speaker”

August 19, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Pink plywood and exposed insulation combine in this monochrome bar in Sydney, designed by local architecture office Akin Atelier to evoke the cosy feel of Tokyo’s mid-century listening bars. Akin Atelier founder Kelvin Ho designed JAM Record Bar for Justin Hemmes, the CEO of the Merivale hospitality group, who also runs a music label called

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Studio Est adds “brutalist elements” to Battersea Power Station apartment

August 18, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

London interiors firm Studio Est referenced the industrial heritage of Battersea Power Station when creating the interiors for this apartment set within the redeveloped landmark. The apartment’s owner wanted to transform the empty shell into a space that would reflect both his personal tastes and the home’s setting within the former art deco power station.

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Ministry of Design’s Workshop is a collaborative space for post-Covid working

August 13, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. With the MOD Workshop, studio founder Colin Seah set out to create a different type of workspace from Ministry of Design’s award-winning Bar Code office, which the practice occupied from 2010 to 2023.

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Marie & Alexandre takes over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

August 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume have filled an apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille with custom furniture, including a leather-and-metal armchair informed by the architect’s work. Marie & Alexandre is the latest design studio to create a scenography within Appartement N°50 after it was restored to its original

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Lucia Moholy’s photographs provide a different perspective on the Bauhaus

August 9, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

An exhibition at Prague’s Kunsthalle explores the life and work of Lucia Moholy, whose photographs helped to bring the Bauhaus to international attention. Here, curator Meghan Forbes picks five images that illuminate her often-overlooked legacy. Born in Prague in 1894, Lucia Moholy was an innovative and prolific photographer, documentalist and writer, best known for her

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Orange floors create “golden afterglow” in Aranya fashion store by Say Architects

August 4, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Chinese studio Say Architects has designed a concept store for fashion brand Nice Rice in the seaside resort of Aranya, featuring bright-orange tiles and furniture intended to evoke the colour of a sunset. Having previously designed stores for Nice Rice in Shenzhen, Chengdu and Shanghai, Say Architects conceived the interior as a response to the

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Design by 83 completes “simple and contemporary” Buddhist meditation centre in Busan

July 29, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Design by 83 combined traditional references with modern forms and finishes when designing this Buddhist temple and education space in the South Korean city of Busan. The Bohyun Buddhist Meditation Centre was created as an urban outpost of the Bohyunseonwon temple in the mountains of South Gyeongsang Province, which was hard to reach

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Niceworkshop applies artificial wood grain texture to Seoul cafe interior

July 28, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean studio Niceworkshop has designed a pared-back interior for a cafe in Seoul, where concrete walls and stainless-steel furnishings are finished to mimic wood. Set in the city’s multicultural Itaewon district, HaHouse Cafe operates alongside an exhibition space on the floor above, designed by Niceworkshop founder Hyunseog Oh in 2022. The initial demolition phase

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Sam Jacob gives “soft brutalist” University of Kent building a modern makeover

July 26, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Sam Jacob Studio has refurbished a 1960s building at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, using playful architectural references and bright colours to add layers of “wit and delight” to the existing interiors. The project provides teaching spaces for the university’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning, which is part of a

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