Articles by Amy Frearson

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Sullivan’s Fish Camp designed so “guests can’t be sure if it’s 1982 or 2024”

July 22, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

South Carolina-based studios SDCO and Basic Projects have overhauled a seaside restaurant in Charleston with a nostalgic design that extends across everything from interiors to memorabilia. Contemporary details feature throughout the redesigned Sullivan’s Fish Camp, but are interwoven with retro elements to create an aesthetic that respects the restaurant’s long history. Located on Sullivan’s Island,

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Casa Yuma hotel built with “vegetal concrete” and pink bricks

July 5, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio TAAC and interior designer Sara Skalli have created a seaside hotel in Mexico that uses traditional materials including chukum – a finish made from tree resin and limestone. Named Casa Yuma, the 25-room boutique hotel is located on Playa Los Naranjos, a short drive from Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

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Núñez Ribot pairs cork with mass timber at Casa Pádel in Madrid

July 5, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Spanish architects Teo Nuñez and Almudena Ribot have built the Casa Pádel apartment block in Madrid, combining a cross-laminated timber structure with cork cladding. The block of five apartments, one of which is lived in by the Núñez Ribot Arquitectos founders, occupies a sunken site in Aravaca that previously served as a padel tennis court.

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Reflect Architecture modernises remote saltbox houses on Newfoundland seafront

July 4, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

On a Newfoundland peninsula only accessible by boat or on foot, Toronto studio Reflect Architecture has transformed a pair of century-old saltbox houses into a flexible vacation home. Burdens Point Residence is formed of two renovated vernacular properties: Burden House, which was built in 1914, and Dunn House, which was built in 1912. A small

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Paradis Apartment offers design-led stays in Belgian seaside town

July 4, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

The founders of design PR agency Club Paradis have transformed an apartment in Ostend, Belgium, into a design-led vacation home where almost everything is for sale. Available for holiday stays, meetings or photoshoots, Paradis Apartment is filled with furniture, accessories and artworks by the likes of Muller Van Severen, Destroyers Builders and Nathalie Du Pasquier.

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Archmongers celebrates “raw beauty of brutalist concrete” in Trellick apartment refresh

July 3, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Newly exposed concrete walls are paired with a matching terrazzo in this sensitive home renovation by London studio Archmongers in North Kensington’s Trellick Tower. Led by architects Margaret Bursa and Johan Hybschmann, Archmongers reworked a duplex apartment on the 23rd and 24th floors of the listed 31-storey tower block. The design stays true to the

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Objective Studies drops first equitable design collection with A Calm Place exhibition

June 21, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A tranquil exhibition during 3 Days of Design showcased the launch collection for Objective Studies, a digital platform that shares its profits with designers and makers. A Calm Place featured furniture and homeware from 10 designers and studios, all now being marketed and sold directly from Objective Studies. The objects were presented in a scenography

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Objective Studies drops first equitable design collection with A Calm Place exhibition

June 21, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A tranquil exhibition during 3 Days of Design showcased the launch collection for Objective Studies, a digital platform that shares its profits with designers and makers. A Calm Place featured furniture and homeware from 10 designers and studios, all now being marketed and sold directly from Objective Studies. The objects were presented in a scenography

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Signe Hytte designs home of a poet for Enter the Salon show

June 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Danish designer Signe Hytte had Oscar Wilde in mind when designing this home for a fictional poet, presented during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. Enter the Salon was an exhibition of furniture and homeware products from seven different brands, styled to feel more like a lived-in interior than a show space. The project was

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Signe Hytte designs home of a poet for Enter the Salon show

June 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Danish designer Signe Hytte had Oscar Wilde in mind when designing this home for a fictional poet, presented during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. Enter the Salon was an exhibition of furniture and homeware products from seven different brands, styled to feel more like a lived-in interior than a show space. The project was

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