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Japanese food replicas “trigger your memory and stimulate your appetite”

October 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Gleaming sushi and an “earthquake-proof burger” are among the hyperrealistic food models on display at Japan House London as part of the exhibition Looks Delicious! Exploring Japan’s Food Replica Culture. Opening today, the show documents Japan’s history of food replicas, known as food samples or shokuhin sampuru in Japanese, which dates back to 1923 and

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Anttinen Oiva Architects “sets an example” with Finland’s largest mass-timber building

September 25, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Local studio Anttinen Oiva Architects has designed the mass-timber Katajanokan Laituri building in Helsinki as the headquarters for timber supplier Stora Enso. Located in Helsinki’s historic waterfront Kauppatori market district, Katajanokan Laituri houses the headquarters of the Stora Enso forestry company along with the 164-room Katajanokka Pier 4 Hotel and a restaurant. Anttinen Oiva Architects designed

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Eight sumptuous members’ clubs united by luxury interiors

September 8, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

A dog-shaped bronze sculpture and pale pink onyx basins feature in our latest lookbook, which collects a selection of lavish members’ clubs from around the world. Members’ clubs are private spaces that offer social and other facilities to paying members, typically designed with luxurious touches. From a newly opened venue in São Paulo to one

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Linda Boronkay selects bold shapes and colours for The Sessile

August 29, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Former Soho House design director Linda Boronkay drew on her experience of members’ clubs when creating communal spaces at The Sessile, a rentable apartment block in north London. Created by contemporary rental brand Way of Life, The Sessile is a 310-apartment building in Tottenham Hale. Boronkay designed the interiors for the building’s communal areas, which

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Loewe store in Seoul designed as “art collector’s home”

August 27, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Spanish fashion house Loewe paid homage to its own craft history in this Seoul store, which features artwork including a multi-level bamboo sculpture and a basket woven entirely from horse hair. The store is located in Seoul’s Gangnam district and is the first Casa Loewe branch in South Korea. A gleaming monolithic facade characterises the

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Eight eclectic self-designed homes by architects and designers

August 24, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Our latest lookbook collects eight dwellings that were self-designed by architects and designers including Mexico-based Ludwig Godefroy and London studio Holloway Li. From a modernist-style house in South Africa to an American family residence characterised by a large interior crane, there are a range of materials and floor plans offered by each of these homes.

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Aesop clads London store with tactile bars of soap

August 22, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Skincare brand Aesop has opened a minimalist store in London’s Knightsbridge, featuring a “soap corridor” created with uniform tiles made from the everyday bathroom product. Set within a slim and narrow room on Brompton Road, the Aesop outlet is characterised by a floor-to-ceiling installation made of cream-coloured soap bars. The installation, created by architect Nicolas

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Eight wooden kitchens that make the most of the material

August 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Swirly cabinets and oak-lined ceilings feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight residential kitchens from around the world where wood takes centre stage. Strong, versatile and often sustainable, timber is a favourite material among architects and designers. From an east London dwelling that is almost entirely underground to a rural Tasmanian farmhouse, here are

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Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden

August 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a “rigid” home. Named Art House, the four-storey dwelling is located on a leafy hillside in Filothei – an Athenian suburb developed in the 1920s as a greener antidote to the densely built-up

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James Shaw’s light-filled London home is almost entirely underground

July 26, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Lumpy recycled plastic furniture and circular skylights characterise this sunken London house, which designer James Shaw concealed on a 60-square-metre plot for himself and his family. Located in a conservation area in east London, the two-storey dwelling was constructed by Shaw and his friend, architect Nicholas Ashby. The neighbourhood’s planning restrictions required the pair to build

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