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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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DAB Studio adds contemporary touches to Dutch home from Amsterdam School period

July 22, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

An Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder characterise this 1920s Dutch house, which interiors firm DAB Studio designed to reference the Amsterdam School. Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate brickwork and stained glass windows typical of the Amsterdam School – a movement from 1910 to 1920 that paid equal attention

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Aesop store interior references Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

July 17, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Danish bricks and narrow floor plan of this Aesop store in Copenhagen nod to the “humble” design of the nearby Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Located on Kronprinsensgade in Copenhagen’s old town, the neutral-hued store was created by skincare brand Aesop’s in-house design team to complement its setting without “unnecessary flourishes”. The interior takes

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Buckingham Palace’s chinoiserie interiors revealed following five-year renovation

July 15, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Porcelain lions, nine-tiered pagodas and a lotus-shaped chandelier feature in Buckingham Palace’s newly refurbished east wing, which has opened to the public for the first time in its 175-year history. The east wing at London’s Buckingham Palace, which opened this month, houses a series of decadent interconnected rooms including the centre room, which leads to

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Barbie exhibition aims to show toy is “worthy proposition from a design point of view”

July 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Barbie dolls and Dreamhouses featured in Barbie: The Exhibition at London’s Design Museum reflect shifts in visual culture over the famed toy’s 65 years. With over 250 objects on display, Barbie: The Exhibition opens today and examines the history of the doll since it was created by Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler in 1959. According

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Eight neutral-hued homes patterned with intricate herringbone flooring

June 29, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

From a 1970s apartment renovation in Lisbon to a converted shop in Montreal, our latest lookbook collects eight residential interiors characterised by decorative herringbone parquet flooring. The herringbone pattern is made of rectangles or parallelograms, arranged to resemble the bones of a herring. It is often used for wallpaper, textiles and floors. Herringbone is a

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Dawid Konieczny designs dinky Warsaw apartment to have “the ease of a good hotel room”

June 21, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Polish architect Dawid Konieczny has added mid-century modern elements to this Warsaw studio apartment, conceived to echo the compact size and sophistication of a hotel room. Set within an early 20th-century building clad in terracotta bricks, the apartment’s petite perimeter formed the basis for its interior design. “We’re talking about 30 square metres, so it’s

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Dawid Konieczny designs dinky Warsaw apartment to have “the ease of a good hotel room”

June 21, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Polish architect Dawid Konieczny has added mid-century modern elements to this Warsaw studio apartment, conceived to echo the compact size and sophistication of a hotel room. Set within an early 20th-century building clad in terracotta bricks, the apartment’s petite perimeter formed the basis for its interior design. “We’re talking about 30 square metres, so it’s

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“Proud Mancunian” Norman Foster to renovate Manchester United training ground

June 18, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has begun work renovating the interiors of the men’s first-team building at Manchester United’s Carrington training complex. Began yesterday, the renovation of the training ground located around six miles from the club’s Old Trafford home stadium is being led by Foster + Partners founder and Norman Foster, who is from

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Lina Stores South Kensington designed to “evoke the rhythm” of Italian espresso bars

June 16, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Interiors studio North End Design has applied the distinctive pistachio green synonymous with London’s popular Italian delicatessen and restaurant chain Lina Stores to the company’s newly opened branch in South Kensington. Positioned on the corner of Exhibition Road and Thurloe Square, the South Kensington restaurant is the seventh outpost of the well-known deli, which opened

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