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Norm Architects fashions industrial yet warm interiors for Notabene flagship in Copenhagen

November 19, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Minimalist interior of Notabene shoe shop in Copenhagen, by Norm Architects

A harmonious mix of concrete, oakwood and aluminium features in this Copenhagen shoe store, which has been designed by Danish studio Norm Architects. When it came to devising a fit-out for the Notabene store in Copenhagen’s Old Town, Norm Architects worked on fostering “contrast and beauty” between the site’s existing industrial features and the warm,

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Akin Atelier designs Camilla and Marc store in Melbourne as “homage to the sense of touch”

November 17, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Plaster interiors of Camilla and Marc store in Melbourne by Akin Atelier

Plaster, travertine and pearly onyx are some of the materials that design studio Akin Atelier has used to form the tactile interiors of this womenswear store in Melbourne, Australia. Camilla and Marc takes over the ground floor of a 19th-century terrace in Armadale, an affluent suburb of Melbourne that’s home to a number of luxurious

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Ceiling inside Guadalajara’s Veneno restaurant resembles an archeological site

November 16, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Relief ceiling features in Veneno restaurant in Guadalajara

A relief ceiling depicting a labyrinth of ancient ruins extends above the diners in this restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico, which has been designed by local studio Monteon Arquitectos Asociados. Monteon Arquitectos Asociados was inspired to create the ceiling after seeing a photo of Casas Grandes, otherwise known as Paquimé – an archeological site located in

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Gad Line+ Studio converts old Tai’an houses into Cloud of Hometown hotel

November 8, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Seating area in front of panoramic windows in guest room of Cloud of Hometown Resort Hotel, China

Views of China’s most sacred mountain take prominence in this hotel designed by Gad Line+ Studio, which occupies a cluster of former homes in the city of Tai’an. Shortlisted in the hotel interior category of this year’s Dezeen Awards, the Cloud of Hometown Resort Hotel is nestled at the base of Mount Tai in the

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Yasmeen Lari works with impoverished villagers to re-pave Karachi’s old town

November 5, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Yasmeen Lari and Heritage Foundation of Pakistan create terracotta tiling alongside Pakistan's impoverished

Architect Yasmeen Lari and Heritage Foundation of Pakistan have worked with disadvantaged communities to craft terracotta tiling for a pedestrianised street in the historic heart of Karachi. The terracotta tiles appear along Rahguzar Walking Street, an “eco-enclave,” which sits close to Denso Hall library in Karachi’s old town. The project is being published as part of Lari’s

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OPA designs interior of Californian home to resemble clouds

November 3, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Seating nook of Softie house by OPA

Plump white walls and undulating ceilings can be found inside this house near San Francisco, which has been updated by design studio OPA to feature cloud-like forms. The owners of the three-floor home recruited OPA to create interiors that could provide “a release from the conformity of the outside world”. This prompted the local studio to

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Flooat creates “fluctuating landscape” inside publishing office near Tokyo

October 24, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Kadokawa office in Tokorozawa

Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. The 9,000-square-metre workspace, dubbed Kadokawa Tokorozawa Campus, is situated just north of Tokyo in the city of Tokorozawa. Local studio Flooat was tasked with designing its spacious interior and decided

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Flooat creates “fluctuating landscape” inside publishing office near Tokyo

October 24, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Kadokawa office in Tokorozawa

Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. The 9,000-square-metre workspace, dubbed Kadokawa Tokorozawa Campus, is situated just north of Tokyo in the city of Tokorozawa. Local studio Flooat was tasked with designing its spacious interior and decided

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Forte Forte’s Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details

October 21, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Interior of Forte Forte shop in Forte dei Marmi

A hull-style ceiling and terrazzo flooring that resembles sea salt appear inside this store in Tuscany by fashion brand Forte Forte, which has been designed by creative duo Giada Forte and Robert Vattilana. The boutique is rich with decorative features, which the pair says were informed by its location in Forte dei Marmi – a seaside

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Education First office in Denver takes cues from city’s “outdoorsy culture”

October 18, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Office interiors of Education First's base in Denver, Colorado

A natural material and colour palette helped the in-house design team at Education First to approximate the feeling of being outdoors inside the company’s office in Colorado. Education First (EF) specialises in language-learning tours across the world, and its Denver outpost occupies the fourth and fifth floor of the city’s first commercial cross-laminated timber (CLT) building,

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