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Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture book editor selects five favourite 3D artists

September 15, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Hayden Clay features in the Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture book published by Gestalten

Berlin-based publisher Gestalten has released a book that showcases whimsical architectural and interiors renderings. The book’s editor, Elli Stuhler, highlights five artists that feature inside. Comprising just over 200 pages, Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture shows off the fanciful landscapes, structures and interiors imagined by 3D artists “working at the intersection of architecture, interior design, and

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Birch hotel by Red Deer takes over an 18th-century English mansion

September 13, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Birch hotel in Hertfordshire, England designed by Red Deer

Architecture studio Red Deer carried out an understated overhaul of a centuries-old mansion near Hertfordshire, England to form the Birch hotel, which is designed to challenge the idea of luxury. Birch is set on a 55-acre estate in the English town of Cheshunt, occupying a heritage-listed brick mansion that dates back to 1763. The 140-room

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French interior designer Christian Liaigre dies aged 77

September 8, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

French interior designer Christian Liaigre dies at 77

Christian Liaigre, who fashioned homes for the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Calvin Klein, has passed away at the age of 77. The French creative and founder of design studio Liaigre, died on Wednesday 2 September. As an interior designer, he was revered for his restrained aesthetic approach. Employing clean lines and natural materials throughout

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Brave Ground named Colour of the Year for 2021

September 8, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Brave Ground is Dulux's colour of the year 2021

Paint brand Dulux has unveiled a “reassuring” earthy beige hue called Brave Ground as its colour of the year for 2021. Brave Ground was selected as an “elemental” hue that reflects “the strength we can draw from nature, our growing desire to align more with the planet and looking towards the future” – particularly in

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Arched precast concrete panels form North Perth House by Nic Brunsdon

September 7, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Precast concrete panels punctuated with swooping arches make up this family home in Perth, Australia, designed by architect Nic Brunsdon. Nic Brunsdon squeezed the two-storey house onto a tight plot of land for a family keen to live closer to the city of Perth and all its amenities – even though it meant downsizing from

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O shop in Chengdu is a lifestyle store by day and a bar by night

September 6, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Shop O in Chengdu designed by Office AIO becomes a bar at night

A series of mirrored panels obscure the cocktail bar that lies inside this shop-cum-cafe in Chengdu, China created by design studio Office AIO. The shop, which is unusually called O, was named by its owner and the co-founder of Office AIO, Tim Kwan. Taking the first letter from the word “object”, Kwan and the shop

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Bureau de Change inserts bronze lift into 1920s art deco office block

September 4, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Bureau de Change inserts bronze lift into The Gaslight building in London

Bronze laser-cut sheets wrap around the lift shaft that extends up through this building in central London, which has been updated by architecture studio Bureau de Change. The elevator links together all four floors of The Gaslight, a mixed-use development that’s been created within an art deco building in central London’s Fitzrovia neighbourhood. Originally constructed

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The Olive Houses are off-grid retreats hidden in Mallorca’s mountains

September 3, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

The Olive Houses in Mallorca designed by Mar Plus Ask

Craggy boulders jut through walls in these off-grid guesthouses that architecture studio Mar Plus Ask has built in Mallorca, Spain, for creatives in need of a quiet escape. Tucked away high up in Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountains, The Olive Houses are run year-round by Mar Plus Ask as a silent refuge where solo architects, writers and

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Norm Architects balances “richness and restraint” in refresh of Alsterhaus’ menswear department

September 2, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Menswear department in Alsterhaus, Hamburg designed by Norm Architects

Oak, grey stone and yellow-tinted glass are some of the materials that Norm Architects has used in its minimal makeover of the menswear section of German department store Alsterhaus. Alsterhaus is situated at the heart of Hamburg and first opened its doors in 1912. Spanning 24,000 square metres, the department store offers a mix of fashion,

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Decada Muebles spotlights local craft inside Mexico’s Escondido Oaxaca Hotel

September 1, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Interiors studio Decada Muebles has filled this boutique hotel in Oaxaca City, Mexico with pieces made by the region’s artisans. A majority of the Escondido Oaxaca Hotel takes over a former family home that dates back to the 19th century. Inside are four of the hotel’s total 12 guest rooms – the last eight are

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