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Grove Park extension by O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has wooden lining and verdant views

July 1, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Grove Park by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has added an ash-lined extension with expansive windows to a gardener’s home in Lewisham, southeast London. Grove Park is an end-of-terrace house that was originally built back in the 1980s. The wood-lined extension that O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has added to the home sits at ground level, incorporating a small garage that was

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Timber and Indian stone tiles feature inside VS House in Ahmedabad

June 30, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
VS House designed by Sārānsh

Architecture studio Sārānsh used a range of materials to create a rich sense of tactility inside this family home in Ahmedabad, western India. VS House is situated on the fringes of the city of Ahmedabad. It was built seven years ago as a four-bed home but has been reconfigured by Sārānsh. Now it hosts three

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Outdoor dining “last chance” for many restaurants says Ben Masterton-Smith

June 29, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Outdoor dining "last chance" for many restaurants says Ben Masterton-Smith

As a result of social distancing rules many restaurants will have to reduce their indoor capacities when they reopen. Architect Ben Masterton-Smith believes that creating enjoyable alfresco dining areas may be key to restaurants’ survival. Masterton-Smith, who is the founder of Transit Studio, has created Social Soho – a proposal to temporarily pedestrianise pockets of London’s

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Aino and Alvar Aalto’s Savoy restaurant in Helsinki restored after 80 years

June 28, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Restaurant Savoy renovation by Studio Ilse and Artek

Ilse Crawford and her eponymous studio worked with Finnish furniture brand Artek to carry out a sensitive revamp of notable Helsinki restaurant Savoy. Married architects Aino and Alvar Aalto completed the original interiors of Savoy back in 1937, designing the space to reflect their penchant for natural materials and comfy furnishings. However, after more than

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KennedyTwaddle inserts pitched-roofed houses with private courtyards into former timber yard

June 26, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Spencer Courtyard by KennedyTwaddle

Architecture studio KennedyTwaddle prioritised privacy in the construction of this pitched-roof housing development, which has been built on a awkward plot in Finchley, north London. The brownfield site was originally a timber yard, but up until recently had been host to a handful of severely neglected buildings and a disused two-storey office – all of which

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Martin Skoček contrasts contemporary facade of House V with rustic brick interiors

June 25, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
House V designed by Martin Skoček

Salvaged time-worn bricks line the interiors of this gabled house near Bratislava, Slovakia, designed by local architect Martin Skoček. House V replaces a property that had been built on the site nearly 80 years ago, but over time had fallen into complete disrepair. “The structural analysis showed that the load-bearing parts were not in good

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Bronze chainmail curtains add drama to Qualia restaurant in Mumbai

June 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Qualia restaurant in Mumbai designed by Serie Architects

Undulating chainmail curtains lend a stage-like quality to the open kitchen of this Mumbai restaurant designed by Serie Architects. Qualia is set on the ground floor of Mumbai’s Lodha World One skyscraper and has been designed to let diners “feel part of the entire practice of cooking”. To achieve this, Serie Architects orientated all of

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Kink restaurant in Berlin is dominated by a red-neon light installation

June 23, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

A tangle of red neon tubes hangs at the centre of Kink restaurant and bar in Berlin, which has been designed by owners Oliver Mansaray and Daniel Scheppan. Kink was created by Mansaray and Scheppan to blend contemporary art and gastronomy “with a touch of nonsense”. It occupies a restored industrial building in Pfefferberg, a

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McLaren Excell channels church interiors for The Splash Lab’s LA showroom

June 22, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
The Splash Lab showroom in LA designed by McLaren Excell

Arched doorways, altar-like tables and a nave-style display area feature in this Los Angeles showroom that McLaren Excell has designed for bathroom brand The Splash Lab. The Splash Lab’s showroom takes over a converted factory in LA’s Culver City area that was originally built back in the 1930s. As this is the bathroom brand’s US

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Atelier Dialect places mirrored tub in minty green bathroom of Apartment A

June 21, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Apartment A by Atelier Dialect

Green walls offset a shiny steel tub in the bathroom of this Antwerp apartment, which has been updated by Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect. The green bathroom is one of a handful of aesthetic changes that Atelier Dialect made to Apartment A. Before the studio’s intervention, the home had already undergone an extensive renovation by

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