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Sustainable food and furniture features in zero-waste London restaurant Silo

April 23, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Silo restaurant designed by Nina+Co

Mycelium pendant lamps dangle above recycled-plastic dining tables inside Silo, a zero-waste restaurant in east London designed by studio Nina+Co. Silo is set within The White Building, a creative hub in the Hackney Wick neighbourhood that contains studio space for artists and a craft brewery. The restaurant, which is headed up by chef Douglas McMaster,

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Peter Belsey uses pale bricks and thick mortar to create monolithic facade of Brisbane’s Couldrey House

April 22, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Couldrey House by Peter Besley

Mortar oozes between the off-white bricks that clad this house in Brisbane, which architect Peter Belsey has designed to look “immensely heavy”. Couldrey House measures 320 square metres and is situated west of central Brisbane, nestled in the foothills of Mount Coot-tha. Besley wanted the house’s heavy materiality to contrast vernacular residential architecture in Australia,

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Lavandaria Morinha laundrette in Portugal takes subtle cues from old washhouses

April 20, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Lavandaria Morinha laundrette designed by Stu.dere

Design studio Stu.dere looked into traditional washing methods to create the interior of this laundrette in northern Portugal, which features marble and green-tile surfaces. Located in the municipality of Amarante, Lavandaria Morinha is a laundrette that includes a service area for garment alterations, repairs, dry cleaning and ironing. Although the space has a contemporary, pared-back

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North Bondi House in Sydney fronted by angular white gabled screens

April 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
North Bondi House by James Garvan Architecture

James Garvan Architecture has added gabled timber-batten screens to the facade of this house in Sydney, which is meant to mimic the form of a neighbouring property. The two-storey house in the back streets of North Bondi, a coastal suburb in eastern Sydney, has been overhauled by local studio James Garvan Architecture. It was previously

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Timothee Mercier transforms rural French farm building into home for his parents

April 16, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
MA House by Timothee Mercier from Studio XM

Architect Timothee Mercier of Studio XM has converted a ruined farm building in France into  an “intimate refuge” for his parents. MA House is located in Vaucluse, a picturesque part of southeast France that boasts vineyards, lavender fields and quaint villages. It takes over an old farmhouse on a plot of land that architect Timothee Mercier’s

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Shanghai’s Canal St shop is styled like the New York subway

April 15, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Canal St store by Sò Studio

A subway car-style corridor, worn concrete walls and metal railings feature inside this Shanghai clothing shop, which Sò Studio has designed to emulate New York. Canal St offers a selection of high-end streetwear and was designed by locally-based Sò Studio to “bring the downtown New York lifestyle to Shanghai”. The studio believes the two major

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John Whelan adorns Paris’ Nolinski restaurant with art-deco details

April 11, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Nolinski restaurant in Paris, designed by John Whelan

Gold-leaf “sunbursts” and mirrored panelling feature in this art deco-style Parisian restaurant, which British designer John Whelan has stirred with 1970s-inspired details. The restaurant is set within the five-star Nolinski hotel in Paris’ first arrondissement, just a short stroll from the Musée du Louvre, and Jardin des Tuileries. It had previously featured a mixture of

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SODA creates contemporary MYO offices inside 1970s London building

April 10, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
MYO office in 123 Victoria Street, designed by by Soda

The gridded facade of this office in central London informed the arrangement of its interiors, where SODA has built a series of flexible workspaces that can be adjusted to suit different occupants. The 3,716-square-metre MYO offices take over the second and third floors of 123 Victoria Street, a mixed-use building that lies just a short

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Eight home offices with stylish set-ups for remote working

April 9, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Home office interiors

The rise of coronavirus means a growing number of people are required to work remotely from their homes. Dezeen has selected eight inspiring home offices, including one that’s lined entirely with plywood and another that’s hidden inside an artichoke-shaped room. A Room in the Garden, UK, by Studio Ben Allen An artichoke-shaped garden room in

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Studio Goss uses concrete and plaster for Armadillo & Co showroom in Sydney

April 7, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Concrete, plaster and tiled surfaces offer a neutral backdrop to the pieces on display in this pared-back rug showroom in Sydney, Australia, designed by Studio Goss. Armadillo & Co is situated in the trendy neighbourhood of Surry Hills and is the third showroom that the Los Angeles-based luxury rug brand has opened in Australia. As

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