Articles by Natasha Levy

AUW creates woolly walled pavilion in rural Hungary

August 23, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Fleecy surfaces create a cosy setting inside this pavilion in western Hungary, which architecture studio AUW hope visitors will use as a space to host “therapy sessions with themselves”. The Wool House pavilion – which features a timber base, tin roof, and fleece-clad facade – was built by Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop (AUW) for architectural festival Hello Wood

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Freaks Architecture divides tiny Parisian pied-à-terre with mobile storage unit

August 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French studio Freaks Architecture has placed an arched storage unit at the centre of this home in Paris, which can be moved around to suit the lifestyle of its retired inhabitants. Situated in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, the La Tournette apartment belongs to a pair of retired architects. Now spending the majority of their time in

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Sella Concept uses pink tones for Night Tales bar under railway arches in Hackney

August 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Curved openings and salmon-pink furnishings appear throughout Night Tales Bohemia Place, a new east London bar designed by Sella Concept. Occupying two arches beneath Hackney Central train station, it is the latest in a series of Night Tales venues that have opened in the UK capital in the past five years. Design studio Sella Concept was charged with developing an aesthetic for

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Amy Shao imagines Herbalist Hotel where stressed Londoners can rest

August 20, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Royal College of Art graduate Amy Shao has proposed converting a central London hospital into a hotel, which would naturally treat guests with herbs that sprout from the roof, ceiling and walls. Titled Herbalist Hotel, the project was designed by Shao in the final year of her interior design masters course at the Royal College of

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Batek Architekten create gallery-like backdrop for Zalando beauty store in Berlin

August 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

German practice Batek Architekten combined pale surfaces with concrete and steel accents to draw customer’s attention to the products on offer in this beauty store in central Berlin. The shop is located close to the city’s busy Hackescher Markt square and is Zalando’s first bricks-and-mortar store – the brand previously sold high-street fashion, shoes and

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Studio Job opts for maximalism inside new Antwerp headquarters

August 16, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Paint-splattered surfaces, spaghetti-print bed sheets and neon wall art all feature in Studio Job’s new base in Antwerp, Belgium, in a design that founder Job Smeets describes as being “like a visual assault”. The art and design studio opted for maximalism – the highly decorative style that is growing in popularity – for its gallery-inspired new

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Bright partitions and chunks of marble define Loreak fashion store in San Sebastián

August 15, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Pensando en Blanco has dotted blue glass partitions and jagged offcuts of grey marble throughout this otherwise colourless clothing store in northern Spain. Established in 1995, Loreak already have a host of stores across Spain in locations such as Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. For the interiors of its two-storey San Sebastian branch, the fashion label

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Teatum + Teatum transforms 18th-century iron foundry in Sheffield into pared-back offices

August 6, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

British architecture studio Teatum + Teatum has adapted an old iron foundry in Sheffield into modern offices for a communications agency and co-working local businesses. The Testone Factory is set inside a former iron foundry in Sheffield’s previously-industrial Kelham Island quarter, which has been the site of various factories since the 1600s. London-based studio Teatum +

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Pink marble and patchy concrete emulate ancient Rome in Melbourne’s Pentolina pasta bar

August 5, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Australian studio Biasol paired worn concrete walls with pink marble and rich red accents for the interiors of this Italian restaurant in Melbourne, which takes visual cues from Ancient Rome. Pentolina is set inside a 100-year-old building on Little Collins street, surrounded by a host of other eateries and shops. Its owner had been a

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Louise Nissen envisions respiratory clinic in Margate lido to treat Londoners’ lungs

August 3, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Royal College of Art graduate Louise Nissen has suggested converting an abandoned lido in the British seaside town of Margate into a respiratory clinic for Londoners suffering from pollution-related maladies. Titled Sea Sanctuary, the concept was designed by Nissen in the final year of her interior design masters course at the Royal College of Art.

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