Steven Vandenborre creates light-filled extension for Ghent home

April 2, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Belgian practice Steven Vandenborre has added this annex to the rear of a family dwelling in Ghent, employing abundant glazing to frame garden scenes. The project called Pied-a-Terre extends into the back yard of a home in Ghent’s city centre, which belongs to a married couple and their four children. The husband and wife –

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Michaelis Boyd transforms London church into Michelin-starred restaurant

April 1, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture practice Michaelis Boyd has introduced touches of brass and geometric pattern to a listed church in London to create a 1960s-inspired home for Cantonese eatery Duddell’s. The restaurant, which has two stars in the influential Michelin Guide, was founded in Hong Kong in 2013 as a dining destination for people with an interest in

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Philippe Starck restores time-worn interiors of the Quadri restaurant in Venice

March 24, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French designer Philippe Starck has worked alongside Venetian artisans to restore this 18th-century restaurant, refreshing its upholstered walls, chandeliers and decadent furnishings. Quadri is situated on the northern end of Venice’s Piazza San Marco, set behind the arched openings of the square’s arcade. The cafe, which has been open since 1775, is now owned by the Alajmo

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen reveals plans to revitalise former brewery in Riga

March 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won a competition to repurpose a derelict brewery in the Latvian city of Riga, introducing offices, a hotel and a public plaza. The Kimmel Quarter occupies almost an entire city block of Riga’s Central District and takes its name from the nearby Brewery Kimmel, a beer manufacturer that operated throughout

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Competition: win a book exploring homes that express their owners’ personalities

March 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

In our latest competition, we have teamed up with publisher Gestalten to give five readers the chance to win a copy of Bohemian Residence, a book that explores eclectic city dwellings. Bohemian Residence showcases a diverse range of homes, all in urban locations, and aims to show how the interiors of these properties reflect the creative

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DeSallesFlint creates maritime-themed interiors for Puro Gdansk hotel

March 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Industrial shipyards and ruined grain stores informed DeSalleFlint’s design for the interiors of this hotel in the coastal city of Gdansk, Poland. The Puro Gdansk is situated at the heart of Granary Island, an area of the city that was home to several large grain warehouses before they were destroyed in the second world war. The

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Calvin Klein opens Paris HQ with interiors created by Ruby Sterling

March 19, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Artist Sterling Ruby has designed the paint-splashed interiors of Calvin Klein’s new Paris headquarters. Located in the city’s seventh arrondissement, the Paris HQ will largely be used to display Calvin Klein’s seasonal runway collections. Chief creative officer Raf Simons tasked artist and longtime collaborator Ruby with the space’s design, asking that he create an “immersive floor-to-ceiling

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Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L’Avventura restaurant

March 16, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden’s capital. Local practice Millimeter Arkitekter transformed the neglected cinema into an Italian eatery with a “grand and familiar character”, which honours the building’s historic quirks. Now L’Avventura restaurant, the cinema was designed by

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Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L’Avventura restaurant

March 16, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden’s capital. Local practice Millimeter Arkitekter transformed the neglected cinema into an Italian eatery with a “grand and familiar character”, which honours the building’s historic quirks. Now L’Avventura restaurant, the cinema was designed by

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Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L’Avventura restaurant

March 16, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden’s capital. Local practice Millimeter Arkitekter transformed the neglected cinema into an Italian eatery with a “grand and familiar character”, which honours the building’s historic quirks. Now L’Avventura restaurant, the cinema was designed by

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