Articles by Natasha Levy

Studio Tate references old treasuries with coffee shop for Commonwealth Bank of Australia

October 7, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

The “restrained opulence” of historic banks and treasuries informed the interior of this coffee shop in Sydney, designed by Studio Tate. Toby’s Estate is within the ground-floor foyer of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia headquarters, recently completed by firm Woods Bagot. The brief given to Melbourne-based Studio Tate was to create a luxurious finish for the coffee shop, which has branches

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Green kitchen and wall of plants add character to low-budget apartment in Ukraine

September 30, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A kitchen decked out with forest-green plywood cabinets and a shelving unit filled with plants add colour to this otherwise simple apartment in Ukrainian city Lviv, by interior designer Roman Shpelyk. Apartment #149 is the home of a young couple, who asked Shpelyk for an inexpensive overhaul of their living spaces, to make it feel roomy. “The

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Green kitchen and wall of plants add character to low-budget apartment in Ukraine

September 30, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A kitchen decked out with forest-green plywood cabinets and a shelving unit filled with plants add colour to this otherwise simple apartment in Ukrainian city Lviv, by interior designer Roman Shpelyk. Apartment #149 is the home of a young couple, who asked Shpelyk for an inexpensive overhaul of their living spaces, to make it feel roomy. “The

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Green kitchen and wall of plants add character to low-budget apartment in Ukraine

September 30, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A kitchen decked out with forest-green plywood cabinets and a shelving unit filled with plants add colour to this otherwise simple apartment in Ukrainian city Lviv, by interior designer Roman Shpelyk. Apartment #149 is the home of a young couple, who asked Shpelyk for an inexpensive overhaul of their living spaces, to make it feel roomy. “The

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Slices of timber align to form roof of outdoor classroom near Moscow

September 22, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A huge tree trunk has been sliced into sections to create the slatted roof of this outdoor classroom designed by architecture students for a school at an art park in Russia’s Kaluga region. The semi-outdoor classroom is affixed to an existing school building set within Nikola-Lenivets, an art park in a village around four hours from

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Populous updates Lord’s cricket stand with fan-shaped roof

September 19, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Splayed wooden ribs support the new gauze-like roof of the Warner stand at Lord’s cricket grounds, and was designed by Populous as part of a wider overhaul of the stadium. The update of the Warner stand is the first phase of a 20-year masterplan orchestrated by Marylebone Cricket Club, the owners of Lord’s, which will see extensive

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10 double-height rooms that bring ample space and light into home interiors

September 8, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

From lofty living rooms to towering lightwells, this week’s Pinterest roundup focuses on double-height interiors that use elevated ceilings to their advantage. Fukushima house, Japan by Cohta Asano Asano’s home in Fukushima is composed of nine overlapping cuboids, creating a complex interior arrangement of double- and triple-height rooms. The building’s wooden grid structure, which has

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10 double-height rooms that bring ample space and light into home interiors

September 8, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

From lofty living rooms to towering lightwells, this week’s Pinterest roundup focuses on double-height interiors that use elevated ceilings to their advantage. Fukushima house, Japan by Cohta Asano Asano’s home in Fukushima is composed of nine overlapping cuboids, creating a complex interior arrangement of double- and triple-height rooms. The building’s wooden grid structure, which has

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