London

Formica, leatherette and dark-wood furniture lend a retro feel to the interior of this east London eatery, which local studio House of Dré designed to evoke classic Italian trattorias. Tom’s Pasta is located within Hackney Downs Studios – a creative hub and community space where Andreas Christodoulou, founder of House of Dré, also has his

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Architecture studio EBBA used warm hues and “milky” surfaces to foster a relaxed ambience in this coffee shop, which is tucked within London’s busy Holborn tube station. This is the fifth location that coffee and baked goods company Joe Blake’s has opened in the capital since launching in 2019. The compact site in Holborn was

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The walls of this extension to a post-war terraced house in north London were made from interlocking clay blocks that local firm THISS Studio left exposed to create a warm and textural finish. THISS Studio was asked to design a rear extension for the house, located near Butterfield Green in Stoke Newington, and to reconfigure

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The walls of this extension to a post-war terraced house in north London were made from interlocking clay blocks that local firm THISS Studio left exposed to create a warm and textural finish. THISS Studio was asked to design a rear extension for the house, located near Butterfield Green in Stoke Newington, and to reconfigure

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EBBA Architects founder Benni Allan has renovated his own London apartment in a former tea factory, which features walls, floors, furniture and even speakers crafted from Douglas fir. Located on the top floor of a canalside plot in east London, Living with Timber is the self-designed home of Allan, who runs the nearby studio EBBA.

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