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tasked with updating its art deco codes, italian architect and interior designer fabrizio casiraghi has redesigned the drouant restaurant in paris. considered one of the city’s jewels, the historical establishment recently reopened in time to host the prix goncourt, a prestigious french literary ceremony held in one of its private salons since 1914. images courtesy […]

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located in the el born neighborhood of barcelona, design studio nada has refurbished the ‘picasso’ apartment for a young professional couple. situated within a residential building dating back to the 1970s, the existing residence overlooks the parc de la ciutadella, the greatest green area in the city center. the recently completed project sees the reimagining […]

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david chipperfield has been announced as the new guest editor of domus magazine for the year 2020. following michele de lucchi and winy maas, chipperfield will be the third architect of the editorial project dubbed 10 x 10 x 10, where 10 architects of international fame will take turns at the helm for the duration […]

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UNStudio has completed the renovation of a façade on the P.C. hooftstraat, an elegant shopping street in amsterdam. the avenue is home to leading international and dutch designers, flagship stores, and boutiques, including ‘crystal house’, the Hermès boutique. taking cues from nearby museums for framing dutch art, UNStudio’s design — titled ‘the looking glass’ — […]

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‘611 west 56th street’, the first project in the united states by portuguese architect álvaro siza, has officially topped out in new york. the milestone coincides with the project’s first photography, with the building documented in its current state by joão morgado. previously featured on designboom here, the limestone-clad condominium tower will contain 80 residences […]

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snøhetta announces its success in a recent competition to design the xingtai grand theater in china. the winning project, which forms part of a new masterplan for the hebei province, intends to create a new cultural beacon for the rapidly modernizing city of xingtai. combining contemporary architecture with ancient eastern chinese philosophy, the first-prize scheme […]

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VTN architects (vo trong nghia architects) has completed a beachfront hotel in da nang, a coastal city in central vietnam popular with tourists. located on vo nguyen giap road, and directly facing my khe beach, the ‘chic-land hotel’ offers guests sea views, bright sunlight, cool breezes, and fresh air. rising to a total height of […]

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‘jardim’, the much-anticipated residential development by brazilian architect isay weinfeld, has opened in manhattan’s west chelsea neighborhood. the project, which takes the name of the portuguese word for ‘garden’, appropriately features a private plant-filled park framed by the development’s two 11-story towers. meanwhile, a brick-vaulted private tunnel serves as a paparazzi-proof porte-cochè and connects west […]

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takao shiotsuka atelier has topped the library of taketa city, japan, with a gabled roof of stainless steel, divided in three distinct segments. the fragmented roof appears to be detached from the library’s reinforced concrete walls, which contributes to the creation of an airy interior atmosphere and allows natural light to enter the different spaces. […]

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over the past 12 months, designboom has featured a wide range of private residences that offer their occupants a unique retreat from the outside world. despite being diverse in scale, material, and setting, our selected schemes below all offer inventive solutions for small spaces that both respond to, and engage with, their contexts — from […]

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