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Toledano + Architects adds wavy mezzanine to compact Biarritz apartment

November 5, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French firm Toledano + Architects has renovated an apartment in the seaside town of Biarritz, adding a raised sleeping area that looks out towards the nearby lighthouse through a large bay window. The apartment was originally the entrance hall of a typical 1930s villa designed in the Basque style, with a bay window facing the

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Bricks made with tea leaves clad Beijing teahouse by Kooo Architects

November 4, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects used custom-made bricks that combine compressed earth with waste tea leaves to create a natural feel inside the Théatre teashop in Beijing. The store located in Beijing’s central business district belongs to Chinese brand Théatre, which wanted to immerse guests in the tea-drinking experience. Kooo Architects created a multi-sensory space featuring

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Simplicity sets Osaka’s “first modern ryokan” inside Nikken Sekkei high-rise

October 30, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Simplicity used a palette of natural materials including wood, stone and tatami to evoke the look and feel of a traditional Japanese inn when creating the ryokan floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Osaka. The hotel is located in the Dojima business district of Osaka, set within the multi-use One Dojima high-rise

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Birdhouses informed by skyscrapers and modernist architecture feature in Dwellings exhibition

October 2, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Andu Masebo and Rio Kobayashi are among 23 designers who have created birdhouses for an exhibition held at South London Gallery that aimed to unpack “what it means to build a house for a bird”. Conceived by design studio Computer Room and birdwatching collective Flock Together, the Dwellings project focused on shared themes of sanctuary

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Plantea Estudio creates “frank and efficient German ambience” inside Acid Berlin bakery

September 16, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish practice Plantea Estudio has completed the interior of Acid bakery in Berlin, which features a palette of austere and functional materials chosen to echo its urban context. Acid Berlin is located on a corner lot in the city’s central Mitte district, with large ground-floor windows looking out onto Rosenthaler Strasse and Auguststrasse. Having previously

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Gold-leaf wall divides renovated Barcelona apartment by Raúl Sánchez Architects

September 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Raúl Sánchez has renovated a flat in a typical Barcelona apartment building, adding built-in cabinetry and furnishings in hues that echo the original mosaic flooring. The 85-square-metre flat was created following the subdivision of a larger apartment with aspects towards the Carrer d’Enric Granados on one side and a large internal courtyard on the

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Tabitha Isobel completes “warm and inviting” Regent Street store for Carl Friedrik

August 29, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interiors studio Tabitha Isobel has designed a gallery-like store in central London for luxury luggage brand Carl Friedrik, featuring a rich and inviting palette comprising dark wood, metal and draped fabrics. Carl Friedrik approached studio founder Tabitha Organ to design the company’s first physical store, located in a Grade-II listed building on Regent Street just

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Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat

August 26, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

British studio Intervention Architecture designed bespoke plywood joinery to conceal furniture including a pull-down bed and a collapsible dining table inside this micro apartment in north London. The flat is located within Florin Court, a nine-storey art deco building overlooking Charterhouse Square that was designed by Guy Morgan and Partners and built in 1938. The

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Material & Memory exhibition responds to “raw materiality” of Brinkburn Priory and Manor

August 25, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Tutors and researchers from Northumbria University have filled a derelict manor house, nestled in a curve of the River Coquet in Northumberland, with objects informed by the site’s rich history and materiality. The exhibition titled Material & Memory is being held at Brinkburn Priory and Manor, a former 12th-century monastery that fell into ruin and

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YSG creates “eccentric beats of nostalgia” in Byron Bay seaside home

August 23, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. Byron Bay is known for its tropical climate and surf culture, so YSG director Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem designed a laid-back interior filled with period details to complement the lush

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