Articles by Katie de Klee

Conrad Architects divides Melbourne townhouse into informal and formal living areas

September 9, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Conrad Architects has brought a contemporary touch to a townhouse in Melbourne, creating distinct living spaces for different times of the day. The downstairs living space in the Hornsby Residence is clearly divided into two primary zones: a formal sitting room in the front of the house, and a more informal dining are at the rear

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Warrior One yoga studio uses textured surfaces to reference the nearby sea

September 5, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Design studio Golden has incorporated a textured sisal ceiling and a muted palette of colours to create a connection to the sea, for Warrior One’s second yoga studio in Melbourne. The ocean and the coastline informed the materials and colour palette in the interior of the yoga studio in the coastal suburb of Mordialloc. Golden aimed to create

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“Infinite” spiralling staircases in Budapest captured by Balint Alovits

September 2, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Balint Alovits’ photography series Time Machine features architectural staircases in Bauhaus and art deco-style buildings in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian photographer Balint Alovits searched the city of Budapest for staircases to include in his abstract series of twisting images. “The inspiration came from my addiction to architecture and abstract forms,” explained Alovits to Dezeen. “I’ve always been fascinated by

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London animal hospital respects the age-old rivalry between cats and dogs

August 11, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Architecture studio Alma-nac has built a round-the-clock emergency hospital for pets, which is designed to keep cats and dogs away from each other. The first of its kind in the UK capital, The London Animal Hospital (TLAH) is designed to offer the best possible care for its animal patients, and to create a relaxing environment for the owners and

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The Nolla cabin by Robin Falck is a zero-emissions escape in Finland

August 10, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Finnish designer Robin Falck has created an A-frame mirrored holiday home on Vallisaari, an island near Helsinki. Named Nolla after the Finnish word for zero, the mobile cabin is built with sustainable materials – local pine and plywood – and is designed to allow visitors to have a zero-emissions holiday. The size of a small bedroom, Nolla is built from

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Gregor Sailer depicts fake cities in The Potemkin Village photography series

August 10, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

The cities shown in these images by Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer may look real, but they are actually a mix of fakes and copies. The series, which is currently on show at the Rencontres d’Arles photo festival in France, is intended to blur the line between illusion and reality. It includes a Swedish car-testing facility built to look like

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Gastrobar O restaurant combines Russian and Scandinavian style

August 7, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Bureau Rhizome’s interior for this contemporary Russian restaurant is influenced by a neighbouring Danish design school. As well as the aesthetic connection, the 46-seater restaurant serves Scandinavian food, paying tribute to the geographical proximity between St Petersburg and the Nordic states. Gastrobar O sits on the ground floor of a 20th century mansion. Bureau Rhizome created

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Wutopia Lab lays out Shanghai Sanctum bookstore to be map of the human psyche

August 1, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab has transformed Building 25 of the Sinan Mansions in Shanghai into a bookstore that takes inspiration from the human body and mind. The studio designed the bookstore, named Sinan Books: Shanghai Sanctum, for the Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Yongye Group to be a space for learning and thinking. “Sinan Books is

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Wooden “forest” forms an inner sanctuary inside Imaculada Chapel in Braga

July 31, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

This raised wooden structure, designed by Cerejeira Fontes Architects, creates a secluded inner chapel inside an old church in Braga, Portugal. Braga-based Cerejeira Fontes was tasked with renovating the Imaculada Chapel, a decaying church building built during the second world war. Rather than focusing on the existing building, the architects decided to instead insert a new tree-inspired structure,

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Wooden “forest” forms an inner sanctuary inside Imaculada Chapel in Braga

July 31, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

This raised wooden structure, designed by Cerejeira Fontes Architects, creates a secluded inner chapel inside an old church in Braga, Portugal. Braga-based Cerejeira Fontes was tasked with renovating the Imaculada Chapel, a decaying church building built during the second world war. Rather than focusing on the existing building, the architects decided to instead insert a new tree-inspired structure,

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