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Dezeen has announced the interiors shortlist for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which includes interiors by Linehouse, Say Architects, UNStudio and Conran and Partners. Among the projects, which are located in 15 different cities across China, is a retreat designed to evoke a cabin in a bamboo forest in Hong Kong, as well as an […]
las rocas: a cluster of homes on a rocky cliff Ignacio Urquiza Architecture and Ana Paula de Alba have completed Las Rocas, a residential complex hidden among the dramatic natural landscape of La Peña, Valle de Bravo, Mexico. The project, comprising four distinct homes, sits on a 6,400 square-meter site adjacent to a natural […]
Danish designer David Thulstrup has renovated a 218-year-old canal-side warehouse in Copenhagen to create four apartments defined by “quiet luxury”. Named Strandgade, the warehouse was one of several on the Christianshavn canal originally used to store goods, with this one specifically built with floors for animal hides to be hung to dry. David Thulstrup has renovated […]
slender verticality defines fcstudio’s brisa house Brisa House by FCstudio inserts a sleek architectural form with bespoke interiors into the rugged terrain of the Iporanga peninsula in São Paulo. The beach home spans 2,078 square meters, overlooking the South Atlantic while harmonizing with its coastal setting. Verticality echoing the horizon defines the Brazilian studio’s […]
Mid-century modern and traditional Japanese influences blend inside this Los Angeles home, which the principals of design studio OWIU have reimagined for themselves. Close to Silverlake Reservoir on the east side of the city, the house was originally built in 1962 by renowned mid-century architect Carl Maston, then later owned and re-designed by Swiss architect […]
Canadian studio Ste Marie has designed Meo cocktail bar and restaurant influenced by 1970s and ’80s Hong Kong in Vancouver‘s Chinatown, using pink hues, floral patterns and red accents. Meo is tucked into the lower storey of a faded building in the heart of the neighbourhood, the largest of its kind in Canada, and is […]
Celebrating Louis Vuitton’s Legacy in New York Louis Vuitton is officially opening its new 57th Street retail space, merges fashion, culture, and hospitality. Temporarily located at 6 East 57th Street while its 5th Avenue flagship undergoes renovation, this store offers New Yorkers a multi-faceted shopping experience. Featuring an exclusive collection of items, a café, […]
Multi-disciplinary design firm mcmahon and nerlich has shared photos of a warehouse-inspired townhouse with a Spanish twist inside. Set amongst an assortment of grey-box townhouses, heritage cottages, and converted factories in a gritty inner-urban street in Melbourne, Australia, the home takes cues from the heritage warehouse context and plays with the warehouse typology. A red […]
Creative studio The Great Exhibition has created a permanent, fully functioning rollercoaster in its office in Stockholm. Named The Frontal Lobe, the 60-metre-long rollercoaster winds through the seating areas, kitchen and bar on the ground floor of The Great Exhibition‘s office in the Liljeholmen district. The studio, formerly known as PJADAD, created the structure to […]
New York studio Parts and Labor Design and Brad Guidi of Boston real estate company Blue Flag Capital have renovated the Beachside Hotel on Nantucket to reflect the local craft and design scene of the 1960s. Located outside of Boston on Nantucket island, the 45,000 square-foot (4,180 square metres) Beachside Hotel encompasses a motel-style property […]