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Ice-block pavilion Falling Hours functions as a giant hourglass

November 21, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architects from the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design used a cable membrane structure and bricks of river ice to create this installation in Qinhuangdao, China, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. A team from BIAD, led by architects Xiyan Yang, Guanjia Li and Chenzhi Yan, designed and built the Falling Hours pavilion

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WGNB completes colourless interior for golf supply store PXG

March 1, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean spatial design studio WGNB has completed a flagship shop for golf brand PXG in Seoul, featuring an achromatic material palette and a graphite-covered wall that leaves smudges on visitors’ clothing. The store is located in Seoul’s Gangnam district and was designed by WGNB to reference the graphite used to produce PXG’s golf clubs.

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Trewhela Williams adds louvred oak facade to London mews house

February 27, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Trewhela Williams has completed a minimalist renovation of a mews house in north London, adding a bespoke timber facade to animate its street-facing elevation. The home, which is set in the Belsize Park Conservation Area, originally featured a disused garage that took up a sizeable portion of the floor plan on the ground floor

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Studio McW brings “energy of a London lifestyle” to rural house extension

February 19, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

English architecture office Studio McW has added a series of gabled extensions to an 18th-century house in Cambridgeshire, using stone and timber to complement the rural character of the existing building. The studio, headed by architects David McGahon and Greg Walton, was tasked with modernising and expanding Follyfield house for a young family, who relocated

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The Mint List fits out London office with mid-century-style movable furniture

February 17, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bespoke furniture with a mid-century feel can be rearranged to alter the use of this office space in north London, which interior design studio The Mint List has created for a music management company. Camilla Kelly and Lucy Tudhope of The Mint List designed the headquarters for management company Everybody’s, which recently upgraded to larger

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Nagami 3D-prints recycled plastic to mimic melting glaciers in Spanish boutique

February 16, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish design studio Nagami has completed a shop interior for sustainable clothing brand Ecoalf near Madrid that is almost entirely 3D printed from recycled plastic. Walls, shelves and display tables inside the store in the Las Rozas Village designer outlet are made from 3.3 tonnes of repurposed plastic waste, sourced mainly from hospitals and used

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Gonzalez Haase AAS includes rammed-earth “islands” at 66º North clothing store

February 15, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Gonzalez Haase AAS has completed a store on London’s Regent Street for Icelandic clothing brand 66º North, featuring curved walls and freestanding plinths made from rammed earth that evoke Iceland’s volcanic landscape. The Berlin-based studio headed by Pierre Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase set out to create a holistic concept for the store

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Traditional Hong Kong diners inform interior of Bao Express in Paris

February 14, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Atelieramo has completed a retro interior for a Chinese restaurant in Paris, featuring celadon-green walls and curvaceous wooden booths modelled on those found in Hong Kong diners from the 1970s. Architect Tala Gharagozlou and designer Virginie de Graveron oversaw the interior concept for Bao Express, a restaurant near Bastille in the 11th arrondissement that

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Rotating fluorescent panels define zones in “co-being space” by Ab Rogers Design

February 9, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ab Rogers Design has completed an artist’s studio and residence in Kanazawa, Japan, featuring a series of fluorescent partition walls that can be rotated to transform how the space is used. Called Fishmarket, the multipurpose creative and living space was designed for Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa, who lives in London but regularly visits his home

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Wood and stone surfaces bring “rich texture” to Primrose Hill House interior

February 7, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture for London has updated a 1960s house in London, creating an open-plan interior filled with natural materials and an improved connection to the rear courtyard garden. The house is one of two detached properties set in a modernist estate in Primrose Hill that primarily consists of painted brick courtyard houses and small terraces. The

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