Articles by Natasha Levy

Marcel Wanders uses mismatched patterns and oversized furnishings for Doha hotel

December 13, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Columns adorned with golden eggs, intricate mosaic walls and giant bell-shaped lights are some of the eccentric features that Marcel Wanders has designed for the interiors of Doha’s Mondrian hotel. The Dutch product and interior designer was brought on board to create a “fantasy-like environment” for the Mondrian Doha, a five-star hotel designed by local firm South

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Competition: win a book that reveals the interiors of tiny homes

December 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win a copy of Small Homes, Grand Living – a book that explores how tiny dwellings make the most of their square footage. Small Homes, Grand Living: Interior Design for Compact Spaces uses colour photography to capture properties from across the world that inventively and effectively use

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2017

December 1, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Kicking off our review of 2017, editorial assistant Natasha Levy picks the best staircase designs from the past year, including a huge spiral stair lined with copper and set of steps made from 2,000 pieces of plywood. Experimentarium, Denmark, by CEBRA The form of a DNA strand provided the cues for this helical staircase, created by Danish

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2017

December 1, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Kicking off our review of 2017, editorial assistant Natasha Levy picks the best staircase designs from the past year, including a huge spiral stair lined with copper and set of steps made from 2,000 pieces of plywood. Experimentarium, Denmark, by CEBRA The form of a DNA strand provided the cues for this helical staircase, created by Danish

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2017

December 1, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Kicking off our review of 2017, editorial assistant Natasha Levy picks the best staircase designs from the past year, including a huge spiral stair lined with copper and set of steps made from 2,000 pieces of plywood. Experimentarium, Denmark, by CEBRA The form of a DNA strand provided the cues for this helical staircase, created by Danish

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Denizen Works designs floating chapel shaped like a giant organ

November 27, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

London architecture studio Denizen Works has revealed plans to build a canalboat that doubles as a church, featuring a roof that expands and contracts like the bellows of an organ. The Floating Church is designed to journey through London’s canal network to reach Christian worshippers. Based on the pop-up sleeping pods found on old VW camper vans,

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Vibrant yellow kitchen brightens basement of north London home

November 25, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture studio Russian for Fish has injected colour into the basement of a London duplex flat by installing a bright yellow kitchen. The Beresford Road property is located in the north London borough of Islington, and is home to a young couple and their two dogs. Occupying the lower two floors of a Victorian terrace, the

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Vibrant yellow kitchen brightens basement of north London home

November 25, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture studio Russian for Fish has injected colour into the basement of a London duplex flat by installing a bright yellow kitchen. The Beresford Road property is located in the north London borough of Islington, and is home to a young couple and their two dogs. Occupying the lower two floors of a Victorian terrace, the

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Klaarchitectuur inserts new architecture studio inside dilapidated Belgian chapel

November 18, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A white box bursts through the roof of this old chapel in Limburg, Belgium, to form the new studio for architecture office Klaarchitectuur. Klaarchitectuur added rectilinear volumes both inside and outside the 17th century building, as part of a major renovation that involved completely replacing the roof. Now known as the The Waterdog, it primarily functions as

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M3 Architecture adds music studio with its own stage to garden of Australian residence

November 15, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

This music studio in the garden of a home in Newcastle, New South Wales, is entered via a house-shaped porch that doubles as an outdoor recital space. M3 Architecture was asked by the client, who teaches string instruments, to create a separate space on the property where he could compose music and practice with students. “Teaching

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