John Pawson uses limestone and cherry wood for minimal Jil Sander shop in Tokyo

September 21, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

London-based designer John Pawson has created a minimalist interior for the new Japanese flagship store of fashion label Jil Sander, pairing pale limestone walls and floors with cherry wood accents. Situated in Omotesando, Tokyo’s luxury shopping district, the shop is sparsely furnished. The only colour comes from the orange-toned wood, meaning the clothing and accessories can take centre stage. “Obviously there’s

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Neumann Monson completes shared building for Des Moines municipal services

September 21, 2018 James Brillon 0

Neumann Monson Architects has designed a municipal services building for the city of Des Moines, to consolidate its various departments and facilitate collaboration. The 105,000-square-foot (9,755-square-metre) office building is the first phase of a larger masterplan to create a new civic services hub for Des Moines, the capital and most populated city in the US

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Boolean Operator / MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

September 21, 2018 Fernanda Castro 0

For the event of the Jinji Lake Biennial, MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY installed a large-scale outdoor pavilion on the elevated plaza of the Suzhou Center. Its undulating enclosure interrupts the usual traffic, as an unexpected, emergent environment. It appears to have bubbled up from the ground, or dropped from the sky. The structure, both massive in scale and delicate in white aluminum, lands lightly on an ultra-thin edge.

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Black, White & Beige Apartment For The Fashionista

September 21, 2018 HD Staff 0

Striking black and white fashion photography dominates the walls of this home, which has been designed and visualised by ArtPartner. The subject of the two huge photographic prints bring abstract shape to plain walls, and are the inspiration for heavy black decor elements in the scheme. In the rest of the space, a wash of […]

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The Imprint / MVRDV

September 21, 2018 韩爽 - HAN Shuang 0

MVRDV has completed construction on The Imprint, a new 2-building art-entertainment complex in close proximity to Seoul’s Incheon Airport. Featuring a nightclub in one building and indoor theme park in the other, the windowless structures feature three key design elements: imprints of the façade features of surrounding buildings, lifted entrances, and a golden entrance spot covering one corner of the nightclub building.

Crazy Rich Asians house represents region’s changing taste, says architect

September 21, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The real-life counterparts of the extravagantly wealthy characters in new movie Crazy Rich Asians are “very interested in modern architecture”, says the architect of a contemporary home featured in the film. Private clients in the economic powerhouses of Southeast Asia have acquired a taste for more minimal design that has fuelled a stylistic shift, said

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