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YLAB arquitectos has renovated the interior of an apartment located in an old building in barcelona’s gracia district. the existing floor plan of the ‘argentona’ apartment was heavily partitioned giving a dark feeling with almost no connection to the outdoors. the new owners wanted to transform it into a bright and open space. the resulting design […]

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UNStudio’s design for the new TBC forum located in tbilisi, georgia, proposes a transition from the traditional closed and introverted working model previously favored in the banking industry, toward a flexible, open and responsive system. the project proposes a cultural hub that will act as a catalyst for the development of a new area of the […]

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gravity by multidisciplinary design studio lagranja is a 33-story office hub for tech start-ups located in an industrial area of hong kong. the project’s parking area, lobby, lifts, and washrooms have been instilled with an upbeat playfulness, combined with polished concrete floors, metal finishes, and illustrated surfaces, that give an overall impression of being inside […]

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danish architecture firm COBE debuts its red cross volunteer house, designed as an ‘urban living room’ for copenhagen. the project serves as an extension of the red cross national headquarters and was designed as a celebration of the work and commitment of the foundation’s volunteers, creating a new meeting place for the 34,000 red cross […]

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tippet rise art center will soon break ground on a pavilion designed by architect francis kéré — the latest of the sculptural buildings that populate its landscape. following in the footsteps of ensamble studio, among others, the 1,900-square-foot gathering place is scheduled to open in summer 2019. located close to the art center’s central campus, […]

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architecture firm menkès shooner dagenais letourneux (MSDL) has converted montréal‘s decommissioned dow planetarium into the new facilities of centech, a business incubator that aims to support technology companies. drawing from the building’s former function and iconic circular shape, the architects have developed the project around the concepts of revolution (about an axis) and the circle, […]

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vudafieri-saverino partners has completed PECK, a restaurant, wine shop, deli, and cocktail bar in milan‘s citylife shopping district. the interior pays tribute to the city’s post-war aesthetics, with floors that recall the historical milanese stone extracted from the quarries of lake iseo, and wooden lozenges on the restaurant’s ceiling that reference the villa necchi campiglio […]

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‘for me, one of the things I missed, living in london, has been the ability to see the horizon,’ explains designer jay osgerby, who grew up near oxford, UK. ‘we spend our days wandering around underneath these canyons of architecture, man-made vista and views. it’s something I missed from my childhood, growing up in the […]

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