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Lucas y Hernández-Gil retains original details in revamp of rural Spanish guesthouse

January 9, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Casa Villalba de los Barros, designed by Lucas y Hernández-Gil

Humble mortar walls and clay floors are paired with original arched ceilings and decorative doorways inside this family-run guesthouse in Spain, which has been revamped by Lucas y Hernández-Gil. Madrid-based studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil overhauled the property in La Hermandad de Villalba to create a series of rustic living spaces that honour the original architecture and outdoor

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Nacho Martin creates colourful test lab for creatives in Madrid

January 9, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of the IED Innovation Lab by Nacho Martin

Exposed computer hardware and toy construction models informed the aesthetic of this innovation lab in Madrid, which architecture studio Nacho Martin has created for the Istituto Europeo di Design. The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) Innovation Lab in the southwestern suburb of Carabanchel by Nacho Martin features a series of colourful yet practical workstations that allow the

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Kaikaya sushi restaurant in Valencia fuses Japanese and Brazilian design

December 29, 2018 Ali Morris 0
Kaikaya restaurant by Masquespacio

Creative consultancy Masquespacio has completed a tropical sushi restaurant in Valencia, Spain, that mixes Japanese and Brazilian-inspired design elements. Called Kaikaya, the restaurant’s plant-filled green and maroon interior celebrates the Brazilian-Japanese food culture that has been created in the hundred years since Japanese immigrants first started to arrive in Brazil. Now home to the largest

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Porthole in Barcelona apartment gives glimpses of bathroom from living area

December 19, 2018 Natasha Levy 0
Font 6 apartment by Colombo and Serboli Architecture

A porthole offers a cheeky view into the shower cubicle of this Barcelona apartment, which Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped for one of its founders. The Font 6 apartment is set within a 20th-century residential block close to Barcelona’s renowned Sagrada Familia church and belongs to Andrea Serboli – the co-founder of Colombo and

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Secret rooms are accessed through a bath tub in G House by Gon Architects

December 11, 2018 Ali Morris 0

A bright blue wall and a giant window-side bath tub feature in this converted attic apartment by Gon Architects, in the Conde Duque district of Madrid. Designed by Gonzalo Pardo, who runs his practice Gon in Madrid, the G House is located in the attic of a four-storey building in the city’s fashionable Conde Duque neighbourhood.

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Barcelona’s Orvay bar takes design cues from winemaking

November 26, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Vine-green walls and Merlot hued mirrors appear inside this Barcelona bar, which Spanish studio Isern Serra has designed in reference to the process of making wine. Named Orvay, the bar has an extensive variety of wines, which served as a starting point for local studio Isern Serra design for the bar’s interiors. It developed a colour scheme inspired by

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Metric turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment

October 30, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architecture studio Metric with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. The three-floor apartment is set within a former warehouse in Barcelona’s up-and-coming Sant Antoni neighbourhood. Originally built in the early 1900s, the building was first used to store bananas

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