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Terrace Mirage House “seamlessly blends indoor and outdoor areas”

December 7, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Mirrored surfaces create the illusion of additional space inside this renovated terraced house in Sydney, Australia, which local studio Alcami Architecture designed around a completely openable courtyard. Terrace House Mirage is a renovation of a Victorian terraced house in the suburb of Chippendale, which was defined by a typically narrow footprint and a lack of

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Lucas y Hernández-Gil references “classical world” for Laconicum store interior

December 2, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has completed a cosmetics store in Madrid featuring exposed wooden pillars and a material palette intended to evoke the calming atmosphere of an ancient Roman sweating room. Laconicum, a beauty product retailer, approached Lucas y Hernández-Gil to design its first permanent physical store on Madrid’s Piamonte street. The company had

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Exposed blockwork walls introduce “earthy tone” to THISS Studio’s Butterfield extension

November 30, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

The walls of this extension to a post-war terraced house in north London were made from interlocking clay blocks that local firm THISS Studio left exposed to create a warm and textural finish. THISS Studio was asked to design a rear extension for the house, located near Butterfield Green in Stoke Newington, and to reconfigure

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Juli Bolaños-Durman’s Edinburgh home “celebrates the beauty in imperfection”

November 26, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Salvaged and upcycled materials add character to Costa Rican artist Juli Bolaños-Durman’s renovated Edinburgh flat, which she designed in collaboration with Architecture Office. Bolaños-Durman, who is known for her work in glass and her use of waste materials, prioritised sustainability and comfort when devising a brief for La Casita, which she says translates as “the

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URBA uses reclaimed materials to craft “multi-layered” interior for Onyx Æther restaurant

November 23, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Furniture made from melted aluminium and compressed wool features in this fine-dining restaurant in Budapest, Hungary, which architecture firm URBA designed to highlight sustainability and local identity. URBA collaborated with artists Esteban de la Torre and Judit Eszter Kárpáti of art studio Ejtech and the owners of Onyx to develop an interior for the restaurant

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Jillian Dinkel turns arts and crafts home into “dynamic entertainer’s retreat”

November 20, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Jillian Dinkel has transformed an arts and crafts house in Sydney, Australia, into a dedicated space for entertaining that combines traditional details with contemporary finishes. Kilmory House is part of a redevelopment of a 1913 arts and crafts estate located within the heritage enclave of Point Piper, one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs.

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L/O designs Osaka shop to “celebrate artistry and utility” of Japanese knives

November 18, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

A traditional Japanese cladding method informed the overlapping wooden panels used to display knives at Tojiro Knife Gallery in Osaka, Japan, designed by creative agency L/O. Set in Doguyasuji Alley arcade, which is home to many speciality vendors selling kitchenware and culinary tools, the shop is knife company Tojiro’s flagship in the Kansai region. Yoshihito’s

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Tent-like canopies bring “outdoor feeling” to Blue Bottle Coffee at West Bund

November 16, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior studio Atelier Tao+C has designed a cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee on Shanghai’s West Bund waterfront, featuring wooden canopies stretched out above a prefabricated concrete counter. The cafe overlooks a historic shipyard in West Bund, forming part of a post-industrial site on the Huangpu River that once contained Asia’s largest cement factory. Dutch firm

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Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Mexican and Japanese design

November 14, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and eatery with a bold, all-red interior. Challe cafe, which features on the shortlist for Dezeen Awards 2025, serves speciality coffee, Japanese tacos and churros to customers in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward. The interior design by UNC Studio mirrors

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Spring Studio uses biomaterials to create sustainable interiors for World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea

November 3, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Locally sourced, bio-based materials, including hemp and crushed seashells, feature in Spring Studio’s interior for the World Heritage Centre building in Lauwersoog, the Netherlands. The World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea (WEC) is a multifunctional hub combining research, education and wildlife care that is housed in a building designed by Danish architecture firm Dorte Mandrup. The

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