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Plantea Estudio creates “frank and efficient German ambience” inside Acid Berlin bakery

September 16, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish practice Plantea Estudio has completed the interior of Acid bakery in Berlin, which features a palette of austere and functional materials chosen to echo its urban context. Acid Berlin is located on a corner lot in the city’s central Mitte district, with large ground-floor windows looking out onto Rosenthaler Strasse and Auguststrasse. Having previously

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Gold-leaf wall divides renovated Barcelona apartment by Raúl Sánchez Architects

September 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Raúl Sánchez has renovated a flat in a typical Barcelona apartment building, adding built-in cabinetry and furnishings in hues that echo the original mosaic flooring. The 85-square-metre flat was created following the subdivision of a larger apartment with aspects towards the Carrer d’Enric Granados on one side and a large internal courtyard on the

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Tabitha Isobel completes “warm and inviting” Regent Street store for Carl Friedrik

August 29, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interiors studio Tabitha Isobel has designed a gallery-like store in central London for luxury luggage brand Carl Friedrik, featuring a rich and inviting palette comprising dark wood, metal and draped fabrics. Carl Friedrik approached studio founder Tabitha Organ to design the company’s first physical store, located in a Grade-II listed building on Regent Street just

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Intervention Architecture hides fold-out furniture behind walls of Florin Court flat

August 26, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

British studio Intervention Architecture designed bespoke plywood joinery to conceal furniture including a pull-down bed and a collapsible dining table inside this micro apartment in north London. The flat is located within Florin Court, a nine-storey art deco building overlooking Charterhouse Square that was designed by Guy Morgan and Partners and built in 1938. The

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Material & Memory exhibition responds to “raw materiality” of Brinkburn Priory and Manor

August 25, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Tutors and researchers from Northumbria University have filled a derelict manor house, nestled in a curve of the River Coquet in Northumberland, with objects informed by the site’s rich history and materiality. The exhibition titled Material & Memory is being held at Brinkburn Priory and Manor, a former 12th-century monastery that fell into ruin and

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YSG creates “eccentric beats of nostalgia” in Byron Bay seaside home

August 23, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. Byron Bay is known for its tropical climate and surf culture, so YSG director Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem designed a laid-back interior filled with period details to complement the lush

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Akin Atelier designs JAM Record Bar to feel like being “inside a giant speaker”

August 19, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Pink plywood and exposed insulation combine in this monochrome bar in Sydney, designed by local architecture office Akin Atelier to evoke the cosy feel of Tokyo’s mid-century listening bars. Akin Atelier founder Kelvin Ho designed JAM Record Bar for Justin Hemmes, the CEO of the Merivale hospitality group, who also runs a music label called

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Studio Est adds “brutalist elements” to Battersea Power Station apartment

August 18, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

London interiors firm Studio Est referenced the industrial heritage of Battersea Power Station when creating the interiors for this apartment set within the redeveloped landmark. The apartment’s owner wanted to transform the empty shell into a space that would reflect both his personal tastes and the home’s setting within the former art deco power station.

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Ministry of Design’s Workshop is a collaborative space for post-Covid working

August 13, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. With the MOD Workshop, studio founder Colin Seah set out to create a different type of workspace from Ministry of Design’s award-winning Bar Code office, which the practice occupied from 2010 to 2023.

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Marie & Alexandre takes over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

August 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume have filled an apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille with custom furniture, including a leather-and-metal armchair informed by the architect’s work. Marie & Alexandre is the latest design studio to create a scenography within Appartement N°50 after it was restored to its original

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