Dan Howarth

Archiloop converts 12th-century Italian monastery into hotel Vocabolo Moscatelli

February 18, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A 12th-century monastery in Italy’s Umbria region has become a boutique hotel in the hands of Florence studio Archiloop, which aimed to retain the site’s “rustic simplicity” during its renovation. Vocabolo Moscatelli sits in the countryside near the hamlet of Calzolaro, close to the Tuscan border, on a remote estate surrounded by woodland. The property

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Kith Women Flagship in Soho combines walnut and pink marble

February 17, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

American fashion brand Kith has returned to the location of its first Manhattan flagship to open a women-dedicated store, in which olive trees grow up through display podiums. The inaugural Kith Women Flagship in Soho opened last December at 644 Broadway, the same historic landmark building where the brand debuted its Manhattan retail offering in

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Crosby Studios looks to “signature red” of David Lynch for Silencio New York

February 14, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based Crosby Studios has utilised gold accents and rich-red fabrics and lights informed by director David Lynch for the interiors of Silencio nightclub in Manhattan. Silencio NYC is located between Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen and is the second location for the club, whose Paris flagship was designed by Lynch. Crosby Studios founder Harry

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Studio Paolo Ferrari designs Toronto restaurant as a “world unto itself”

February 11, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has created cinematic interiors for a restaurant in the city’s Downtown area, combining influences from filmmakers that range from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers. Unlike a typical restaurant layout, Daphne unfolds as a series of rooms with distinct identities, each borrowing references from different cinema styles. Studio Paolo Ferrari intended each

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Home Studios uses local materials to renovate Northern California hotel

February 10, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a conference centre in Northern California back into a luxury hotel, as originally intended by the property’s founder: the inventor of the radio. The Lodge at Marconi sits on a 62-acre site next to Tomales Bay, within the picturesque Marconi State Historic Park – a 1.5-hour drive up Highway Route

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The Rebello Hotel occupies former factory along Porto’s riverside

February 8, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

This hotel by architecture studio Metro Urbe occupies a series of former industrial buildings on the banks of the River Douro in Porto, Portugal, and features interiors by Quiet Studios. The Rebello Hotel is spread across several 19th-century buildings, which have been overhauled and adapted with new additions by Metro Urbe, in Vila Nova de Gaia

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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

February 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. Bottega Veneta’s two-storey store is distinguished by three primary materials: glass, Italian walnut and green Verde Saint Denis marble. This trifecta is applied in strict grids to evoke Italian modernism

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ALA draws on West Village history for Talea taproom interiors

February 4, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Alda Ly Architecture has designed a taproom for female- and veteran-owned brewery Talea in the city’s West Village neighbourhood, which includes a place for groups to “scheme”. Talea West Village is the beer company’s third outpost and its first Manhattan location, following two established in Brooklyn. The space is located in a

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Standard Architecture refreshes interiors of pink Paul Smith store in LA

February 3, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

British fashion label Paul Smith’s iconic pink store in Los Angeles has received an interior makeover from Standard Architecture. Standard Architecture collaborated with the Paul Smith design team to reimagine the 4,740-square-foot (440 square metres) store on Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood. The studios also created a new VIP entrance patio for the building, which is

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Lovers Unite revives interiors of mid-century Silver Lake home

January 28, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. The wooden dwelling in LA’s Silver Lake neighbourhood belongs to production designer James Chinlund and artist Clare Crespo. A “previously a boring, nondescript mid-century house”,

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