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Atelier Caracas imbues apartment in Caracas with 1980s industrial edge

June 27, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Interiors studio Atelier Caracas has brought industrial influences and offbeat materials into this apartment in Caracas, designed around the restrictions posed by Venezuela’s recent political and economic crisis. Set in the capital’s Campo Alegre district, Apartamento N.1 belongs to a relative of Atelier Caracas co-founder Julio Kowalenko, who gave the studio a rare carte blanche

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Alex Cochrane Architects designs shops to “embrace the elegant proportions” of National Portrait Gallery

June 25, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

London studio Alex Cochrane Architects has created a trio of museum shops at the recently revamped National Portrait Gallery in London. Completed as part of a wider three-year refurbishment of the Victorian Grade I-listed building by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell, the retail outlets had to be respectful and, where possible, non-intrusive. Alex Cochrane Architects worked closely with

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Studio Wok designs Milan bakery Pan as contemporary take on Japanese culture

June 19, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture practice Studio Wok has created a matcha-green counter and Japanese-style fabric panels for bakery and wine bar Pan in Milan’s Acquabella district. The studio created the eatery, which is led by Japanese chefs Yoji Tokuyoshi and Alice Yamada, to have an interior that would represent a meeting between Japan and Milan. “There are references

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Mjölk Architekti creates “wonderful and fun place” for Montessori kindergarten

June 18, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Mjölk Architekti aimed to embed Montessori ideals of learning through play and self-determined activity in this nursery extension in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic. Built in the small town of Jablonec nad Nisou, the project was designed by Prague-based Mjölk Architekti in collaboration with Projektový atelier David. Mjölk Architekti founding partner, Jan Mach, carefully considered his own recollections of preschool and what

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YSG draws on beach clubs of Ibiza and Cancun for redesign of Sydney coastal home

June 14, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Australian interiors studio YSG has updated a holiday home in Sydney’s Palm Beach suburb, layering it with a maximalist mix of colours, patterns and textures. The 400-square-metre house belongs to a young family who wanted a place to escape during the holidays while still providing space for remote working. The home’s original furnishings were included

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FADD Studio models Bangalore duplex apartment on caterpillar curvatures

June 12, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Indian practice FADD Studio has fused two separate apartments inside a high-rise development in Bangalore to create a multigenerational family home. The neighbouring four-bedroom apartments, stacked one on top of the other in the SNN Clermont residential tower, were transformed into a six-bedroom duplex for a cosmopolitan couple, their parents and two young children. FADD Studio’s

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Daytrip imbues Victorian terrace in Highbury with “gallery-like minimalism”

June 11, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Curving, organic forms are juxtaposed with clean-lined minimalism in this home that interiors studio Daytrip has completed in north London. Daytrip worked with architecture firm Studio 30 to extend the ground floor of the Victorian terrace house to the rear and side to increase the available space while excavating down to boost the ceiling height

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Capella hotel takes over former government building in Sydney

June 4, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture firm Make and interior design practice BAR Studio have converted Sydney’s heritage-listed Department of Education building into the latest outpost from Capella Hotels. The adaptive reuse project involved adding a modern extension with curved glass corners to the building’s roof, set back from its sandstone facade to respect the original Edwardian Baroque architecture. With

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Pirajean Lees creates Arts and Crafts-style interior for Mayfair restaurant

June 1, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

London design studio Pirajean Lees referenced Mayfair’s pastoral past and created a series of spaces that nod to the idea of a Georgian manor house when designing restaurant 20 Berkeley. Pirajean Lees aimed to build a story around the space and its sequence of many small rooms, while tapping into the restaurant’s British produce-led culinary approach.

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Fettle channels Soho’s “grittier” years at 1 Warwick members’ club

May 30, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Interiors studio Fettle drew on the neo-baroque architecture of this Edwardian building in London’s Soho when converting it into a members’ club, as well as nodding to the area’s colourful history of the 1950s and 60s. Owned by Maslow’s, the group behind Fitzrovia club Mortimer House, 1 Warwick features mid-century furniture and lighting along with

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