A 15-story tower of Ferraris and Lamborghinis in glass boxes has become a quirky landmark in Singapore. And it all started with a visit to Toys R Us. Struggling with a lack of space at his sports car showroom, Gary Hong was inspired by a vertical display of Matchbox cars while shopping at the toy […]
Jump Studio have recently completed the interior of The Modern Pantry, restaurant and shop/pantry located in two elegant Georgian properties in London, UK. The style is contemporary with a homely, almost folksy, vibe, designed to complement the chef’s culinary mission: “to please the palate by using traditional and modern ingredients in new and exciting ways”. […]
The Juvet Landscape Hotel, designed by Jensen & Skodviin Arkitektkontor, is located in Burtigard, Norway. Each room of the hotel is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. The landscape in which these rooms are placed is by most people considered spectacularly beautiful and varied and […]
Torafu Architects designed Boolean, an interior installation for the cafe space located at the entrance of the Faculty of Medicine Experimental Research Building in the University of Tokyo. At first the place was just a waiting room with a vending machine and covered with hard materials such as stone. In order to create a warmer […]
Surface Architects won the competition to create within the Birkbeck College the permanent home of the Film & Visual Media Reserch Center. They transformed the basement, ground floor and the extension into a unique 80 seat cinema auditorium, surrounded by a media study suite, seminar rooms and offices. The beak-out spaces and stairway are an […]
The new H&M Shop that just opened in Barcelona was entirely designed by Estudio Mariscal. The new shop is housed in an old headquarters office. They respected the building’s original architecture because its vestige of neoclassical architecture from the 19th century. The interior has a second neutral skin in black and white over the old […]
To build the Villa Berkel, Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter demolish the old bungalow that occupied the site and make a completely new design. The new villa, covered with dark wood and glass, maintain the line between inside and outside, between private and public, dividing the plot in three long strips at right angle to the […]
Dow Jones Architects renovated the Garden Museum housed in the old church of St. Mary at Lambeth, London. While the historic structure remains untouched, the museum welcome visitors to a newly designed interior with a sequence of individual spaces for exhibitions, the permanent collection, education, caf� and shop. The architect projected a free standing timber […]
For the new Neil Barrett Store in Tokyo, Zaha Hadid Architects created a circular passage allowing the customers to experience the space in multiple ways and interpretations. The design shifts between architecture and sculpture, where a compact mass of surface layers unravel and fold to form the shelving display and seating. The concept of the […]
Pereira Miguel Arquitectos designed this beautifully integrated house located in Comporta, Portugal. At first sight the house feels like a shelter that sits in its surroundings as if it had always been there, but looking completely fresh, cool, new and spectacular. The undulating shape echoes the gently sloping sand dunes, and its hard and angular […]
