A Nod to the Mediterranean: Piatti Restaurant in Montreal by Ivy Studio.Once a small ancient stone residence, Montreal’s culinary institution Piatti gets a layered facelift by Ivy Studio. A pizza oven, clad in monumental green Saint-Denis marble steals the show with the rest of the interior layered with...
Urban Bloom: Braun Buffel Store by Spacemen.Spacemen’s latest flagship for Braun Buffel in Putrajaya, Malaysia sits somewhere between a gallery and a laboratory, with a futuristic aesthetic offering a maximal minimalist approach to luxury. The centrepiece of the interior is a...
Between Fiction & Reality: Serena Confalonieri’s Site-specific Installation in Turin.Serena Confalonieri has designed a new site-specific installation named VolĂ©e at Teatro dei Ragazzi in Turin for the Nitto ATP Finals tennis tournament. The installation imagines a nature that invades the theatre’s foyer. A floral...
Casual but Sharp: ALUMNI Chengdu by FON Studio.Situated in China’s Sichuan province among Chengdu’s 1906 Creative Park, a patchwork of heritage and youth cultural attractions lies within FON Studio’s latest retail project for ALUMNI. Attracted by the mirage of history and the...
Relinque Urban Retreat in Melbourne by Studio Tate.Merging day spa, spinal clinic, pilates and yoga studios, Relinque Urban Retreat by Studio Tate is a holistic, inclusive wellness space in Melbourne’s north-east, anchored by intelligent planning and layered materials. The skilful...
Casa Aire in Medellin by Cinco Solidos.For a house that belongs to someone high-profile — Colombian music sensation, J Balvin, to be exact — the air at Casa Aire is remarkably still. The living room flows into a semi-covered terrace by way of a small circulation area,...
Architectural Microsurgery: Loft Study House in Bilbao by Acha Zaballa.Acha Zaballa Arquitects have developed a prototype loft in the city of Bilbao that seeks to transform unused ground floor retail spaces into social housing. The home underwent a series of “microsurgery” interventions and stylistic...
Ballen House in Retiro, Colombia by LCLA office with Clara Arango.Oslo-Based architecture studio LCLA Office and architect Clara Arango have collaborated on Ballen House, an Andes Mountain retreat in Colombia that blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior and, by extension, between architecture...
Out-Of-This-World: KIKS Sanlitun Store by ROOI Design & Research.ROOI Design & Research take us to another universe of retail where the infinite intergalactic world and fashion metaphorically collide. Taking cues from the majestic planets of the Solar System and principles found in classical Chinese...
