Studio Karhard Takes Club Culture to the Swiss Alps with Play at Chalet African, Gstaad.Studio Karhard has taken its club DNA—honed across decades of nightlife design, including Berlin's legendary Berghain—and transported it to the Swiss Alps. Play at Chalet African is a nocturnal laboratory where architecture, light, and...
A Vertical Village Rising from the Tulum Jungle.At Tulum's urban edge, V Taller has completed Babel—a mixed-use development with architecture that’s strong and purposeful. The project packs 59 residential and hotel units into an eye-shaped plan while returning nearly 40% of the site...
This Riyadh Salon Shows Commercial Design Doesn’t Have to Compromise on Capturing a Feeling.Going beyond typical salon design, Ark4lab of Architecture's Stellar Beauty Salon creates an atmosphere that captures a feeling. Located in Riyadh, the space takes a quieter approach in a city known for bold architecture. Celestial themes...
A True Act of Discovery: Caffè Nazionale in Arzignano by AMAA.AMAA's restoration of Caffè Nazionale in Arzignano embraces historical imperfection. Within Antonio Caregaro Negrin's 19th-century City Hall, the studio cleared decades of additions to reveal original character. The main hall operates as...
A.B. Lafitte Creates Moody Fig-Toned Sanctuary for Tulsa’s Silk Salon.TJ Woodberry isn't messing around. Her new Silk Salon in Tulsa's historic Greenwood District is a 204-square-metre statement that luxury beauty spaces can—and should—centre Black women. Located where Black Wall Street once thrived, the...
Patchwork House: Decus Interiors Creates a Chameleon Home in Sydney’s Vaucluse."The ethos is laidback but not lazy." This description by Alexandra Donohoe Church of Decus Interiors perfectly captures the studio's approach to the luxe transformation of Patchwork House in Sydney's...
Lighting Up Sydney: Nook Collections Opens Doors to its First Showroom in Surry Hills.Australian lighting retailer Nook Collections has opened its first showroom in a historic building on Cleveland Street in Sydney's Surry Hills. The space plays with personality within a muted palette, creating harmony between product and...
Chiaroscuro Composition: Elogio del Grigio by Cardillo Architecture.Belgian artist and surrealist, René Magritte, often took everyday, familiar objects and placed them in unexpected scenes, posing questions as to where the boundaries lie between what is real and what is representation. Similarly, Italian...
A Villa in Lambersart Gets Its Groove Back Thanks to RMGB.Identity crisis no more, this villa in Lambersart, Lille shakes off the cobwebs and gets its groove back with a restrained renovation by Guillaume Gibert and Baptiste Rischmann of...
