Le Coucou Restaurant in SoHo, New York by Roman and Williams.If Marie Antoinette sashayed into this French restaurant you wouldn’t be at all surprised. Regal doesn’t even begin to adequately describe Le Coucou, designed by Roman and Williams, in SoHo, New York. The husband-and-wife duo Stephen...
Sum Of Us Health Studio in Melbourne by We Are Huntly.Designed by We Are Huntly, Sum Of Us is a tranquil health studio and wellness centre dedicated to providing a sanctuary for enhanced...
Monte Rosa Hut in Switzerland by Bearth & Deplazes Architekten.Perched on a ridge, yet dwarfed by a pretty vicious looking glacier, the New Monte Rosa Hut could easily be mistaken as a villain’s secret lair in an epic bond novel. Designed by Bearth & Deplazes architects, the five storey...
Stories On Design // Grooming Spaces.First there were solariums. Then there was activewear. Noninvasive laser procedures and the injectables. The Rise of Designer Health Studios & Gyms. And now - it's all about Hair Salons, Beauty Parlours and Barber Shops that take the...
Peter Zumthor’s Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Sauda, Norway.It’s a bleak Norwegian vista. What appears from the outside as a series of dark grey cubicles suspended from a stone wall offers no relief from the aggressive landscape of grey rock and wilderness surrounding it. The story behind the...
Apartment B in Berlin by Thomas Kröger Architekt.Everything about this exquisite refurbishment by Thomas Kröger in Berlin hits the mark on every level, with a meticulous and almost obsessive attention to detail that evokes pure joy. It would be easy to overlook the stunning workmanship...
Pannecau Apartment Renovation in Bayonne, France by Concheiro de Montard.Hidden behind the facade of a traditional French house in Bayonne lies a renovated heritage apartment masterminded by Concheiro de Montard. The architects refer to the central division of the apartment as The Equator - on each side lies a...
Carla Cascales’ Sculpture Project Made From Reclaimed Materials.The gorgeous, Spanish artist, Carla Cascales' sculptures are not rooted as you might expect in her home country but rather in one a world away - Japan. Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of imperfection, it is the nature of transience and...
A Home for an Architect’s Mother by Förstberg Ling in Linköping, Sweden.“House for mother” is the first house completed by Malmö-based architecture practice Förstberg Ling - a project that began in 2013 as part of the housing exhibition Vallastaden 2017. The house was conceived as a home and studio for...
