Instead of the typical tables and chairs, they included theatrical stadium style seating, that has enough room for 30 to 40 people, as well as surrounding bench seating. Store designer, Eric Mele, says, “This is a unique seating experience tailored to the idea of theater. Customers can enjoy the tiered spaces on either side of the grandstand seating, which organizes th...
Created in 2015 by Studio Arquitectos, the property consists of 18 luxury guestrooms, a semi-private villa and spaces for healing, relaxing and recreational activities. Built within close proximity to one-another, its several tamarind-made rooms overlook the vast ocean ahead and circle the heart of the site, in order to form a well-balanced holistic wellness centre. W...
For their recently completed store, located in Mexico City, El Moro looked to local multi-disciplinary designers and architects Cadena + Asociados, to lead them into a new branding experience. Implementing their architecture, design and branding expertise, Cadena + Asociados’ new strategic vision and modern rebranding for El Moro encapsulates this family-run company’...
Starting with a few boutiques in the Far East, the German brand will take the concept home, refitting its Hamburg boutique with the new design before gradually rolling it out to Montblanc's 500-plus worldwide retail points. Sophisticated and immersive, the new retail concept is as representative of Montblanc’s refined luxury and craftsmanship as much as it is of Duc...
Their most recent project, a restaurant for German retailer LIDL, has a similar communal feel to it, complemented with wooden furniture and quirky signage. LIDL’s new headquarters in Jankowice, in the suburbs of Poznań, required a new restaurant which would reflect the firm’s philosophy and provide a comfortable space for their employees. They commissioned mode:lina ...
This time, ALG joined forces with Kengo Kuma, an architect that the firm has worked with many times in the past, cultivating the relationship between lighting and architecture through projects such as Ginza Onsen Fujiya, Nagasaki Prefecture Art Museum, and Forest/Floor. In designing the lighting for Toshima Ecomusee Town, ALG president Takeshi Konishi and his colleagu...
Located in one of Beijing’s busiest areas, the 44,000-square-meter Chongwenmen M-Cube sits on prime real estate near popular tourist destinations including the historic hutongs, Temple of Heaven, and the Beijing Railway Station. To maximize the commercial value of the comparatively small plot, MVRDV first designed the building to its maximum size limits and then cut away...
The compact ground level of each tiny wooden house features a snug bedroom, sauna, toilet and kitchen. A staircase leads up to a second bedroom and a large hammock overlooks the rest of the room or garden space. “With this room you get a whole house,” said Larsen. “Elements of a playhouse speak to the guest’s childish side, but the house is kept pure and sharp to take th...
Designed by BZZ Arquitectura, the QUO Container Center is comprised of 57 colorful painted steel boxes that shelter a small community of local businesses. Topped with a luscious green roof and solar panels, the mall features restaurants, offices, eco-friendly retail stores, as well as a gallery space with a cafe. BZZ Arquitectura’s founder Cecilia Bertezzolo designed ...
Designed by local firm Legorreta + Legorreta in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the 50-story office block combines traditional elements of Mexican architecture with modern eco-friendly design practices, including minimization of waste and greenhouse gas emissions. The BBVA Bancomer project is the first completed project by LegoRogers, the name for ...
Hat Cloud - Hat Floor A design renovation for a women’s hat store on the second floor of the Seibu Shibuya department store. The store is located in a slightly secluded area, and several beams are protruding from one section of the ceiling. In order to utilize this environment, cylindrical structures are irregularly positioned so as to create the sensation of being en...
The core principle of this project is to provide multiple transitional layers to achieve a soft and light spatial transparency. The boundaries between inside and outside, man-made environment and nature result in a simple, coherent symbiosis. One embraces the other, and vice versa. This spatial emergence is cultivated by deep understanding of local architecture typology...
Located in the Montorgueil area, this 1900 building offers 49 rooms all created in a very parisian style : black and white, wood mouldings, cornices, wooden floor ... Almost all furnitures are bespoke and designed by Dorothee Meilichzon. The hotel belongs to Samy Marciano (La Clé Group). A restaurant and a bar are located on the ground floor, they will be run by the ex...
Architectural form, technological innovation, environmental and social sustainability: besides the more "compositional" aspects of energy, movement and nature, these are the axes which define this building's design. In this project Massimo Pierattelli encountered an interlocutor which fully shared his approach, because it was already part of the company's DNA. Arval is a...
The new restaurant EAST is located in the historical center of Kiev. Once there was Porto Maltese fish restaurant which was famous for the quality of food and professional staff from Serbia. In due time, the institution was a leader among fish restaurants of the capital. Nevertheless, everything changes and Porto was not an exception. Having chosen the pan-Asian directio...
Taking the new-wave café style on the level of expertise, the POSITION Collective’s project on the My Green Cup interior catches the attention of both coffee and design spotters. Home away from home for any caffeine-lover, My Green Cup is a recent flag on the map of big-city coffee landscapes. The café treats visitors with specialities on Pozsonyi út, a busy and hip a...
The new two-floor café is nestled in a steep hill, acting as a visual point of reference on the course. Responding to the mountainous Korean landscape and local vegetation, the building is well-integrated into its environment. Players are treated to different views of the café across the golf course, even though it is never visible in its entirety. The expressive over...
Getafe is more attractive than most in so much that it has an historical centre dating from early 1900s. That said, its old covered market was lying in decay for decades, having lost out to the strategies of the supermarket. In October 2015 it came back to life as a mixed use community centre, structurally enhanced and dressed in a new skin by the Madrid-based studio A-c...
The Danish firm's design was selected for its response to a somewhat contradictory set of goals and values: to be grand and formal enough to instill a sense of respect in the court and faith in the justice process as a whole, yet also able to communicate trust, transparency and hope; and to create an 'open' building that was physically welcoming while meeting some of the...
The brightly colored yellow cafe really stands out compared to the other shopfronts along the shopping strip.
The first of the locations is located in Shanghai. When creating the brands visual identity, the designers went with bright playful colors. The vibrant colors have been used throughout the store, in the packaging and on digital platforms. The interior space is designed to invite customers to enjoy a relaxing journey, as a getaway from their day-to-day routines. Almost li...
As there is a lot of color used in nail art designs, the bottom half of the space has been kept white, to ensure that the nail art being made would be the only color seen. The top half of the studio is home to the bold colorful sticks, that aren’t just there to look good. The different colors of sticks define the various stations for each of the nail artists in the studi...
When describing his influence, Craig mentions, “In designing the space we were inspired by the complex mix of street culture and traditional Japanese values found in the ramen shops we visited in Japan.” Taking in the inspiration from Japan, original street facade was demolished and pushed 12 ft into the space, therefore creating a gathering space between the sidewalk...
Throughout the space, references to food have been made, as Instacart is an internet based grocery service. For example, this carrot. Produce boxes were transformed into custom bar height tables for quick meetings. All of the meeting rooms in the office have a strong two-toned paint palette to express the sliced carrot, which is so inherent to the Instacart brand. ...
Located in the Aarhus port and surrounded by canals and lakes on all four sides, this complex functions as a 22,000 sqm commercial office for 800 employees, as well as a 24,000 sq m goods reception, car park and plant. Reflecting Bestseller's scope and worldwide reach – eleven brands available in over 3,000 branded stores across 38 markets – the construction constitut...
“Floating” on a rectangular pond next to the Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument and overlooking the Tagus River, the original structure, which was designed by António Lino under the guidance of Cottinelli Telmo, consisted of two rectangular buildings and an entrance pavilion that joined them. After the exhibition closed the building underwent major alterations that disto...
The Myconian Ambassador is a luxury hotel located in Mykonos. It is one of a number of such top-end establishments in the Cyclades group of Greek islands. Its construction in 1979 was overseen by George Daktylides, and was the first hotel in the Myconian hotel collection. In 1992, the Myconian Ambassador was selected for membership of the Relais & Châteaux network due to...
The hotel acts as a popup hotel in Amsterdam for one year, after which the floating hotel will be moored off to a permanent destination in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. The new Good Hotel does literally good as it offers long-term unemployed locals a chance to make a fresh start in the hospitality industry. A new beginning is also found for an abandone...
Hotel is located beside Shenzhen Central Park which has a one-thousand meters green belt, close to Huaqiang North, and is transformed from an old factory. Located in the most commercial zone of Shenzhen, this boutique hotel with natural, mysterious and elegant sense was designed and transformed from an old dilapidated factory. The whole hotel covers only 8800 sqm. In...
the company has become a family tradition that has been developed by three generations and established as a brand since 1987. for several years, the image and brand identity has been transformed and renewed periodically attempting to distinguish itself from local competition. when faced with the new design of the brand and store façade, mexican-based studio IHC took i...
the restaurant’s interior is a celebration of the creative diversity of the canadian city, and features tailor-made pieces exclusively created by locally-based artists (both established and up-coming). ‘être avec toi’ features tables by jason wasserman, murals by WIA & stikki peaches, booths by jason cantoro, and windows by scaner. the establishment has something else up...
greeted with a welcoming room displaying various historical items such as images and videos from tzur moshe’s settlement period, computer stations have been integrated for public use. designed as a flexible space; the furniture can be easily rearranged to accommodate different events and council meetings. the focus of the interior is the open-plan dining area, highlight...
upon entrance, two mannequins beneath a lemon tree are immediately visible, followed by timber ladders and a spiral staircase. the ladders act as the main design element, and set a strict vertical rhythm throughout the entire interior. the path ends with a large mirror that effectively doubles the visual experience of the space. white steel bars and various plants are ‘r...
designed by sans-arc studio – a local firm led by matiya marović – despite the constricted plot of 3.66 x 28 meters, the space is cleverly maximized to include a venue fit for a bar, kitchen and an outdoor courtyard. the design derives from the typology of a wilderness hut, which influenced the strong use of timber and its vernacular form. adapting to the narrow alley...
Now renamed OneOcean, the old port has become, claims the management, the most secure luxury marina in the world. It's a work of fledgling Barcelona-based studio SCOB, who won the commission in an invitation-only competition. The plan encompasses not only architecture, but also the design of outdoor furniture, signage and the 'tidying up' of the old quays and docks. It h...
located in istanbul’s ortaköy neighborhood, the store has been designed for american footwear company skechers and is used to showcase the brand’s latest products. the design team completely reorganized the existing space, with a wall delineating the interior and separating the building’s circulation routes from the main display area. the focal point of the store is a...
