Glazing on two sides made the typical wall-facing format of salon seating restrictive. Instead the design explored using this unimpeded view into the space in a different way - as though it were a small stage set and for the project to be an installation rather than an exercise in interior design. The 50m2 space is split between the main cutting floor (the stage) and...
1 Hotel South Beach offers unparalleled views of the Atlantic ocean, Miami’s natural paradise, Biscayne Bay and Downtown Miami’s ever-expanding skyline. Throughout the 426-room hotel the celebration of nature is evident, from the graceful twist of driftwood furnishings to the ever-present sounds of the ocean and abundance of living natural material. 426 guest rooms th...
An Amsterdam based hotel chain, citizenM is bringing affordable luxury to all mobile citizens, as it opened its doors on 10 April, 2014. citizenM Times Square offers New York 230 of its signature guest rooms, stacked on top of a vibrant living room plaza, a double height space which combines the NY-vibe with a home away from home feel. This citizenM features a striking a...
It has been designed as a home away from home. A welcoming and visible entrance, featuring an inspiring commissioned work of art by Julian Opie that covers the entire front façade, is angled towards the terminal & RER station. citizenM charles de gaulle offers Paris 230 of its signature guest rooms, set on top of a vibrant living room area, an open and dynamic space that...
Located at 200 Greenwich Street and bounded by Church Street to the east, Vesey Street to the north and Fulton Street to the south, the tower will rise to ~1,340 feet, respectfully framing the 9/11 Memorial Park alongside One WTC, 3 WTC and 4 WTC. The design of 2 WTC is derived from its urban context at the meeting point between two very different neighborhoods: the F...
To this end, a floorplan was designed that separates work areas and functions effectively while making limited use of solid partitions. Louvres were employed in many cases where partitions were needed because of their porosity to visual and auditory information. This open plan approach additionally allows light from the glazing running nearly the entire perimeter of the ...
In this peculiar location PNY and CUT decided to take the burger joint on a trip to Miami. Merging the lexicon of the diner booths and colorful beach-huts, turquoise and pink lacquered steel tubular structures inhabit the place. Covered with white lacquered expanded metal the booths integrate in one piece the table and its seats. On the back walls pink and turquoise gr...
AHR responded to the challenge of the constrained and sloping town centre site creating two new pedestrian streets and a cluster of inter-locking buildings. This allowed over 50% of the site to be given over to new public realm and better integrated the development into the existing urban grain. Careful orientation of the buildings and an innovative acoustic louvre windo...
"Mama smile" is an indoor playground facility for families located inside the shopping mall. Emmanuelle developed a new brand concept and the interior design, a new family facility has opened in Mito composed of a playground and a day nursery. Although located inside the shopping mall, it gives a sense of security like being in a comfortable home. Entrance to the pla...
The fully leased mall meant it was time to get creative in order to generate new retail space within the existing floorplan. The compact size of the store sparked the idea of creating a walk-in jewellery box. Its walls are panelled in fuchsia velvet-covered diamond rhombuses, alternating with embedded rhomboid display cabinets. Sophisticated, invisible opening mechanisms...
Inspiration by František Křižík, the Karlín-born electrical engineering inovator, merged with the idea of connecting through good coffee and delicious food. The main bar wall, made of white perforated plywood, creates a grid, which all the components on the wall connect to - from the sliding targets of wires to the paper roll with daily menu. Network of wires, stre...
With its simple douce and ultra matte yellow walls and the warm blue azure notes in the upholstery, the interior hints references to the classic architecture of southern Italy, and yet the hues are used in a simple no-nonsense architecture with unique wooden flooring, benches and tables by Danish family business, Dinesen - typical of Norm and their Scandinavian heritage....
The primary objective for this tiny cafe in the heart of downtown San Francisco was to bring epicurean level coffee at a rate and speed to meet the Financial District’s demands while simultaneously revitalizing a stretch of sidewalk that has been fallow for over twenty years. Coffee Bar serves as a workshop to explore, experiment, and embrace the trends of the coffee ind...
Inspired by Michael's vision, we worked closely with him and Annabell Kutucu, the interior decorator, to develop Scorpios' master plan and architectural language. The design result is an atmospheric experience that celebrates beach culture and transcends the various design disciplines to present a total experience that submerges the visitor from the master plan to it...
Office environments must respond to the constant changes in working groups’ organizations, to their production processes and to the needs for personal comfort and technology development. The building in which the curtain office is conceived, located in the centre of the city, was built in 1938 as a hybrid of modern and traditional structural principles. Its reinforced...
Hotel SP34 opens in April 2014 with 118 rooms, 2 a la carte restaurants, 4 bars, serviced rooftop terrace, conference facilities and an exclusive private cinema with 25 seats. The target group is ”Luxury Bohemians” amongst business people, conference participants and tourists. In April 2014 the Brøchner Hotels chain is launching a new, exclusive hotel and conference c...
ISSEY MIYAKE MARUNOUCHI that has newly opened in Tokyo expresses the contrast between history and future by the architectural textures created over a long time and a futuristic triangle of red-dyed aluminum which seems like floating in the air.
The offices are located in an industrial lofts building in Schocken Str., which is situated in the South Tel Aviv district that is well known for its "low-fi" industrial urban style. Following the initial brief provided by the companies, the main challenge was how on the one hand to create a workspace that allows each of the companies the solitary, functional privacy ...
The project is characterized by a continuous sequences of different settings that, dissolving the corridor presence, give a domestic and contemporary style to the space: the sector conceived for informal meetings with a high table and stools, the lounge area with a carpet and the armchairs, the individual and common workspaces. Libraries, exhibitors and semi-opaque fr...
With limited free height between floors, the task turned out to be a real challenge and consisted mostly of adapting and redistributing the hotel's interior spaces. The objective was to put the Hotel Eurobuilding back among the elite establishments in Madrid's hotel sector. After an exhaustive study of all the possibilities available from the building's geometry, an e...
AnalogFolk Bridge is a 198 sqm. office extension to the exis;ng AnalogFolk HQ. Located in one of the most crea;ve hubs in East London, Clerkenwell provides the perfect loca;on for this expanding company. The AnalogFolk extension consisted of a new recep;on, open bar zone, large mee;ng room, and open work space. The main concept for the extension was to architecturally...
The forward-looking construction project was completed by renowned Basel architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and the company Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH. Following 16 months of construction, the new Ricola Kräuterzentrum, which is directly adjacent to the production facility in Laufen, entered into operation at the beginning of May 2014. The center will clean, dry, c...
Located in the block among via San Raffaele, via Berchet and via Foscolo, it is close to the east entrance to Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Duomo. This building, that dates back to late XIX century, used to be the headquarter of the renowned Casa Ricordi, an Italian music production company that worked with Verdi, Puccini and all major Opera musicians and singers....
The Master degree studio at KTH School of Architecture have constructed a rolling, low coast, non-permit building thorough investigating regulating laws and building production. The house name is FRIGGATTO – a merge of two Swedish non-permit building types, the 15 m² “Friggebod” and the 25 m² “Attefallshus”. The design is based on how these two types can be combined into...
The Roast Room is all about art: from the unique interior to the delicious food. The Roast Room is an ode to meat. Dutch chef Michiel Deenik’s Amsterdam restaurant has two floors and is equipped with all appliances to serve the best meat dishes. The Butcher is made of the best meat: as a restaurant mascot the Butcher symbolizes hospitality, excellent products and h...
For a woman to enhance her beauty, a close linkage between inner and outer body care is required. We therefore designed a service and space based on a concept that fuses to the maximum the features of cosmetics with food & drink. One is able to leaf through information on various products using a tablet and casually try out every single product in the store as if orderi...
Original features have been meticulously maintained and the history of the site lives on, in the Masseria’s stunning vaulted ceilings and 17th century chapel. Having undergone four years of extensive renovation, the family-owned Masseria Petrarolo on Puglia’s idyllic Adriatic coast, showcases a breath-taking blend of contemporary style and rustic luxury. Originally co...
Studio Y’s new design for Raw Trader combines raw and contemporary style. The interior fit-out is the ideal backdrop for showcasing the hero produce while stimulating the senses. All design elements were carefully considered and layered to reveal a delicious celebration. The rustic timber wall paneling inspired by fresh produce crates is both decorative and functional...
Hence its name, which comes from the fusion of two key words: “cristallo” (crystal glass) and “Italia” (made in Italy). Its name also evokes another special feature, transparency, which continued to make Kristalia stand out even when glass production was abandoned in favour of furniture design. Transparency is one of Kristalia’s key values, which can be applied to the...
Where We Work: the Interior of the Marcel Wanders Studio The studio of Marcel Wanders can be found on the 3rd floor of the building, a creative hub where 50 passionate designers collaborate on beautiful and innovative products and interiors. Separated by a corridor, the studio is divided like a left and right brain, with one side embodying the logical organization ...
The two companies have previously worked together on Southerden’s first cake shop in Peckham, which was adorned with Kishimoto’s new wallpapers. The new cafe features Kishimoto’s colourful standout graphics – its Venice pattern covering floor to ceiling, as well as Studio MacLean’s lighting solutions and joins a number of other desirable restaurants and markets nearby.
The project is a retrofit of an existing glass greenhouse structure, formerly used for wedding ceremonies, into a new flagship for the launch of the Cafe 27 brand. It was important to convey Cafe 27's high standard for fresh, healthy and quality ingredients in their offerings through the architecture. As a result the new cafe was conceived as an inside-out garden pavilio...
From its humble beginnings as the 1800s ironmongery store formally known as Hutchinson’s, the site was transformed into a modern restaurant, cafe. Engaging the full services of the studio, which span interior, building, product and branding design, Hutch & Co was an exercise in composition and contrast between materials, which are wrapped, extruded or intersected to p...
DESIGN CONCEPT WRITE UP MOD’s design draws inspiration from this heritage and specifically the historic Loke Thye Kee restaurant, its 100-year-old namesake and neighbor. Both the restaurant and the residences re developed by the same owner, 1919 Global Sdn Bhd. Harking back to the romance of the early 1900’s, Loke Thye Kee Residences recalls the spirit of a bygone era b...
After listening to all the needs of customers who work during the studio became real friends, our team started to develop the concept. Inspect the premises of the restaurant Friendly, architects Anastasia Dmitrieva and Anna Sychev once suggested using elements of style Loft, which originated in the 40s of XX century. in the industrial districts of New York. Architects...
The £2.89million redevelopment project creates 3,157 sqm of workspace just a short distance from the institute’s George Grey Wornum-designed headquarters at Number 66. Conceived as a younger sibling to the main building, the new offices are a reworking of a 1950s building previously occupied by the Institute of Physics. Architects Theis + Khan aimed to create a sustai...
