In 2009 PLP was invited to design The Edge, Deloitte’s new offices in Zuidas, Amsterdam’s business centre. The ambition of the project was two-fold: to consolidate Deloitte’s employees, previously spread around multiple buildings throughout the city, within a single environment; and to create a ‘smart building’, intended as a catalyst for Deloitte’s transition into the d...
The bistro is the 6 month old brainchild of business partners, Dimosthenis Misentzis and Epaminondas Skorpideas, who in July of 2012 had already enriched the arty neighborhood by establishing the innovative City Circus Hostel next door. Since then, City Circus has successfully hosted world travelers seeking to experience a true taste of the ancient city from under the sh...
Showcasing their particular colourful, contemporary and trend-focused decorative style, the design of their own new studio interior is a bold playground of rich colour-blocked planes, decorative marble details and gold trims that continues the concept behind the studio’s new branding and identity. Each and every wall and surface of the 120m2 space has been carefully cons...
To match the specialised product on offer, the designer created a sombre and elegant space that acts as the perfect, non-distracting backdrop for an authentic gourmet coffee experience. Throughout, different geometries are seen at play, from the irregular pattern on the floor tiles to the composition of steel frames hanging from the ceiling, while, the otherwise dark col...
With its origins dating back to the 18th century, Vista Alegre has cemented itself as a global ambassador of Portuguese craftsmanship, bringing a sophisticated touch to stately tables worldwide. Today, the history of the family and its world-renowned crafts are celebrated in the Montebelo Vista Alegre Hotel that opened its doors to guests in 2015. The hotel rises alon...
Completed in mid 2014, by Brooklyn based architecture and interior design studio, Workstead, the quaint and charming bakery was conceived as a series of interventions within the context of the existing space. These neatly fitting consecutive spaces and alcoves make up the back of house cold kitchen prep, the on-site bakery space, a retail space and seating alcoves that l...
Neighbouring the Opera Orchestre National, the Grand Hôtel du Midi over looks La Place de la Comédie, one of Montpellier’s most beautiful squares. Its ornate façade and Haussmanian architecture setting the tone. With a wink to its famous neighbour and to Montpellier’s renowned festival of contemporary dance, the hotel’s new design draws inspiration from opera, dance a...
Completed in 2014 by Hong Kong’s NC Design and Architecture (NCDA), the bar is disguised by the illusionary street front of a specialty stamp store in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan antiques district; in true speakeasy style, this innocent showcase façade conceals the bar’s entry door, which is activated only by the initiated few by pulling on a glowing stamp. As the showcase do...
The compact one-hundred-and-fifty-square-metre space was stripped of the 1990’s fit-out and carefully re-planned to consist of an entrance hall, rooms for manicure, hairstyling areas, small and large connecting halls, a private client room and a courtyard terrace. With much of the building’s original period architectural and design detailing removed during its former ...
Housed in a heritage listed, post-war modernist building in the centre of the city which was designed and constructed in 1957 by venerated German architects, Sep Ruf and Theo Papst, the building’s foundation stretches even further back—as this is the site of a late 16th century castle which belonged to Bavarian duke, Wilhelm V. When Zurich-based architecture practice, Bu...
Following the client’s wish to create a “free café”, the designers created an open and versatile space encompassing an easily changeable configuration which provides a variety of different zones for socialising and relaxing. Earthy tones and tactile materials like wood, paper, brick and ceramic tiles create a warm and inviting atmosphere, while the addition of plants liv...
We used Asia and US Chinese restaurants as a guide for the new place. Thus, the idea of cosmopolitanism and cultural migration between the East and the West was represented. On the center of the main dining area, there is the longest community table in the Eastern Europe. About 50 guests can easily sit down to this table. The table consists of seven tabletops interconnec...
The hotel’s design takes its cues from the vibrancy of street life, the honesty of materials and the potential of invention. It is about soul, latent in the historic architecture and reintroduced through forward-thinking design. Ace collaborated with the New York-based design firm Roman & Williams to create Ace Hotel New York. Roman & Williams designed a new residenti...
Chef Davide Croce in October 2014 appointed us to refurbish a facility in the old town centre of Treviso in order to transform it into a restaurant-deli-pizzeria. The primary issue for Davide, and his right-hand man Michele Pozzebon, was to have a venue to be likely to match up with their recipes. Challenging... While been delighted by his cookery we immediately r...
Francin Bistro is located outside the city center. It is a family business of local residents, which brings the attributes of a good bistro in to the prague´s Malešice: Quality coffee, hot and cold drinks, sweet and salty homemade goodies and welcoming atmosphere of the place where you can sit in peace. The heart of the company is "bar" sales counter and open kitchen, wh...
With contemporary perfection and craftsmanship produces Bod'or doors and door solutions for the higher market segment ranging from lush to tight with a wealth of panels, profile, glass rings and latches and hinges. In Amsterdam – Oostzaan is a presentation space for Bod'or realized in a special way displaying the entire assortment of doors and door solutions. M + R desig...
located inside a former cold storage warehouse in the city’s fulton market district, the 72,000-square foot facility promotes collaboration among employees through a light-filled, open floor plan. commissioned by SRAM, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of bicycle components, the brief called for an interior that connected staff by providing a range of collaborativ...
The flooring on three floors and a circular Auditorium of stairs, were wrapped all around in bamboo flooring boards. This element is the power center of the three-floor offices. In this project we used the old classic method of flooring, by placing small floor ‘boards’ made from short solid bamboo strips, creating the specific industrial look, while the polishing and ...
CA's guidelines for the design team were to create a young and dynamic environment; as a result the design team came up with an idea for a new kind of work space that incorporated all of the above as well as being inspirational and unique. This type of creative and open design enables for many formal and informal collaboration areas that act as a buffer between active...
Here you are offered to taste different coffee blends and try its different making techniques. Black and grey shades of floor tiles, metal constructions, window frames, shelves and furniture prevail in the interior. They are matched with dark brown, covered with black patina plywood furniture and jambs. Dark tones become more vivid on the light walls background. Indoor f...
The re-structuring turned this sense of “isolation” into an asset, on a socio-economic as well as an urban level. The project we conducted is a renovation, re-structuring and an unveiling of the towers’ self-evident resources. The site is now very well connected to the public transport system, with a métro stop right outside the building, and the Grand Paris network, ...
When our client contacted us to design the interior of a traditional oriental hookah bar in Sofia, we sought inspiration in the “One thousand and one nights” stories, and the intricate geometric patterns adorning classical Islamic architecture. Housed in a 200sqm rectangular area which opens to a garden in the south, we created a space that celebrates the centuries-long ...
The Architecture and Interior Design project has been simultaneously defined which has led to a totally homogeneous result. The building is located at 4th of Senovazna Street in Prague, close to the historic Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Square. It dates back on 1911 and it is built between common walls, with a C-shaped plan generating a courtyard. This shape i...
The wealth came from the forests in the north that provided the rest of the country with timber for paper- and construction needs. But in 1888 Sundsvall was struck by a fire that almost completely destroyed the old wooden town. The best architects in Sweden were assigned, and no expenses were spared to create the new city. Contractors competed in creating the most imp...
Źródło.bar is the new whiskey bar on the map of Poznan. It's located in basement of a tenement house on Taczaka street - one of the most popular streets with restaurants and cafes in the city center. For the last few years this place was empty hence it was in a very bad condition. After cleaning it up, original brick walls and wooden-brick floors showed up. Main idea was...
TPG created a workplace environment which blurs the lines between work and play, while seamlessly incorporating technology, affording team members the ability to work anywhere within the space. The design features a rustic, industrial aesthetic, achieved through the use of poured and polished concrete, open ceilings with exposed ductwork, and custom canted feature wal...
All materials and colors used in interior were combined with building‘s context. Concrete proportionally with shiny MDF were used for bar and other big interior elements. Ceiling are covered with acoustic panels, which shapes modern textile composition. Furniture reflects the face of XX century modernism: Jacobsen‘s Egg chairs and wall lamps, floor lamps, Starck‘s Astors...
The interior has a lightness and a freshness, which is a departure from the surrounding dark and industrial bars and restaurants. Linehouse wanted to create a strong distinction between the existing and the new; a white datum was inserted into the space which operates as a shelf for display at high level and wraps the bar with a perimeter of shadow less bulbs suspende...
The building is situated in Barcelona's Eixample, in the 255 of Córcega Street, between Enrique Granados and Aribau street. The change of use from offices to hotel meant having to create 20% of courtyards; this led us to empty the centre of the existing building, placing the courtyard and the vertical communication, formed by stairs, elevators and hoists. The courtyar...
The building was a residential construction dated 1874 and has now been converted into a youth hostel, part of the three first projects of TOC Hostels & Suites’ brand development. The other two, also designed by GCA Architects, are located in Madrid and Seville. The overall brand concept, fostered by the architects, owes its inspiration to Bertolucci’s film “The Dreamer...
Choosing a suitable office is the first challenge that many entrepreneurial firms may come up with. Usually a micro entrepreneurial firm needs flexible space to accommodate uncertain staff. On one hand, renting a large office space in one step will tremendously add the newly established firms’ financial burden; On the other hand, if the company rents a relatively small o...
The iconic building, built in 1869, has been carefully revitalized with a mind to maintaining the property’s exquisite original features, while establishing an energetic, creative hub for visitors and neighbours. Working closely with Brooklyn-based design firm Studio Tack, Casa Bonay founder Inés Miro-Sans has reinterpreted the building’s traditional identity with inspir...
Office outfitter Desque found accommodation in the ‘Klokgebouw’ in the ‘Strijp-S’ area in Eindhoven. This imposing, industrial listed building formerly housed the Philips factory. The main inspiration during the refurbishment was based on the transformation from production area to home base for a creative design and interior decorating company. The new interior blends na...
CCS Architecture has partnered again with owners Umberto Gibin and Staffan Terje to design their third restaurant. Volta is located in a corner space on Mission Street at the Westfield San Francisco Centre within the city’s Yerba Buena Cultural district. While their current restaurants Perbacco and Barbacco are both Italian, Volta is a departure that incorporates influe...
Using enduring principles of Scandinavian design combined with boundary-breaking creative modernism, SPACE Copenhagen worked with Creative Director Anda Andrei to fill 11 Howard with beautiful materials and meticulously selected objects. 11 Howard is SPACE Copenhagen’s first project in New York, and the studio has infused it with both the DNA of Danish design traditions ...
Created in collaboration with long-time partners SIMPLICITY under the leadership of Shinichiro Ogata, the store is situated in one of Osaka’s principal retail districts, formerly home to a timber yard and storehouses, which provided inspiration for its refined industrial aesthetic. Like many in the city, the district was named for the bridge (bashi) spanning the Nagahori...
