What is Hipster? Hipster is a subculture of a man or woman in his/her 20′s or 30′s that thrives off of indie-rock, vintage furnishings, ironic/off-beat/untraditional art, skinny jeans, and liberal politics. If you are hipster or want to be a hipster, how would you decorate your living spaces? There are some what you would call [...]
For approximately 300 years cities have been growing, assimilating territory previously reserved for other functions like industry, warehousing/logistics, agriculture, etc. As this process develops, moving around these areas becomes more and more difficult: traffic becomes chaotic; polluting activities are forbidden close to residential and service areas; the price of land goes up. Existing functions tend [...]
“Sur Mesure” is a fast food restaurant that customers can make their sandwiches, salad or pasta with ingredients and sauce of their own choice, among a large selection… Let us now look at the works that have been carried out inside the restaurant. The previous owners had used the premises as a temporary employment agency. [...]
Given the fact that the client was a newly arrived surgeon in Thessaloniki (Greece), we were handed the task of creating a memorable office space, providing an experience as distant as possible from the usual image one associates with a visit to a doctor’s studio. In order to separate the medic’s office and exam room [...]
Guillaume Gentet was given the task of converting a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom luxury loft apartment into a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom unit. The total area was also increased by 500SF from 2,673 to 3,073 through the extension of the upper mezzanine. + Project Highlights One bedroom, two bathroom loft apartment converted into a three [...]
Nopi is the name of the latest project behind Ottolenghi’s team. Nopi was designed by Architect Alex Meitlis and was recently winner of the Gourmet Award by “Condé Nast Traveller“ in its annual competition Innovations & Design Awards. This Soho based restaurant described as a “brasserie with a twist” is split between two levels. The [...]
Modernisation of the Berchtesgaden Youth Hostel– Design meets Adventure: Haus Untersberg – now open LAVA‘s reinterpretation of an existing youth hostel has resulted in a completely new type of space. The transformation of the youth hostel is underway! The design is all about the individuality of spaces – LAVA achieved this by the clever reorganisation [...]
Peddle Thorp Architects undertook the interior store planning and fixture design of the 3 top floors in the newly refurbished flagship MYER store in Melbourne. This department store receives the “Store Design of the Year Award” at the 2011 Oracle World Retail Awards. Myer is Australia’s largest department store group and has been a market [...]
Upon entering the space we find an open reception area in a circular form which embraces you as you open the elevator door, this reception area is flanked by two stained-glass windows in blue tones with abstract graphics of medicines and when looked at closely these are infinitely deep. At the center and as the [...]
One of the first interior designs located at the attic of the old tenement house in Cracow adapted for an apartment with a mezzanine. The concept assumed to redesign the common part consisting of a kitchen and a dining room to a living room with a fire place, a wardrobe sheltered by the entry door, [...]
The Walk-in cinema inside SALT Beyoglu building is almost a cul-de-sac attached to Istiklal Street, one of the most important pedestrian zones of Istanbul. As the name also suggests, this is an open space which is connected to the Istiklal street via the ground area of the building. The lack of any doors makes the [...]
mode:lina architekci proudly presents Bookbox Loft. The client unconsciously dictated to mode:lina the design. We love open space and flexible solutions, but we need cosy rooms and privacy as well. We love to be noisy; talk loudly while eating, listen to loud music etc. but at the same time J. Is an early bird and I’m [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
