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Standard Architecture refreshes interiors of pink Paul Smith store in LA

February 3, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

British fashion label Paul Smith’s iconic pink store in Los Angeles has received an interior makeover from Standard Architecture. Standard Architecture collaborated with the Paul Smith design team to reimagine the 4,740-square-foot (440 square metres) store on Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood. The studios also created a new VIP entrance patio for the building, which is

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Lovers Unite revives interiors of mid-century Silver Lake home

January 28, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. The wooden dwelling in LA’s Silver Lake neighbourhood belongs to production designer James Chinlund and artist Clare Crespo. A “previously a boring, nondescript mid-century house”,

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Cafe Kitsuné Los Angeles features Parisian-style interiors with “Japanese twist”

January 27, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Paris-based lifestyle brand Kitsuné has opened a cafe next to its boutique in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, both with minimalist interiors featuring white oak and stainless steel. The interiors of the new Cafe Kitsuné and the renovated Maison Kitsuné store were designed by co-founder Masaya Kuroki to reflect the brand’s French-Japanese culture as well as

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Ideas of Order selects bright colours for New York apartment renovation

January 21, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Bright hues define the different interventions that New York architecture studio Ideas of Order has made in this apartment at the northern tip of Manhattan. The 1,000-square-foot primary residence in Hudson Heights was partially renovated for a couple, who had been living in the space for several years before deciding to invest in making it

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Bird feathers and burls inform New York restaurant by Polonsky & Friends

January 20, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York design studio Polonsky & Friends has lined this tiny New York omakase restaurant with burl wood veneer panels, while its counters and cabinetry are coloured to resemble bird feathers. Designed as a sister location of Rosella, an East Village sushi spot that opened in 2020, Bar Miller is located a few blocks away

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Jialun Xiong highlights “intricacies and textures” at Sichuanese restaurant in LA

January 14, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Subtle nods to traditional Chinese architecture can be found throughout this restaurant in California, designed by LA-based Jialun Xiong. Sichuan Impression’s third outpost, located in Alhambra, occupies a 2,000-square-foot (186-square-metre) space that “takes an elegantly pared-down approach to family-style dining”. Jialun Xiong took an equally relaxed approach to the interiors, combining warm and soft colours

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Ome Dezin restores 1960s California residence by A Quincy Jones

January 13, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

US studio Ome Dezin has renovated a large mid-century home in Brentwood, California, using a tonal colour palette and maximising the lush hillside views. The six-bedroom 12221 Benmore residence was designed and constructed in 1960 by notable local architects A Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmon. When Jesse Rudolph and Joelle Kutner of Ome Dezin came

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Ibiza Interiors turns dry-stone stables into flexible guesthouse Campo Atelier

January 9, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A 200-year-old stable building in the mountains of Ibiza has been converted into a vacation home by local studio Ibiza Interiors. The Atelier is one of four dwellings that make up Campo – a group of rentable guesthouses set in a finca, or farmstead, in the island’s Morna Valley. Ibiza Interiors founder Jurjen Van Hulzen has renovated

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Yellow lighting illuminates Le Père store in New York by BoND

January 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York architecture studio BoND has used tubular lighting to create a bright yellow glow inside this men’s apparel store on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The first flagship for cult fashion label Le Père occupies a 1,000-square-foot (93-square-metre) corner unit on Orchard Street. Utilising the store’s large exposure to the street, BoND opted to create

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Commoncraft draws on “beauty in imperfection” for New York cafe

January 6, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Distressed concrete, rowlock bricks and worn plasterwork create an intentionally unfinished appearance at this cafe in New York City’s East Village neighbourhood, designed by Brooklyn studio Commoncraft. For its expansion into Manhattan, New Jersey-based Kuppi Coffee Company secured a 350-square-foot space on bustling St Marks Place – its second location. The compact interior has just

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