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Giampiero Tagliaferri lines Aspen coffee bar with green marble and faux fur

October 29, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Milanese restaurant group Sant Ambroeus has opened a coffee bar in Aspen, Colorado, where Giampiero Tagliaferri Studio has filled the space with vintage Italian furniture. The Sant Ambroeus Coffee Bar Aspen draws references from the Alpine design found across the popular ski town, as well as the heritage of the brand, which was founded in

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César Béjar Studio inserts minimal pink house into Mexican street

October 28, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Mexican architecture firm César Béjar Studio has sandwiched a minimalist pink house between two buildings in Culiacán, Mexico, while bringing light into its centre via atriums and voids. Completed in 2020, Casa en Tres Rios is covered entirely in a pinkish-red hue, giving the building a starkly different appearance than its white and wood neighbours

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Figure and Studio J Jih perform “stair gymnastics” inside Boston rowhouse

October 22, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

American firms Studio J Jih and Figure have overhauled a historic house in Boston, which now revolves around a sculptural “hairpin” staircase influenced by the twists and turns of mountain roads. Locally based Studio J Jih and San Francisco studio Figure collaborated on the transformation of the four-storey rowhouse in the city’s South End. The

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Studio Tre models Bronx chocolate cafe on Puerto Rican general stores

October 21, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

This South Bronx cafe that serves a chocolate-focused menu is designed by Brooklyn-based Studio Tre to reflect the brand’s Caribbean roots. Bright colours, palm fronds, references to Spanish architecture and wallpaper made of advertisements feature in the second cafe location of the chocolate manufacturer Chocobar Cortés. Chocobar Cortés is a fourth-generation family company that has

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Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college

October 17, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. Marcellin College principal Marco Di Cesare saw a need to offer a space where students could come together and seek help for mental health issues, particularly after Australia’s state of Victoria

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Gensler and Sterling Bay design Chicago laboratory to resemble a hotel

October 15, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Light-filled spaces, neutral-toned furniture and a sculptural spiral staircase bring a hospitality feeling to this life sciences building in Chicago, designed by architecture studio Gensler and developer Sterling Bay. The eight-storey 1229 W Concord Place building is located at the Lincoln Yards development, northwest of Downtown Chicago and beside the north branch of the Chicago

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Timothy Godbold turns his Hamptons home into a “villain’s hideout”

October 14, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Interior designer Timothy Godbold has overhauled his own home in the Hamptons, painting the exterior black and renovating the inside to resemble a lair from a James Bond movie. Timothy Godbold’s 1,700-square-foot (158-square-metre) Southampton home was built in 1973 by architect Eugene L Futterman, who designed many notable residences in the area during the mid-20th

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Renovated Ibizan finca retains rustic charm as Aguamadera hotel

October 10, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A 19th-century farmhouse hidden away in the mountains of Ibiza has been converted into a hotel, where guests stay inside earthy, minimalist suites with interiors conceived by creative director Carlota Sarda Caralps. The remote Aguamadera resort opened earlier this year and was designed as “a secluded hideaway home” with a focus on nature, wellness and

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RootStudio transforms former Oaxaca convent into culinary centre

October 8, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture firm RootStudio has converted a historic convent building into a centre for celebrating the rich culinary legacy of Mexico’s Oaxaca region. The Centro Gastronómico de Oaxaca occupies the former convent of Carmen el Alto in the city of Oaxaca – the capital of the state of the same name. Dating back to the 16th

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RooMoo integrates local materials and traditions into Som Land Hostel near Shanghai

October 8, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Thatched roofs, recycled bricks and bundles of sticks were used to construct this hostel on Shanghai’s Chongming Island, which Chinese studio RooMoo has organised around two existing buildings. The site is surrounded by water and forests, creating a secluded rural environment on the island that’s located across the Yangtze River estuary from the vast metropolitan

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