No Image

Eight neutral-hued homes patterned with intricate herringbone flooring

June 29, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

From a 1970s apartment renovation in Lisbon to a converted shop in Montreal, our latest lookbook collects eight residential interiors characterised by decorative herringbone parquet flooring. The herringbone pattern is made of rectangles or parallelograms, arranged to resemble the bones of a herring. It is often used for wallpaper, textiles and floors. Herringbone is a

The post Eight neutral-hued homes patterned with intricate herringbone flooring appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Dawid Konieczny designs dinky Warsaw apartment to have “the ease of a good hotel room”

June 21, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Polish architect Dawid Konieczny has added mid-century modern elements to this Warsaw studio apartment, conceived to echo the compact size and sophistication of a hotel room. Set within an early 20th-century building clad in terracotta bricks, the apartment’s petite perimeter formed the basis for its interior design. “We’re talking about 30 square metres, so it’s

The post Dawid Konieczny designs dinky Warsaw apartment to have “the ease of a good hotel room” appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

“Proud Mancunian” Norman Foster to renovate Manchester United training ground

June 18, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has begun work renovating the interiors of the men’s first-team building at Manchester United’s Carrington training complex. Began yesterday, the renovation of the training ground located around six miles from the club’s Old Trafford home stadium is being led by Foster + Partners founder and Norman Foster, who is from

The post “Proud Mancunian” Norman Foster to renovate Manchester United training ground appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Lina Stores South Kensington designed to “evoke the rhythm” of Italian espresso bars

June 16, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Interiors studio North End Design has applied the distinctive pistachio green synonymous with London’s popular Italian delicatessen and restaurant chain Lina Stores to the company’s newly opened branch in South Kensington. Positioned on the corner of Exhibition Road and Thurloe Square, the South Kensington restaurant is the seventh outpost of the well-known deli, which opened

The post Lina Stores South Kensington designed to “evoke the rhythm” of Italian espresso bars appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Teki Design creates Kyoto cafe as hub to “learn about the future of coffee”

June 13, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

2050 Coffee is a minimalist self-service coffee shop in Kyoto designed to raise awareness about sustainability issues surrounding the future of the drink. According to architecture and interiors firm Teki Design, the coffee shop aims to interrogate “the 2050 coffee problem” – the fact that there could be a global scarcity of coffee the year 2050. “Climate

The post Teki Design creates Kyoto cafe as hub to “learn about the future of coffee” appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar

June 12, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Studio Pirajean Lees paired oxblood tiles with intricate wooden joinery at the Kioku sushi restaurant and sake bar, within central London’s OWO hotel, to reference the head chef ‘s travels. Kioku consists of a bar on the ground floor and a restaurant on the top floor of the hotel within the Grade II*-listed Old War

The post Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar

June 12, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Studio Pirajean Lees paired oxblood tiles with intricate wooden joinery at the Kioku sushi restaurant and sake bar, within central London’s OWO hotel, to reference the head chef ‘s travels. Kioku consists of a bar on the ground floor and a restaurant on the top floor of the hotel within the Grade II*-listed Old War

The post Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Burdifilek applies “quiet colour palette” to Entourage superyacht

June 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Canadian design studio Burdifilek chose delicate blue-hued furnishings for the Entourage superyacht, which features minimalist interiors created to blend in with “the azure sea beyond”. Constructed with an aluminium superstructure by naval architect Damien Yachting, the 63-metre-long vessel features interior design by Burdifilek – a Toronto-based studio. Spread over four decks, the yacht can accommodate up

The post Burdifilek applies “quiet colour palette” to Entourage superyacht appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Eight converted-barn interiors that reveal echoes of their pasts

May 18, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

An “unprecious” restaurant, a sculptor’s studio and a handful of holiday homes are among the converted barns in our latest lookbook, which explores how to transform the interiors of these agricultural buildings. Traditionally, barns are farm buildings that house livestock or store resources such as grain or hay. But around the world, architects and designers

The post Eight converted-barn interiors that reveal echoes of their pasts appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

H3O creates “unpredictable” zigzagging interiors for lightning-struck home

May 10, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Three jagged walls delineate the colourful spaces inside this converted barn in Sant Just Desvern, Spain, transformed by Barcelona studio H3O to reference a lightning bolt that struck the building generations ago. The one-storey Relámpago House is a former barn with a white-painted barrel-vaulted ceiling in the Spanish town of Sant Just Desvern on the

The post H3O creates “unpredictable” zigzagging interiors for lightning-struck home appeared first on Dezeen.