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Vincent Van Duysen transforms Milanese palazzo into “sensual” Ferragamo store

March 18, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has completed a boutique in Milan for Italian fashion house Ferragamo, featuring red marble panels and an alcove covered in ceramic petals that offset the original Renaissance-style interiors. The store is located within Palazzo Carcassola Grandi, which was originally built in the 15th century and now occupies a prime spot

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Isern Serra completes “serene” office for Spanish eyewear brand

March 13, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Sculptural custom-made furniture adds artistic flourishes to this otherwise minimal showroom and head office, designed by Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra for eyewear brand Gigi Studios. Isern Serra was tasked with creating a holistic scheme for the 900-square-metre headquarters, occupying one floor of a building in the town of Sant Cugat del Vallès just north

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Isern Serra completes “serene” office for Spanish eyewear brand

March 13, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Sculptural custom-made furniture adds artistic flourishes to this otherwise minimal showroom and head office, designed by Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra for eyewear brand Gigi Studios. Isern Serra was tasked with creating a holistic scheme for the 900-square-metre headquarters, occupying one floor of a building in the town of Sant Cugat del Vallès just north

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FDA designs playful colour-block interiors for Italian seaside hotel

March 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Italian architecture office FDA has updated several guest rooms and suites at the family-friendly Hotel Haway on Italy’s Adriatic coast, introducing bespoke furniture in colours that evoke the sea and mountains. Fiorini D’Amico Architetti (FDA) was tasked with modernising the interiors of the 50-room hotel in Martinsicuro, a popular seaside resort in the Abruzzo region.

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Byró Architekti “blurs old and new” at renovated House in Kutná Hora

March 3, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Prague studio Byró Architekti has renovated a 19th-century house in the Czech town of Kutná Hora, adding unexpected openings and colourful joinery that create a playful contrast with the original interior. The studio was tasked with restoring the character of the existing house, which had been compromised by a previous programme of renovations in the

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ORA creates modern home in 500-year-old Czech Renaissance building

February 27, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Czech architecture studio ORA has renovated a Renaissance-era house in the town of Český Krumlov, preserving original features like its carved wooden beams while adding free-standing contemporary furniture. Local entrepreneurs Petra Hanáková and Radek Techlovský purchased the dilapidated house in the town centre in 2016 and asked ORA to oversee a modernisation process that retains

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Isabelle Heilmann converts Parisian textile workshop into loft apartment

February 11, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Isabelle Heilmann has used glazing and level changes to turn a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan apartment with a dedicated home office. The owners of the property on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud asked Heilmann’s studio Epicène to rationalise the interior and create a space for home working while maintaining the apartment’s

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Isabelle Heilmann converts Parisian textile workshop into loft apartment

February 11, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Isabelle Heilmann has used glazing and level changes to turn a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan apartment with a dedicated home office. The owners of the property on Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud asked Heilmann’s studio Epicène to rationalise the interior and create a space for home working while maintaining the apartment’s

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Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto

February 5, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. Kawamichiya Kosho-An is an outpost of soba restaurant Kawamichiya, which can trace its history of creating dishes using buckwheat noodles back more than 300 years. It occupies a 110-year-old property

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Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto

February 5, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. Kawamichiya Kosho-An is an outpost of soba restaurant Kawamichiya, which can trace its history of creating dishes using buckwheat noodles back more than 300 years. It occupies a 110-year-old property

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