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Weinbenami “maintains soul” of modernist Antwerp apartment in delicate overhaul

October 30, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Multidisciplinary design studio Weinbenami has subtly renovated an apartment in Antwerp, mixing in new elements among its original 1960s features. The apartment, set in a modernist residential building from 1969, used to belong to the owner’s grandparents. Its rooms were covered in aged wallpaper, crammed with furniture and generally felt quite confined. But Weinbenami still

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Crafty past of London’s East End informs Norton Folgate offices

October 29, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Universal Design Studio has brought in weavers, enamelers, and other creative makers to decorate workspaces within the Norton Folgate development in east London’s Spitalfields neighbourhood. Norton Folgate is a 330,000 square foot mixed-use site comprising a total of six buildings, three of which have interiors curated by Universal Design Studio: 16 Blossom Street, Nicholls &

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Uncanny Studio revamps and reconnects rooms within 1930s London penthouse

October 23, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

A better sense of flow has been created between the rooms of this London penthouse, which design firm Uncanny Studio has decked out with marble, walnut wood and other luxury materials. The studio overhauled Primrose Apartment, which is set on the top floor of an art deco-era building that overlooks Regent’s Park in central London.

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Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow in Victoria

October 20, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in Victoria, Australia, conceived by designer David Hicks. Woodend house is located in Macedon Ranges, a region of Victoria characterised by sprawling forests and rolling hillsides. Inspiration for the home’s design, however, stems from European vernacular architecture, in

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Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo

October 17, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement the existing building. The Symbolplus office is set within a timber-framed building designed by Japanese architect Akio Hayashi, who asked that the studio use similarly natural materials to fit out its workspace. “He requested that we avoid

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Hong Kong’s lush hillsides inform interiors of model apartments by Studio Ella

October 6, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Interior designer Studio Ella has styled a trio of model apartments inside Hong Kong’s 33 Kennedy Road development, using earth tones and natural materials that nod to the surrounding landscape. Located in Hong Kong Island’s affluent Mid-Levels area, 33 Kennedy Road has a total of 71 units. Studio Ella turned three of these into model

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Benjamin Hale Architects extends light-starved Victorian home upwards and outwards

August 7, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

Welsh practice Benjamin Hale Architects has added two modern extensions – one made from pale brick, the other from black zinc – to a Victorian-era home in south London. The end-of-terrace house is located in Dulwich and previously featured a dim and dated interior. Working alongside local interior designer Hamish Vincent, Benjamin Hale Architects set

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Benjamin Hale Architects extends light-starved Victorian home upwards and outwards

August 7, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

Welsh practice Benjamin Hale Architects has added two modern extensions – one made from pale brick, the other from black zinc – to a Victorian-era home in south London. The end-of-terrace house is located in Dulwich and previously featured a dim and dated interior. Working alongside local interior designer Hamish Vincent, Benjamin Hale Architects set

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Isern Serra designs Barcelona modelling agency as a “landscape” for taking photos

June 24, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

Pale walls, sculptural furnishings and sunken plant features provide a striking backdrop to photoshoots taking place inside this Barcelona modelling agency, devised by Spanish studio Isern Serra. The Blow Models office occupies the ground floor of a 1920s building and its adjoining warehouse in Barcelona’s Sant Martí neighbourhood. Isern Serra designed its pared-back interior as

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Gisbert Pöppler creates own office and showroom inside former Berlin bookshop

June 3, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

An old bookshop in Berlin is now home to the studio of architecture and interior design practice Gisbert Pöppler, which incorporates the building’s grand arched doorways and other original features. The office is situated on Karl Marx Allee, a major boulevard lined with buildings designed in the socialist classicism architectural style of the 1950s. Gisbert

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