Articles by Natasha Levy

Ryoji Iedokoro turns Tokyo’s Nikunotoriko restaurant into indoor cave

June 27, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Nikunotoriko restaurant by Ryoji Iedokoro

Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. Situated in Tokyo’s bustling Roppongi district, Nikunotoriko has been designed by locally based architect Ryoji Iedokoro. It offers an alternative take on yakiniku – a Japanese dining style which sees customers

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Brass elements appear inside Moscow office by Alexander Volkov Architects

June 26, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
NV-9 office by Alexander Volkov Architects

Golden-hued volumes and a huge rotunda-like frame help arrange the layout of this office in Moscow, Russia, designed by Alexander Volkov Architects. Locally based Alexander Volkov Architects was tasked with forming “unusual and spectacular” interiors for the sales office of the building in Moscow’s NV-9 Artkvartal residential complex, where it occupies the top floor. It

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Vincent Van Duysen transforms 19th-century convent into Antwerp’s August hotel

June 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
August Hotel in Antwerp designed by Vincent Van Duysen

The ascetic living quarters of 19th-century nuns is now host to the August hotel, which features contemporary pared-back interiors developed by Vincent Van Duysen. Decked out in an array of simple and warm materials, August has been designed by locally based Vincent Van Duysen so that guests “can still sense the sober, understated life of

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Dolce & Gabbana’s Rome store features a digital fresco

June 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Dolce & Gabbana Piazza di Spagna store by Carbondale features digital fresco

A digitalised fresco depicting soaring cherubs and angered Greek gods is the focal point of luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana’s latest store in Rome, which has been created by architecture studio Carbondale. Set within a 16th-century palazzo in renowned Roman square Piazza di Spagna, the Dolce & Gabbana store has been decadently designed by

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Cano Lasso completes child-friendly branch of Second Home in London Fields

June 24, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Second Home London Fields designed by Cano Lasso

A huge translucent panel punctuated by circular openings fronts the latest branch of co-working space Second Home in east London, which includes a nursery and outdoor play area. The shared office has been designed by Madrid-based studio Cano Lasso and takes note from the work of Frei Otto, a German architect renowned for creating tensile structures

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Thirdwave Architects opts for muted tones in Apartment in Minsk renovation

June 23, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Minsk apartment by Third Wave Architects

Grey walls meet oxblood-coloured fixtures in this apartment in the Belarusian capital, overhauled by local studio Thirdwave Architects. Thirdwave Architects opted for restrained colour and material palette in their overhaul of Apartment in Minsk, which is set within a 1950s residential block. “We always aim to ‘set materials free’ so that they could demonstrate their original

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Roksanda Ilincic designs penthouse apartment inside King’s Cross’ Gasholders

June 20, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Roksanda Ilincic penthouse apartment in London's King's Cross

A geometric wall mural and a berry-toned bedroom appear inside this central London penthouse, which has been created by fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic. Reflecting her penchant for bold colours and shapes, Roksanda Ilincic says the three-level apartment “talks to my brand DNA and is the voice of my collections, but is still something different”. “It

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Pierre Yovanovitch brightens Villa Noailles gift shop with bold hues

June 19, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Villa Noailles shop designed by Pierre Yovanovitch

French designer Pierre Yovanovitch has offset salmon pink and butter yellow surfaces with cobalt blue decor details to create this striking gift shop at an art centre in southeast France. The brightly-hued shop is set within Villa Noailles, an arts centre in the provincial commune of Hyères. Designed in 1923 by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, the

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Stripped-back surfaces appear throughout Hackney apartment by Merrett Houmøller Architects

June 17, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Martello Street apartment by Merrett Houmoller Architects

Exposed concrete walls and a set of “hit-and-miss” stairs add character to this formerly lacklustre apartment in east London, which has been overhauled by Merrett Houmøller Architects. Set inside a housing complex that was built in the early 2000s, the Hackney apartment was previously host to a series of cramped, light-starved rooms as a result

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Softroom creates “world’s-longest” parametric wall inside Istanbul Airport

June 14, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Flow Wall in Istanbul Airport designed by Softroom using parametrics

London architecture studio Softroom has created six lounges for Turkish Airlines inside Istanbul Airport, linked by a ribbon-like parametric wall that’s nearly a mile long. Called the Flow Wall, it runs throughout 19,000 square metres of lounge space in Istanbul Airport, creating what Softroom describes as an “intuitive route that transcends barriers of language and

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