APARTMENT S
Forward aid
10 Aug 2011
An apartment in downtown Lisbon, designed by FORWARD, aims at being a place of refuge for a young cosmopolitan couple who seekpeace and calm, forgetting the daily city buzz. When we enter the house, we are surrounded by its sophisticated and relaxed environment. With light and comfortable areas, clean elegant lines and by the lighting shapes that emphasize the architectural details. The
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ZURBARÁN CLINIC
AQSO, arquitectos office
08 Aug 2011
This clinic is located in the mezzanine of a residential building near the Castellana Avenue, in the heart of Madrid. The space is indirectly illuminated through several generous patios and the homogeneous zenith light is intensified by the white atmosphere of the health center. The arrangement of the spaces is based on two different circulations, the private rooms used by the personnel and
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ARROP
Francesc Rifé Studio
03 Aug 2011
With a simple, restrained and elegant design, the Arrop project is strongly linked to the persona and style of chef Ricard Camarena, who received his first Michelin Star with the Arrop Gandía restaurant in 2007. The restaurant forms part of the Hotel Palacio Marqués de Caro in Valencia, which is itself still under construction, although the restaurant has been designed to work
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HILTON ANATOLE
EDG Interior Architecture + Design
03 Aug 2011
Famed Hilton Anatole Atrium Reopens with Fresh Energy, Identity The project reinvigorates the 1970s-era atrium and presents two original food and beverage concepts while showcasing new and existing works of art. EDG Interior Architecture + Design (EDG) has re-imagined the soaring, 31,000-square-foot Atrium II, creating a park-like Asian garden with an elegant, kinetic sculpture suspended
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VERONA VIBE
Ruscio Studio
02 Aug 2011
VERONA VIBE (aka Verona Shoes) is a Quebec retailer specialising in fashion footwear for women. The brand required a sharper focus on its primary target market, a younger, hip clientele with 8 mall stores within the Montreal greater metropolitan area and an aggressive expansion in 2010-11 planned. Their objective was to re-brand their stores and image in order to both appeal to their
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DREAMHOST
Studio O+A
27 Jul 2011
Like other tech companies with a young and dynamic workforce, the web-hosting company Dreamhost wanted a work environment that would be easily adaptable to nonwork functions. In the modern business culture, a new profit initiative is as likely to be hatched over a cup of green tea or a game of ping-pong as in a formal meeting room. At the company's new headquarters in Brea, California, the
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TEST TUBE CHANDELIER, HARVEY NICHOLS
in square lab Ltd
25 Jul 2011
Inspired by the experimental nature of Harvey Nichols latest pop up space ‘Taste Lab', multidisciplinary London design practice in square lab intricately crafted a fluid wavelike chandelier using more than 540 chemistry laboratory test tubes. ‘Taste Lab' is an initiative of Global Food Consulting to introduce the latest food news and trends from around the world to London, UK.
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ETUDE HOUSE
JHP Design
25 Jul 2011
Etude House launch JHP's remodelled store concept Pan Asian cosmetics retailer Etude House is the fun 'entry-point' for the late teens female interested in all things ‘make-up'. With hundreds of stores in the Far East, the store concept had 'stretched' as it travelled, leaving it a little 'over-themed'. JHP was brought in to re-model the store, and developed a 'doll's house concept'
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PORSCHE DESIGN STORE
Blocher Blocher Partners
25 Jul 2011
New store with new shop concept in Singapore: Porsche Design Store in "The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands" The entire product range from luxury brand Porsche Design will be on display in a space of around 160 m2. Customers can enjoy a unique shopping experience in this new store. "With the store in the Marina Bay Sands shopping mall, we're forging a new path", said Dr. Juergen Gessler, CEO of the
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MASKA
Ruscio Studio
25 Jul 2011
There was an opportunity that presented itself to the retailer when they relocated within the same mall to a larger location in a section with more traffic. Because of this Ruscio Studio had the opportunity to revitalize the Maska Boutique store concept. From the initial client meeting it was established early on that the Maska Brand symbolized: Femininity, Freshness, Youthfulness, Fashion
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MOOI STORE
West Architecture
25 Jul 2011
Mooi is a new clothing store in Kensington London, offering bohemian luxury for women. It aims to reclaim some of the local fashion heritage and individualism previously embodied in shops such as Kensington Market and Sign of the Times. The project embraces the inherited concrete and brick of the existing shell. West Architecture developed a series of precisely detailed display objects, which
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PRISTINE FINE DRY CLEANING
Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design
25 Jul 2011
An Evolution in Dry Cleaning Pristine Fine Dry Cleaning in downtown Princeton, NJ represents a departure from your conventional dry cleaning operation. The 765 sq. ft. space would not only use an innovative, sustainable process using CO2 as a cleaning agent, they would also offer a community concierge service. They needed a design that would embody the definition of its name, reflecting purity
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SWAROVSKI SHOWROOM
James Langford Architects
25 Jul 2011
London showroom & headquaters for Swarovski UK In 2008 Swarovski approached James Langford Architects to design their new UK headquarters and showroom in London. The brief required new open plan workstations and separate directors offices for the 65 members of staff, along with display areas, meeting rooms, showrooms and a chandelier workshop. The space is set out over 2 floors of an
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ANTHROPOLOGIE
EOA | ELMSLIE OSLER ARCHITECT
22 Jul 2011
The architectural focal point for this store is the entry portal. Finished in reclaimed vertical wood planks, blackened steel, and concrete, the volume of the portal stands as an isolated box framed by glazing. As one moves through this box, the interior planes of the portal slope inward towards a single point, creating an experience of a forced perspective. Upon entering the interior, these
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DUO BOUTIQUE
Jestico Whiles
22 Jul 2011
New DUO boutique designed by Jestico + Whiles opens in Covent Garden Award-winning architects and designers Jestico + Whiles has designed the new London boutique for the leading ladies footwear brand DUO, which recently opened in Covent Garden, Central London. Located in the new St Martin's Courtyard development, the design of the 125 sq m store draws inspiration from the
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IRIS
.PSLAB
20 Jul 2011
In 2011, legendary open-air Beirut club White was re-branded and renovated, and the iconic original location reinvented as cocktail bar and restaurant Iris. The owners invited .PSLAB to create custom lighting products for the famous rooftop in central Beirut. In few months, .PSLAB's product design team created a strong set of interventions that have given the space a distinctive new
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THE GRONINGER MUSEUM, MENDINI RESTAURANT
Studio Maarten Baas
20 Jul 2011
For the very diverse and large group of guests at The Groninger Museum's restaurant ‘Mendini', Maarten Baas developed an interior that functions as a café during daytime and that changes into an Italian ‘a la carte' restaurant or is used for private parties in the evening. The interior is largely based on Maarten Baas' concept Clay furniture; the chairs and lights have al been
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REORDER EXHIBIT
Situ Studio
18 Jul 2011
The Brooklyn Museum is a lasting landmark in the New York area that brings more than 450,000 visitors annually to see its acclaimed artistic temporary exhibitions and permanent collections. The Great Hall of the museum, located on the first floor, is a 10,000 square foot room filled with 16 giant columns. The hall which is positioned between the café, museum book store and other
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WAN INTERIORS + DESIGN LIGHTING AWARDS
Editorial
14 Jul 2011
We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2011 Lighting Award have been announced! The accomplished jury included Mark Major, Director at Speirs + Major, Tord Boontje and Jane Pavitt both from the Royal College of Art, David Atkinson, Creative Director of DALD and Lighting Designer of the Year 2011, Florence Lam, Director, Arup and Martyn Roberts, Business Development Manager,
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ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
Purcell Miller Tritton
14 Jul 2011
Royal Courts of Justice: The Black Lift Brief In April 2007, Purcell Miller Tritton was commissioned by Her Majesty’s Court Service to provide historic building and design advice for all listed court buildings. These include the Grade I listed Royal Courts of Justice, a 19th Century courthouse that still accommodates the Court of Appeal and the High Court. As part of the work within
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