STELLA CADENTE
Atelier Du Pont
27 Apr 2012
The story of Stella Cadente and Atelier du Pont goes back a long way. It's a story of a friendship between two women - Stella Cadente, a designer, and Anne- Cécile Comar, an architect - and, of course, of shared adventures, with their complementary professions and points of view. For a previous concept store in Dubai, a first complicity with magic, light and crystal began. Now they have
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PORTAGO URBAN
ILMIODESIGN
25 Apr 2012
In the centre of Granada, in the characteristic district of Realejo, ILMIODESIGN came across a hotel with a unique style: PORTAGO URBAN, the second one of the Global Suites chain. Located in an ancient building, previously a hotel before being reorganized in 2011. The hotel is divided in such a way: ground floor, with common areas such as reception, coffee bar and breakfast room; three floors,
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MISSONIHOME, ACQUA LIVINGSTONE TOWER
Century Properties
23 Apr 2012
Century Properties partners with MISSONIHOME for Acqua Livingstone Tower - the first residential building interior designed by MISSONIHOME in the world. The first residential building in the world that will bear the creative and colorful mark of MISSONIHOME will rise in Manila through the 52-story Acqua Livingstone - the fourth of six condominium towers in the P13.5-billion (approximately
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SMBC NIKKO CAPITAL MARKETS
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
23 Apr 2012
Swanke Hayden Connel brings origami interior design to the city of London. Architect Swanke Hayden Connell has completed an office and dealing floor interior fit-out project for SMBC Nikko Capital Markets in the City of London that includes a striking and highly unusual articulated and facetted white partition wall feature on its dealing floor. The wall is in keeping with the angled and
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CABOCHON HOTEL
Eugene Yeh
23 Apr 2012
Cabochon is acharming boutique hotel located in the heart of Bangkok's Sukhumvitdistrict. Like its namesake, Cabochon is a polished gem that has been shaped and moulded to create an opulent eight-bedroom hotel that is unique to Bangkok. The elegant interiors offer a taste of colonial décor creating a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere and a true home-away-from-home. The intimate
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EDELMAN
Bartlett & Associates
19 Apr 2012
Thinking differently is the ethos of Edelman, the leading independent global PR firm. Their new 20,000 sq. ft. Canadian flagship office in Toronto reflects this and the media are starting to take notice around the world. Last September, Canadian Interiors featured the Edelman project on their front cover. In the same month, the IIDEX/NeoCon show offered a tour of the space, which got great
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GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL
DESIGN HOTELS
19 Apr 2012
With one-of-a-kind furnishings, paintings and sculptures created by Julian Schnabel, the Gramercy Park Hotel is more than a unique luxury property, it's a work of art. Set in one of the most coveted areas of Manhattan and bordering on New York City's only private park, the legendary hotel has, for almost nine decades, opened its doors to the world's most creative spirits.
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ALICE EUPHEMIA
Edwards Moore
18 Apr 2012
The fitout is based on the notion of an internal ‘terrain', which connects both levels of the store; the area beneath this terrain is transformed through the use of colour and lighting into a comfortable cave-like space in which the clothes are displayed like jewels on a series of sweeping rails, which appear to float in the space. The store aims not only to maximise retail opportunities
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PENTHOUSE
SHH
18 Apr 2012
After purchasing the 14th and 15th floors of a new development adjacent to Paddington Basin, together with a roof terrace, the private owner of the empty shell duplex space commissioned renowned London architects and designers SHH to transform it into a luxurious, cool and contemporary penthouse, to serve as a London pied-à-terre for himself and his extended family. The resulting stylish
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TORI TORI RESTAURANT
Luz en Arquitectura SC
05 Apr 2012
Luz en Arquitectura was commissioned to develop the Lighting Design for the new location in Mexico City of a very successful Japanese Restaurant designed by Rojkind Arquitectos and Esrawe Estudio. Light had to be present and be part of a strong architectural statement but subtle with the interior space and the desired mood of warmth and unique ambience for each area. The lighting of the outer
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THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
NBBJ
05 Apr 2012
Located in Seattle's urban core, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is designed to be a global center for innovation, learning, and problem solving, inspired by the Foundation's local roots and global mission. Curved building structures represent arms reaching out to the world and lower building forms, aligned with the city grid, reflect the Foundation's Seattle inception.
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45 PARK LANE HOTEL
Paul Davis & Partners
05 Apr 2012
Paul Davis + Partners have worked in collaboration with the Office of Thierry Despont, producing exciting and iconic results at this new Mayfair landmark. Working closely with Schwinghammer Lighting Designers and Spanlite Lighting Consultants, the team have confronted the dilemmas of turning a typical 1960's building into a luxury international hotel for the 21st Century. The proposed
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DRAWN TO THE LIGHT AND SHOAL
Scabetti
05 Apr 2012
The creative force behind Scabetti is the English design duo Dominic and Frances Bromley. From Dominic's earliest work in 1999, followers of the collection see a natural eye for detail and form married with high quality English made materials. Scabetti are renowned for their work with fine bone china, making a feature of its white translucent body. They design, sculpt and then craft using
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STRIPTEASE
kim graham & associates
04 Apr 2012
The entrance installation at Toronto's annual interior design show, IDS12, RAW architecture's StripTease seduced show-goers with a dramatic curtain comprised of more than 1300 individual strips of felt, doubling as a canvas for interactive digital projections. The vision of award winning industrial designer Mark Tholen and Roland Rom Colthoff, principal architect at RAW, StripTease required of a
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EMBER
Snell Architects
04 Apr 2012
Ember - a lighting installation of sinister beauty as well as functioning urban furniture by Snell Architects. Ember is a lighting installation that evokes the sinister beauty of an ember - the main actor in the 'ember attack' of Australia's tragic bushfires. Part of VIVID Sydney's 2011 light event, the brief was four-fold; to produce a beautiful light installation with meaning; to be robust
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COVERING OF THE RUNIC STONES
NOBEL arkitekter a/s
04 Apr 2012
The project consists of two bronze structures which covers the unique runic stones and secure and preserve them for the future. The runic stones mark Denmark' transition to Christianity in year 965, and the monument is also known as Denmark's "birth certificate". The monument is included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage. The project was inaugurated in December 2011 and it is based on the
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2 WATERHOUSE SQUARE, HOLBORN BARS
EPR Architects Limited
04 Apr 2012
The lighting scheme for the 2 Waterhouse Square office refurbishment is a unique achievement where architecture and lighting join to re-vitalise the Grade II* setting and bring unity between its Victorian and 1980's buildings. The procession of public courtyards at Holborn Bars has been extended into the building via a newly glazed entrance and by subtle lighting to the original Waterhouse
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RED SUN BY TAWANDANG
Concept International Design
04 Apr 2012
Red Sun by Tawandang at Siam Discovery Center, Bangkok, celebrated its grand opening in January, 2012. The new 400 m2 restaurant/bar/live music venue seats 124 and boasts to offer the best beer, the best cuisine, the best entertainment, and the best ambiance. As a day and night, bar/restaurant/live music venue, situated on the centre's 7th floor terrace with a panoramic view of Bangkok,
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REUSED BOTTLE CHRISTMAS TREE
Chocarro y Urmeneta S.L.P. Arquitectos
04 Apr 2012
Simple, austere, contemporary, reusable and low energy consumption were the premises for the Christmas tree promoted by the "Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona". Pamplona's Common Region is an entity which manages urban waste collection and recycling thereof, among other competences, for 355.000 inhabitants. Due to Christmas celebrations and with the aim of sensitizing the citizens about
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ROPEMAKER PLACE
Arup
03 Apr 2012
The foyer lighting design by architects Mick Brundle and Simon Anson, at the specialist multi-disciplinary group Arup Associates, is a refinement on previous evolutions and collaborations with Zumtobel Lighting and the client, British Land. The scheme and lighting products were designed and manufactured specifically for the City of London award winning sustainable office building, Ropemaker
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