Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore
Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to…
Atelier Vago transforms Tuscan chapel into Pailunga creative space
Carlotta Di Sandro and Cecilia Marcheschi of Atelier Vago have added pops of bright blue and yellow to…
Alan Prekop Studio turns disused office into apartment for artists
Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio turned this former office in Bratislava into a flexible apartment by adding…
Cometa Architects designs Barcelona apartment with “hand fan” layout
Local studio Cometa Architects has added a custom-made central staircase and created circular cutouts to showcase a historic…
Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow
Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in…
Eight hair salons where the interior design is a cut above
For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including…
“Understated nostalgia” defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK
Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed…
Uchronia designs Mandarin Oriental hotel suite as “underwater world”
Design studio Uchronia has showcased works by British artists, including chairs made from extruded plastic and seafoam-green glass…
Symbolplus “quietly integrates” natural materials into its own office in Tokyo
Design studio Symbolplus has renovated its office in Tokyo, using earthen plaster and delicate Japanese paper to complement…
Spaced Agency uses historic colours in expansion Chinatown restaurant
US studio Spaced Agency has built out the street level of the nearly 90-year-old restaurant Wo Hop in…
GLO and Present Forms create The Spark of Hudson community centre
New York-based studios GLO and Present Forms transformed a former tobacco warehouse in Hudson into a community education…
SML Studio Architecture creates cafe inside Vancouver’s Waterfall Building
The angled glass facade of a modernist icon in Vancouver now covers a community cafe and bar designed…