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Interior design with a special focus on refurbishment and revitalisation.
24-05-2023 - Design
The Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab in Shanghai
The story of the Zikawei Library in Shanghai is a tale of intelligent reuse, as the building was originally designed as a bookstore by David Chipperfield Architects. Immediately after the completion of the façade and the structure, it remained empty. However, at the city's will and thanks to the intervention of the Wutopia Lab studio, it has recently become the iconic public library of the Zikawei district.
26-04-2023 - Design
Art to narrate transformation, Carlo Stanga for LAND
Beyond words: leaving room for imagination, even when tackling extremely current and urgent topics, such as the ecological transition. This is precisely what the colourful drawings created by illustrator and architect Carlo Stanga deal with. While his works usually narrate cities with "WanderWorld", instead, he explored the new "urban landscapes".
15-03-2023 - Design
Circular design for a reversible shop in Milan
Flexible circular design for retail, a scene that is continually changing in response to new trends and demands, is the key to the new store opened by multibrand retailer ON-OFF in Milan, designed by bloomscape Architecture with Francesca Perani Enterprise.
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12-11-2021 - Design
Studio Return designs the Return Restaurant in Xiamen
The Return architectural studio in Xiamen has designed a restaurant in their city featuring interiors with a strong focus on the materials that characterise the architectural space. The spaces welcome diners in a special atmosphere, which starts from the materiality of the solutions proposed.
10-11-2021 - Design
Miriam Castells Studio renovates the headquarters of BBVA bank in Valencia
Miriam Castells Studio planned the recent renovation of the façade, reception area and interiors of BBVA Bank's regional headquarters in Valencia, Spain, an emblematic building constructed in the city centre in 1965.
26-10-2021 - Design
Shoku-tei Sushi restaurant in Shenzhen designed by NATURE TIMES ART DESIGN
The new Shoku-tei Sushi restaurant designed by the NATURE TIMES ART DESIGN studio is located on the ground floor of a shopping complex in the Futian Central Business District, in Shenzhen, China. Here, natural elements such as stones, trees, earth and plants provide a subtle balance to the surrounding modern skyscrapers and the lively city centre, creating a place of poetic minimalism.
20-10-2021 - Design
Eco-social artist Luca Gnizio at the Italian Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai
Italian eco-social artist Luca Gnizio is one of the ten outstanding individuals selected to represent Italy for a series of ‘Success Stories’ on ecology, beauty and reuse as part of the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai. For over ten years, the artist and designer has been transforming waste into an ecological and social opportunity rooted in the principle of the three Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - offering a new lease of life to old materials.
15-10-2021 - Design
SET Architects, how to rethink a small flexible home
The Italian SET Architects studio has completed the renovation of a small apartment for a graphic designer in the heart of Rome’s Testaccio district. A carefully conceived project, on minimal but flexible spaces, which enhances the pre-existing elements with a new formal vocabulary.
01-10-2021 - Design
Gonzalez Haase AAS architecture firm designs Aera, a bakery in Berlin-Mitte, in Germany
The Berlin-based Gonzalez Haase AAS architecture firm has designed the second location of Aera, a bakery specialising in gluten-free products that also includes a café area. All in an intense lapis lazuli blue, overlooking the central Rosenthaler Platz square in Berlin.
