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Interior design with a special focus on refurbishment and revitalisation.
22-11-2023 - Design
Vereda, a restaurant for sustainable conviviality
A SPACE ABOUT (ASA), the design studio founded by Laura Blanch and Noa Massanet, transformed a small empty shopfront into Vereda bar and restaurant. ASA’s spatial vision gives material form to the culinary concept of Vereda’s chef and owner, creating an authentic space appropriate for the community of Barcelona’s Eixample district.
08-11-2023 - Design
Roland Baldi Architects designs the interiors of the Clubhouse in Falzes
Roland Baldi Architects, the studio appointed to design the interiors in the renewal and expansion of the Clubhouse in Falzes, in the Pusteria Valley, has made the town’s cultural hub into something truly special. The architects’ proposal allows the facility to adapt to the changing needs of the community with great elegance.
21-06-2023 - Design
Massimo Imparato for “Local Cultures in Global Settings”
“Local Cultures in Global Settings” is an international contest promoted by the Iris Ceramica Group and its associated Foundation and organised by UAE Modern, drawing attention to creative contributions arising out of the interaction between expressions of identity and universalistic culture. We talked about it with Massimo Imparato, who, with Monica Mazzolani, co-founded UAE Modern, the cultural hub presenting the series of events accompanying the competition.
RECENT PROJECTS
17-11-2021 - Design
Kossmann Dejong, an exhibition for The House of Artisans in Abu Dhabi
Designers from the Dutch Kossmann Dejong studio, together with Tellart, have created an exhibition on ancient crafts and artisanry at the House of Artisans, in Abu Dhabi. The exhibition concept has been fittingly revisited in an evocative architecture designed by architect Alex Franklin featuring a façade of woven wicker panels.
16-11-2021 - Design
Neuhäusl Hunal studio creates a multifunctional interlocking environment
The firm led by architects David Neuhäusl and Matěj Hunal has created a very small but perfectly functional house in Prague. The show-piece is the 20-square-metre kitchen-living room, where we find all the comforts, thanks to a truly rational interior design.
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.
