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.
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.
“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.
Snail Baby Growth Center, designed by Chinese studio TOWODesign in Shanghai, is an environment for users with special needs. Despite a limited budget, the designers have created a space with a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
Multidisciplinary design studio Lagranja Design has created something truly special: the physical offices of a bank exclusively for cryptocurrencies. The challenge was to give material form to something intangible in a high-impact physical space: an old army barracks in the historic centre of Gibraltar.
Giorgio di Bernardi’s creative design studio Visual Display specialises in branding and interior design for corporate and individual clients. The studio designed the new headquarters and showroom of Germaine de Capuccini, a brand concerned with beauty and wellness, with a subtle spatial and visual representation.
Architectural practice BUREAU renewed a spa in Geneva. The studio approached the idea of psychological and physical wellness on the basis of the experience of floating in water, in a state of fluid suspension. To make the most of the relaxing experience of the spa, the architects have designed a world dominated by pastel colours.
Chinese studio TOWOdesign was appointed to convert the second floor, a 15,000 square metre exhibition space, of Gaoxin Real Estate’s sales office in Xi'an, China, to underline the virtues of the passive home. The project draws inspiration from the city’s magnificent past to offer a glimpse of how we might live in the future.
Clayton Korte (formerly Clayton & Little) of Austin/San Antonio, Texas has converted a 1963 building to house two design studios: its own and that of the Word + Carr Design Group, a landscape architecture studio. The project incarnates Clayton Korte’s commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and fostering discourse in the design community.
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