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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
22-12-2020 - Design
24Kilates The Clockwork, iconic interior design in Bangkok
Telling the story of a brand is one of the big challenges of interior design, especially when it comes to conveying the brand’s identity. Carmelo Zappulla from External Reference and Chu Uroz together created an arresting example of this in Bangkok: the 24Kilates The Clockwork.
14-12-2020 - Design
Buttercup, a coffee shop in Girona
Attractive interior design in an old building in downtown Girona. Buttercup is a spin-off of the Michelin-star restaurant “Les Magnòlies” and welcomes guests into interiors designed by Jordi Ginabreda + Anna Sabrià. The project is a winner in the interiors category of the 2020 COAC Girona Architecture Awards.
02-12-2020 - Design
RAPPU by OWIU, a new venue in the historical fabric of Singapore
RAPPU, in Singapore’s lively Tanjong Pagar district, is the latest project by OWIU Studio. The venue is a new omakase sushi bar concept by The Feather Blade group. A project that rehabilitates the historic building and offers striking design worthy of the largest restaurant of its kind in Singapore.
27-11-2020 - Design
Sentences after Conceptual Art, installation by Petr Dub
Czech artist, Petr Dub gives his own take on the famous Sentences on Conceptual Art by American artist, Sol LeWitt, published in 1969, in the space of a modernist church in Hradec Králové. His installation works on a range of visual layers. Also, it exploits architectural visualisation techniques to challenge the way we see and understand images.
19-11-2020 - Design
Kirsten Schwalgien, award-winning interior in a historical setting in Barcelona
German interior designer Kirsten Schwalgien has transformed the ground floor of listed local gem Casa Burés—one of the best examples of Modernist architecture in Barcelona’s Eixample district and designed in 1905 by Francesc Berenguer—into a state-of-the-art residential loft. The LoftBuresQ project also won the German Design Award.
13-11-2020 - Design
Past and future in the present, Vanke Nantou Gallery by Various Associates
The Chinese studio, Various Associates, has designed the interiors of a refurbishment project in the district of Nantou, Shenzhen, an exhibition gallery of urban memory. The venue tells the story of the past, present and future of the current transformation taking place in what used to be the heart of the Shenzhen metropolis.
