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.
During the event JARDINS EFÉMEROS in Viseu, Portugal, the Portuguese collective FAVA team of designers presented the regeneration of an urban square using recycled objects available to everyone: wooden fruit boxes from the market.
The Bamboo Pavilion is a visually impressive creation by the Indian architectural firm Abin Design made for a local festival in Bansberia in the state of Western Bengal at the price of practically nothing.
The installation “Stellar” by Baptiste Debombourg in Place du Bouffay is part of the cultural project Le Voyage à Nantes, a summer event which brings the urban fabric to life in the French city with temporary and permanent works of art.
Airbnb has a new headquarters in San Francisco: a 1917 industrial building renovated by the architectural studio Gensler with interiors created by the Interior Design Fair designers.
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