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23-06-2021

The Garden Café designed by Steyn Studio for Bosjes, South Africa, in partnership with SquareOne, Meyers and Liam Mooney

London-based architecture firm Steyn Studio has recently completed an educational garden for the South African Bosjes Estate, which is in turn complemented by a café and gift shop. Over the course of the design and construction phases, Steyn Studio partnered with other professionals such as landscape architects SquareOne and designer Liam Mooney, long-time interior designer for the renowned estate on the Western Cape. The structure, made from dramatically curved oak beams, creates the impression of a woven fabric emerging from the ground, at once evoking the structures of both traditional Bushman homes and the Dutch colonial homes dating back to the end of the 17th century.

20-05-2021

Coffee and local history: Arquetipo’s Casa Zaragoza

Arquetipo Arquitectura Práctica built Casa Zaragoza, a café in the heart of the city of Veracruz, in the Mexican state of the same name: a convivial place where history meets the contemporary world, in a welcoming atmosphere where the architects expertly use traditional materials to create a spatial narration with a contemporary appeal.

20-04-2021

Black and green, the trendiest new colours in the kitchen, in SapienStone’s Black Diamond and Alpi Chiaro Venato

SapienStone high-tech ceramic surfaces stand out in the world of kitchen design for their unique technical properties, including resistance, versatility and easy cleaning. The vast SapienStone catalogue with its great variety of refined hues includes two of the most popular colours for kitchens in 2021: black, as in Black Diamond, and the deep green of Alpi Chiaro Venato, particularly appealing solutions adding character and elegance to kitchens in traditional or contemporary style

12-04-2021

ORA’s Winery Nešetřil in Znojmo

The architects of Czech studio ORA have built a winery in their home town, Znojmo, blending local history with contemporary conviviality, using carefully chosen construction materials in a prestigious landscape and urban setting.

07-04-2021

Studiotamat’s Tre de tutto: a trendy restaurant in Rome

"Tre de tutto" is a trendy new restaurant designed by architects Tommaso Amato, Matteo Soddu and Valentina Paiola of STUDIOTAMAT in Rome’s Garbatella district. The architects worked on the premises of a historic local bakery in a piazza immortalised in a scene in Nanni Moretti’s film "Caro Diario" (“Dear Diary”). The architects use a few carefully chosen key elements to create a trendy restaurant that does not deny but celebrates its ties with Roman traditions and with the neighbourhood.

17-03-2021

Skylab creates Outpost, a sustainable structure in Oregon

Outpost, by US architectural studio Skylab, is a hybrid structure for recreation and retail that also offers workspaces to foster and reinforce a sense of community in the town of Hood River, Oregon.

14-12-2020

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.

03-12-2020

Klotski by Graham Baba Architects, sustainable mixed-use architecture in Seattle

With Klotski, Graham Baba Architects has completed a three-floor, mixed-use building in Seattle’s Ballard district. The project is named after the sliding block puzzle and combines an eye-catching look that plays on geometries, with plenty of attention to sustainability.

02-12-2020

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.