Gemstone-inspired Tones & Forms: Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Uchronia.In a Haussmannian building in Paris’s famous Golden Triangle is an apartment that dazzles like a jewel box. And not just figuratively. In terms of design, the owners, both jewellery designers, were keen to conjure allusions to stones,...
Once Upon a Stable: A Mid-Century Modern Mews House in Dublin by Stephanie O’Sullivan.When interior designer Stephanie O'Sullivan received a renovation enquiry for a Mews house—a 60-square-metre, 1-bedroom digs situated in an upscale corner of Dublin—the brief was a curious one. “The home was quintessentially mews but...
70s Come Alive in this 40-square-metre Madrid Apartment by Puntofilipino.The petite home in the Spanish capital presents one curiosity after another, as evidenced by the PP225 armchair—an original Hans J. Wegner design since edited by PP Møbler—perched casually by the fireplace. With a stainless steel...
A Side of Ocean: Dunas in Belgium by Grain Designoffice.Dunas could have been excavated from the briny deep. All the evidence says so. Take the organically shaped benches in prefabricated stamped concrete, or the floor emblazoned with shell fragments. Or even the transparent sand-coloured...
Of Monochromes and Monospaces: A Petite Apartment in Warsaw by Dawid Konieczny.Whether it’s the monolithic forms or monochrome palettes or even the monospace-like layouts that flow from room to room, this Warsaw apartment by Dawid Konieczny embodies a spirit of quiet minimalism, inspiring a calmness that manages to...
Once Upon a Post Office: Newlab at Michigan Central by Civilian and Gensler.The Book Depository building in Detroit was designed by late industrial architect Albert Kahn in 1936 as a post office and mail-sorting facility. Some years later, it began being used as a public schools’ book depository. Ever since, the...
Polished, Grown-up & a Little Bit Wild: Birch Selsdon Hotel by A-nrd.Situated in the 200-acre historic Selsdon Park, just 30 minutes from Central London, Birch Selsdon is the sort of place where you can slip off your shoes and into the wilderness, with nowhere yet everywhere to go. Once a 19th-century...
Half-Old and Half-New: Ignacia Guest House in Mexico City by Andrés Gutiérrez and Factor Eficiencia.Ignacia Guest House shares its name with its once-upon-a-time housekeeper (who looked after it for over 40 years), but its spirit is decidedly its own. The Mexico City guest house, which opened its doors in 2017 and occupied half a...
Art Attack: A Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Rodolphe Parente.True to Rodolphe Parente’s signature—and in his own words, his penchant for "making people lose their perception of spaces and volumes"—this Haussmannian apartment on Paris’ Canal Saint Martin flows like sunlight. Rodolphe...
