Paris’ Legendary Nightclub Les Bains Returns as a Luxury Hotel & Bar.Once a private bathhouse for the likes of Marcel Proust, a hotspot for the Bohemians of the Belle Époque, and a famed nightclub where Jagger and Bowie romped, Les Bains is back. Les Bains is both a homage to the heritage of its storied...
Stories on Design // Textile Installation Art.Fabrics and textiles are often associated with upholstery, clothing, or linings, and very rarely do we think of textiles as an "architectural material". Sure, we make shades and other types of stretched structures from them such as tents,...
Cathay Pacific’s The Pier First Class Lounge in Hong Kong by Ilse Crawford of Studioilse.The Pier First Class Lounge in Hong Kong expresses the heartfelt warmth, considered simplicity and contemporary Asian values at the heart of the Cathay Pacific new brand design ethos. Designed by Studioilse, London-based studio lead by...
Thomas Bendel Unifies Parts of Two Different Buildings Into a Single Apartment in Germany.This shrine-to-minimalism was created by combining parts of two completely different buildings. To make things even more complicated, the buildings had a completely different feel as each one hailed from a different era to the another....
Stories on Design // Un-Walls.We often approach walls as barriers and dividers, or something that's solid, that might be painted, or coated, or lined, clad, upholstered... You get the idea. But what happens when we start thinking about walls as something a lot more...
Theatre of Suspended Scents: Illuminum Fragrance Shop in London by Antonino Cardillo.Sicily-born London-based architect Antonino Cardillo is back with another killer project - a 27sqm jewell of a retail store in London for Illuminum Fragrance, completed in April this year. This is a small but another courageous project by...
Paris Rooftops Photographed by Michael Wolf.When Michael Wolf’s wife wanted the family to move to Paris in 2008, the photographer decided to turn his lens away from the obvious sites and cliches synonymous with the 'City of Lights'. Instead, he turned his finely tuned eye to Paris...
Interview // Sydney Architectural Photographer Richard Glover.Richard Glover is an independent photographer of architecture and interiors, artist, lecturer and publisher, working from Sydney and London. His impressive list of clients includes John Pawson, Foster & Partners, Collins + Turner,...
Apartment Trocadero by Rodolphe Parente // Paris.Our clever French friend, Rodolphe Parente, has sent us these exclusive images of his latest project - a spectacular Paris apartment located in a classic dressed-stone building in the Trocadero area, facing the Eiffel Towel. A terrible...
