Claesson Koivisto Rune Transform the Former Stock Exchange in Norway into Bergen Børs Hotel.Claesson Koivisto Rune has transformed an old landmark into a hotel where contemporary design commingles with remnants of the building’s prestigious...
Ricard Camarena Restaurant in Valencia, Spain by Francesc Rifé Studio.Set into the residual space of a major architectural restoration, Ricard Camarena Restaurant in Valencia respects the industrial architecture of a notable art deco building. Integrating different planes of the dining room, walls and...
DongZhuang Museum in China’s Western Regions by Xinjiang Wind Architectural Design & Research Institute.Completed in 2016, this quirktastic museum is a truly strange monolith, spawned from the inner depths of the wild and wryly regions of North-West China. Although it looks like an absolute beast, this architectural spectacle is, in fact,...
Artist’s House in Shanghai, China by Wutopia Lab.If you ever visit an artist’s home, you should probably prepare yourself for an alternate version of normal. No exceptions are made for today’s residential highlight. Wutopia Lab’s Plain House in Shanghai, China is artist, Li...
Stories On Design // Built Into Nature.Today we take a world wide tour of seriously incredible examples of architecture that not only address their context and interact with their surrounds, the sites they occupy form the key ingredient that architects have used in the overall...
Nobu Downtown, New York City by David Rockwell.After 23 years, Nobu Tribeca closed to make way for a new flagship – Nobu Downtown – set in a landmark building in New York City's Financial...
Raval Hideaway in Barcelona by Mariana de Delás + Marcos Duffo.It started out life as a motorcycle workshop, then abandoned, it became home to the local Barcelonian squatters. Now the 55sqm space is both a hideaway and a living studio for a young, world-travelling, entrepreneur. Architects...
Stories On Design // Old Meets New: Architecture of Renewal.We are extremely lucky to have a world filled with creative geniuses that appropriate spaces which are built in one era and transform them into a space that harmoniously incorporate a contemporary one. Be that by planning, use of...
The Stella Collective’s Own Studio Inside Former Department Store.Melbourne-based interior design studio, The Stella Collective, has set up their office within the glamorous hundred-year-old former department...