Stories On Design // Top Shelf.Today's story focuses on shelving that's more than just the name itself suggests. Top Shelf is an ode to joinery elements that play an integral part within interior architecture. Top Shelf acts both as a sculptural and a functional...
Ovolo Woolloomooloo Hotel by HASSELL.Sydney’s century old wharf in Woolloomooloo is now home to the newest Ovolo hotel, following a bold transformation designed to appeal to a new...
THE QVEST Hotel set Inside the Former Historic Archive of Cologne, Germany.Combining Neo-Gothic architecture with an epic museum-worthy collection of furniture, photography and art, THE QVEST Hotel links history and modernity in an exquisitely curated way. Located in a quiet square in the heart of Cologne,...
‘Casa Bonay’ Boutique Hotel by Studio Tack Opens in Barcelona.Designed by Studio Tack, Casa Bonay opened last month as a first-of-its-kind 67-room hotel in the restored 19th c Barcelona mansion of the Bonay...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Lemon Shop by Lorenzo Capucci in Lugo, Italy.This project arises from the brief to transform the ground floor of a 20th century building into a commercial activity open to the public. The developer desired to emphasise the socio-cultural dimension as well as the commercial...
5m Wide Barcelona Home Refurbished by Josep Ferrando.I have a new found appreciation for small living spaces. Don’t get me wrong, I still love a vast countryside villa or an expansive estate as much as the next archinerd; but you have to be particularly crafty, imaginative and...
Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico.What a privilege it is to write about Casa Azul, where the great artist Frida Kahlo was born and lived out her remarkable existence. It will come as little surprise to any to learn that this house was as magical in design as it is in...
The Heart Stopping Casa Horta in Barcelona by Guillermo Santomà.Casa Horta, designed by the enormously talented interior and product designer Guillermo Santomà is one of those rare but very particular projects that has us feeling a little speechless. A combination of strongly assured minimal...
