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...
This Cosmetic Clinic in WA by Nickolas Gurtler Takes Notes from a Perfume Bottle.Nickolas Gurtler has transformed this cosmetic clinic in Western Australia, inspired by the classic star shaped Thierry Mugler ‘Angel’ perfume bottle—have a google if you don’t recall, you’ll know the one. Working closely with...
Hospitality-inspired MA Financial Office in Sydney by The Stella Collective.Be ready to do a bit of a double take when arriving at MA Financial’s calming lobby in Sydney’s CBD. Made of earthen tones liken to the sunrise rays hitting the coastal floor and flexible interior spaces, The Stella Collective has...
A Network of Micro-villages: OnLabs Global HQ in Zurich by Specific Generic & Spillmann Echsle Architekten.Designed by Spillmann Echsle, Specific Generic and On’s creative team, the new OnLabs headquarters in Zurich West, Switzerland, delivers a series of micro-villages within an existing high-rise building. While the headquarters operates as...
Febrero Studio’s Quaint Workspace in Madrid.Maybe it's the way the sun spills in through multiple windows, or how vintage seating—including an old bench and small chair from France, and Model 84 chairs by J. L. Møller in the meeting rooms—affords a cosy, lived-in feel. Or even...
Chi Chi Club Hamburg by Deglan Studios.Deglan Studios' design for this beauty clinic in Hamburg is organised around a series of modular walls. The 200-square-metre minimalist interior was divided into a public reception and semi-public treatment areas with private spaces...
Welcome to Neo-nature: Moose Knuckles Milan Showroom by CARA \ DAVIDE and Motel409.Moose Knuckles' Milan showroom is not just a pretty face. Located in the design-centric Tortona district, the 900-square-metre interior was inspired by the concept of “Neo-nature”—a blend of the vast, barren landscape of the Canadian...
Kyoto Wand Café by Coil Kazuteru Matsumura Architects.Take a pause on your Kyoto journey at Kazuteru Matsumura Architects’ Kyoto Wand Café, set within a renovated townhouse. The unravelling of multiple building layers paved the way for an interior that embraces traditional structure of...
Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects with Little-Wing Lee of Atelier Ace.Ace Hotel’s latest branch in Toronto is Shim-Sutcliffe’s love letter to the city’s everchanging history that began as a manufacturing site now transformed into an arts and culture hub. Cursives are etched in the sweeping precast...
