Following its unveiling in Australia last week, photographer Rory Gardiner has captured this year’s MPavilion, which was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Defined by Ando‘s signature use of exposed concrete, it is… Read More »Tadao Ando’s MPavilion captured by Rory Gardiner in Melbourne
Gradated lava stone flooring and suspended planet-like orbs feature at the Cafe Nuances coffee shop in Paris, which was created by Dezeen Awards-nominated studio Uchronia. Located on the city’s Rue de la Tremoille, the coffee… Read More »Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references “sunsets in the Tunisian desert”
Swedish design studio Addi has created an alternative to conventional waiting-area furniture – a minimalist log-like perch where users can rest for a moment in lieu of taking a proper seat. Manufactured by Swedish firm… Read More »Lumber is a space-saving seat designed for perching
Promotion: German kitchen appliance brand Gaggenau has launched The Essential Induction cooktop, which is designed to be “seamlessly integrated into a kitchen’s worktop”. The Essential Induction cooktop includes a stone worktop surface with only two… Read More »Gaggenau launches nearly invisible cooktop that “allows the architecture to breathe”
A colourful, reconstituted leather made from cutting room scraps was among the recycled materials used to create the fixtures and fittings for Coachtopia, a London pop-up store for American label Coach. Located in the Wonder… Read More »Studio XAG creates fixtures for Coach pop-up using discarded leather scraps
Brooklyn-based studio Modu has created a building envelope that lowers the ambient air temperature in order to help cool the interior and exterior spaces for inhabitants in this Houston building. Modu inserted pocket gardens, vertical… Read More »Modu clads Houston building with “self-cooling” exterior