London studio David Kohn Architects has completed a sinuous stone student accommodation and office tower for the Gradel Quadrangles expansion of the University of Oxford‘s New College. Located in a conversation area a couple of streets… Read More »David Kohn Architects curves University of Oxford college building around three-sided quadrangles
Southeast London‘s Eltham Palace is an unusual marriage of medieval and Tudor architecture and the opulent interior-design choices of 1930s millionaires, which forms the next instalment in our Art Deco Centenary series. Today an English… Read More »Eltham Palace is a heritage site “where art deco meets Henry VIII”
After getting stuck on what colour to paint his house for maximum energy efficiency, designer Joe Doucet has developed a climate-responsive paint that changes from white in summer to black in winter. Doucet looked to… Read More »Joe Doucet develops colour-changing paint to help heat and cool the home
French glassware brand Lalique has opened an art deco-informed flagship store in a 19th-century townhouse on New York City‘s Upper East Side. Named Maison d’Artiste, the store was designed by Lalique artistic and creative director… Read More »Lalique “bridges the past and future” in New York townhouse
Design studios Nendo and Arep have designed the latest generation of France’s TGV train, introducing an “almost animal-like” nose and the red, white and blue colour scheme of the country’s national flag. The creative studios… Read More »Nendo and Arep revamp France’s high-speed TGV train “from nose to seat”
Local design studio Astraeus Clarke drew on its roots in the American West and experiences flipping houses for its curtain-heavy New York City showroom that also serves as a gathering place. Located in New York’s… Read More »Astraeus Clarke “weaves Western allure” into its New York showroom