Architecture studio Urbanus renovated and combined five buildings in Shenzhen, China, adding colourful additions and circulation. Named Nantou Hybrid Building, the development unifies a cluster of five individual buildings built in the 1980s and 2000s… Read More »Urbanus adds colourful rooftop additions to Shenzhen block
Part of a multi-year renovation of its New York flagship store, fashion brand Louis Vuitton has concealed its construction with a “luggage” facade and relocated to a temporary store that features OMA-design sculptures. Louis Vuitton… Read More »Louis Vuitton flagship construction disguised as stack of luggage trunks
American apparel brand Kith and Brooklyn furniture designer Mark Jupiter have housed Bose‘s reissued 1960 speakers in sleek wood casings and metal bases. Kith was tasked with reimaging the casing for the Bose speakers to… Read More »Kith and Mark Jupiter update Bose 901 speaker that “reinvented sound”
In the historic quarters of Rome’s Villa Fiorelli, where the architectural language speaks of bygone decades, Casa Polly emerges as a unique blend of brutalist austerity and pop exuberance. Spearheaded by 02A Studio, this innovative… Read More »Casa Polly Is a Playful Fusion of Brutalism and Pop Art in Rome
Elías Rizo Arquitectos has created a slate-and-weathering steel house called Casa AV that disappears into and emerges from the landscape outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. Known as Casa AV, the 1200-square-metre dwelling extends across a sloped… Read More »Elías Rizo Arquitectos creates house that “disappears” into Mexican hills
This is a pretty good snapshot of just some of the shiny things I love this year: perfume, pasta earrings, and a Poplight or two. Dive into my curated gift picks for 2024 – imagine… Read More »2024 Modern Gift Ideas From Associate Editor Aria Lee