Spanish architecture practice XStudio has inserted a ceramics workshop and apartment into the worn-out shell of an abandoned bar on the island of Gran Canaria. The project, called House M, occupies an old corner building… Read More »XStudio transforms abandoned bar in Gran Canaria into a workshop and apartment
For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up eight bedrooms where exposed concrete surfaces add character to their minimalist interiors. While bedrooms are often designed with a warm-toned material palette, this roundup offers a different approach… Read More »Eight minimalist bedrooms lined with exposed concrete surfaces
Marble covered with plaster and metal treated with acid are among the repurposed materials used by Japanese architect Shogo Onodera to minimise waste while fitting out the flagship store of fashion brand IZA Tokyo. The… Read More »Shogo Onodera transforms existing surfaces in Tokyo boutique to “avoid making anything new”
Canadian studio Ste Marie has designed Meo cocktail bar and restaurant influenced by 1970s and ’80s Hong Kong in Vancouver‘s Chinatown, using pink hues, floral patterns and red accents. Meo is tucked into the lower… Read More »Hong Kong’s “love motels” influence Vancouver restaurant by Ste Marie
Dezeen School Shows: toys for children resembling animals that are crafted from biomaterials are included in this school show by students at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Also included is a set… Read More »Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey spotlights ten design projects
Plywood shelves lined with ceramics are slotted beneath the old oak trusses of Underwing Workshop, a pottery studio that British studio Ashton Porter Architects has created in an English barn. Located in the village of… Read More »Ashton Porter Architects reworks 15th-century barn into tactile pottery studio