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Eight Milanese interiors with eye-catching material palettes

April 16, 2023 James Parkes 0

In the lead-up to Milan design week, we have rounded up eight residential and hotel interiors in the Italian city that are united by their use of muted colours and diverse materials. As the Salone del Mobile furniture fair is set to kick off next week, alongside its surrounding Fuorisalone events programme, these interiors provide

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Foster + Partners designs sweeping terminal for “air taxi services” in Dubai

April 14, 2023 James Parkes 0

British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled a concept for a vertiport terminal in Dubai that will accommodate “air taxi services” and encompass a curved, overhanging roof. The design concept forms part of a proposal for future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) infrastructure networks that would connect and transport people at high-speed to

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Prada opens Milanese-informed patisserie cafe at Harrods

April 11, 2023 James Parkes 0

Fashion house Prada has opened the Prada Caffè in luxury department store Harrods, which has an interior that is blanketed in the brand’s signature green hue and mirrors one of Milan’s oldest patisserie cafes. Located at the corner of Hans Road in London, the Prada Caffè is accessed via a mint green latticed storefront that

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Kengo Kuma nestles staggered housing complex on Japanese hillside

April 7, 2023 James Parkes 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has added a staggered housing development, which employs construction techniques taken from dams, to a mountainous location in Japan. Named Miyanomori, the development comprises 15 homes that are set across a hilly landscape at the base of the Okura Mountain in the city of Sapporo, in Japan’s island

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Moschino flagship store references the “history of ancient Italy”

March 30, 2023 James Parkes 0

Italian studio Andrea Tognon Architecture has collaborated with former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott to renovate the brand’s flagship store in Milan. Located on Via della Spiga, one of Milan’s famed shopping streets, the store sits within the 18th-century Palazzo Perusati, which was recently transformed by real estate company Hines into a luxury retail development. The

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David Chipperfield designs Antwerp housing alongside fruit orchard

March 29, 2023 James Parkes 0

British studio David Chipperfield Architects has revealed plans for a housing project in Antwerp that will adjoin a 60-tree fruit orchard. Named Boomgaard, the residential project is set to be built in Antwerp’s Nieuw Zuid neighbourhood and will contain 54 apartments that sit beside landscapes designed by Bureau Bas Smets. The housing project will be

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Khaite flagship store designed as a “tribute to the cultural legacy of SoHo”

March 23, 2023 James Parkes 0

American fashion brand Khaite has opened its first flagship store in SoHo, New York City – a cement-trowelled and steel-lined interior with an evergreen tree planted into its shop floor. The store was designed by Khaite’s founder and creative director, Catherine Holstein and her husband New York-based architect, Griffin Frazen. It occupies a Corinthian column-fronted

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Ma Yansong decorates abandoned building with colourful fishing-net installation

March 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. The installation envelops an abandoned three-storey waterfront market building in Taiping Xu in the Guangdong province of China, which was once a bustling commercial area for trading. The structure’s lower

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Lend Lease’s mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia

March 20, 2023 James Parkes 0

As we continue our Timber Revolution series, we look at Australia’s first mass-timber high-rise apartment building named Forté, which was built from cross-laminated timber grown in Austria. Built in 2012, the 10-storey Forté block was the world’s tallest timber residential building – measuring 32 metres tall – when it was completed. The building was made

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Saunders Architecture builds cross-shaped Villa Austevoll on top of Norwegian island

March 16, 2023 James Parkes 0

Norwegian studio Saunders Architecture has created an island villa in an archipelago in Norway that is cross-shaped in plan and acts as an observatory for viewing its surroundings. Named Villa Austevoll, the project is located on the island of Selbjørn, which forms part of an archipelago just south of Bergen. The home contains three bedrooms

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