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Norman Kelley refreshes lobby of postmodern Chicago skyscraper

June 1, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0
190 Laselle Street

US architecture studio Norman Kelley used materials such as brass and polished quartz to update the lobby in a 1980s skyscraper designed by John Burgee and Philip Johnson. The project – formally called the 190 South LaSalle Street Lobby – is located within a postmodern-style office tower in Chicago’s Central Loop. The 41-storey building was originally

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Woods + Dangaran creates Desert Palisades house for rocky site in Palm Springs

April 6, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0
Desert Palisades home

Patinated brass panels and extra-clear glass form the facades of a weekend dwelling designed by Woods + Dangaran for a boulder-strewn site in southern California. The Desert Palisades home – located in a gated community of the same name in Palm Springs – serves as a family weekend retreat for designer Brett Woods, who leads

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Golden wardrobe forms focal point of The Magic Box Apartment in Spain

July 7, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
The Magic Box Apartment by Raúl Sánchez Architects features gold wardrobe

A shiny brass wardrobe that’s meant to resemble a precious jewellery box features in this apartment near Barcelona designed by Raúl Sánchez Architects. The Magic Box Apartment is set within a two-storey home in the town of Viladecans and is occupied by a married couple and their two young daughters. The husband’s parents live on

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Moroccan carpets line walls of Warsaw’s Aura cocktail bar

November 17, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Aura bar, Warsaw, designed by Kacper Gronkiewicz

Heavy patterned carpets from Morocco and brass fixtures merge to form the rich interior of this cocktail bar in Warsaw, designed by architect Kacper Gronkiewicz. Set on the ground floor of a former tenement house that was built in the 19th century, Aura is in a small corner plot in Warsaw’s downtown Śródmieście Południowe neighbourhood.

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Blocks of grey terrazzo set the tone of muted pizza restaurant in Beijing

May 23, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Subtle stepped levels and intersecting volumes of grey terrazzo break up this Beijing pizza-restaurant interior, designed by Italian-German architectural practice MDDM Studio. Called Lievito Gourmet Pizza, the restaurant is located on the ground floor of a hotel building in the city’s Maizidan Residential district by the Landmark River. MDDM Studio designed the restaurant’s long and narrow interior that

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Brass accents and contemporary cabinetry update 19th-century apartment in Vilnius

March 5, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Exposed fresco and original arched doorways are paired with brass accents and grey cabinetry at this apartment in Vilnius, which has been overhauled by interior designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė. Apartment Vilnius belongs to a family with two children, who approached local designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė to give the home a contemporary update that maintained its historic features. The

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Brass accents and contemporary cabinetry update 19th-century apartment in Vilnius

March 5, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Exposed fresco and original arched doorways are paired with brass accents and grey cabinetry at this apartment in Vilnius, which has been overhauled by interior designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė. Apartment Vilnius belongs to a family with two children, who approached local designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė to give the home a contemporary update that maintained its historic features. The

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Brass accents and contemporary cabinetry update 19th-century apartment in Vilnius

March 5, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Exposed fresco and original arched doorways are paired with brass accents and grey cabinetry at this apartment in Vilnius, which has been overhauled by interior designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė. Apartment Vilnius belongs to a family with two children, who approached local designer Kristina Lastauskaitė-Pundė to give the home a contemporary update that maintained its historic features. The

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Jean Verville incorporates “golden ribbon” into Montreal apartment for music composer

August 29, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. Called IN 3, the project entailed the conversion of a 160-square-metre apartment into a residence for a music composer. Verville, who runs an eponymous Montreal-based studio,

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Jean Verville incorporates “golden ribbon” into Montreal apartment for music composer

August 29, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. Called IN 3, the project entailed the conversion of a 160-square-metre apartment into a residence for a music composer. Verville, who runs an eponymous Montreal-based studio,

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