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Lanterns dangle through hole between floors in “UK’s most expensive steak” restaurant

May 20, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Interiors studio Rosendale Design used paper pendants to illuminate hand-painted red-and-gold walls in the first overseas outpost of Japanese steakhouse Aragawa in London. Set across two floors in a Mayfair townhouse, the restaurant is widely credited as serving the “UK’s most expensive steak” – a £900 cut of wagyu beef from Shiga prefecture. Characterised by

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Museum of London set for demolition after Michael Gove decides not to call in proposal

May 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The Museum of London and Bastion House are set to be demolished to make way for the London Wall West scheme, after UK levelling up secretary Michael Gove decided not to intervene. Gove informed the City of London last Friday that he would not call in Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Sheppard Robson’s proposal, reported

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Gubi opens first UK showroom in London townhouse takeover

May 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A Georgian townhouse filled with period details is now Gubi House London, the first dedicated showroom that the furniture brand has opened outside Denmark. Gubi partnered with Danish surface design studio File Under Pop to reimagine the listed building as a showspace for its collection, which includes furniture by designers such as GamFratesi and Space

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Jean Prouvé house finds permanent London home in Ladbroke Hall garden

May 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Carpenters Workshop Gallery has unveiled a model of the Jean Prouvé-designed 6×6 demountable house in a London garden created by landscape designer Luciano Giubbilei. Maison Démountable will be a permanent fixture of the publicly accessible garden at Ladbroke Hall, the west London arts venue that Carpenters Workshop Gallery moved into in 2023. It forms the

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London extension by Collective Works blends Scandinavian and Mediterranean influences

May 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Terracotta-coloured facades and warm wood-lined interiors define Mid Terrace Dream, a terraced house in north London renovated and extended by local studio Collective Works. Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously “run down”, with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear and a full dormer to expand its loft. The extensions

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WilkinsonEyre reveals plans for latest Lord’s Cricket Ground redevelopment

May 14, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled its proposal for the redevelopment of the Tavern and Allen stands at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. It follows WilkinsonEyre’s redesign of the Compton and Edrich stands, which it completed in 2021 on either side of the Stirling Prize-winning Media Centre by Future Systems. The proposal has been approved by

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Serpentine Pavilion “a great riddle” says architect Minsuk Cho

May 14, 2024 Francesca Tesler 0

Architect Minsuk Cho discusses his design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the Serpentine. Cho is the founder and lead architect of Mass Studies, an architecture practice based in Seoul, South Korea. He is the 23rd architect to be chosen for the Serpentine commission, and the pavilion will

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Olivier Delannoy creates mirrored “English garden” for Daroco Soho restaurant

May 12, 2024 Fardous Khalafalla 0

Paris-based restaurant group Daroco has opened a London outpost with mirrored, curving interiors designed by French architect Olivier Delannoy. Delannoy, who has worked on Daroco’s previous projects, reproduced the mirrored ceiling from its two Paris restaurants for the Daroco’s latest location in Soho. “Though the layout maintains an orderly appearance, the reflection of the mirror

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Olivier Delannoy creates mirrored “English garden” for Daroco Soho restaurant

May 12, 2024 Fardous Khalafalla 0

Paris-based restaurant group Daroco has opened a London outpost with mirrored, curving interiors designed by French architect Olivier Delannoy. Delannoy, who has worked on Daroco’s previous projects, reproduced the mirrored ceiling from its two Paris restaurants for the Daroco’s latest location in Soho. “Though the layout maintains an orderly appearance, the reflection of the mirror

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Emil Eve Architects brightens London house with terracotta tile-clad extensions

May 10, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London, adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow, disjointed rooms, said Emil Eve Architects. “Like many Victorian terraces,

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