Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Attractive,Concrete,DAYLIGHTING,Exotic Idea,FACADE / SKIN,Firm / Solid / Strong,Friendly / social,Hotel,INTERIORs SPACE,Lounge / Bar / Restaurant / Night Clubs,Modern Industrial Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,Open,Prefabricated elements,Refreshing,SOLUTION,STRUCTURAL,Travel,VOIDJune 15, 2013
The Sand Hill Road bought the Prahran Hotel in early 2011, and will reopen it after eight months of hefty reconstruction. At the Prahran Hotel, they had city-based architects Techne design the space, utilising concrete irrigation pipes, each about 2.5 metres in diameter, sitting four pipes high…
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Code Black Coffee is the new roastery and headquarters of the Melbourne based Cafenatics operations. With the roasting process on full display and a strong use of raw black steel, stained OSB board and concrete, the space communicates an almost reverential ode to the coffee bean…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Attractive,Chic,Dynamic,Excited,Exotic Idea,Firm / Solid / Strong,HIP,Interior Award,Modern Industrial Style,Store / Shop / Showroom / RetailMay 29, 2013
Dutch architects Doepel Strijkers were called to design the flagship stores of Amsterdam. Stills’ devotion to materials and texture was the inspiration to extrude fabric’s deeper dimensions into an open grid design. The store displays a new typology aiming to create a long-lasting spatial identity…
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Dalziel and Pow has designed the interiors for the kids’ fashion department of Paris, a department store in Chile. When Chile’s leading department store brand Paris embarked on a redesign of its children’s offer, it wanted to create an environment that engaged with both children and their parents. Owned by Santiago, Chile-based Cencosud Retail S.A., one of the largest retail conglomerates in Latin America…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,Brick Block,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Editor's Picks,Exotic Idea,Friendly / social,Green Project,HIP,Interior Award,INTERIORs SPACE,Lounge / Bar / Restaurant / Night Clubs,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Modern Industrial Style,Open,Prefabricated elements,Restaurant / Coffee shop / Cafe,SOLUTION,Steel,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelMarch 17, 2013
Charles Smith Wines Tasting Room and World Headquarters , by Olson Kundig Architects (Walla Walla, Wash.): Olson Kundig took a 1917 Johnson Auto Electric building and outfitted it with a tasting room, offices, and retail store, including flexible spaces, such as a large unit that the firm calls the “armadillo.”…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Cafe / Coffee Shop,Charming,Chic,Editor's Picks,Friendly / social,Fun / Playful,Interior Award,Modern Industrial Style,Relax,Simplicity,Travel,WoodenFebruary 13, 2013
Breathe Architecture has succeeded in defining the parameters of ‘industrial chic’ with a refurbishment that is dynamic in its raw material palette, while being practical and resourceful in its approach to design. Located in the Chinese quarter of Melbourne’s Victoria Street, The National Hotel has been re-imagined for the present-day and stands unpretentiously robust and utilitarian…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Attractive,Dynamic,Exotic Idea,Firm / Solid / Strong,Fun / Playful,HIP,Modern Industrial Style,Open,Store / Shop / Showroom / Retail,TravelJanuary 9, 2013
Swedish watch brand TRIWA opens up a pop-up shop in Poznań Plaza mall in Poland with a very innovative design made by Polish studio Mode:lina Architekci. The “Tube Tank” is made of cardboard tubes and ratchet straps…
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