Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. Kawamichiya Kosho-An is an outpost of soba restaurant Kawamichiya, which can trace its history of…
New York studio Alda Ly Architecture has designed a taproom for female- and veteran-owned brewery Talea in the city’s West Village neighbourhood, which includes a place for groups to “scheme”. Talea West Village is the beer company’s third outpost and…
Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. Rumeu and his wife, the Madrid-born artist…
British fashion label Paul Smith‘s iconic pink store in Los Angeles has received an interior makeover from Standard Architecture. Standard Architecture collaborated with the Paul Smith design team to reimagine the 4,740-square-foot (440 square metres) store on Melrose Avenue, West…
From a bold blue apartment in Paris to an all-lilac kitchen in Stockholm, this lookbook rounds up renovations that cleverly use bright colours to update and refresh home interiors. While neutral colour palettes are often chosen for a sense of…
Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed a two-storey flagship store for Chinese technology company Huawei in Shanghai with a facade clad in ivory-coloured petal-like forms. Drawing from Huawei’s global operating system, named Harmony, UNStudio‘s design aimed to generate biophilic associations between…
Design studio Yatofu has completed a furniture showroom in Hangzhou, China, featuring a playful pastel colour palette and a display area housed on a steel-mesh platform. The 80-square-metre retail space belongs to Chinese design brand Jianze and forms part of…
| Published on Feb 1, 2024 The kitchen is the heart of the home, and when you’re ready to sell, one of your home’s most (or least) attractive features. Replacing your kitchen flooring can be expensive but provides a good…
Ever wondered how to turn your daily shower into a spa-like retreat? The “Everything Shower” goes beyond a quick wash. This popular wellness TikTok trend has encouraged us to transform the regular shower into a luxurious, multi-step experience. But, in…
“TikTok told me to” seems to be enough of an excuse to try new beauty trends these days and we’re here for it. The platform has taught us about skin cycling, the ancient art of gua sha, the pros and…
