Greek architecture practice KLab architects have transformed an existing industrial building into an office space for digital media company F-zein. The interior consists of a sequence of open-plan spaces using simple structures, which can be easily dismantled and rearranged if needed. Commonplace or inexpensive materials are used to keep costs to a minimum, such as partitions constructed from st..
Mexican architects DCPP Arquitectos have completed a textile warehouse and office building in Mexico City. Completed in 2007 for textile company Bayon Artell, the building features an entrance clad in white stone. Here’s some more information from DCPP Arquitectos: – The complex is located in south Mexico City, consisting of 4180 square meters. The project is marked by the horizontality of the w..
Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Location: Washington DC, USA Principal Architects: Gert Wingårdh & Tomas Hansen Architects in Charge: Gunilla Murnieks Competition Team: Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Hansen, Ulrika Davidsson, Fredrik Gullberg, Pål Ericsson, Jacob Sahlqvist, Jacek Zalecki, Petter Leyman, Ola Frödell, Henrik Schulz, Tobias Fasth, Robert Hendberg Building Team: Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Han..
Architects: Workr - Ashton Cates Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Project Year: 2008 Construction Area: 274 sqm Budget: US $722.750 Contractor: Southwest General Contractors Photographs: Ashton Cates A new donut shop in the Panhandle of West Texas celebrates post-war roadside Architecture along Route 66. This is the fourth new building completed by the Donut Stop in the past five years, all design..
Young, Paris-based designers Trust in Design have completed the interior of a beauty parlour called B.institut in Vannes, France. They furnished the interior with beech units and coated the floor in green resin. Computer-cut stickers decorate the walls. “We created a welcoming place while keeping the identity of the brand, with an organic design for the furniture and the lighting,” say the desig..
Architects: wHY Architecture Location: Culver City, California, USA Area: 929 sqm Project Year: 2008 Program: Art Gallery, Cafe and Retail Shop Photographs: wHY Architecture Royal/T is a playful collision of art gallery, cafe and retail shop within a 10,000 sf warehouse in Culver City, California. wHY Architecture designed the space unlike any other, playing upon traditional rules of gallery, re..
Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc. Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Project Design: Nader Tehrani, Monica Ponce de Leon Principal in Charge: Nader Tehrani Project Architect: Dan Gallagher (registered) Project Coordinators: Catie Newell, Brandon Clifford Project Team: Harry Lowd, Richard Lee, Lisa Huang, Re..
Estonian interior architect Ville Lausmäe of VLS Interior Architecture has completed the interior of clothing store 2.MOOD in Tallinn, Estonia. According to Lausmäe the 110 square metre store consists of “a geometrical construction that tries to diffuse the contours of the original room.” The following text is from VLS: – Clothes shop 2.MOOD interior by VLS interior architecture “2.MOOD” (in tra..
Japanese architect Teruhiro Yanagihara of Isolation Unit has completed a hair salon in Osaka. The salon, for Japanese chain LIM, features individual rooms for each of six stylists. Photos are by Takumi Ota. See our earlier story about Isolation Unit’s Climie hair salon for LIM. Here’s some info from Isolation Unit: – The spacious salon with an area of 247 square metres is composed of six scatter..