As announced earlier this year, Courrèges, the revived avant-garde French fashion brand, has once again expanded its retail presence. Following the opening of standalone boutiques at home base Paris and in New York City, the fashion house led by Nicolas di Felice has landed in what’s arguably Asia’s new leading fashion and style hub—Seoul. The …
Mountain, Lake, and Ruins – The ancient villages in Dali, located on the west coast of Erhai Lake under Cangshan Mountain, offer a nurturing and pleasant living environment. Cangshan Mountain’s nineteen peaks align in a north-south direction, with eighteen streams running from west to east, nourishing the fertile plains on the west side of Erhai …
Invitation to a space that fosters inner beauty: Nature with the desire to invite becomes a garden. “Salon De Garden” means a resting place with nature like a cafe with beautiful gardens. The garden makes you feel relaxed until you take a walk, read, talk, and wait for someone. Dermatology visitors are invited, excited, sympathetic, …
The glass-fronted Crystal Houses, a magnificent townhouse by lauded architecture practice MVRDV, is home to the Amsterdam flagship store of Hermès. Needless to say, the ingeniously constructed transparency of the façade is a major draw in the Dutch capital’s luxury shopping artery, but also helps to make the store’s window installations even more spectacular. The …
Horstonishment window installation by GamFratesi Read More »
The gelateria had been open in Odessa for a couple of weeks and it was closed and the windows were boarded up. We didn’t know for a long time if it would ever reopen. “ТАЮ” translates from Ukrainian as “I’m melting,” and the menu only includes ice cream and juices. We were looking for a …
Founded only in 2016 by Parisian siblings Mathieu, Antoine and Elsa Mothay, women’s leather goods brand Polène is making ambitious global strides. Following boutiques at home base Paris and New York City, the company has just inaugurated another retail space in one of the planet’s most dynamic shopping destinations—Tokyo. Similarly to the two aforementioned cities, …
The design of the exhibition hall in the attic of the chapter deanery follows up on the modifications from 1998‒2006 when the Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum was created. When thinking through it, we asked ourselves the question of the degree of intervention in the existing attic. We did not find it appropriate to insulate the wooden …
Exhibition Hall in the Attic of the Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum by Šépka architekti Read More »
Every day since its opening in 1785, Antica Macelleria Filippini Cristiano at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele has been the destination of meat-loving inhabitants of the small…
“Krai Zemli” is a place where time flows in its own way, as nature disposes. We do not rush the fruits to ripen, and the bees to collect honey faster. We are sure everything has its own time.
Figurr completed the Caivan offices with a modern industrial feel for their expansive space in Ottawa, Canada. Figurr Architects Collective’s new head office design redefines the workplace experience for two innovative companies: Caivan and its subsidiary organization, the Advanced Building Innovation Company (ABIC). The design blends modern workplace elements with warm textures and natural light …
