Lundies House is nestled within the rural village of Tongue and takes over a former dwelling created for and inhabited by a Christian minister. Standing since the 17th-century, the building has been transformed by Wildland's design team into a guesthouse that boasts "Scandi-Scot" interiors.
With the help of Edinburgh-based practice Groves-Raines Architects,...
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bijou sweets
Nanan means sweetmeats in French and sweets play the leading role in the design project of buck.studio for this modern pastry shop in Wroc?aw Poland. The deliberately minimalist interior provides a subtle setting with finely decorated cakes and éclairs made with meticulous care. The specialty of this patisserie, the éclair, has inspired the interior design and the visual identity of...
Blue Lagoon Iceland – The most beautiful hotel in the world
How do you extend a brand to a new luxurious experience that your guest will remember for the rest of their lives? Design Group Italia joined forces with Basalt Architects to create a unique spa destination for the Blue Lagoon Iceland.
Built directly into an 800-year-old lava flow in the heart of the...
The good life – Lake Mulwala NSW
Bringing back the great Australian holiday dream of the 60’s and 70’s, The Stella Collective created a dream hospitality venue Blacksmith that tells the story of the past and the future of this beautiful regional Australian town. Since the early 1960’s lake Mulwala with its majestic and ghostly river red gums was a...
Recompose after-death care
Human body composting, yep, that’s what I said. American firm Olson Kundig Architects has revealed plans for an after-death facility in Seattle where human bodies will be composted and turned into soil.
The Seattle studio designed the centre for Recompose, a company founded by Katrina Spade to offer an alternative to cremation and burial. The Recompose...
The Chicago Coffee Roastery
After months of anticipation, on November 15, Starbucks opened their Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago – an immersive experience dedicated to roasting and crafting small-batch coffee. The Chicago Roastery is the company’s sixth roastery, and at 35,000 square feet, is its biggest. It is a five-story tribute to the city’s art, architecture and culture and the indelible mark the city has made on Starbucks. Once inside...
CLOUD hotel
CLOUD hotel is the second resort in Moganshan, Zhejiang province designed by Studio8. A renovation of an existing building the Cloud Hotel represents “the cloud on the top of the castle”. The studio have taken the existing building as the castle, and worked in their design with the idea of the mountain, where the castle is nested, and...
the Firehouse Hotel – LA
Once a rundown area of abandoned warehouses and derelict factories in Downtown L.A., the area found new life in the 1970s when artists flocked here in search of large, inexpensive spaces they could use as studios, ensuring the preservation of many historic, early 20th century buildings that would otherwise have been torn down.
Housed in a converted 1927 fire station, the
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Three simple layers
F - coffee is both brutal and elegant, designed by Wangstudio the cafe design was inspired by the basic concept of minimalism , brick , concrete ,stone floor, trees and water to create a concise and emotional space. There are three main spatial layers, the first layer is a garden space with trees and water; the second one is a corridor with direct...
Palazzo Experimental – Venice
Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental joins the handful of design-focused guest properties that are popping up across Venice, catering to the abundance of tourists that continue to visit the city for its rich arts and culture scene.
Marble furnishings, lagoon-coloured walls and arched doorways are among the features that Dorothée Meilichzon has incorporated in the...