PACATA London Restaurant Covent Garden

PACATA restaurant

Architects: May Noradee Properties + Designs. A full interior architectural refurbishment of the basement and ground floor of a Grade II Listed building within the Conservation Area of the prestigious Covent Garden Market Square. The interior design result from an evolving design brief and collaborative effort between May Noradee Properties + Designs and Pacata’s brand designer based in Japan.

King’s Court and Carriage Hall London

King’s Court London

Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF). King’s Court and Carriage Hall scheme for Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco) has achieved planning consent from Westminster City Council. The proposed development, in the heart of the Covent Garden district, includes a new pedestrian passageway connecting Long Acre and King Street, a new public courtyard, and new retail, restaurant and residential space.

Connoisseur Gallery, Shanghai

Connoisseur Gallery Shanghai

Connoisseur Gallery in Shanghai design by Studio Twist, Architects, to be an exhibition space for a wide range of art objects representing the epitome of luxury catering to the tastes of a nouveau riche clientele. These may be figurative sculptures that are intricately made, or furniture upholstered with exotic leathers, or ornately embellished jewellery.

Book Mountain Spijkenisse – MVRDV

Book Mountain Spijkenisse – Biography of a Building

Book Mountain: Biography of a Building

A captivating tale of creating a building with a mission

This publication is the second part in a new experimental series of books by MVRDV describing in a sizeable text the complex process of realising a building. Written in an accessible style by independent author Nicoline Baartman, the story follows the building, its context and the various protagonists: from the nimbi’s to the new-town whisperer, the good moments and the many difficulties.

Roominaroom London, Limehouse Flat Interior

Roominaroom by atmos

Roominaroom – a highly sculptural refurbishment of a Limehouse (London) flat – all done with a CNC-carved kit of timber parts. It has recently won a UK Wood Award in the Small Project category. The judges praised its “beautiful curves and delicate stairs” and called it a remarkable, ingenious jewel.

Indeed, this is an excellent, creative piece of work, using the warmth and suppleness of wood to make a delightful interior.

Poczekalnia Club & Restaurant Poland interior design

Poczekalnia Club & Restaurant Poland interior design

“Poczekalnia” (which in Polish means “Waiting Room”) is a restaurant inspired by the prison. Not only the interior but also the name of the restaurant itself is a kind of metaphor, because the prison itself can be euphemistically described as a kind of waiting room

The entire interior was done in white and black pop-art colours, with the addition of orange fabric – as a characteristic element of clothing of convicts in prison.

Google HQ Madrid, Spain Office Interior

Google HQ Madrid

The extensive fit out and refurbishment of Google’s Madrid HQ sets new standards in office interior design on the Iberian peninsula. Jump Studios are a London based architecture practice with a recently launched satellite office in Lisbon.

Natural Resources Defence Council Office Chicago

Natural Resources Defence Council Office

Studio Gang Architects announces the completion of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s new Midwest Office, a project that raises the bar for sustainable spaces in Chicago and across the nation. In addition to its LEED Platinum rating, the new NRDC office is the first project of its kind to meet the Living Building Challenge, a rigorous certification program that exceeds the environmental standards of the LEED system.

Brunner Clerkenwell London Showroom

Brunner Showroom Clerkenwell

Luxury furniture showroom breathes new life into historic Clerkenwell warehouse. International high-end furniture company Brunner has opened its new London headquarters to the public. Designed by McDowell+Benedetti, the showroom and offices occupy a large 3-storey Victorian warehouse space on Rosebery Avenue, near Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell.

Lajeunesse Residence Montréal, Quebec home design

Lajeunesse Residence Montréal, Quebec

Lajeunesse Residence. “We were hired by a young couple to do a complete renovation of a house built by the clients grandfather, now housing its third generation of the same family. They wanted to combine the two existing apartments into a single family house on two levels.”

‘Living’ Staircase: Ampersand Building Soho

British designer Paul Cocksedge has unveiled one of his most innovative architectural installations to date, a ‘living’ spiral staircase with integral social spaces and a working garden.

Apartment Interior in Higienópolis – São Paulo

Apartment Interior in Higienópolis São Paulo

The biggest challenge was the conversion of a family apartment compartmented into an apartment for a young single advertiser, and retrofitting existing securities repaginating brought from other apartment.