Kengo Kuma has designed the soon-to-open Ace Hotel Kyoto. Located within a building, designed by Tetsuro Yoshida which formerly housed the Kyoto Central Telephone Company, as well as a newly built part, the 213-key…
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Asif Khan designs three mashrabiya-inspired entry portals to Dubai Pavilion for Expo 2020
British architect Asif Khan has designed three entrance portals for the upcoming Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE, which will launch in October. The portals are a futuristic adaptation of the traditional mashrabiya, an intricate…
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Architecture Interiors Residential design
Story Architecture creates family home in Vietnam within two perpendicular white boxy volumes
Ho Chin Minh-based practice Story Architecture has designed a house in Vietnam for a family with two young children, focusing on the family’s childcare demands. Located on the outskirts of Trang Bom town, Dong…
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Tokyo’s coolest new hotel designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune opens in 20th century former bank building
In the run-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo is awash with new design gems, the latest being K5, a boutique property and a member of Design Hotels. Opening this February, K5, designed by…
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Ground preparation work begins on Saudi’s Qiddiya project to be designed by BIG
Ground preparation works for Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Qiddiya development being designed by Danish firm BIG, and earmarked as the oil-rich kingdom’s future “capital of entertainment, sports and the arts”, have begun. The work involves…
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Architecture F&B
G8A Architects designs Hanoi cafe that breaks away from city’s traditional tube houses
Veering from the prevalent compressed vertical density, G8A Architecture studio, along with VUUV Architecture and Interior Design practice, has designed a 1,000m² cafe in Hanoi that plays with architectural proportions to eschew the cookie-cutter…
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Interiors Residential design
PriestmanGoode designs co-living brand to provide affordable and socially-active accommodation in Indian cities
Multi-disciplinary UK firm PriestmanGoode has designed a new co-living brand in India aimed at tackling social isolation among millennials by providing opportunities for shared experiences. The new brand named Olive is a new offering…