From raising the bar for responsible development, to honouring its rich heritage through a raft of well-considered restoration projects, the culturally attuned emirate has formed an architectural imprint that’s unique to the region. In…
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Architecture F&B Interiors
Jingu Phoenix designs modernist Shenzhen restaurant with art gallery-like fluid spaces against a mountain backdrop
Located on the top floor of Yanhan Highland in overseas Chinese town (OCT) Creative Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Highland Star Chef Restaurant is a multi-quality space and artistic life landmark in urban nature.…
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Architecture F&B Interiors Residential design
Nguyen Khai Architects and Associates renovates old, compact house into coffeeshop and residential unit with transparent glass wall
Located at the corner of a busy intersection in the centre of Hue city in cental Vietnam, Tiam is a coffeeshop-cum-residential property that is sited within an 18-year-old house. Nguyen Khai Architects & Associates…
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F&B Interiors
Onexn Architects creates a tiny 9sqm cafe in a former air-conditioner repair shop in Shenzhen that has impacted the entire street
Onexn Architects, a practice founded by architects Zhang Bo and Wang Jingjing has designed a small cafe in Shenzhen that aims to challenge the conventional space paradigm – creating a small space in a…
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HONG Designworks converts 20th-century Victorian building in Shanghai into Fritz Hansen’s experiential centre
HONG Designworks has transformed a historic 20th-century Victorian building in Shanghai as the home of Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen. Over the years, the old house has witnessed the changes of Julu Road where…
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Furniture design Interiors
Made in Ratio’s Brodie Neill showcases popular Alpha and Cowrie chairs at Galleria Rossana Orlandi during Milano Design City 2020
At the recently concluded Milano Design City, UK-based Australian designer Brodie Neill, creative director of furniture brand Made in Ratio, showcased his products, the Alpha chair and Cowrie chair. The Alpha chair is a…
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Design Furniture design Industrial design
To mark Vico Magistretti’s 100th birth anniversary, Fritz Hansen launches limited edition of Carimate chair
Ludovico (Vico) Magistretti, one of the most influential Italian industrial designers, was born in Milan on 6 October 1920. He came from a family of architects: his great-grandfather Gaetano Besia built the Reale Collegio…