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    Goko converts 1920s house in Mexico City into recording studio

    Mexico City studio Goko has topped this music studio with a large “skyspace” to flood it with natural light. Goko renovated a house built in the 1920s to create Chapel Studio with space for recording, meetings, hosting parties and accommodating overnight guests. The studio, founded by Mexican architect Christopher Koehn, wanted the music studio to […] More

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    Mesh and paper-pulp partitions feature inside Nanjing's Shiwu store

    Mesh panels dipped in paper pulp, polycarbonate and OSB timber merge to form the textured interior of this lifestyle store in Nanjing, China, designed by architecture studio CATS. Located along a narrow alleyway next to the city’s China Modern History Museum, the Shiwu store sells a selection of products handmade by Japanese craftsmen such as […] More

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    Estudio Nu retrofits creative studios in former Buenos Aires workshop

    Translucent glass doors fold open to reveal the studio that architecture firm Estudio Nu has created inside a dental mechanics workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estudio Nu had shared the Lerma workshop in the city’s Villa Crespo neighbourhood with an artist for years but wanted to update the facilities to accommodate more tenants. “Lerma started as […] More

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    Monolithic plaster counter centres La Petite cafe in Abu Dhabi

    A chunky pink-plaster counter dominates the otherwise sparse interior of this cafe in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, which has been revamped by design studio Bone. La Petite is situated in Al Ain’s Al Tiwayyah neighbourhood and has been a popular food and drink spot amongst locals for several years. Over time it had grown tired […] More

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    Little Sky ice cream shop in Melbourne aims to capture the “theatre of gelato”

    Customers can get a glimpse of gelato being made inside this ice cream shop in Melbourne, which local studio Ewert Leaf has completed in shades of blue and pink. Located within a late 19th-century building in the coastal suburb of Brighton, the 140-square-metre Little Sky gelateria has been designed by Ewert Leaf to display the […] More

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    Casa Santa Teresa is a Corsican holiday home with unspoilt ocean views

    Amelia Tavella Architects has transformed a ruined 1950s residence on Corsica’s coastline into a light-filled holiday home with simply furnished interiors. Casa Santa Teresa is located near Corsica’s capital, Ajaccio, and is nestled along the Route des Sanguinaires – a rugged strip of coastline dotted with villas and upscale hotels. The 400-square-metre house was originally […] More