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    Mesura furnishes Casa Vasto apartment and gallery with “constellation of objects”

    Local studio Mesura has designed a live-work home for a gallery owner that combines exhibition space with living quarters in a former factory in Barcelona.

    Casa Vasto is situated in the city’s seaside neighbourhood El Poblenou, characterised by its 18th-century industrial buildings that were deindustrialised in the 1960s and 70s.
    Unfurnished areas serve as exhibition spaceThe apartment is located in one of these former factories and comprises two spaces – the public living and kitchen area that also houses gallery exhibitions, and the private bedroom and bathroom that are reserved solely for the owner’s use.
    A service core made from birch wood divides the space without being attached to the walls or to the ceiling, which has an unusual vaulted design characteristic of factories built in Barcelona in the 19th century. This channels services to the kitchen and bathroom components and contains a toilet, shower and storage.
    Bespoke furniture sits alongside design classicsOn one side of the core is the living and gallery space. This has plenty of space to hold exhibitions and is filled with monolithic furnishings that create functional zones, including a long dining table with cylindrical legs and a blocky stainless-steel kitchen island.

    A low, sprawling sofa defines the lounge area, which centres around a coffee table fashioned from waste material created during the apartment’s construction by designer Sara Regal.
    Low-lying furnishings underline the height of the space and the unique ceilingArtworks and furniture have been arranged throughout the space, which was curated in collaboration between the owners and Mesura.
    “The project’s interior design is reinterpreted as a constellation of unique objects detached from the apartment’s limits,” said Mesura.
    “These elements contrast with the white-washed walls and light-wood furnishings to emerge as accents of colour and form, weaving a cohesive and contemporary identity throughout the project, drawing focus to the pieces and artwork.”
    The minimalistic kitchen unit shares the central core’s oblong profileBespoke pieces custom-made for Casa Vasto are flanked by iconic design classics, such as architect Mies van der Rohe’s MR10 Chair and architect Mario Botta’s Seconda Chai.
    “Some of the interior pieces were specifically designed for the space – kitchen, dining table, service core, bathtub – and the others – sofas, chairs, lighting – were more of a process with the clients, who had their own preferences and interests,” Mesura told Dezeen.

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    Frames are hung on the walls in the bedroom, which also contains two sinks and a bathtub encased in blocky concrete volumes.
    As in the rest of the space, rectangular windows extend from floor level to let natural light into the space.
    The bed, bath and sink unit are all custom-made for the project”We think the pieces selected for the interiors create a comfortable and unique atmosphere when in touch with the bespoke furniture we designed for the project,” the studio told Dezeen.
    Other adaptive reuse apartment projects on Dezeen include an apartment in a converted bank office by Puntofilipino and a flat in a former chocolate factory by SSdH.
    The photography is by Salva López.

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    Kustaa Saksi creates vivid oversized tapestries to explore “reality and illusion”

    Multidisciplinary designer Kustaa Saksi has unveiled In the Borderlands, an exhibition of jacquard textiles at the Helsinki Design Museum, which includes pieces featuring scenery generated by AI software.

    Conceived as objects that straddle both art and design, Saksi’s large-scale textiles were hung from the ceilings and arranged across various rooms within a gallery at Helsinki’s Design Museum.
    Ideal Fall is a duo of tapestries featuring AI-generated imageryTo create his pieces, the designer uses jacquard weaving – a technique invented in 1804 where patterns are woven with yarn using a loom to create a textile, rather than printed, embroidered or stamped onto fabric.
    Ideal Fall is a series of two oversized tapestries featuring bright and abstract forms depicting waterfall- and plant-style forms.
    Kustaa Saksi also created a series exploring migrainesSaksi created the colourful duo of textiles using AI software, which he instructed to generate images that would depict “ideal” scenes of nature. The designer then picked his favourite suggestions and used the imagery as a stimulus for the tapestries’ patterns.

    “The exhibition explores moments between reality and illusion, which are the starting point for many of Saksi’s works,” said the Design Museum.
    The tapestries were suspended from the ceiling at the Design MuseumMigraine Metamorphoses is another series of textiles featuring similarly bold designs, which Saksi created to refer to the various phases of migraines – intense headaches that the designer has suffered since the age of seven.
    According to the museum, the soft texture of the textiles intends to “mitigate the painful subject matter”.
    Monsters and Dreams is a series informed by stories about hallucinationsOften influenced by the boundaries between dreams and imagination, Saksi’s first-ever tapestry series was also on show at the Design Museum.
    Called Monsters and Dreams, it is characterised by striking patterns that take cues from hallucinations experienced by one of the designer’s family members. These textiles were draped across or hung from the ceiling of a single room with dark blue walls, which had been painted to enhance the pieces’ dramatic theme.

    Stockholm Furniture Fair installation by Gert Wingårdh and Kustaa Saksi

    Saksi has created his pieces in collaboration with Dutch studio TextileLab since 2013.
    “The jacquard technique can be referred to as one of the early precursors to the computer,” said the Design Museum.
    “It was the first mechanised technique which enabled the transfer of information about a particular pattern to a weaving machine with the help of a punched cylinder, to eventually become a piece of textile.”
    The exhibition is on display in Helsinki until mid-OctoberThroughout the gallery, the textiles were illuminated with controlled levels of lighting in order to preserve their appearance, according to the museum.
    In the Borderlands is on display until 15 October as part of the museum’s 150th-anniversary programme. Elsewhere at Helsinki Design Week, designer Didi NG Wing Yin presented a series of amorphous timber furniture while last year’s edition of the event featured projects including plant-based textiles.
    The photography is by Paavo Lehtonen.
    Helsinki Design Week takes place from 8 to 17 September 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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    Light and Air opens up Z House in Brooklyn to the outdoors

    Local studio Light and Air has introduced a light-filled void at the centre of a Brooklyn townhouse as part of a major reconfiguration and extension project.

    The home in the leafy Clinton Hill neighbourhood was bought by a family of four with roots in India and required a complete gut renovation to open up the spaces to the outside.
    The overhaul of Z House involved a significant rear extension, comprising cube volumes clad in pale brick”They wanted a house that exhibited a strong connection to nature, featuring a more seamless integration between inside and out,” said Light and Air.
    The project involved extending the building one level vertically, bringing its total number of storeys to four, as well as pushing it out significantly at the back.
    The brick continues into the kitchen and dining area on the lower floorWhile the historic front facade was carefully restored, the rear elevation now presents as a contemporary stack of pale-brick cube volumes.

    The interior was completely reorganized to allow sightlines between the original spaces, the new extensions and the outdoors.
    Oak millwork in the kitchen continues through the minimal interiorsThe most dramatic change involved swapping the stacked staircase with a switchback configuration – a similar approach taken by the studio at another Brooklyn townhouse in 2018.
    This arrangement allows for improved visual connections between the levels and gave the project its name, Z House.
    Reconfiguring the house involved swapping the stacked staircase for a switchback arrangement from the parlour level to the top floorIn addition, an angled skylight was added above the staircase void, bringing in light all the way down to the parlour 40 feet (12 metres) below.
    “Filled by light and air, the stair’s drama is heightened by the placement of large windows punctuating the rear facade, allowing the vertical space to open to the exterior,” said the studio.
    A skylight over the staircase void brings light down into the homeOf the home’s four storeys, the lower levels are occupied by the public spaces including the kitchen, dining, living and media rooms.
    The top two levels are reserved for the children’s rooms and the primary suite respectively. The uppermost floor also accommodates a home office and provides access to a roof terrace created by the rear extension.

    Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with “switchback” staircase

    “This private, elevated, exterior space offers a unique domestic experience not typically found in most Brooklyn rowhouses,” Light and Air said.
    Interiors throughout are clean and minimal, with white walls and custom oak millwork, built-ins and furniture.
    The primary bedroom on the top floor features a custom oak bed and built-insThe pale brick of the rear facade is also expressed inside the double-height kitchen and dining area, which is open to the back patio.
    “Located above the garden level addition is a green roof that buffers sightlines from the parlor floor, creating the effect of a floating garden beyond,” said Light and Air.
    The historic street facade of the Clinton Hill townhouse was also restored as part of the renovationFounded by Anne Diebel in 2018, the studio has completed many staging and interior design projects across New York City.
    These include a Brooklyn apartment retrofitted with ample custom cabinetry and a spiral staircase and a Financial District loft where partitions were removed to create an open, inviting space.
    The photography is by Kevin Kunstadt.

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    Ten living rooms decorated with textural cowhide rugs

    From a ranch in Colorado to a treehouse in Australia, the living spaces in this lookbook are united by the grounding presence of cowhide rugs.

    Animal skins have been used in dwellings for warmth and decoration for thousands of years. More recently, cowhide rugs – which were popularised in America – have become a common sight in interiors around the world, thanks to their recognisable pattern, outline and durability.
    Each hide has unique colourations and patterning, with variations in texture depending on the breed of the animal. One side features the hair, while the reverse is plain leather – the result of the tanning process.
    Cowhides imbue a cosy cabin-like feel, and can both blend into rustic homes and add timeless contrast in more minimalist interior schemes.
    This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring underground bedrooms, kitchens that combine stone with wood and interiors with bright yellow accents.

    Photo by Brad FeinknopfBully Hill House, USA, by Studio MM
    A tan and white cowskin rug adds warmth to this lofty living space in a rural house in upstate New York.
    The skewbald floor covering lends a rustic edge to the living space, and is bolstered by the saloon-style bar stools and a fire surround clad in Corten steel with a niche for storing chopped firewood.
    Find out more about Bully Hill House ›
    Photo by Fernando Marroquín, Jaime Navarro and Beto LanzMexican house, Mexico, by Amezcua
    A dappled cowskin rug adorns the volcanic stone floor of the living room in this modular holiday house in Mexico.
    The brown and white rug zones the seating area, which comprises two chairs and a side table made from wood and leather and is flanked by a simple bookshelf in matching hues.
    Find out more about the Mexican house ›
    Photo by Christopher StarkSonoma farm house, USA, by Tyreus Design Studio
    Nature is ever-present in this house in California, thanks to its expansive sliding doors as well as the earthy elements of the interior scheme, including a pale cowskin rug.
    The lightly dappled coat appears to glow in the sunlight and echoes the striated white marble kitchen counter on the other side of the interior.
    Find out more about Sonoma farm house ›
    Photo by Matthew MillmanPaintbrush Residence, USA, by CLB Architects
    A vast picture window and a cylindrical log burner flank the cowhide floor covering in this contemplative seating area in a house in Wyoming.
    The curving outline of the grey and white hide provides a textural contrast to the regular linear shapes in the timber wall and ceiling cladding that encloses the area.
    Find out more about Paintbrush Residence ›
    Photo by BoysPlayNiceCzech house, Czech Republic, by Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová
    This gabled living space in the ceiling of a house in the Czech Republic is dominated by a large brindle cowhide.
    The rug’s naturally irregular patterning is offset by the geometric floor lamp and a ribbed seat covered in black-and-white zigzag upholstery.
    Find out more about the Czech house ›
    Photo by Barton TaylorPepper Tree Passive House, Australia, by Alexander Symes
    A cream cowhide with a pronounced brown stripe running down its centre straddles two types of flooring in this unique house in New South Wales, Australia.
    Built around a 60-year-old pepper tree, the interior has a fundamentally neutral colour palette punctuated by plants.
    Find out more about Pepper Tree Passive House ›
    Photo by Cristóbal PalmaLBS house, Chile, by Umberto Bonomo and Felipe Alarcón
    Overlooking a V-shaped wall made from cinder blocks, the industrial-style living space in this Chilean house is softened by the presence of a glossy brown cowhide.
    The use of concrete and metal throughout the interior is offset by the rug’s organic feel.
    Find out more about LBS house ›
    Photo by Leo MendezReforma Alas, Paraguay, by OMCM Arquitectos
    A classic black-and-white spotted cowhide lines the floor in the airy open-plan living room of this house in Paraguay.
    The rug provides a focal point in the otherwise minimally decorated space, which is defined by the use of grey and white hues on the walls and floors.
    Find out more about Reforma Alas ›
    Photo courtesy of Studio FuseRockham House, UK, by Studio Fuse
    The laid-back living room in this house in Devon centres around a pale cowskin that sprawls across the concrete floor.
    The room’s broad picture windows frame views of the countryside, with the hide retaining the space’s cosiness with help from a suspended fireplace.
    Find out more about Rockham House ›
    Photo by David LauerGoatbarn Lane, USA, by  Renée del Gaudio Architecture
    An orange leather sofa, a side table made from gnarled wood and a light-coloured brindle cowskin rug huddle around a fireplace in the corner of the living room in this house in the Rocky Mountains.
    Despite the rugged setting, warmth and comfort are instilled in the interior through the use of soft furnishings and warm-toned wooden floors.
    Find out more about Goatbarn Lane ›
    This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring underground bedrooms, kitchens that combine stone with wood and interiors with bright yellow accents.

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    Mestiz celebrates artisan collaborations at colourful Mexico studio

    Mexican design studio Mestiz has opened a showroom and workshop within a historic building in San Miguel de Allende, where its brightly hued collaborations with local craftspeople take pride of place.

    The studio space is located on Pasaje Allende in the heart of the central Mexican city, renowned for its colonial-era architecture and arts scene.
    Mestiz opened its new studio as a space to present its colourful furniture and homewareMestiz founder Daniel Valero collaborates with a variety of skilled local artisans to create furniture and homeware using ancestral crafts.
    “In our studio, partnerships aren’t short-lived; they’re built to last,” he said. “We’ve nurtured long-term relationships with artisans, where learning and creating are an ongoing process.”
    Rough plaster walls of the remodelled space provide a neutral backdrop for the brightly hued designsPieces from Mestiz’s collection fill the interior of the studio, which occupies a remodelled stone building designed as a “wild habitat” brimming with personality.

    “It was once a kitchen,” Valero explained, “and now it’s a space that respects the idea of Mexican cuisine, infusing it into our creative sanctuary.”
    Ledges covered in glossy tiles provide places to display smaller items the in the showroomThe studio comprises three principal spaces. In the showroom, the original wooden beams and the brick ceiling are exposed, and rough buttery plaster covers the walls.
    Ledges and podiums clad in glossy tiles provide places for small items like spiky vessels and framed pictures to be displayed.
    In the workshop, red benches are used for assembling the designsLarger furniture pieces like a triangular table and chairs with tufty backrests are arranged across the floor.
    Meanwhile, textile artworks decorate the walls and huge, fibrous pink light fixtures hang overhead.

    Colourful tiles and Mexican craft feature in Casa Hoyos hotel by AG Studio

    “Our creations aren’t just pieces; they’re stories,” said Valero.
    “We believe in crafting designs that engage in profound dialogues with the context and history of each community we work with.”
    A pink-toned storage room is also filled with products, which are all made from natural materialsThe workshop is situated in a lean-to at the side of the building, where the rough stone walls are visible on two sides and other surfaces are left untreated.
    Red-painted benches for assembling items and storing natural materials – palm, wood, wool, wicker and ceramic – are surrounded by partially completed designs.
    Mestiz partners with artisans across Mexico to preserve and celebrate craft traditionsA pink-hued storage room is also packed with products, from wicker lights suspended from the ceiling to tall totems in blue, pink and purple stood in the corners.
    “Our practice is a living testament to the merging of traditions,” Valero said. “Our pieces are the embodiment of cultural syncretism, where diverse influences converge to create something entirely new.”
    The studio is located in a historic stone building in San Miguel de AllendeThe rich creative spirit of San Miguel de Allende is also presented at the city’s Casa Hoyos hotel, where colourful tiles and local craft fill a former Spanish colonial manor.
    Other Mexican designers continuing local traditions through their work include Fernando Laposse, who uses corn waste to create a marquetry material, and Christian Vivanco, who launched a rattan furniture collection with Balsa.
    The photography is by Pepe Molina.

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    Gallery Fumi marks 15th anniversary with design exhibition informed by biology

    To celebrate 15 years of Gallery Fumi, the London gallery is hosting the Growth + Form exhibition of “functional art”, featuring sculptural furniture and lighting with organic forms.

    The Growth + Form exhibition includes new works by 16 of the 28 past Gallery Fumi exhibitors, responding to themes of transformation, regeneration and biological growth patterns.
    The Growth + Form exhibition celebrates Gallery Fumi’s 15th anniversaryIt was designed by architectural designer Leendert De Vos and curated by design historian Libby Sellers, who invited former exhibitors back to showcase new pieces in a group display.
    The exhibition title and theme were informed by the On Form and Growth book by Scottish biologist D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson, which analyses the mathematical harmony of growing shapes in biology.
    Pieces in the exhibition were informed by biologyResponding to this biological starting point, furniture and lighting with organic shapes and natural materials can be seen throughout the exhibition.

    Danish artist Stine Bidstrup created a sculptural chandelier titled Light Entanglements, made up of twisting clusters of hand-blown glass.
    Light Entanglements is a chandelier made from hand-blown glassDifferent lengths of painted sticks were combined to create Marmaros Metamorphosis II, a circular decorative wall piece with a textured, tufted-like surface by sculptor Rowan Mersh.
    “Revisiting the very beginning of his career when Mersh used cheap materials to experiment with techniques, in this work using lacquered coloured sticks, he creates forms with the details and skill level he currently attains when using precious materials,” said Gallery Fumi.
    Seating crafted from a single yew log is featured in the exhibitionAs the gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary, Sellers likened its growth to the formation of crystals – the material traditionally associated with 15-year anniversaries.
    “Grown from small particles into a solid form of geometric beauty, crystal is both a poetic metaphor for Gallery Fumi’s own development over the last 15 years and an opportunity to explore the creative affinity between science, art, and the intricate nature of constructions,” said Sellers.

    Lara Bohinc designs Jesmonite lighting collection to look like unearthed relics

    “After all, is this not a definition of design? The meeting of knowledge, form-making, material exploration and beauty?” Sellers added.
    “The works are vibrant and active – sprouting, swirling, twisting, turning – transferring material and form into objects of beauty.”
    Wegworth created a crystal salt vase for the exhibitionAlso on show was a wooden cabinet covered in hand-painted shingles by Berlin-based designer Lukas Wegwerth, who also created a crystal salt vase titled Crystallization 183.
    “Crystallization 183 was identified by Sellers as most significant for the exhibition, as not only is the 15-year anniversary traditionally celebrated with crystal, but the process of growing the crystals is a poetic metaphor for Fumi’s growth as a gallery,” Gallery Fumi said.
    The wall sculpture Marmaros Metamorphosis II has a tufted textureOther pieces on display include a sculptural copper floor lamp with a stone base by London design studio JamesPlumb and a chair by British designer Max Lamb crafted from a single yew log.
    “Tapping into the creative affinity between science and art, the pieces created for the show will display fluid organic forms, natural materials and geometric structures,” said Gallery Fumi.
    The exhibition is on display from 7 to 30 SeptemberOther designers showing work include US sculptor Casey McCafferty, Italian designer Francesco Perini, design studio Glithero, Chinese material designer Jie Wu, German ceramic artist Johannes Nagel, Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi, British artist Leora Honeyman, Spanish artist Saelia Aparicio, British artist Sam Orlando Miller, design studio Study O Portable and furniture design studio Voukenas Petrides.
    Gallery Fumi was founded in 2008 by Valerio Capo and Sam Pratt. It has previously showcased work including a Jesmonite lighting collection by British designer Lara Bohinc and a limited-edition bench by JamesPlumb made using medieval dying techniques.
    The photography is courtesy of Gallery Fumi.
    The Growth + Form exhibition is on display at the Gallery Fumi in London, UK, from 7 to 30 September 2023. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.

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    Dezeen Awards 2023 interiors longlist revealed

    Dezeen has announced the 150 projects longlisted for this year’s Dezeen Awards in the interior categories, including interiors by studios Olson Kundig, Neri&Hu, Patricia Urquiola and Morris+Company.

    The 150 longlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in nine different interior project categories, are by studios located across 32 different countries including India, Slovakia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark and Latvia.
    The top three represented studio countries are the UK, with 27 longlisted entries, followed by the US with 23 and Australia with 15.
    The top project city locations are London, with 18 longlisted entries, followed by Shanghai with seven and Sydney and Paris tied with four each.
    Amongst the longlisted interiors this year are a refurbished 280-year-old courtyard house in Beijing, a textured beige ceramic home interior in Kyiv and a playful red brick-clad rooftop cafe in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province.

    Other longlisted projects include a monochromatic office in Barcelona, a restaurant with a curved metal-mesh ceiling in London and a retail space featuring salvaged and biomaterials.
    All Dezeen Awards 2023 longlists revealed this week
    Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, will reveal all longlisted projects this week. The architecture longlist was published yesterday and the design longlist will be announced tomorrow, followed by the sustainability longlist on Thursday.
    Longlisted projects have been selected from over 4,800 entries from 94 countries for the sixth edition of our awards programme, which celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and individuals producing the most outstanding work.

    Above: Sun Dial Apartment by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. Photo by Gaelle Le Boulicaut. Top: Shiny Gold by Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios. Photo by Vinciane LebrunThe next stage of Dezeen Awards 2023 will see all longlisted projects assessed by our international jury of leading professionals including interior designers Eny Lee Parker, Nick Jones and Tola Ojuolape.
    The judges will determine the projects that feature on the shortlists, which will be announced in October. A further round of judging by our master jury will determine the winners, which will be announced in November.
    One of the nine winners of the interior project categories will then be crowned the overall interior project of the year.
    Read on for the full interiors longlist:
    Union Street House by Prior Barraclough. Photo by Ben HoskingHome Interior
    › WKA Penthouse, Antwerp, Belgium, by Bruno Spaas Architectuur› Leaside Avenue, London, UK, by Emil Eve Architects› Another Seedbed: From Domesticity to Hospitality, New York, USA, by Future Projects› House FC, Taipei City, Taiwan, by Fws_work› Atelier Chabot, Montreal, Canada, by Indee Design› Hiroo Residence, Tokyo, Japan, by Keiji Ashizawa Design› Cape Drive Residence, Hong Kong, China, by Linehouse› Mureli House, Kozyn, Ukraine, by Makhno Studio› Sun Dial Apartment, Paris, France, by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture› Kamoi House, Barcelona, Spain, by Mas-aqui› Hargrave Cottage Paddington, London, UK, by Michiru Higginbotham› Adventures in Space, London UK, by Owl› Union Street House, London, UK, by Prior Barraclough› North London Family Home, London, UK, by Retrouvius› Mexican and Galician influences in Madrid, Spain, by Sierra + Delahiguera› Belgravia Townhouse, London, UK, by State of Craft Limited› Tembo Tembo Lodge, South Africa, by Studio Asaï› Light House, Singapore, by Studio iF› Villa San Francisco, California, USA, by Studio Mortazavi› A Resolutely Maximalist Mini Loft, Bagnolet, France, by Zyva Studio
    Browse all projects on the home interior longlist page.
    Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek by Projekt Praga. Photo by ONI StudioRestaurant and bar interior
    › Kiln at Ace Hotel, Sydney, Australia, by Atelier Ace› Frescohallen, Bergen, Norway, by Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects› Nebula, London, UK, by Common Ground Workshop› Dolly, Unley, Australia, by Genesin Studio› Mala Sichuan Bistro, Houston, USA, by Gin Design Group› Beefbar Milan, Italy, by Humbert & Poyet› Chleo, New York, USA, by Islyn Studio› Gaga Coast, Shanghai, by Linehouse› Blue Bottle Zhang Yuan Cafe, Shanghai, by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office› Noma Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, by OEO Studio› Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, Canada, by Omar Gandhi Architects› Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek, Poland, by Projekt Praga› Xokol, Guadalajara, Mexico, by Ruben Valdez Practice› Colemans Deli, Hathersage, UK, by SJW Architects› Cozinha das Flores and Flôr, Porto, Portugal, by Space Copenhagen› AOC Restaurant, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Spacon & X› Ikoyi, London, UK, by David Thulstrup› Light Years Asian Diner, Byron Bay, Australia, by Studio Plenty› Parconido Bakery Cafe, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, by SukChulMok› Saint Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, by Telha Clarke
    Browse all projects on the restaurant and bar longlist page.
    SABI by Grounded Living. Photo by Lean TimmsHotel and short-stay interior
    › Birch (Selsdon), London, UK, by A-nrd studio› Drift Hotel, California, USA, by Anacapa Architecture› Ace Hotel Toronto, Canada, by Atelier Ace› Ember Locke, London, UK, by Atelier Ochre & House of Dré› Capella, Sydney, Australia, by BAR Studio› Bos-Cos Sevilla, Seville, Spain, by Febrero Studio› SABI, Tasmania, Australia, by Grounded Living› Albor Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Guanajuato, Mexico, by Héctor Esrawe› Ying’nFlo, Hong Kong, China, by Linehouse› Monasty Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece, by Not a Number Architects› The Standard, Ibiza, Spain, by Oskar Kohnen Studio› Our Habitas San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, by Our Habitas› Six Senses Rome, Italy, by Patricia Urquiola› Som Land Hostel, Shanghai, by RooMoo› Heymo 1, Espoo, Finland, by Rune & Berg Design Oy› The Standard, Bangkok, Thailand, by Standard International› Hay Boutique Hotel, Polyanytsya, Ukraine, by YOD Group
    Browse all projects on the hotel and short stay longlist page.
    Folk Kombucha by Spacon & X. Photo by Hedda RysstadWorkplace interior (small)
    › The Joint Works, Birmingham, UK, by 2G Design and Build› Lincoln St Workplace, Boston, USA, by Atelier Cho Thompson› Carnaby Club, London, UK, by Buckley Gray Yeoman› Mitsui & Co, Minato-ku, Japan, by Flooat› Studio Reisinger, Barcelona, Spain, by Isern Serra› LAJ Office and Shop, Vancouver, Canada, by Marcela Trejo› Workplace for the preparation of medicine in Riga, Latvia, by MUUD Architects› ScienceIO Headquarters, New York, USA, by Office of Tangible Space› Folk Kombucha, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Spacon & X› The Forest of Knowledge – CCI Library, Mumbai, India, by Studio Hinge› Artis Ventures, San Francisco, USA, by Studio O+A› Alera, Vancouver, Canada, by Studio Roslyn› Terroir Hobart Office, Hobart, Australia, by Terroir› Chief London, London, UK, by Thirdway› WOA Second Home, Ernakulam, India, by Workers of Art
    Browse all projects on the workplace interior (small) longlist page.
    Carlsen Publisher Campus by de Winder Architekten. Photo by Mark SeelenWorkplace interior (large)
    › Government Office, Abu Dhabi, UAE, by Agata Kurzela studio› COX Sydney Studio, Australia, by Cox Architecture› Carlsen Publisher Campus, Hamburg, Germany, by de Winder Architekten› NeueHouse Venice Beach, California, USA, by DesignAgency› Here+Now, Reading, UK, by HawkinsBrown› Sony Music UK HQ, London, UK, by MoreySmith› 215 Mare Street, London, UK, by Morris+Company› 800 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, USA, by Olson Kundig› Dice, London, UK, by Sella Concept› Bay Area Research Company by SkB Architects› Canopy Menlo Park, California, USA, by Studio Mortazavi› Adidas (GOLD, Performance Zone, and RED) campus, Portland, USA, by Studio O+A› World of Klarna, Stockholm, Sweden, by Studio Stockholm› 210 Euston Road, London, UK, by Universal Design Studio› Convene at 22 Bishopsgate, London, UK, by Woods Bagot
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    Headquarters of crypto company Copper designed to “provide a sense of assurance”

    Universal Design Studio put a modern spin on the design conventions of bank buildings when creating the headquarters for cryptocurrency firm Copper inside a Richard Rogers-designed office in London.

    Copper – a fintech company that helps financial institutions to securely store and trade cryptocurrencies – wanted to break away from London’s financial districts and instead set up its office inside Soho’s Broadwick House.
    Copper’s headquarters are located in the Richard Rogers-designed Broadwick HouseThe building was originally completed by the Richard Rogers Partnership in 2000 and was renovated last year before Copper brought in Universal Design Studio to devise the interiors.
    The local practice introduced familiar materials such as marble and walnut into Copper’s HQ to “provide a sense of assurance”.
    Copper-toned curtains provide a sense of privacyThese are contrasted with more contemporary elements including stainless steel, kinetic screens and dynamic light boxes that help to create “an uncanny and cinematic environment”.

    “The design approach draws in part upon historic icons of banking architecture through a contemporary lens, to create a familiar space that feels safe, whilst also pushing the boundaries on expectations,” the practice said.
    “Being able to contain that within an architectural landmark is very special.”
    Private meeting rooms are set back from the facade at the core of the buildingThe lobby features Jesmonite wall panels, referencing the marble-wrapped entrances found in more traditional banks.
    By contrast, a gold desk, alcove and gridded lightbox ceiling give a cinematic feel to the lobby and “allude to some of the more unexpected design elements further up the building”, according to Universal Design Studio.
    “This idea of bringing together two distinctive finishes that are different recurs throughout the building, to echo the safe and trusted nature of finance with a new digital future,” the practice said.
    The building’s new “Copper Core” is clad in dark timberRogers’s original architectural concept for the building focussed on transparency, with glazed facades providing high levels of light penetration.
    Universal Design Studio sought to work with this vision, creating light-infused workspaces with a focus on natural materials.
    Lightbox ceilings provide dramatic illumination”The main workspaces for the Copper team are light, with a connection to the street level around the perimeter, playing to the strengths of the original facade design,” the studio said.
    “But given the nature of what Copper do, an element of privacy was also essential.”

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    To achieve this, the studio designed a more opaque “Copper Core” that runs through the entire building, punctuating each floor and containing private spaces such as meeting rooms and quiet rooms.
    Set away from the exterior facade, the meeting rooms in the core of the building are inevitably less light-filled than the main work areas.
    Meeting rooms are panelled with walnut woodTo create spaces that still felt inviting, Universal chose to panel the walls with walnut, harnessing the tactility of this natural material to add a feeling of safety and familiarity.
    Stainless steel thresholds were added to create a sense of arrival, as team members move away from general working areas into the Copper Core.
    The interiors were designed to inspire a sense of trust and securityIn another nod to the concept of privacy, Universal designed a copper-toned curtain that is found on each floor level, running the full perimeter of the facade.
    “Operated digitally, each floor’s curtain closes in unison,” the studio said. “The curtain was also conceived as a type of visual security, locking down the building at night.”
    The top floors were designed for hosting clientsVisiting clients are received on the sixth and seventh floors of the building where the meeting rooms take on a hospitality focus, with bar and banquette-style seating capitalising on Broadwick House’s views across the city.
    “These areas are styled on a members’ club to serve the Copper team and its clients,” Universal Design Studio said.
    “The sixth floor has a focus on gathering both physically and digitally. Cinematic experiences are again utilised in this space with dramatic sliding digital screens for large events and presentations.”
    Guests can take in the views from banquette-style seating boothsOther unconventional interiors belonging to financial institutions include Hana Bank in Seoul with its “floating” meeting room and Citibank Singapore, which was designed to resemble a giant conservatory.
    The photography is by Ed Reeve.

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