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    Jewellery informs Bureau de Change’s facade for Nikos Koulis store in Athens

    London studio Bureau de Change has created an Athens store featuring intricate metalwork and an asymmetric window for Greek jewellery designer Nikos Koulis. Occupying a 1960s building on Voukourestiou Street, the flagship store takes cues from Nikos Koulis’ geometric jewellery designs. The shopfront features an asymmetric window and aluminium details Greek architects Katerina Dionysopoulou and […] More

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    Interior of FUBA bakery in Madrid explores “dialogue between the ancestral and futuristic”

    Stainless steel furnishings sit against cave-like walls in this health-conscious bakery in Madrid designed by Spanish studio Isern Serra. FUBA – an abbreviation of Future Bakery – is located in the capital’s Chamberí district, and offers an array of gluten-free goods that are free from refined sugars and ultra-processed flours. It’s the brainchild of chef […] More

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    Odami reinvents the “old-world apothecary” at Toronto’s Living Beauty

    Terracotta-toned tiles fan out across the floor of this spa and retail space, which Canadian studio Odami has completed in a former industrial building in Toronto. Living Beauty in the city’s Christie Pits neighbourhood sells skincare, haircare, fragrance and other beauty products, and also offers treatments that range from make-up sessions to facials and injectables. […] More

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    Beachfront Spanish apartment blends “the artisanal and the architectural”

    Valencia-based studio Paloma Bau incorporated architectural detailing when renovating this seaside apartment, which was designed to nod to East Asian and Mediterranean interiors. Named Mediterrasian, the 55-square-metre apartment is located in the coastal city of Dénia and serves as the owner’s holiday home. Originally built in 2008, Paloma Bau made a number of changes to […] More

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    Islyn Studio combines raw and refined materials in Miami Beach restaurant

    New York-based Islyn Studio look to a nearby Miami Beach marina when designing the interiors of a Japanese restaurant, blending “tropical brutalism with the elegance of Japanese deco”. Uchiko – a sister restaurant to Uchi in nearby Wynwood – serves a Japanese menu from James Beard Award‑winning chef Tyson Cole. The host stand at Uchiko […] More

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    Eight homes in former factories that echo their industrial past

    Crittal windows and glazed brick columns characterise this lookbook of home renovations, located in former factories that made products ranging from biscuits to vacuum cleaners. Thanks to their typically generous floor plans, disused factories can offer promising sites for residential conversions. Architects and designers often see these spaces’ distinctively industrial features as an interior design […] More

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    CAAM + Arquitectos references warehouses for vaulted restaurant in Mexico

    Mexico City studio CAAM + Arquitectos has vaulted a metal roof over a Japanese restaurant with brick walls in Querétaro, Mexico, referencing the industrial character of the area. Sōko opened in 2024 to serve Japanese teppanyaki – or hibachi – in a space that respects both the culinary tradition and local building methods, but through […] More