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  • Escapist restaurant interiors could be “lasting design legacy of the pandemic” says Roar trends report

    Coronavirus will lead to a rise in escapist restaurant interiors, while physical menus, cash payments and buffets will largely be abandoned, according to a trends report by Dubai-based studio Roar. Roar, which is led by Pallavi Dean, worked with 170 industry professionals, as well as a focus group of nine experts, to predict ways that the Covid-19 […] More

  • Precht creates monochromatic interiors for RayData office in Beijing

    Grey upholstery helped architecture studio Precht bring a “human touch” to the interior of this data office in Beijing, which features black walls and white zigzag desks. RayData’s Beijing office takes over the 19th floor of Poly International Plaza, a 31-storey skyscraper completed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill in 2017. The building’s cylindrical form and […] More

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    MuseumLab opens in ruins of lightning-struck Pittsburgh library

    US firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture left worn-looking ornate walls, brickwork and columns inside this museum for children in Pittsburgh, which occupies a historic library that was struck by lightning. Koning Eizenberg Architecture (KEA) designed the transformation of the damaged library into MuseumLab for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. It forms an extension of its campus […] More

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    Woorak House in Sydney offers peeks of nearby nature reserve

    Airy pavilion-like structures make up this holiday home in Sydney, which CM Studio has designed to optimise views of its luscious green surroundings. Woorak House is situated in Sydney’s Palm Beach suburb. It perches on the tip of a peninsula that’s bordered on one side by the Pacific ocean and on the other by a […] More

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    Preview The Met's postponed About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition

    New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has created a virtual version of its About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Met’s Costume Institute has made a short Youtube video of the museum’s annual major spring exhibition to coincide with its original opening date this week. The […] More

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    Casa Plenaire is an imaginary holiday home for lockdown escapism

    As the coronavirus pandemic puts a halt on all travel plans, Child Studio has collaborated with Plenaire to envision an idyllic seaside villa for the “perfect holiday”. Designed as a “hideaway for the lockdown world”, Casa Plenaire is seen through a series of dreamy renderings created using 3D modelling programmes. The project takes its name […] More

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    Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Americas 2020 hospitality awards

    Dezeen promotion: a conversion of New York’s JFK terminal building and a brutalist boutique in the historical centre of Oaxaca, Mexico, are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year’s AHEAD Americas awards. The AHEAD Americas awards honour exceptional hospitality projects that have been launched, opened or reopened on the continents between November 2018 and […] More