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    Francesco Pierazzi Architects delicately clashes materials inside London maisonette

    A plywood-lined staircase, red-steel beams and exposed-brick surfaces appear throughout this maisonette in west London, which has been overhauled by Francesco Pierazzi Architects. The maisonette takes over the upper-ground and first floor of a brick residential building in the Notting Hill neighbourhood, overlooking another development designed by architects Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw in the […] More

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    Eight new London restaurants where design is as important as food

    With new restaurants opening in London all the time, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out eight where the interior design is just as interesting as what’s on the menu. Photo is by Yann Deret Folie, Soho, by Studio KO Having previously designed the notorious Chiltern Firehouse, Studio KO aimed to resurrect “the sensuality and glamour of the […] More

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    Formafantasma investigates impact of timber industry at Cambio exhibition

    Formafantasma has curated a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK, which aims to unravel the global impact of the forestry industry. Entitled Cambio, the show sheds light on the legality and environmental impact of the extraction, production and distribution of wood to make products around the world. Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, […] More

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    Grzywinski+Pons turns 1970s office block into Locke at Broken Wharf hotel

    Chainmail curtains contrast with butterscotch-coloured walls in this hotel created by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons, which occupies a 1970s office block in London. Situated near the Millennium bridge, Locke at Broken Wharf has been designed by New York-based studio Grzywinski+Pons to reflect the dichotomy of London’s cityscape. The seven-storey hotel takes over a 1970s office building, […] More

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    Art takes centre stage in monochrome London loft by Originate

    Monochrome interiors create a minimal backdrop to artworks by William Klein, Ellen von Unwerth and Bill Viola inside this renovated loft in central London. Designed by architecture studio Originate, Regent’s Park Loft serves as a pied-a-terre for a family of four who are based in Israel, but frequently travel to the UK for business. The 185-square-metre residence […] More

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    Scott Whitby Studio creates multi-level boudoir for a throuple

    Three people can sleep, practice yoga or drink whisky together in this bedroom designed by London-based Scott Whitby Studio. The clients are a throuple – a romantic relationship between three people. They asked Scott Whitby Studio to create them a bespoke boudoir in their south London home, which also features spaces for other activities. The […] More

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    Interiors of London's Paradise restaurant nods to Sri Lanka's brutalist buildings

    Cement, concrete and black steel merge to form the Brutalist-inspired interiors of this Sri Lankan restaurant in Soho, London, which Dan Preston Studio has dotted with tropical details. Paradise – which formerly housed another eatery – is located on Soho’s busy Rupert Street and measures just 51-square-metres. Designer Dan Preston was asked by the restaurant’s […] More

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    Waldo Works pulls elements from post-war British interiors for Television Centre apartment

    Design studio Waldo Works has completed the interiors of a penthouse apartment inside London’s Television Centre, which takes cues from the “pure geometrics” of post-war British aesthetics. The apartment takes over the top two floors of the ring-shaped Helios building in west London’s Television Centre. Having served as the headquarters for the BBC until 2013, […] More