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Ian Schrager’s decadent hotel in New York’s Times Square is closing just over one year after it opened due to financial issues caused by the pandemic. Bloomberg has reported that The Times Square Edition – which opened last year as a partnership between the legendary hotelier and Marriott International – will close on 13 August. […] More
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
Daily coronavirus briefing: today’s architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes hacks for hands-free door opening, the Serpentine Pavilion postponement and the widths of New York’s sidewalks. Widths of New York’s sidewalks mapped to demonstrate difficulty of social distancing Urban planner Meli Harvey has created an interactive map (shown above) that tells users the widths of all of New […] More
Dezeen hit a major milestone this week, becoming one of the 3,500 most-visited websites in the world, according to ranking service Alexa. Dezeen has risen over 1,100 places in Alexa’s global internet engagement ranking since the start of the year, with our Virtual Design Festival propelling us further up the chart in the last few days. […] More
Architecture firm Woods Bagot has designed a modular system that can adapt apartments to make them suited to working, playing and cooking, as people spend more time at home because of the coronavirus. AD-APT is a series of adjustable walls and screens that can be used to divide an open-plan apartment into a number of […] More
A hot pink called Viva Magenta and an icy blue named Frozen Fjord are among the 315 new hues that American colour company Pantone has added to its roster of shades. The 315 colours have been chosen by Pantone to reflect present-day and forecasted trends, and have been taken from all bands of the spectrum. […] More
Fashion label Gucci has opened a restaurant at the top of its store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, which serves up a selection of Italian dishes. Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura occupies the rooftop of the brand’s store on Rodeo Drive, a two-mile-long street in Beverly Hills that is host to a parade of luxury […] More
Louis Vuitton has opened a restaurant and cafe inside its new store in Osaka, Japan, with interiors fashioned by the brand’s in-house design team. Sugalabo V is the first restaurant that Louis Vuitton has created within one of its stores. It occupies the top floor of the brand’s recently-opened branch on Midosuji – a bustling […] More
