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Sergey Makhno Architects has envisioned a subterranean concrete home built for enduring the “unpleasant surprises” that may await in the post-pandemic world. Kyiv-based studio Sergey Makhno Architects told Dezeen that the global coronavirus crisis was the “trigger” for visualising Underground House Plan B, a piece of conceptual architecture. “We realised that the world has many […] More
Creative duo Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina used concrete slabs, sand and paving stones to fashion the furnishings and partition walls inside this office in Kyiv. Designed for a Ukrainian developer and building materials company called Kovalska, the 1,120-square-metre office is spread across two floors of a Soviet-era factory in the industrial district of Obolon. […] More
Cobalt-blue curtains hang in place of walls in a small apartment in Kyiv renovated by Ukrainian architecture and interiors studio Ater Architects. Called EGR Apartment, the 65-square-metre space was cramped, featuring a compartmentalised layout with separate rooms connected by corridors. The owners, a young couple, asked Ater Architects to transform it into a light and […] More
Grey plaster coats the walls, floor and ceiling of this pared-back barbershop in Odessa, Ukraine, which also incorporates a tattoo parlour and beauty treatment rooms. Located in Odessa’s old town, Kult features a desaturated colour palette made up of industrial materials such as stone, glass, steel and plaster. Due to tight time restrictions, locally-based Sivak […] More
Rina Lovko Studio has combined bottle-green surfaces with low lighting to create the moody interior of this drinks bar at the heart of Kiev’s city centre. Balthazar is set beneath the bustling aisles of Besarabsky Market – a historic indoor marketplace in central Kiev that sells a variety of fresh produce to locals. Locally based […] More
