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    An Aesthetic Pursuit designs shoppable Airbnb in Maine

    Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. Available to rent on Airbnb, Pieces Homes is a “shoppable stay” experience created by An Aesthetic Pursuit to launch and showcase designs from its Pieces collection. “The first Pieces Homes design-destination concept creates a […] More

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    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reveal Californian house designed by Axel Vervoordt

    Kim Kardashian has revealed a glimpse of the “minimal style” Calabasas house that Axel Vervoordt and Vincent Van Duysen designed for the reality television star and her rapper husband Kanye West. Kardashian posted several images of her family’s Californian home on Instagram to announce that the property will be featured on the cover of Architectural […] More

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    Roman and Williams Guild New York boasts flower shop, boutique and French cafe La Mercerie

    Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, the husband-and-wife team behind design firm Roman and Williams, have created a lofty two-storey emporium in Manhattan’s Soho district. Named Roman and Williams Guild New York, the 650-square-metre flagship houses an art studio, flower shop, gallery and boutique, and a restaurant called La Mercerie. “When we founded Roman and Williams […] More

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    Eclectic decor fills Eberly restaurant and tavern in central Austin

    Hanging plants, used books and a bar salvaged from New York are among the diverse elements incorporated into an eatery and bar in Texas conceived by architecture studio Clayton & Little and interior designer Mickie Spencer. The Eberly occupies a 1970s brick building that formerly housed a print shop. The restaurant – which serves up […] More

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    Roman and Williams creates “romantic” Veronika restaurant inside New York's Fotografiska museum

    Hand-painted murals and crown-like brass chandeliers feature in the Veronika restaurant in New York, which local studio Roman and Williams designed to reference a variety of artistic styles. The 150-seat restaurant, named after the patron saint of photography, sits inside the New York City outpost of Swedish photography museum Fotografiska, which opened last winter. Veronika is […] More

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    David Adjaye curves pink concrete around Los Angeles store The Webster

    David Adjaye has used pink-tinted concrete to form a “tough and gentle” store in Los Angeles for fashion retailer The Webster, which marks the British-Ghanaian architect’s first project in California. Adjaye Associates was enlisted to create the 11,000-square-foot (1,022-square-metre) flagship store for the luxury retailer at the base of the Beverly Center. Photograph by Laurian […] More

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    General Assembly upgrades apartment inside brutalist Manhattan tower

    New York studio General Assembly has reconfigured a 1970s apartment in the city’s Upper East Side into a sun-light space with a home office. General Assembly’s renovation turned a one-bedroom unit into a home with two rooms, complete with an updated kitchen and living room. The studio reduced the size of the master bedroom and […] More