Housing meets industrial heritage at Make Architects’ Asta House in London
The reimagining of an office building in central London by Make Architects, Asta House, combines contemporary housing and 1950s industrial heritage Photography: Jack Hobhouse Working with Derwent London, Make Architects has completed the full reimagining of an existing central
Hidden London Mews House revealed at Chelsea Barracks
Architects William Smalley and Ben Pentreath collaborate on ‘hidden’ Mews House at Chelsea Barracks in London Forming part of the Chelsea Barracks development in West London, a new, ‘hidden’ mews house has just been unveiled, courtesy of a collaboration
Are design-led hotels reviving Greece’s fortunes?
Despite recent hardships, a wave of design-led boutique hotels has put Greece on the map The arrival of a series of architectural, design-led boutique hotels is always a reliable barometer of a country’s reviving fortunes and, if the wave
Refined and natural interior of an apartment in Barcelona
This modern apartment in a modernist building in the heart of Barcelona looks trendy and modern, at the same time, pleasant warm colors and natural materials have successfully diluted the laconic interiors. It is also impossible not to note
Social distancing furniture: innovative solutions for post/pandemic design
Designers globally have been busy during lockdown. Many have turned their attention to devising ways of living, working, and communicating in a safe way as we begin to emerge from the pandemic Italian designer Federica Biasi has created a
MoreySmith’s central London office champions a sense of belonging
As interior design specialist MoreySmith moves into a new office in central London, the firm explores ideas of belonging, health and safery, flexbility and community in the workspace The swift decline and practical obsolescence of the traditional office has
New take on the Greek beach house by Athens based R.C.TECH
Athens based architecture studio R.C.TECH offers a new take on the classic Greek beach house with a single-level volume of interlocking shapes, designed with holiday memories in mind The swimming pool On a flat piece of land along the
An east London family home by Freehaus packs a punch through simplicity
London architects Freehaus rethink a family home in the city’s borough of Hackney through a balanced combination of minimalism, a material-led approach and clever interventions that respond to their clients’ needs Victorian brick house redesigns are probably among the