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Matilda Apartment. An expression of hyperdecoration
The Matilde apartment in Reggio Emilia, in the city center, is an exclusive space, transformed by ovre.design® Studio into an illustration of their mastery in the conception and design of interior spaces.
Read moreSTAJ Noodle bar. New York atmosphere with oriental street food
The new restaurant by FADD Architects in the Vomero district of Naples unites a New York atmosphere with oriental street food.
Read moreNEOBIO Shangai
Li Wenqiang conceives NEOBIO's new premise in Shanghai as a "back mountain". NEOBIO is an original Chinese indoor entertainment brand focusing on high-quality space and super-creative content.
Read moreNovacolor backs at “FEL - light building festival” 2021
Il brand forlivese è sceso in campo durante la più importante manifestazione italiana rivolta ai professionisti di settore, che quest’anno si è tenuto a Torino dal 18 al 20 novembre. Con il ritorno alla normalità e agli eventi dal vivo, anche il mondo dell’edilizia torna in scena con le più importanti rassegne dedicate all’interior design e architettura. Fra queste su tutte il “FEL – Festival dell’edilizia leggera”, la manifestazione di riferimento rivolta ai professionisti del settore finiture edilizia e colore.
Read moreEduCity by Sigge Architects. A contemporary building dedicated to education and research.
EduCity is the new center for education, innovation and research on the Kupittaa campus in Turku, Finland. Located in Turku Science Park, the city's science park, the seven-story building combines existing buildings
with modern architecture and links innovation and education through inspiring and
sustainable architecture. The dynamic shapes, the intertwined structure and the versatile colours of the floor (Bolon by Patricia Urquiola) helped the architects to create a functional place for a dynamic and stimulating educational experience.
Octo_Max. Online 3D Configurators for Interior Design
Octo_Max is the first online 3D configurator made specifically for the world of Interior Design developed by Octo_Net, an innovative startup that offers a perfect mix of marketing and technology to the furniture and interior decoration industry.
Read moreVertical garden for a private interior penthouse flat in Milan area
Located in a new refurbishment in Monza's city centre, the apartment has been created out of the union of several residential units. Split over two levels, the dark and warm toned lower floor offers a refined private area, with the upper floor providing a playful, social and bright airy space, designed for relaxation, wellbeing and entertaining. A lush vertical garden, signed by Verde Profilo, creates a relax and private corner.
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SantaSofia27 chooses “Be Grateful Wallpaper" by Novacolor to decorate the interiors of the showroom
During Milan Design Week, Novacolor, an Italian brand specialized in decorative, has launched “Be Grateful Wallpaper”, its first collection of wallpapers, signed by the Architect and Interior Designer Barbara Sansonetti, and inspired by the morphology of our planet seen from above, conceived to evoke a journey to discover different landscapes and cultures.
Read moreThe ARC by Green Unit. Eco-friendly modular buildings
Green Unit – an Oxfordshire business that designs and builds ultra-low carbon modular buildings – has opened a new factory, boosting offsite production and creating new jobs in the Oxfordshire area. Green Unit, which started life producing eco-buildings in farm sheds, has found a new home in a converted hangar providing c25,000sqf of space, just six miles south of Oxford next to the Culham Science Centre in the heart of the Science Vale.
Read more"Spazio Lenovo" by Alessandro Luciani
Retail Design Institute (USA) awards "Spazio Lenovo" project by Alessandro Luciani. One year later the opening of the Flagship store, Luciani wins for this original and challenging project the prestigious 'International Design Competition' 'Best of the Best' Class 2020 award from the USA Retail Design Institute, which announced the 25 best retail projects selected from the world's leading design studios for the 50th edition of its annual Retail Design competition.
Read moreAmilu Farm, a contemporary rural villa by F:L Architetti
The building, located halfway up the hill of Gassino T.se (Turin), is the result of a replacement projectwith expansion for the construction of a single-family villa with attached farmhouse. AMILU FARM interprets the residential theme of rural villa, developing and declining the archetype of a Piedmont farmhouse, with the aim to dialogue with its natural context. maintaining a distinctiveand strong identity.
Read moreFaçades that reproduce the landscape for Casa P2 by monovolume architecture+design
Bolzano studio monovolume architecture+design built a villa in Appiano, Alto Adige. Casa P2 is a new residential building surrounded by the vineyards in which three generations live together under one roof. The challenge of the designer was to reproduce the surrounding landscape also on the façade.
Read moreIn Debrecen a clubhouse that makes us stroll between reality and immagination
The interior designer Bernadett Fazekas has created a truly unique project in Debrecen in Hungary: a club room where you have the impression of walking curiously in a street of a parallel city, with a cheerful and relaxed atmosphere. The materials used are in themselves special and very performing: Vetrite, glass slabs for coating patented by SICIS, cover most of the surfaces of the ambience and are combined with really impacting artistic mosaics.
Read moreMilano Verticale | UNA Esperienze: a new concept of hospitality by Vudafieri-Saverino Partners
Designed by Italian architecture studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, the new UNA Group flagship hotel redefines the canons and aesthetic language of hospitality. An emblematic case history of urban resilience in the post pandemic era.
Read more"The Kinii" by OBICUA: a contemporary and eco-sustainable reinterpretation of the concept of mountain lodge
The project of italian firm OBICUA for the Ski-Lodge "The Kinii" ("the nest of the falcon" if translated from the ancient native language) is a reinterpretation of the concept of mountain lodge in a modern and eco-compatible key, with an opening to the landscape in order to admire the natural beauty of the region from the highest point.
Read moreFormal on the outside, informal on the inside: PHC Headquarters by OPENBOOK Architecture
With an area of 4,000sqm, the PHC Software building's facade reveals two distinct layers that explore the balance between the opaque and the transparent. The concrete shell that envelops the inner glass volume adds dynamism to the overall building and highlights the connection between the interior and the exterior.
Read moreAmaranth color tone and an unconventional mix of materials for the Osteria Moderna in Arezzo by Studio Svetti
Once upon a time there was… an there is still a tavern. The tavern is a place that recalls ancient times and habits, but now it rises again with a renovated look through a restyling project realized by architect Emanuele Svetti of Studio Svetti Architecture.
Read moreNovacolor's mineral decorative finishes in a residential project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
R.T. Studio e Mr. Rayn tell about the rediscovered harmony inside domestic areas through Novacolor's mineral decorative finishes in a residential project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The products CalceCruda and Archi+ Concrete meet the latest market needs and create domestic environments that perfectly reflect the taste of the people living them.
Read moreStudio Apostoli signs off on the interior design for the new Lefay Re-sort & Spa Dolomiti
Studio Apostoli has developed the entire interior design scheme for the prestigious 5-star Resort recently inaugurated in Pinzol, ski area of Madonna di Campiglio. The complex reinterprets the traditional architecture of the area, rediscovering the recurring elements of mountain buildings, such as timber, stone and the rigorous simplicity of the finishes, and combining contemporary luxury and environmental and energy sustainability.
Read moreRestyling by noa* for the Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz in Insbruck: ‘Chic Shock Baroque’
Old house, new splendour. The Altstadthotel Weisses Kreuz in Innsbruck's city centre invites its guests to indulge in a refreshing and colourful journey through time with 48 new rooms and suites, where noa* has created the perfect setting, where the distinct features of each period coalesce in timeless fashion to form a symbiosis of urbanism.
Read moreVertical gardens for the Mustela Italia offices
At the offices of Mustela, French company specialized in products for babies, an informal chat between professionals, design experts and enthusiasts of vertical gardens took place, involving interior designer Luca Medici, the CEO of Benetti Home Stivens Benetti, Rosanna Re of the Sales Division of Benetti Home, and the Business Development Strategist Michela Muntean.
Read moreMar Vista Residence: a Californian tract home transformed into a modernist villa
For this project, Tim Gorter Architect modernized and expanded a modest tract home. The redesign preserves the bones of the existing structure but transforms it from a cramped, dark, and dated space into an open and daylit home imbued with mid-century modern character.
Read moreVilla in Sicily by DAP studio, an observatory on the landscape
Surrounded by the amazing landscape of north-eastern Sicily, the project by DAP studio transforms a former warehouse into an elegant hospitable nest With a rooftop swimming pool. The fusion between architecture and nature is the basis of the project, few elements with an essential design have the function of defining an interior space that maintains a strong visual and material continuity with the surrounding landscape.
Read moreThe Strata House by Scott Brownrigg: a contemporary family accommodation in Singapore
For the internal spaces of this stunning private residence in Singapore Scott Brownrigg have used a palette of materials that include off-formed concrete texture, timber grain and an industrial steel matte lustre, which provides a backdrop for the daylight and creates a play of shadows.
Read moreAerea Headquarters: industry as a creator of wealth in the project of JDP Architects
the project for the Headquarters of Aerea spa, completed by architect Joseph Di Pasquale between 2011 and 2014 in Turate, in the province of Como, interprets and translates into reality the client's goal of creating a building able to go beyond the function of container of productive activities, to bring itself to the rank of true industrial architecture.
Read moreVilla MRLV: a project that comes from the earth and borrows its colors and materials
The project by Depaolidefranceschibaldan tells of a mighty wadding wall that creates a quiet and sheltered internal courtyard, protected from the view, noise and chaos of the nearby city. A house that becomes a refuge, a place of quiet, the praise of a private life that does not feel the need to show itself.
Read moreFluid and dynamic spaces for the panoramic house designed by Architrend Architecture in Malta
B House is designed using four elements: light, water, glass and exposed concrete. A project characterized by a linear scale, with single flight of stairs, and double height for the entrance lobby facing the fully glazed patio, that creates the interaction between the interior spaces and the garden.
Read moreFantini Mosaici artisans for Louis Vuitton boutiques
Leading Italian mosaic and marble brand Fantini Mosaici joined creative forces with Louis Vuitton to create inviting interior floors for the French Maison’s luxurious new boutiques in Italy.
Read moreEs Pou. Coherence and material harmony of the project by Marià Castelló for a house in Formentera
The proposal for Es Pou is divided into three volumes, which order the program while providing it with a smaller grain and in accordance with the scale of the landscape. The light, color, and material from the outside enter the interior of the house thanks to ceramics and wood, two noble materials that are combined in a subtle and timeless way.
Read moreMartini 17, camera with a view in Milan
In the heart of antique Milan lives a small Boutique Hotel containing 21 rooms, all strictly with a view. “Room with a View” is the design concept that Caberlon Caroppi ITA studio has chosen for the interior of the Martini 17 hotel.
Read moreKadokawa Culture Museum, Kengo Kuma’s granite monolith
Late 2020 saw the inauguration, near Tokyo, of the Kadokawa Culture Museum, the latest amazing creation by Kengo Kuma. The museum consists of a huge monolith 40 meters high in the shape of an irregular polyhedron, with a façade covered entirely in more than 20,000 slabs of granite.
Read morePoncelet, a cheese jewelry by estudi{H}ac
With the Cheese Bar Poncelet in Barcelona the Valencian studio estudi{H}ac has created a meeting point dedicated to the 'cult' of cheese. The place has a strong aesthetic impact right from the imposing external façade, with a bright and wide interior with original and innovative furnishings.
Read moreAlvisi Kirimoto designs in Rome the domestic landscape of a farmhouse with a rock soul
Immersed in the greenery yet located in the heart of the city. The architectural firm Alvisi Kirimoto has completed the interiors and the design of the outdoor spaces of House C, a farmhouse rebuilt on the volume of the existing building, firmly anchored on a hill overlooking the Inviolatella Borghese park, north of the capital.
Read moreThe surprising "recipe" of Masquespacio for the interior of Bun Burgers in Milan
Masquespacio has just finished its first interior design project in Milan for Italian hamburger chain Bun. The aim for the project was to create an identity with a clear focus on the younger generations and at the same time represent a more sophisticated approach for a high-quality hamburger restaurant.
Read moreCasa di Confine by Simone Subissati: a modern interpretation of traditions
The long and compact body, that allows the simultaneous vision of the two sides of the ridge from any environment, symbolizes the border, the threshold to cross, emerging as the main theme of the projectual research.
Read moreSilo, a zero-waste restaurant in east London designed by studio Nina+Co
For this project Nina+Co Design were tasked to design, source and locate materials of zero-waste, either grown-to-measure or 100% recycled and recyclable for the refurbishment. The materials selected needed not only to be sustainably conscious, but conform to building standards, be robust to meet the demands of a restaurant setting and luxurious in aesthetic.
Read moreThe Puricelli Group presents its KITCHEN & BATH collection: when the product becomes design
Esthetics and functionality merge into a unique proposal which results from the experience in the production of melamine laminates HPL and from the study of the main trends to create a number of esthetically original proposals. The finishes and decorations which recall marbles and woods, classic materials which we can find in kitchen and bathroom worktops, have been selected to highlight at best the product and to meet the demands of the client.
Read moreGaluchat renovates the interior of a mountain chalet in Haute-Savoie
A unique ski-in/ski-out chalet overlooking the valley, this property was designed from the ground up, off plan. Revisiting entirely the originally proposed architectural space planning, Galuchat made the most of the generous spaces and the views, calling on local materials and artisans to create a timeless, elegant yet welcoming, family retreat in the mountains.
Read moreDEGW designs the new EY office in Rome - Room for experimentation
DEGW designs an innovative project in which multifaceted materials weave together to embody the building’s grounding features: technology, integration, sustainability.
Read moreThe traditional Kentish oast house as a modern family home
Five tile-clad towers make up this house in southeast England, designed by ACME as a modern interpretation of a hop-drying kiln.
Read moreThe Novacolor Brand Experience Store in Huizhou is signed by LICO Design
Marmorino KS, IRONic and Wall2Floor are the products chosen for a sensory experience where visual and spatial perception come together
Read moreHansler Road: marbles laid bare in all of their natural beauty
The London based studio AOArchitecture/Alexander Owen Architecture has completed the development of a property in East Dulwich - a residential area of South East London - as a ‘forever home’ which required the construction materials to be robust and easy to maintain in the long term.
Read moreA restaurant in Tenerife watched by a millennial dragon
The volcanic nature of Tenerife, the underground world and the infinite skies above the Canary archipelago echo in the design of the furnishings and spaces in the Ladon Brasa&Grill Restaurant of the Fantasia Bahia Principe Hotel. The basic inspiration of this project by the Valencian studio estudi{H}ac comes from the millenary dragon legend.
Read moreSicis for the Sri Mariamman Temple in Bangkok
Sicis creates a series of mosaic works for the largest Hindu shrine in Thailand, using gold and Murano glass tesserae. Here all the artworks have been recreated with the double indirect method
Read moreMATmotion Color Trends 2021: six colors dedicated to feelings
Novacolor color consultants selected the new Color Trends 2021, six colors of MATmotion dedicated to feelings. MATmotion is a product line of ready-to-use enamels and professional water-based paints with ultra-matt or eggshell finish. Six colors chosen for their positive charge full of energy and harmony, making the rooms elegant and unique. No more walls but furnishing accessories.
Read moreNatural and sustainable materials for the new Maggie’s Centre in Leeds
Heatherwicks Studio decided only to use natural and sustainable materials together with thousands of plants, to make an extraordinary environment capable of inspiring visitors with hope and perseverance during their difficult health journeys.
Read morePatascoss Madonna di Campiglio: contemporary with Dolomites view
Nicola Zema oversaw the renovation of an apartment for the holidays in Madonna di Campiglio unifying both aesthetic and comfort, natural materials and landscape.
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Read moreHotel Maalot. Art, music and hats in a 5-star luxury hotel in Rome
The Maalot Hotel signed by RPM Proget features a truly 'British' style and recalls the atmospheres of an English residence in an elegant ‘palazzo’ of the 19th century in the heart of Rome.
Read moreNovacolor opens a new "social" showroom in Milan
A perfect example of how it is possible to create a system in Italy between private companies and public administration.
Read moreStarhotels E.C.HO. Milan: there's a green soul in town
The theme of sustainability in an urban context finds a strong and persuasive interpretation in the E.C.HO. Hotel in Milan created by the interior designer Andrea Auletta.
Read moreWOOD-SKIN covers the dome and walls of the new Room XIX of UN Palace in Geneva
A flowing expanse of wooden ‘dunes’ clads the circular hall, featuring the patented process that allows the digital design of flexible three-dimensional coverings.
Read moreThe revolution in workspaces signed by AD Architecture ad One Design Office
Seamless lines and colorful surfaces with Wall2Floor by Novacolor, the multi-layered system for walls and floors.
Read moreCeramiche Caesar for the Spa of a private residence in Oulu
The Arktes Oy studio at Oulu designed this luxury private residence which includes a large spa for relaxation and conviviality.
Read moreRecycled plastic sheets adorn The Student Hotel in Delft
The latest in sustainable philosophy is embodied in The Student Hotel in Delft, with interior surfaces and furniture made from recycled plastic waste. The result is a place that represents travel and living with a conscience.
Read moreSicis for an apartment in Central Park Tower in New York
Italian company Sicis has designed the interiors of a large luxury apartment in New York’s Central Park Tower, the tallest residential tower in the world.
Read moreExotic charme for the breakfast room of Meliá Plaza di Valencia
Boconni Projects has transformed the basement of Meliá Plaza, a prestigious hospitality structure located in the heart of Valencia, into a sophisticated breakfast room. The architects chose to use Exotic, one of the designs in Collection VII by Glamora wallpapers.
Read moreNovacolor's Archi+Concrete for the sculptural volumes of Casa das Freiras
The project signed by Mario Martins' studio in Lagos uses Novacolor's Archi+Concrete to transform spaces into open air sculptures.
Read moreShaping Surfaces by Cleaf: Bochotis Pastry Shop
Bochotis Pastry Shop in Ioannina (Greece) by G2 Lab is the June Monthly Winner of the Shaping Surfaces competition by Cleaf.
Read moreThe new home of MCE in Timisoara designed by Heim Balp Architekten
In this project of the German-Italian firm the two buildings of the complex - the production area and the offices - are visually connected and unified by the red metal cladding, changing in density according to the different building functions.
Read moreCladding in marble and travertine for the Carlo Erba Residences in Milan
New York architect Peter Eisenman, in collaboration with Degli Esposti Architetti and AZstudio, recently completed the “Residenze Carlo Erba” project in Milan, a residential complex with a distinctly contemporary look that does not, however, renounce the canons of 20th century Milanese tradition.
Read moreAn elegant dialogue between indoor and outdoor for a villa in Los Angeles
On the Hollywood hills, a luxury space with astonishing view over the city designed by Studio Svetti Architecture in cooperation with MASS Beverly LA.
Eclecticism and experimentation for the VyTA Covent Garden in London
The first restaurant and cocktail bar at international level by VyTA - signed by COLLIDANIELARCHITETTO - is a wonderland of colours and shapes, designed to surprise, celebrate and entertain people who’s looking for a world of pleasure and emotions.
Read moreOMA rethinks department store architecture with Galleria Gwanggyo
The Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) headed by Rem Koolhaas recently completed a new luxury goods mall, Galleria, in Gwangayo, South Korea.
Read moreVudafieri-Saverino Partners realizes the interior design project of restaurant Spica in Milan
Designed by the Italian Studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, the restaurant tells the story of the chefs’ journey around the world. The concept combines Asian influences with references to the great Milanese design, creating a vibrant, multicultural and colorful atmosphere.
Read moreLa Suite Hotel - A new five stars hotel designed by Studio Marco Piva in Matera
A versatile and transversal complex, capable of adapting to the incredible peculiarities that the 2019 European Capital of Culture has to offer.
Read moreCasa Sedra: the "power" of matter meets the beauty of natural tones
Novacolor decorates the brand new Casa Sedra, a beautiful guest house in Brasov, Romania.
Read moreSheraton Milan San Siro
An architectural and interior design project which is inspired by the Milanese architectural features and by the palette of colors of the Lombard capital.
Read moreSüdtirol-Home by noa* - A country at 360°
South Tyrol - a term that describes over a thousand things, was recently translated into architectural form for the occasion of the 51st Biathlon World Cup in Antholz.
Read moreGeometrically patterned surfaces for the tower Citterio-Viel designed in Taichung
On the island of Taiwan the architecture firm Citterio-Viel designed a residential tower that both inside and out pays tribute to the geometric design of the great 20th century Milanese architects.
Read moreCircular design: the new Conference Room XIX at United Nations of Geneva
Casalgrande Padana and Peia Associati for the renewal of Conference Room XIX at United Nations of Geneva.
Read moreTailor made quality for the cermics surfaces of the Paradise Plaza in Miami
Tolila + Gilliland chose the Giovanni De Mario artistic ceramics works to “dress-to-measure” the facades of Paradise Plaza in the heart of the Miami Design District.
Read moreFinca Los Pinos: hotel and villa by sanahuja&partners
An intervention by sanahuja&partners for the rehabilitation of a villa dating from the first half of the 20th century in Benicàssim.
Read morePalazzo Cavanis, Venice - From home and wood workshop to exhibition space
Located along the Fondamenta delle Zattere, bordering the Church of the Visitation, and overlooking on the island of Giudecca, Palazzo Cavanis is a 16th century building used today as a residential unit and as renowned exhibition space.
Read moreKengo Kuma design the new Camper concept store in Barcelona
The Japanese architecture firm, Kengo Kuma and Associates, designed the interiors of the new Camper concept store on Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona.
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