Architects Shibanee Sagar and Aadi Sagar explain how they introduced green-roofed suburban housing to foster daily contact with nature in this Texas community, as shown …
Shibanee & Kamal Architects design green-roofed housing community in Texas
Architecture
Studio Aluc turns 100-year old Kyoto townhouse into hotel
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. Named Nazuna …
Ste Marie designs trio of atmospheric hospitality venues in Edmonton
Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. The Va Caffè …
StudioTamat revamps 1960s villa in Italy’s Castelli Romani
Rome-based StudioTamat has designed eclectic interiors for an Italian villa, blending modernist influences with floral wallpapers and playful shapes. The 1960s villa is set in …
L/O designs Osaka shop to “celebrate artistry and utility” of Japanese knives
A traditional Japanese cladding method informed the overlapping wooden panels used to display knives at Tojiro Knife Gallery in Osaka, Japan, designed by creative agency …
Seven bathrooms with contrasting materials that reject uniformity
This lookbook compiles bathrooms with unlikely textural, material and colour combinations, creating dramatic schemes in rooms renowned for sterility. The bathroom’s rigid function as a …
Eight shadowy bedrooms that are perfect for the spooky season
Horror-film-style wood panelling and charcoal-coloured sheets feature in this lookbook of moody bedrooms to pore over this Halloween weekend. Located across the globe in homes …
Seven double-height living rooms with a sense of high drama
From a Japanese book lover’s house to a brutalist holiday home in Mexico, the living rooms compiled in this lookbook feature lofty ceilings and interiors to match. …
Eight hair salons that are a cut above
For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including a salon with a galvanised-steel sound wall …
A Pool of Perfection in Paris
Profound. That was my experience with the French visual artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot‘s clinamen (V.10), a monumental installation of color, sound, and motion. Since last May, …