Interior Design
Interior Design and Architecture
DUTS design Reopens Beijing's Olympic-Era Shell Theatre to Its Park by Renewing Only Ten Percent of Its Edges
In Beijing's Chaoyang Park, a 2008 outdoor theatre gains slanted concrete walls and striped terraces that open it to the lake on three sides.
MARXE a+t Restores One of Corme's Last Unaltered Fishermen's Houses with Its Owners as the Builders
In the Galician fishing village of Corme, a 90 m² stone house gains skylights, a biomass stove and a self-built stair, keeping its vernacular bones.
dans arhitekti Opens Up Two 1957 Cooperative Terraced Houses in Ljubljana While Keeping Their Load-Bearing Walls
In Ljubljana's Mirje district, a renovation of Marko Šlajmer's 1957 cooperative row houses trades small rooms for tall, timber-lined volumes.
Studio NOR Revives Beijing's 798·751 Train Street with a Modular Kit of Steel Frames and Converted Carriages
In Beijing's 798·751 Park, a former coal yard and rail terminus regains public life through lightweight steel pavilions and retrofitted train carriages.
Jing Studio Layers Oak, Bronze and Pale Metal Surfaces into a Quiet Investment Office at Kerry Plaza
Inside Kerry Plaza, a 760 m² office for Zhanbo Investment relies on surface treatment and spatial layering rather than objects to set its atmosphere.
MARCOZERO Studio Turns a 35 m² Ground Floor in a 1950s Brazilian Building into a Street-Facing Flower Shop
A compact florist in Brazil strips a 1950s ground floor back to 4 m, lets louvered glass and vines blur the shopfront, and keeps the flowers in charge.
Estudio Planta Terraces a Buenos Aires Warehouse into a Moroccan-Inspired Self-Service Restaurant
In Palermo Viejo, Buenos Aires, a former warehouse becomes a self-service grill hall built around tiered timber platforms, palms and a kasbah-style bar.
PALMA Wraps a Thai Kitchen in Parota and Wicker Beneath the Brick Vaults of a Sayulita Ruin
In Sayulita, Mexico, an 80 m² abandoned brick vault becomes a Thai restaurant organized around a breathable timber and wicker kitchen pavilion.
Nihil Estudio Threads a Timber Vine Trellis Through a Concrete Box to Make a Wine Restaurant in Almansa
In Almansa, Spain, a 150 m² restaurant uses a continuous timber lattice and a blue stair to read the wine landscape of La Mancha into rough concrete.
Cosín Estudio Turns a 45-Metre-Deep Ruzafa Shop Unit into a Furniture Showroom of Three Distinct Zones
In Valencia's Ruzafa district, a deep ground-floor unit moves from a mirrored, controlled entrance to a stripped, almost outdoor core lit from above.
Rama Estudio Paints a Yellow Path Through a Mostly Underground Office Canteen in Quito
In Quito's Ekopark, a 290 m² restaurant under a LEED office tower uses epoxy floors, plywood terraces and raw services to serve up to 600 diners a day.
Rama Estudio Turns the Base of an Ecuadorian Office Tower into a Plywood and Yellow Resin Restaurant
In Tower 4 of Ecuador's Ekopark corporate center, a 290 m² restaurant uses tiered plywood seating and a glossy yellow floor to tame a raw concrete shell.
