Topman General Store Review
London
14-10-2011
Topman General Store is the high street fashion powerhouse’s first standalone concept store, located in Shoreditch. Unlike the Topshop we’re used to, the interior is pared back and minimal, giving carefully curated collections from their ‘Design’ and ‘LTD’ ranges the opportunity to stand out.
More...UdK Bookshop Review
Berlin
13-10-2011
The UdK Bookshop was created by students from the Berlin University of Arts to create an interdisciplinary platform for the works of students and professors.
More...Lisbonaire Hotel Review
Lisbon
12-10-2011
The Lisbonaire is a new type of hotel in the heart of Lisbon. It occupies a 1960s building that received a full make-over this year, and consists of 19 apartments.
More...Josiah McElheny Installation
Whitechapel Gallery, London
10-10-2011
New York based sculptor and writer Josiah McElheny created a large-scale installation for the Whitechapel Gallery. Seven large, mirrored sculptures are dotted around the space.
More...The Great Viennese Coffee House Exhibition
Vienna
07-10-2011
The Great Viennese Coffee House Experiment is work-in-progress exhibition that took its cue from Gregor Eichinger’s lecture “An Abstract of an Essay on the Origin of Coffeehouses and Varieties through Artificial and Natural Selection“.
More...40-48 Fashion Street Architectural Review
London
06-10-2011
A former market hall in Fashion Street has been converted into university offices by London based architects Buckley Gray Yeoman.
More...Café Liberty Review
London
05-10-2011
SHH Architects have been asked to redesign the second floor restaurant of Liberty, the famous London department store originally built using the timber from two warships in 1924.
More...The Disappearing Dining Club Restaurant Review
London
04-10-2011
The Disappearing Dining Club is a step away from the conventional restaurant experience. It occupies a permanent ‘Dining Room’, a one table space that can only host ten people at a time, in Featherstone Street near Old Street, but also throws dinner and drinks parties in empty warehouses, hidden rooftops and basements, secret galleries and gardens, and just about any unusual space you can think of.
More...Derrier Restaurant Review
Paris
03-10-2011
Mourad Mazouz’s restaurant Derrier is described as a ‘home away from home’ – and I can see why: the restaurant, styled as a family apartment, gives the impression of having stumbled into an eccentric friend’s well-lived in home.
More...John Lewis Fashion Pavilion
London
30-09-2011
London department store John Lewis has commissioned Grimshaw Architects to design a pop-up installation for their Oxford Street store.
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