After designing Aesop's unique Prinsens Gate store, the global skin care brand engaged SnĆøhetta to create their second Norway outlet in Oslo. Situated on the ground floor of a functionalist 1940s apartment building, the interior is populated by three-dimensional oak panels and soft, welcoming lighting.
Tasked with overseeing 26 disparate base-build components and designing the lobby fit-out of Lend Lease's second Barangaroo tower, Woods Bagot has addressed the space as though it were heritage, reports inside co-editor Gillian Serisier.
The latest London hotel from the burgeoning portfolio of Firmdale Hotels is open for business and creating waves in the design world. inside co-editor Jan Henderson visits Ham Yard Hotel and discovers why designer Kit Kemp is talk of the town.
"'Home' in the true sense should be warm hearted… A place of refuge. A place of intimacy, domesticity, meaning and freedom." Sarah-Jane Pyke discusses the two points of inspiration behind the Alex Hotel's design: the concept of the hotel as home, and a curious character named Alex...