• Dion & Arles creates “salon in which you can dine” for Il Gattopardo
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    Dion & Arles creates “salon in which you can dine” for Il Gattopardo

    October 7, 2023 - By 

    French design and interiors studio Dion & Arles drew on the work of 20th-century Italian designers Carlo Mollino and Gio Ponti for the interior of Mayfair restaurant Il Gattopardo in London. “We envisioned Il Gattopardo to be a salon in which you can dine – not just a restaurant,” the designers told Dezeen. The studio looked to Mollino’s apartment in Turin for its balance between modernity and heritage. The inner dining room has curved crushed-velvet seating and a large fireplace “Modernity, heritage and sophistication are the three elements we think together define the Italian sensibility, which we tried to translate…

  • A New Zealand Home Creates Space for Connection with Fisher & Paykel
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    A New Zealand Home Creates Space for Connection with Fisher & Paykel

    September 2, 2023 - By 

    A New Zealand Home Creates Space for Connection Fisher & Paykel appliances set the stage for entertaining in a New Zealand home by Studio John Irving Architects. When Sandi Young tapped Auckland architect John Irving to design her home on New Zealand’s northeastern coast, she wanted a space that would reflect her outgoing and welcoming personality yet also serve as a place of quiet sanctuary. Nestled into the undulating coastal landscape of Te Arai, the project, playfully dubbed Sandiland, more than delivers on this ask. First and foremost, Irving sought to design a building that embodied respect for the natural…

  • Most Architecture creates Charge Cars factory with “everything on display”
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    Most Architecture creates Charge Cars factory with “everything on display”

    August 19, 2023 - By 

    UK studio Most Architecture has converted an industrial shed in west London into an all-black-and-white showroom and production facility for electric car start-up Charge Cars. Created to manufacture Charge Cars‘ first vehicle the ’67 – an all-electric version of the 1960s Ford Mustang Fastback built using components from electric vehicle brand Arrival – the facility also acts as an office and showroom. Most Architecture has created a factory for electric car start-up Charge Cars “Charge designs and makes its unique cars in a single facility,” said Most Architecture founder Olga McMurdo. “Like an open-kitchen restaurant, everything is on display to the staff and…