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• November 24, 2020
  Stores
  

  Acne Studios, Stockholm Flagship Store Renovation

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  For many years. Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios has had its flagship store in the heart of Stockholm at Norrmalmstorg Square in a grand...

• November 17, 2020
  Art
  

  Casa Le Tigre Print – Massimo Colonna

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  ‘Casa La Tigre’ is the latest instalment by The Cool Hunter’s favourite digital artist Massimo Colonna. In this newest work, a continuation on...

• November 15, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Garden House – A Private Villa in Poland

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  From the Garden House was an exceptional project for the Katowice-based architecture studio KWK Promes. Situated in a secret location in the Polish...

• November 1, 2020
  Restaurants & Bars
  

  Gran Fierro Restaurant, Prague, Czech Republic

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  Designed by Prague-based design and architecture studio Formafatal, Argentinean restaurant Gran Fierro in Prague is the second act in the two...

• October 26, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Windywoppa Retreat, Nelligen, South Coast, NSW, Australia

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  Situated at a dramatic upstream bend of the Clyde River that flows down another 10 km into the Tasman Sea on the south coast of Australia’s New...

• October 25, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Fort Greene Townhouse – Brooklyn, New York

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  When the owners of a property and their collaborators can see the exact same potential in a potentially elaborate renovation, magic can happen. It is...

• October 3, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Cowes Bay Residence, Waiheke Island, New Zealand

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  A family-owned piece of land on Waiheke Island had long been the family’s favourite hiking spot. Taking the 40-minute ferry ride from Auckland’s...

• October 2, 2020
  Design
  

  Art Gallery 19C, Beverly Hills, California, USA

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  This past summer, Los Angeles based architecture and design practice Arshia Architects received two awards for its interior design work for...

• August 31, 2020
  Design
  

  NICE Hair Salon, Jieyang, Guangdong, China

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  Space is the operative word in more ways than one in the design of NICE Hair Salon in Jieyang by local design firm Double Good Design. At 1,200...

• August 24, 2020
  Design
  

  Zhongshuge Bookstore, Ningbo, China

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  We have so far covered five massive Zhongshuge bookstores in China, all designed by Shanghai-based X+Living: Beijing, Chongqing, Guiyang, Chengdu and...

• August 22, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Cold Spring Residence, Hudson River Valley, New York State

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  New-York-based architect and developer Jared Della Valle, his artist wife Carolina and their two daughters fulfilled the couple’s more than two...

• August 3, 2020
  Architecture
  

  Berkshire Residence by Of Possible Architecture, Sheffield, MA, USA

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  It takes considerable skill to design a house that is brand-new and completely modern yet fits in its rural farmland environment as if it had been...