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Bunn Studio designs Garde Hvalsøe showroom to resemble grand apartment
New York practice Bunn Studio has revamped a furniture showroom set in a Renaissance building in Aarhus, Denmark, to look more like an apartment than a store.
Designed for Danish cabinet maker Garde Hvalsøe, the showroom houses the brand's signature handcrafted kitchens and walk-in wardrobes alongside a selection of furnishings.
Garde Hvalsøe's Aarhus showroom is set in a Renaissance building
The 600-square-metre space is split over two levels and six different rooms, including a bathroom and a kitchen set-up much like a real residence.
Although not typically included in a cabinet maker's showroom, these spaces are designed to help customers visualise the furniture in their own homes.
The store is split across six rooms including a kitchen
"The layout is built with elements from a classic American high-end apartment including an entrance slash kitchen, lounge area, and a bedroom slash self-care area," Bunn Studio explained.
The Renaissance building dates back to 1898 and features high ceilings, slender proportions and large windows that admit a warm ambient light.
Modern furnishings are contrasted against hand-painted glass ceilings
Bunn Studio, led by Louise Sigvardt and Marcus Hannibal, wanted to create a mellow and laid-back atmosphere in the space using this natural light as the starting point.
"The aim of the design was to create a place where visitors can spend their entire day comfortably and that invites guests to slow down and become aware of the details that characterise Garde Hvalsøe furniture," the practice said.
A large vanity mirror sits at the end of the first floor
No doors separate the different rooms, enabling visitors to see straight from the first-floor entrance to the mirror at the opposite end of the showroom in one long, unbroken line.
Garde Hvalsøe's minimalist and contemporary designs, including beds and bathtubs, sit in contrast with the building's original features such as ornamented columns, mouldings and hand-painted glass ceilings.
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Bunn Studio selected a colour scheme to honour the existing features of the space, with the top of the walls painted in a dark chocolate brown.
This makes the ceilings seem lower and creates a more intimate, cosy and domestic atmosphere, according to the practice.
The top of the walls is painted in a dark chocolate brown
The earthy, natural colours of the columns and the walls are contrasted with lighter hues such as the shirting blue pinstripe of the bedding, the red Verona Rossa stone on the vanity table and the bright yellow lampshade that tops the floor lamp in the lounge.
"We launched our first flagship showroom in Copenhagen in 2019 and opening our redesigned secondary space in Aarhus is an exciting progression for us," commented Garde Hvalsøe founder Søren Hvalsøe Garde.
"Bunn Studio has designed a bright and beautiful space where we can truly showcase our craftsmanship, our holistic approach to design and our quest for exquisite quality."
The showroom also features a bathroom set-up
Bunn Studio was also responsible for the design of the first standalone Copenhagen showroom from Danish furniture brand Brdr Krüger, which references the history of both the company and the location.
The photography is byMichael Rygaard.
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Domani Architectural Concepts wraps real-estate centre in China with brick latticework
Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a "sense of ceremony".
Called the Times I-City or TIC after its developer Times China, the complex was conceived as a "Global Maker Town" containing public showrooms, sales areas and offices alongside a public lounge, bar and children's area.
A brickwork lattice covers this real-estate complex in Foshan
Two blocks wrapped in a brickwork lattice and connected by small walkways contain these spaces, sited along the back of an extensively landscaped site featuring pools, planting, walkways and white, pillow-shaped installations by design studio A&V.
"The landscape, a prelude to the building, emits a magnificent atmosphere," said Domani Architectural Concepts. "Red ceramic bricks were utilised to create a sense of ceremony and provide a clear guide towards the building for people entering the space from different directions."
This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass
"Meanwhile, the black gravel-paved garden provides a more open and freer area to stop and rest, giving visitors another option for diverse experiences," it continued.
The red brick of this landscape matches the building's facades, which are constructed using a curtain wall system of ceramic brick triangles connected by concealed aluminium fixings.
The external landscaping includes walkways and pillow-shaped installations
This porous brick skin wraps an inner envelope of glass, creating glimpses into the interior during the day and creating a pattern of light from behind the brickwork lattice at night.
After crossing the landscaped area, a series of wide arches at the base of the centre – the largest spanning 29 metres – lead into a large ground-floor atrium. A reception, lounge and coffee bar sit among the exposed steel and concrete structure of the building.
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Light fittings informed by clothes lines reference the arched forms of the entrances and are positioned across the space. The lighting outlines areas of tables, which are fitted to tracks that enable them to be moved into different positions.
"The reception area emphasises a transparent boundary between architecture and landscape...the interior materials are directly derived from the architectural elements, bonding between interior and exterior while greatly reducing the construction costs and risks," explained the practice.
Arches open up the base of the building
On the first floor are a series of "sample rooms" displaying various finishes and designs, with the two floors above containing a mixture of offices, meeting rooms and display areas with masterplan models.
These areas are linked by the "valley", a dramatic full-height passageway at the rear of the building containing stairs and lifts, and connecting to the beam bridges between the main building and its annex.
The upper floors contain offices and display areas
Domani Architectural Concepts was established in 2005, and is owned by Domani Group Limited. It focuses on spatial design, corporate planning, business consultancy and product development.
Other recent projects by the firm include the Milan Music Studio at the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House, which features an interior covered in jumbled wooden panels.
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Yakusha Design creates earthy interiors for Antwerp's Faina Gallery
A colour scheme informed by soil and moss features inside this showroom in Antwerp, Belgium, which Yakusha Design has developed for its own furniture line Faina.
The retail space, named Faina Gallery, is set inside a 500-year-old building.
As a result, the studio steered away from making major structural alterations to avoid disturbing its historic framework.
The Faina showroom is set within a 500-year-old building
Instead, the Ukrainian studio devised a new colour palette, painting walls throughout the shop in earthy shades that evoke the natural world.
"I wanted to convey this feeling of grounding serenity in the interior," explained Victoria Yakusha, who founded both Yakusha Design and Faina.
"Nothing is more powerful than the energy of earth. When standing on bare earth, I am one with nature, I gain strength."
Walls in the first room are coated with green paint
Upon entering Faina Gallery, visitors walk into a room almost entirely washed with a deep, mossy green paint.
The only surfaces untouched by the colour are the grey terrazzo floors and the ceiling, which has been left in its original state.
A stainless-steel cabinet shows off Faina's ceramic ornaments
Matching green furnishings are displayed throughout the space, including Faina's angular Toptun armchairs and three of its knobbly hand-sculpted Soniah floor lamps.
There is also a beige edition of the Plyn sofa, with its gently curving cushions stacked on top of each other "like stones that have been naturally polished by wild waters".
Black paint covers the showroom's second room
A bespoke stainless steel shelving unit runs the length of one of the walls.
Designed to resemble a cabinet of curiosities, it showcases an array of Faina's ceramic ornaments alongside a number of scents for the home.
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The storage unit is interrupted by a steel-lined doorway that leads through to Faina Gallery's second room.
This space has been painted jet-black in a nod to chernozem, a highly fertile black soil that is found in abundance throughout Ukraine.
Faina furnishings displayed here include the Ztista table and Domna chair
The furniture presented here is dark, too. One corner of the room is dominated by a black version of Faina's hole-punctured Ztista table while a charcoal-grey model of the brand's bulbous Domna chair sits nearby.
There's also a wall-mounted black tapestry emblazoned with the word "earth", written in the symbol-based writing system of the ancient Cucuteni-Trypillia civilisation, which lived in Ukraine in the fifth millennium BC.
A circular black wall hanging is emblazoned with Cucuteni-Trypillian symbology
Victoria Yakusha established her eponymous studio in 2006 before launching Faina in 2014.
Her practice has previously designed a number of interiors in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, including Yakusha Design's own office and a calm, tactile fast food restaurant.
The photography is byPiet-Albert Goethals.
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Bricks envelop inside and outside of New Delhi showroom by Renesa
Indian studio Renesa has used earthy-hued masonry to form the entire facade and interior of a brick manufacturer's showroom in New Delhi.
The retail space was conceived for local company Jindal Mechno Bricks, which has been producing bricks, tiles and pavers for more than 50 years.
The showroom features bricks on the interior (top image) and exterior (above)
Renesa designed the showroom as a celebration of the humble brick, which the studio describes as the "most resilient fundamental of construction".
In this spirit, the entirety of the showroom's facade is hidden behind reddish-brown bricks with blackened splotches.
Every surface on the interior is covered in bricks
The exterior is punctuated by a number of small square windows, with the bricks laid concentrically around them.
Masonry also covers every surface of the showroom's interior, which Renesa said was designed to make customers feel as if they have "dived into the chambers of a classic brick kiln".
Slim bricks have even been used to create a barrel-vaulted ceiling.
Bricks also feature on the showroom's barrel-vaulted ceiling
As the bricks were fired at different temperatures, they vary in tone to create a mottled effect.
The colour of the bricks is also subtly altered by the sunlight that streams in through the front windows, sometimes casting them in a pale, peachy hue while at other times making them appear beige or blush pink.
Square openings on the rear wall are used to showcase products
"Bestrewed in a lyrical concoction of a gamut of earthy hues and laying patterns of brick bonds, the venue has allowed the bricks to become the true-blue protagonist in the spatial scheme," explained the studio.
Jindal Mechno Bricks' products are presented inside square niches on the rear wall, designed to echo the windows on the showroom's exterior.
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A selection of bricks are also showcased on the thick brick plinths that rise upwards from the floor.
Beyond the main display area lies a bathroom, a small office and a pantry where staff can grab drinks and snacks.
Products are also displayed on brick plinths
This is not the first time that Renesa has made extensive use of brick in its projects.
The studio, which was founded by architect Sanjay Arora in 2006, has previously used hollow terracotta blocks to create striking room dividers for a home decor showroom in the city of Amritsar in northwestern India.
Sunlight streams through windows that puncture the showroom's facade
Other projects by Renesa include a surreal board games bar in New Delhi and a day-to-night restaurant in Punjab with green granite interiors.
_The photography is byNiveditaa Gupta. _
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Holloway Li creates industrial interiors for Coalbrook's London showroom
Huge boilers, chimney-style columns and chainmail-fringed doorframes feature inside the central London showroom of bathroom brand Coalbrook, which has been designed by local studio Holloway Li.
The retail space is situated in the city's Clerkenwell neighbourhood, set inside a former tobacco-pipe factory now known as The Market Building.
Huge boilers (top image) and chainmail pendants (above) feature in the showroom
Coalbrook's products are showcased across the building's basement and ground floor, which also house a handful of co-working rooms where architects and designers are invited to hold meetings with clients.
For the interior design, Holloway Li drew on Coalbrook's origins in the village of Coalbrooksdale in Shropshire, which played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution through its extensive production of high-quality iron.
Resin panels moulded to look like Victorian bathroom walls sit in front of the windows
In reference to this, the studio incorporated a number of industrial decor features and other details that nod to the 1800s.
The ground level, for example, is interrupted by a series of floor-to-ceiling metal columns, shaped to resemble the tall chimneys that protrude from manufacturing plants.
The basement was designed to have a moodier ambience
Some of Coalbrook's showerheads and knobs are displayed around the outside of the columns while the faucets are presented on squat metal stands with inbuilt basins.
Set against the expansive, street-facing windows are panels of amber and fluorescent-red resin, which Holloway Li has modelled after Victorian bathroom walls.
A singular block of limestone was used to create the staircase
"The traditional form of the cast, with decorative cornice and moulding detailing, cast tiles and a sash window, is subverted by the materiality of the resin, which appears almost liquid," explained the studio's co-founder Alex Holloway.
"The resin 'dematerialises' the form of the cast, at points appearing crystalline, ethereal or fluid depending on the viewer's position and angle of light."
Coalbrook's bathroom products are displayed inside the hollow boilers
Chain metal hangs from circular pendants and architraves around the showroom's wide-set doorways.
Most surfaces on the ground floor are painted in a pale grey hue while the basement was given the darker, moodier ambience of a subterranean engine room.
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This lower level is accessed via a stone staircase carved from a single block of limestone.
The edges of the staircase were hand-chiselled on site, with the lower treads made to look particularly craggy as if "hewn from the ground itself".
Cast-iron panels in the basement also resemble Victorian bathrooms walls
The basement otherwise accommodates a couple of cavernous boilers with their hollow interiors used to display more of Coalbrook's products.
Cast iron iterations of the moulded resin panels from upstairs can also be seen here.
The co-working rooms have a more playful feel
Holloway Li channelled a more playful aesthetic in the coworking rooms, where the studio has rendered walls in pastel shades favoured by late-18th-century interior designer Robert Adam.
"The co-working rooms are a softer, colourful counterpoint designed around traditional domestic typologies," said the project's lead designer Praveen Paranagamage
"The pink-hued room is a contemporary reinterpretation of a traditional drawing room while the blue-hued room is designed as a library, each room a world within a world."
Walls have been completed in pastel shades of pink and blue
Holloway Li was founded in 2015 and is led by Alex Holloway and Na Li. Not too far from the Coalbrook showroom is the Bermonds Locke hotel, which the studio completed in October of last year.
Designed to evoke sun-scorched California deserts, the hotel features mirage-like mirrored ceilings and an abundance of cacti.
_The photography is byNicholas Worley. _
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Esrawe Studio and Superflex create stripy ceramic facade for Grupo Arca showroom in Miami
Multicolour tiles form graphic stripes across the exterior of this showroom in Miami, which Esrawe Studio has designed in collaboration with art collective Superflex.
The showroom belongs to natural stone company Grupo Arca and is located in Wynwood, a former industrial district of Miami where scores of converted warehouses are now covered with vivid murals by some of the world's leading street artists.
The showroom's colourful facade is meant to fit in with neighbouring graffitied buildings
When Mexico City-based Esrawe Studio was asked to design the showroom, it was keen for the building to fit in with its neighbours and feature some sort of artwork on its facade – but it needed to have more of a sense of permanence than graffiti.
The studio's founder Héctor Esrawe therefore approached Danish art collective Superflex to jointly create a large-scale ceramic work for the showroom's exterior.
Colours in the facade are inspired by banknotes from different currencies
Titled Like a Force of Nature, the resulting work comprises red, pink, yellow, green, blue, purple and mint-hued tiled stripes.
Two different styles of tile were used – one flat, the other a three-dimensional pyramid shape – to give the facade depth and texture.
Esrawe Studio and Superflex used flat and three-dimensional tiles to give the facade some depth
The colour palette of the tiles was loosely inspired by banknotes from different global currencies, while their arrangement was informed by the Fibonacci sequence – a series of numbers that frequently appears in elements of nature.
"Like A Force Of Nature evokes the illusion that money is as natural as a volcano or tsunami," explained Superflex.
"It explores the disorientation produced by both the intricacy of the natural world and the dizzying economic systems that are rapidly altering that world."
The showroom's reception features a grey stone service counter
Inside the showroom, the studio has veered away from bright colours and instead fashioned neutral spaces that allow Grupo Arca's products to take centre stage.
The ground floor reception area is anchored by a grey stone service desk, which backs onto an L-shaped timber partition denoting the company's logo.
Slabs of marble are displayed inside black metal frames
Visitors then walk through to a lofty gallery-style area where slabs of marble are displayed inside huge black metal frames. Should any marble be selected for purchase, staff can operate an indoor crane to retrieve it.
Upstairs are display areas dedicated to wood, porcelain and other materials that Grupo Arca offers.
There is also a bathroom clad in veiny black and white marble, as well as space for staff to sit and chat with architects, designers and other prospective clients.
Black and white marble lines the showroom's bathrooms
This is not the first time that Esrawe Studio has worked with Grupo Arca. Back in 2019 the studio created a showroom for the brand in Guadalajara, Mexico, which is made up of monolithic blocks of stone.
The Miami showroom was shortlisted in the large retail interior category of this year's Dezeen Awards, along with five other projects including the Dengo chocolate store in Brazil.
The winner in this category was announced as Box, a brightly-hued collection point in Helsinki where people can retrieve their online shopping orders.
Photography is byCésar Béjar Studio.
Project credits:
Architecture, interior design and furniture: Esrawe Studio
Creative direction: Héctor Esrawe
Design Team: Brenda Vázquez, Antonio Chávez
Renders: Yair Ugarte, Emanuel Miramontes
Facade artwork: Superflex, commissioned by Arca in collaboration with Héctor Esrawe
Landscaping: GSLA Design
Intelligent construction: Luz+Form
Local architect: Beilinson Gomez Architects
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Fritz Hansen creates beige, white and rose showroom in Shanghai
Danish brand Fritz Hansen has opened a showroom in Shanghai's Jing'an district, which is the brand's latest outpost in China.
Located in the ShanKang Li lifestyle and dining hub, the 220-square-metre showroom is decorated in a palette of beige, white and rose.
Fritz Hansen has opened a showroom in Shanghai
The directly owned showroom marks the latest step in Fritz Hansen's expansion into China following its first Chinese store in Xi'an in 2019, which was opened in collaboration with a local partner.
The Shanghai showroom forms part of Fritz Hansen's strategy to become the "biggest Danish brand in China".
It is the brand's first directly owned showroom in China
"Our Shanghai showroom represents a physical manifestation of our brand as we take our steps into the Chinese market," said Fritz Hansen's CEO of Asia Dario Reicherl.
"It reflects the evolving vision of a luxury lifestyle brand, first established 150 years ago."
The showroom contains a selection of the brand's furniture
The showroom is divided into four main areas, with spaces dedicated to furniture for dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and home offices.
It features a curated selection of Fritz Hansen's most iconic pieces, including China chair designed by Hans J Wegner, and PK80 daybed, PK54 dining table designed by Poul Kjærholm.
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Walls are adorned in oak, marble and plasterboard, while playful floral arrangements add a pop of colour to the space.
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon's Ro and Fri chairs are intended to give the space an adventurous and imaginative modern touch.
"We want to create a dialogue between the classic design and modern young design," according to Fritz Hansen's head of China Jenny Pu.
One room is dedicated to office furniture
Founded in Denmark in 1872, Fritz Hansen produces classic items by pioneering twentieth-century Danish designers including Arne Jacobsen, as well as contemporary figures including Cecilie Manz, Benjamin Hubert and Nendo.
Fritz Hansen opened its first store in Asia in Tokyo, Japan nearly 20 years ago. The brand then entered other Asian countries including South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia.
Another is dedicated to living room furniture
"Fritz Hansen's success in Japan and South Korea give me more confidence in its future in China," said Reicherl.
"In the past few years, I've seen more and more young Chinese are searching for higher quality lifestyle, with increasing stress from outside world, they tend to look inward and spend more time at home with family and friends."
Fritz Hansen recently revamped its headquarters in eastern Denmark to create a homely space to cater for its employees many diverse working needs.
Images courtesy of Fritz Hansen.
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