Amy Frearson

6 days ago | dezeen.com | Amy Frearson

South Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has completed his first project in Europe – a simple red gravel floor. In this interview, he says more architecture should be understated and "primitive". BCHO Architects founder Soo Cho participated in Milan design week with the temporary installation Nobody Owns the Land, created in the 17th-century courtyard of Palazzo Litta as part of the MoscaPartners Variations exhibition.

6 days ago | dezeen.com | Amy Frearson

Milan-based Dimore Studio took cues from Gio Ponti and the Bauhaus in this apartment renovation inside the Latitude 43 building in the French Riviera. Étage 5 is located on the fifth floor of the huge 1930s building in Saint-Tropez, designed by French architect Georges-Henri Pingusson to look like an ocean liner.

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Frearson

Architecture practice BAT Studio has completed The Blooming Shed in north London, which has a facade that opens and closes like a set of drawers. BAT Studio designed and built the flexible structure in the community garden of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield for storage, workshops and events. The dynamic facade comprises three glazed arches, each mounted on a set of giant drawer runners. This allows them to move back and forth independently, opening and closing different sections of the interior.

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Amy Frearson

Contrasting shades of coral orange and baby blue create a vibrant identity for this coffee bar and nail salon in central London, designed by architecture studio Tigg Coll. Cona combined these colours with curved details that include arched doorways, fluted surfaces, round tables and spherical light fittings. Cona is both a coffee shop and a nail salonThe aim, according to Tigg Coll director Rachel Coll, was to create a sense of joy and wonder.

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