DANDELION CHOCOLATE SHOP– JAPAN
This project is Japan’s second outlet of DANDELION CHOCOLATE, the San Francisco based bean-to-bar chocolate retailer. The location is a former post office building, more than 90 years old, situated just in front of the entrance path to the Outer Shrine (Geku) of Ise-jingu. This building was designed by the famous Japanese architect, Tetsuro Yoshida,
TAVO, A WEST VILLAGE EATERY
Spanning 70 seats in Manhattan’s West Village, the laidback Mexican concept Tavo draws its name from Miami slang. Referencing the nickname of owner Francisco Decrescenzo’s grandfather, Tavo is simple yet exotic, reflecting the New York location’s energy as well as Decrescenzo’s native Monterrey, Mexico. “Tavo aims to appeal to a young-at-heart, late night crowd, without
ROPE WAVE OFFICE
The office area is only 170 square meters and it’s located at QSW Culture Center in Shanghai. Owner wants to create a working space at low budgets but innovative and attractive. In this office small-scale design team and startups can work together. Design Concept 1.Sharing, communicating, creativity The floor plan of two circle shapes streamlined
BEIJING TENT STRUCTURES INSIDE TOGETHER HOSTEL
As hostel concepts become increasingly popular, this one, named ‘the together hostel’ in Beijing aims to bring people in ways of new experiences and activities that generate socializing among strangers. Occupying a large open-plan space of a hotel building, the design by cao pu is based around the concept of music festivals. ‘We set up ‘tents’
DINER WITH SOFT GREEN INTERIOR IN NEW YORK
In the heart of Manhattan, ‘times square diner’ is an interior renovated food destination competed by Bluarch on 8th avenue, New York city. A conscious approach to details were taken to create a recognizable, yet inviting location that simultaneously instills the image of a diner and have the familiarity of a living room. Warmth through colors
G-SHOCK FLAGSHIP STORE, LONDON – UK
Focusing their London retail offering to a single location on Carnaby Street, G-Shock selected Double Retail to design and build a new flagship that would physically interpret the brand’s values and surpass their previous retail offering. Working with the existing architecture of the building – previously a 60sqm white shell – Double Retail created an
15 BELOW OFFICE, BRIGHTON – UK
Constructive Space has designed the new offices of travel software company 15below, located in Brighton, England. Based in the sunny sea side town of Brighton, 15below specialise in creating systems to manage day-to-day travel services. 15below wanted a refreshed space that would suit their International, travel based brand. This required a lively, warm and colourful
J – CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE RESTAURANT, ITALY
J Contemporary Japanese Restaurant is located in Naples in one of the blocks of Piazza Bovio, where Via Agostino Depretis intersects Via Loggia Dei Pisani. This area takes its current urban configuration between the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century thanks to the reconstruction project of the lower part of the city after epidemic cholera in