Built in eight weeks, this 1,900-square-foot store respects the architectural details of the landmark building. With references to the brand’s motor racing legacy and England’s architectural and decorative history, the space is an oasis from glitz and glam, yet maintains an air of refinement.
Wooden parquet style flooring dating back to over a century ago, antique tin ceiling, traditional Japanese shikkui plaster finish on the walls and old wooden shop counters and cabinets hailing form the late 1800s to early 1900s are just some of the more notable elements.
A pop-up boutique inside London’s Seldfridges department store resembles a cross between a luxury clothing shop and a rustic tree house.
Each May our Fifth Avenue windows honor the MET’s highly anticipated spring Costume Institute exhibition exploring different avenues within the fashion industry and its wildly colorful history.
The entrance is a military-looking antique door with a small plate inscribed ‘Backlash’, that opens to a space with a taste acquired through a series of processes over a long period of time.
A salon in Lisbon, Portugal, combines second-hand Japanese furniture with 5000 Swarovski crystals and 50 plaster hands. ‘Like most shops I design, I try to surprise the customer by not making too obvious what is sold – almost like an art installation in a gallery,’
The restaurant design included not only interiors, but also the name of the restaurant, logo and elevation, that is comprehensive image setting. The leading element is a newspaper motif, which appears both in the restaurant name and in the interior itself – in the form of a wallpaper as well as “torn” walls and furniture.
In just 20-sq-m, a salon in Belgrade, Serbia, makes a big statement. The rental property could not have permanent changes made to its design, so the team at a2arhitektura treated the entire interior space with a black tone. This not only hid unsightly dropped ceiling and plaster-covered beams, but made the space seem bigger.
Elegantly located on the famous Kurfürstendamm, at the corner of Wielandstrasse, the boutique covers over 370 square meters on one floor and is the first European Giorgio Armani store to reflect the style of the Giorgio Armani boutique in the Roppongi Hills area of Tokyo.
The concept of contrasts and opposites has been the core of the project for the atmospheres, the space and the materials. The space is like an ice cove where people can experience a path, which is a metaphor of life and rebirth.
We began by looking at the possibilities of plaster, but soon became intrigued by the parquetry floors one sees throughout Paris. We wanted to explore inhabiting the space with one material, used in one encompassing way. We envisaged using cut wood in such a fashion that it covered the floor, walls and ceiling, lending a cohesive texture and warmth to the room.
