Interior Design

The bold and the brutalist defines Carr’s design of MinterEllison’s Adelaide HQ Carr has unveiled the recently completed MinterEllison office in Adelaide, continuing on the practice-client partnership struck in 2020. Previously involved in the redesign of MinterEllison’s Melbourne office, the Adelaide HQ is located at Grenfell Centre in the city CBD. Carr’s interior design pays homage to the city’s contextual elements, materials and vistas, transforming MinterEllison’s office into a light and open professional environment. Consultation with various stakeholders formed the basis of the design process and a strategic brief. A clear design language was formed throughout this process, along with...

Spheric Construction Technology: Desforma's Fluid, Organic Furniture Set in open space, Desforma’s sinuous shifting designs are furniture as landscape. Image Courtesy of Desforma The Desforma range is quite unique in the design world. It doesn't do reheated mid-century modern or strict straight lines or no-nonsense functionalism in powdered steel. Desforma does swooping, fluid lines and organic curves, sofas composed of sine waves that seem shaped by natural forces and summon up swaying sea life, chairs that might have blossomed into being. The brand was founded in Lithuania in 1994 by Kestutis Spokas who had returned after time spent in the...

Archstudio Twisting Courtyard Twisting courtyard is located in Paizihutong, Dashilar Area, Beijing. It used to be a Siheyuan with one single entry. The purpose of the improvement is to upgrade the necessary infrastructure needed for modern life, thus turning this traditional courtyard, which mainly serve as a residence, into an attractive public space of Beijing Inner City. Archstudio Twisting Courtyard Location: Paizihutong, Beijing Project type: Residence renovation Site area: 225.4㎡ Building area: 161.5㎡ Main material: gray brick, oak panels Design time: 2016.06-2016.09 Construction time: 2016.10-2017.05 Design team: Han Wenqiang, Huang Tao Design company: ARCHSTUDIO (www.archstudio.cn) Furniture accessories: Song Guochao Photographer:...

OFFICE AIO Big Small Coffee and Guest Room Nestled within Xiang’er Hutong in central Beijing, Big Small Coffee + B&B has a total area of 34 square meters. The project consists of two parts: a coffee bar (19 sqm) and a guest room (15 sqm) linked by a courtyard shared with an elderly neighbour. Owners of the coffee business wanted to bring serious artesian coffee to their customers in a small space, emphasising focus on just a good cup of coffee. Hence the brand “Big Small Coffee” - being small in size but big on intention. Some rights reserved Add...

Field Confirming Studio Bamboo Forest on the Roof The location of this project is very special — on the roof of a huge shopping mall.Our client wants to build a small building here for recreation and receiving friends.This shopping mall is located in the CBD of the city.Due to its huge size, there are various forms of business in it, including shopping, catering and entertainment, while its consumers are from all classes of the society.It is extremely prosperous and busy here, and it is full of attraction and fun.Our design is inspired by this unique field condition—to create a place...