December 5th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Radisson Blu Hotel Nantes opened recently in the old courthouse, located in the heart of the city. What an original place! I was thrilled to enjoy the design and colorful atmosphere, which contrasts with the architecture of the nineteenth century, with its dizziness heights under ceiling. The comfort [...]
September 20th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Hotels for adventure travelers don’t tend toward the stylish. Enter Basecamp, a new property in the town of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., which opened in June. The concept? To embody the spirit of a traditional base camp — where mountaineers swap equipment, advice and war stories [...]
September 17th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Providing an escapist sensorial experience, The Surf Lodge encourages those who visit to slow down and unwind. Created as an expression of summer freedom, the atmosphere offers a haven in which to become present in one’s surroundings and clear the mind from the daily noise [...]
May 4th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
“I used to be really scared of this area,” says the artist Francis Upritchard of London’s Hackney district, where she and the furniture designer Martino Gamper share a charmingly quirky three-story apartment in a public housing project — what the British call a council flat. “When I went with [...]
March 9th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Rolf Bruggink, a Dutch designer, calls the crumbling town house he renovated in Rotterdam the Black Pearl, after the blackpainted brick facade that replaced the original one. His workshop, Studio Rolf.fr, is on the ground level. Tweet
February 17th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
A former ambulance garage may seem like an unusual option for a home, but in the hands of innovative Rotterdam design office Doepel Strijkers it proved to be an inspired choice. The strongest point of the 2,800-square-foot space, remodeled into a family home for clients [...]
February 16th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Travelers who take their design as seriously as their food may well have a new stop to make when they swing through Spain: the new Poncelet Cheese Bar in Madrid. The multidisciplinary firm Gabriel Corchero Studio is responsible for the design, from the website to [...]
February 10th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
Designing an innovative house is a rite of passage for many young architects. But building in a city doesn’t always make experimentation easy; after all, neighbors have their own ideas about how a block is supposed to look. Tweet
January 30th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
If you go to Vienna, probably you will spot a dazzling penthouse by Delugan Meissl has boldly inserted itself between traditional rooftops of the city’s Wieden district like a recently landed alien intruder. Tweet
May 16th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
This is a spectacular house with a small beauty shop on the first floor, a space for a family of four: the young couple running the shop, their 3 year-old girl, and their newborn. The site, surrounded by neighboring houses in 3 directions, is in [...]
