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Editor's Letter – December 2022

Simon Keane-Cowell

12.12.2022

Metaversal musings, bright sparks and workplace affairs – that was 2022.

‘Surfaces define our visual experience of space and ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

26.09.2022

Swedish-Spanish design duo Space Popular, working at the interface between physical and virtual space, are anything but superficial. Get their thought-provoking insights here.

'The bathroom as a machine became emotional': Marc ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

14.06.2022

Marc Sadler discusses combining functional intelligence with emotional environments in bathrooms, 'Design is tech that you control and style.' Watch the video to learn more…

'Tiles definitely belong to the past': Matteo Thun ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

13.06.2022

Matteo Thun discusses eliminating bathroom touch points: 'The future of the bathroom is touch-free. You need clean, big surfaces.' Watch the video to learn more…

Behind the scenes of Interni's total design experience

Brand story

Simon Keane-Cowell

01.06.2022

Find out why the recently renovated Interni flagship store in Milan is symbolic of the Italian company's larger goal of offering full-service partnerships to designers and architects worldwide.

'There are almost no borders anymore in terms of ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

25.04.2022

Luca Nichetto of Nichetto Studio discusses designing for outdoor as if it were indoor: 'You can take a sofa that is designed for outdoor and put it in your living room.' Watch the video to learn more…

'For me, the floor is always the layer where everything ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

09.02.2022

Edward van Vliet discusses how he creates unique hospitality experiences from the ground up, arguing that 'when you start with the floor in a certain pattern, then you have done half of your work.' Watch the video to learn more…

'We cannot just base the experience on a chaise ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

08.02.2022

Diego Gronda of Studio Gronda discusses designing for the guest experience and sustainable, adaptable interiors: 'We cannot keep on demolishing structures.'

'Interior spaces are the new public spaces': Jason ...

Simon Keane-Cowell

07.02.2022

Jason Holley of Universal Design Studio discusses contrasting material palettes and commercial public space: 'Public spaces that are being created at the moment are private.' Watch the video to learn more…

Say Cheese: 5 dental practices with bite

Simon Keane-Cowell

06.03.2018

If you want a stable career, become a dentist. People will always have teeth. And if you want a reliable flow of work as an architect, you could do worse than to design dental practices. Here's a short international survey of five rather toothy new

A Bigger Splash: New Wellness Architecture

Simon Keane-Cowell

05.07.2017

Architects engage the senses in a series of pools, spas and bathhouses, designed to bring the body back to the here and now. 

In Rude Health: new wellness projects

Simon Keane-Cowell

25.02.2015

The word itself may have been coined relatively recently, but the ritual of 'wellness' – as a means of rejuvenating mind and body – has a long and healthy tradition. This hasn't, as a number of recent projects demonstrate, stopped a bevy of

Taking the Waters: born-again spa and wellness architecture

Simon Keane-Cowell

05.03.2013

The spring of architectural creativity is in full flow, with a number of offices internationally adding value to the age-old practice of therapeutic bathing. Here's our selection of the best of the latest spa and wellness architecture. Go ahead. The