Interior Design, Architecture & Interior Decorating eMagazine
Located in the heart of Shoreditch district in London, England, Boundary Hotel is a 17-room boutique hotel housed in a converted Victorian industrial building. The interior design by Conran & Partners is a veritable homage to good design. The quirky guest rooms are spread across two floors, each inspired by a legendary designer or design movement, from Young British to Bauhaus, Eileen Gray to Le Corbusier. The five duplex suites range from Modern Dickensian to Modern Chinoiserie.
The stunning Eccleston Drive Residence in Johannesburg, South Africa is a modern luxury home with 15,000 square feet of living space. Designed by Nico Van Der Meulen Architects, the house is located in the affluent residential suburb of Bryanston. The open plan allows the living area to connect seamlessly with the outdoor infinity swimming pool.
L’Opéra Restaurant in Paris, France located at the famous L’Opéra Garnier, commonly known as the Paris Opéra, is finally completed after 136 years. The building was originally designed by Charles Garnier in 1875 in Baroque Revival style. Garnier’s wish was to create a restaurant in the Rotunda, but his idea never materialized. Two other attempts in 1973 and in 1992 also failed. With a budget of 6 million Euro, restauranteur Pierre François Blanc and architect Odile Decq took on the project, and Charles Garnier’s wish was finally granted in 2011.
Located in the Pudong district in Shanghai, China, this Apple Store is the first Shanghai store for Apple Inc. Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architecture, who also designed the iconic Apple Store Fifth Avenue New York, the entrance to the store is marked by a large glass cylinder thirty-two feet high. The glass structure sits in a large urban plaza below a circular sunken court. Once visitors enter the cylindrical entry, they then descend to the store below the plaza on a spiral glass staircase.
Alchemy Architects took on the project of renovating the home and office of their clients Will Hopkins and Mary K. Baumann. Located in the Whitney Lofts Building (formerly known as Standard Mill) in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Mississippi Riverfront, the loft was previously a hotel kitchen as well as the turbine room within the renovated Standard Mill. The goal was to combine the designers’ white-page palette for the space with a sense of light by creating visual pathways between grand columns.
Interior decorator Jamie Bush converted his West Hollywood, California bungalow into his interior design office. This 1930s Spanish style bungalow has antique brickwork that leads from the driveway to the front door. The interior space has a rich, dark palette with wide-plank oak wood flooring throughout. The eclectic decor mixes styles and eras.
Luxurious upholstered beds and dramatic headboards designed by Christopher Guy add opulent to bedrooms. Carved squares, scalloped canopy, and even oval headboard inspired by Camilla Parker Bowles’ Chapeau worn at her Royal Wedding, are some of Guy’s impressive creations.
Casa AA designed by Parque Humano is a luxury contemporary home in Mexico City, Mexico that sits 2,249 meters above sea level. The house is organized around the swimming pool and the open landscape. The L-shape floor plan maximizes the outdoor views, connecting the interiors with the landscape.
