Ali Morris
Ali is a London-based writer, editor and consultant who specialises in design and architecture. She writes for Dezeen, Wallpaper* magazine, Elle Decoration, Interior Design, CNN Style and the Guardian.
Office interiors
Office interiors
dMFK Architects creates nostalgic office interior in former 1960s medical lab
London firm dMFK Architects has transformed a mid-century medical laboratory into a flexible office space with smoked oak joinery and a restored concrete staircase. More
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Atelier Right Hub replaces corners with curves in cavernous Hangzhou spa
Chinese studio Atelier Right Hub created a cave-like spa in Hangzhou, China, with a network of interconnected, circular rooms and walls finished in white clay. More
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CUT Architectures designs sunset-hued interior for Parisian burger joint in ode to California
The mid-century architecture and roadside diners of the American west informed the interior of this nostalgic hamburger restaurant in Paris designed by CUT Architectures. More
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Matthew Giles Architects uses cranked beams to frame views through London terraced house
Matthew Giles Architects used white oak joinery and different floor levels to break up the open-plan ground floor of this redesigned and upgraded six-bedroom house in Wandsworth, London. More
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Stucco walls and terracotta tiles form a winding pathway through Huesca restaurant
The beauty of Spain's Aragon province informed the earthy colour palette, natural materials and curved forms used in this fine-dining restaurant interior by Valencia studio Masquespacio. More
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BAO King's Cross pays tribute to Asia's Western-style cafes
The King's Cross outpost of London restaurant BAO features a wood-panelled interior designed by Macaulay Sinclair based on the Western-style cafes of Taiwan and Japan. More
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Horma Studio creates terracotta-toned salad bar in Valencia
A zigzagging plinth that accommodates seating, steps and planters weaves its way through this terracotta-coloured salad bar in Valencia by local design practice Horma Studio. More
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Child Studio transforms 60s London post office into Maido sushi restaurant
Child Studio has used a glass block wall, dark cherry wood panelling and a soft blue coffered ceiling to channel 1960s London in this sushi restaurant. More
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Fon Studio designs hotel with interior courtyard in Beijing hutong
Terrazzo, wood panelling and dark red steel feature throughout this renovated hotel in a Beijing hutong, designed by Fon Studio to echo the atmospheric quality of the surrounding alleyways. More
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Yakusha Design balances rough and smooth surfaces in Kyiv eatery Istetyka
Bumpy clay walls and rough concrete surfaces are tempered by smooth steel and polished stone in this Kyiv restaurant designed by local studio Yakusha Design . More
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Studio Paradowski nods to Kraków's mid-century architecture in revamped Puro hotel
The glamour of Kraków's interwar cafes and the clean functionalism of its mid-century modern cinemas informed Paradowski Studio's renovation of the Puro Hotel. More
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Soulwax's monochrome recording studio nods to 1960s Italian architecture
A chequered granite facade envelopes this monolithic recording studio in Ghent, Belgium, which local architect Glenn Sestig has created for electronic music duo Soulwax. More
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BLUE Architecture Studio inserts rustic cabin into Hangzhou furniture store
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has erected washed stone partition walls and an entire wooden cabin with a pitched roof inside this store in Hangzhou, China. More
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Raams Architecture Studio stacks 388 white blocks to form Shanghai tea shop
Raams Architecture Studio has used white MDF blocks to line the Mini Cuppa cafe in Shanghai, China, in homage to the modular cube system employed by Frank Lloyd Wright across his seminal Textile Block Houses. More
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Daab Design converts art dealer's vault into tranquil London basement flat
London architecture studio Daab Design has turned a former art storage vault in Marylebone, London, into a two-bedroom apartment full of Georgian period features that were restored with the help of an archaeologist. More
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Pharrell Williams' Goodtime Hotel in Miami Beach channels a "reimagined art deco" aesthetic
Pastel colours and wicker furniture clash playfully with the leopard-print fabrics in this Miami hotel, created by American designer Ken Fulk for musician Pharrell Williams. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Framework imbues Amsterdam family office with the "calm ambience of an art gallery"
Sculptural furniture and French oak panelling define this plush family office in Amsterdam, which has been renovated by local studio Framework. More
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Elena Lokastova creates bright jewellery showroom in Moscow attic space
Russian architect Elena Lokastova has turned the attic space of a Moscow office building into a jewellery showroom with green-carpeted interiors, informed by the patinated copper dome of a monastery that can be seen from the window. More
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Malvína Day Nursery was designed to ease separation anxiety in young children
No Architects has incorporated plenty of windows, places to hide and varying floor levels into this welcoming nursery in the Czech capital of Prague. More
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Precht forms counter and stepped seating from handmade bricks in Bangkok cafe
Austrian architecture studio Precht has used more than 7,000 handmade bricks to create the floors, walls and stepped seating in this Bangkok cafe for coffee brand % Arabica. More
