In the last few weeks we've published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven't left yet. Here's a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature patches of plaster, scaffolding, dangling wires and hoarding-like woodwork. See all the stories »
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Following our earlier story about an apartment with the appearance of an elegant building site, here's another renovated flat in Japan that appears to be unfinished. More about House in Kamimachi by Camp Design Inc.
Unfinished plywood and cement smeared over concrete give a renovated Tokyo apartment the appearance of an elegant building site. More about Setagaya Flat by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. More about Café Coutume by CUT Architectures
This Melbourne cafe by French designer Sasufi features a 12 metre-long wall covered in timber offcuts. More about Slowpoke Cafe by Sasufi
Milan 2011: London interior designers and stylists Studio Toogood invited food and design collective Arabeschi di Latte to serve black food to guests at midnight dinners in a darkened apartment in Milan last week. More about Natura Morta by Studio Toogood at Erastudio Apartment Gallery
Swedish architects Johannes Norlander Arkitektur have renovated this 1950s island cottage near Gothenburg. More about House Morran by Johannes Norlander Arkitektur
Dutch firm Most Architecture have created this temporary office from wooden pallets for an Amsterdam advertising company. More about Brandbase Pallets by Most Architecture
London designers JamesPlumb have installed an antique church pew to create an aged interior for outfitter Hostem's new shop in Shoreditch, London. More about Hostem shop by JamesPlumb
Ice cream is frozen with liquid nitrogen in front of customers at this ice cream parlour designed by designers Shai Akram and Andrew Haythornthwaite in Camden, north London. More about Chin Chin Laboratorists by Shai Akram and Andrew Haythornthwaite
Japanese architect Makoto Yamaguchi has created a hair salon in the basement of a Tokyo building, showcasing the patchwork of alterations made by previous occupants of the space. More about kilico. hair salon by Makoto Yamaguchi
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a hair salon in Hiroshima, Japan, with a band of mirror glass wrapped around the cutting space. More about Lodge by Suppose Design Office
Architects Ninkipen! have renovated the interior of a clothing shop in Osaka, Japan, by lining the walls with fake doors. More about Rroomm by Ninkipen!
Berlin architects nOffice designed Performa Hub, a venue for the Performa 09 biennial held in New York earlier this month. More about Performa Hub by nOffice
Designers Maartje Dros and Francois Lombarts used scaffolding to convert an empty construction site in Amsterdam into a temporary conference over the summer. More about Motel Out of The Blue by Maartje Dros and Francois Lombarts
Japanese designers Isolation Unit have designed the interior of a salon in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan, for hair-dressing chain LIM. More about Lim Code by Isolation Unit
Serbian design studio reMiks has completed Supermarket, a concept store inspired by the "golden years of communism". More about Supermarket by reMiks
French artist Paul Coudamy has designed a cardboard office interior for an advertising agency in Paris, France. More about Cardboard office by Paul Coudamy
Threefold Architects have designed a new shop and offices for Pure Groove Records in London. More about Pure Groove Records by Threefold Architects
Schemata Architecture Office of Tokyo have completed the renovation of an apartment block in the suburb of Sayama. More about Sayama Flats by Schemata Architecture Office