Tag: Interiors | Architecture Now

Butterfly effect: Antipodes HQ

Projects | A well-known art deco building in Wellington undergoes an internal metamorphosis in order to house this global skincare brand’s headquarters and retail space.

Draft of shadows

Projects | Art, greenery, sunshine and a touch of vintage blend effortlessly in this brutalist house for the co-founder of Mexico’s hippest hotel chain.

Material Focus: Young + Richards

People | Harriet Pilkington – director of architecture firm Young + Richards – chats about texture and fabric selections for the recent Richards Partners office.

Village square: Qb Studios

Projects | This local, boutique co-working designer and operator unveils its recent Christchurch offering and discusses some of the larger themes behind that style of work.

Material Focus: Material Creative

People | Olivia Patience of Material Creative discusses some of the selections made for the studio’s colourful and tactile Naumi hotel Auckland Airport.

Higher ground: Richards Partners

Projects | This renowned branding think-tank takes on the role of a lifetime: to redefine itself and how its workplace personifies and facilitates that shift.

Intergalactic: Inside the Dark Sky Project

Projects | A seemingly endless night sky, stargazing traditions, a nearly forgotten telescope… the designers of the Dark Sky Project were spoilt for inspirational choice.

Catching the wave

Projects | Arches, circles, curves – these two interiors seek a softer, more rotund way of welcoming customers.

Material Focus: Walker Mitchell

People | Kirsty Mitchell, interior designer behind the Fabric Bistro in Hobsonville Point, talks about what inspired the materiality of the space.

Stage directions: Ste. Marie

Projects | Theatre, the fine arts and a high level of empathy are at the core of this Vancouver design practice.

Creative chemistry: DDB Group

Projects | A long-established advertising agency has taken a fresh new approach to collaborative space.

Fresh palette: The Rabbit Patch

Projects | Most childcare centres feature a rainbow of clashing colours and zany patterns, with a backdrop of practical necessities. Not in this one.

Studio Modijefsky Amsterdam

People | An all-female design firm right next door to Amsterdam’s Red Light District is proving to be a game-changer in the region’s hospitality sector.

Refreshing the Inn: Auckland Airport hotel

Projects | The newly renovated Holiday Inn near Auckland Airport presents a bright and welcoming front with a contemporary, Pacific-inspired aesthetic.

In focus: Superette

Projects | Mark Simpson, joint creative director at Melbourne’s DesignOffice, talks about the firm’s new Auckland fit-out for retailer Superette.

Nature mirrored: Mercury

Projects | Sustainability, staff comfort and a few wow moments are at the core of Mercury’s new headquarters in Newmarket.

On a good buzz: B:Hive Smales Farm

Projects | This co-working space on Auckland’s North Shore is, by all accounts, a success story for its owners and its tenants.

SO/ Playful: Inside SO/ Auckland

Projects | A hotel in Auckland takes on a volcanic theme and a celebrity fashion designer to inject personality and a lot of oomph.

Projects | Rocket Lab’s new Auckland headquarters boasts a good dollop of theatre, science fiction and the very serious business of sending satellites into space. We set out to discover how its interior design copes with the very unique brief.

At home with Sabine Marcelis

Projects | Step inside the converted-warehouse Rotterdam home of this Dutch-New Zealand rising industrial design star.