In this week’s architecture and design video round-up (above), you’re invited to settle in at Prior cafe, a chic neighbourhood eatery in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury designed by local architects Ritz and Ghougassian.
Spanish creative consultancy and interior design firm Masquespacio welcomes guests inside the bar and restaurant of La Sastrería where the deft use of tiles provides the spaces with two very different schemes. The Living Coral Biobank by Contreras Earl Architecture is set to spearhead a global rescue mission in Port Douglas, Queensland.
And finally this week, luxury automobile manufacturer Aston Martin has collaborated with architect Sir David Adjaye on five premium apartments in New York’s 130 William building.
For more information on each of these stories, see below.
- Prior Thornbury: Melbourne architecture practice Ritz & Ghougassian curated clean-lined fixtures and fittings beneath soaring white-painted cathedral ceilings at the Prior cafe in Thornbury. Read more.
- The Living Coral Biobank: Designed by Contreras Earl Architecture, the world’s first “coral ark” – a conservation facility that would safely store 800 species of coral – is planned for Port Douglas in Queensland. Read more.
- La Sastrería bar: Created by local Spanish firm Masquespacio, the bar displays a patchwork of high-octane patterns produced with tiles that reinterpret the facades of neighbouring buildings. Read more.
- La Sastrería restaurant: Designers Masquespacio responded to the restaurant’s menu of ocean-focussed fare by creating a “huge wave” sculpture, culminating in a showpiece made of suspended ceramic objects. Read more.
- 130 William x Aston Martin: Aston Martin and architect Sir David Adjaye have collaborated on five luxurious homes at the 130 William building in New York, each packaged up with an equally exclusive Aston Martin SUV. Read more.
Pull up a pew at the bar at La Sastrería by Masquespacio and place yourself in the penthouse of 130 William in New York.
