Pop-up architecture

Cosmetea innovatively integrates tea with trendy cosmetics, resulting in a modern fashion brand and aesthetic based on natural Eastern sentiments. Nax Architects were entrusted to conceive a store for the innovative brand in Shanghai.   Raitt Liu The pop-up-style store is located on Yuyuan Road, a hundred-year-old-road that has undergone many changes and represents the essence of Shanghai’s history and culture. Within an area of 75 square meters, the retailing, socializing and experiential space was conceptualized by the architects as a ‘tea house floating in the mountains’. Raitt Liu Taking inspiration from the ‘view framing’ techniques in Chinese classical garden design, a modern minimalist s... Mehr

Snøhetta’s first project in Tokyo is a unique collaboration that has culminated in Burnside, a flexible, creative destination for Harajuku’s artistic milieu. From hosting avant-garde chefs to serving a casual coffee house, the space is a sleek intersection of Tokyo and the Bronx. Keishin Horikoshi /SS Set atop a Family Mart in Harajuku, the heart of Tokyo’s street culture and art scene, the eatery-by-day and bar-by-night concept was developed by Snøhetta with input from the Bronx-based food, design and art collective Ghetto Gastro. Using food to empower communities, Ghetto Gastro celebrates the Bronx as an inspiration and catalyst of global culture. The collaborative also involved local practice kooo ar... Mehr