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Café in Bangkok upcycles milk cartons and glass bottles

This café in Bangkok is designed with a community-based concept that is sustainable and beautiful. Designed by...

A balcony over the sitting area and connecting to the barn

Tea barn blends history and culture at an old tobacco estate

Too often, history has been destroyed to make way for modern life. The Kaomai Tea Barn is a new project and it...

bottles of green tea on counter

Mirume sells waste-free, to-go green tea for commuters in Japan

A morning stop called Mirume Dark Green Teahouse is colloquially known as the Green Tea Café. It’s located in...

cafe with round wood dining tables

Café Terra is an urban oasis with raw earth surfaces in Dubai

United Arab Emirates-based design studio Bone Architecture has recently completed its latest hospitality project:...

office lunch area with green booths, long wood table and smaller black round table

Hollandse Nieuwe crafts a vibrant, eco-friendly workspace with VR

Amsterdam-based architectural practice Hollandse Nieuwe has enlisted the help of virtual reality to create a dynamic...

rendering of library building with undulating roofline

LEED Gold-targeted Ottawa library will honor local history

After nearly a year of public input by Canadians from coast to coast, Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects...

Coffee shop with a black and wood sign that reads,

In Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the Avant Cycle Cafe builds community

It all started with a flat tire. A man cycling through Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was charmed by the historic town...

white building with triangle windows

Triangular windows bring light and drama to a stunning Bogota bakery

The site of a former house in Bogota has been reborn into a gorgeous bakery and cafe that respects the surrounding...

pavilion with weathered steel folded roof and glass walls

The origami-like monocoque pavilion in London is shaped by its environment

A striking prefabricated monocoque pavilion has popped up in London, bringing with it a social-enterprise cafe...

wood and glass exterior of cafe

Breezy, prefab cafe blends contemporary and traditional styles in Thailand

BodinChapa Architects designed Pasang, a contemporary, prefab cafe built with modular elements near the verdant...

Floral print coffee mug outside on a book

This British café is serving to-go coffee in ceramic mugs to combat waste

A coffee shop northeast of London wants to serve its customers coffee in a mug from your home. La Tour Cycle Café...

vaulted bamboo arches

Beautiful bamboo arches breathe new life into a bland concrete building

Vietnamese architecture firm Vo Trong Nghia has unveiled their latest example of bamboo brilliance at Nocenco cafe,...

Japanese townhouse exterior

Century-old Japanese townhouse reborn as Blue Bottle Coffee’s first Kyoto location

Japanese architecture firm Schemata Architects has unveiled Blue Bottle Coffee’s first outpost in Kyoto - and...

aquarium design for Schönbrunn Zoo Poseidon’s Realm by 3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS

Undulating green-roofed aquarium proposed for Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo

3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS recently revealed their proposal for the design of a new aquarium for Vienna’s Schönbrunn...

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Ancient Japanese tombs inspire nendo’s first public space design

Prolific Japanese studio nendo completed their first public space design that puts a playful and futuristic spin...