https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1654 en-us Created by the Tokyo design firm Wonder­wall, Intersect by Lexus, Dubai, is essentially a car showroom minus the cars.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11755 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11755-interiors-intersect-by-lexus While industrial materials, such as white-painted car parts, define the lower level, natural ones, like the auto-inspired bamboo grilles and decorative marble columns cum bookshelves, predominate upstairs. Photo © Nacása & Partners Located inside a 7-­story structure in the Dubai International Financial Centre, the 2-­story space is approached from the public corridor and entered on its upper level. Photo © Nacása & Partners Beyond the stair, the upper level holds a lounge­-like eatery, an open chef’s table, and two enclosed kitchens. Photo © Nacása & Partners The ceiling upstairs is comprised of 2-­inch-­thick plastic sheets whose wavy profile acknowledges the sand dunes nearby. Decorative marble columns double as bookshelves. Photo © Nacása & Partners A dining bar at the rear of the upper level features an auto-inspired bamboo grill on the wall. Photo © Nacása & Partners The lower level gallery/multipurpose space, called The Garage, features a collage of 573 car parts, all painted white and under its glass-panel floor. Photo © Nacása & Partners Meiji is Japan's largest chocolate manufacturer, and its 100% Chocolate Café, designed by the Tokyo-based firm Wonderwall, is a cocoa connoisseur's dream come true.

]]> 100-percent-chocolate-cafe-wonderwall.asp Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8281-chocolate-caf%C3%A9 Back door into the Tokyo Solamachi mall. 100% Chocolate Caf'WonderwallTokyoBack door into the Tokyo Solamachi mall.Image courtesy Wonderwall Meiji's new caf' is front and center, with an entrance and clear views inside from the outdoor plaza of the Tokyo Skytree tower. 100% Chocolate Caf'WonderwallTokyoMeiji's new caf' is front and center, with an entrance and clear views inside from the outdoor plaza of the Tokyo Skytree tower.Image courtesy Wonderwall A wooden replica of the company's itachoco bar, the well-crafted dropped ceiling neatly conceals the room's mechanical and electrical systems from the patrons seated at the marble tables below. 100% Chocolate Caf'WonderwallTokyoA wooden replica of the company's itachoco bar, the well-crafted dropped ceiling neatly conceals the room's mechanical and electrical systems from the patrons seated at the marble tables below. Image courtesy Wonderwall The refrigerated display case backs onto the open kitchen and separates the casual dining area of the caf' from its colorful retail section. Containing 56 bins of chocolate'each with a different flavo 100% Chocolate Caf'WonderwallTokyoThe refrigerated display case backs onto the open kitchen and separates the casual dining area of the caf' from its colorful retail section. Containing 56 bins of chocolate'each with a different flavor'the full-height glass unit provides a deliciously transparent foil for the rich walnut ceiling above.Image courtesy Wonderwall 100% Chocolate Caf' 100% Chocolate Caf'WonderwallTokyoImage courtesy Wonderwall In 1993, when the hip-hop-inspired hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts of A Bathing Ape (aka BAPE) first began appearing on the back streets of Tokyo’s edgy Urahara neighborhood, their designer never dreamed his clothes would be sold next door to The Gap, Uniqlo, and other mass-market retailers.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11993 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:21:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11993-bape-shibuya Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama Photo © Kozo Takayama