Roman and Williams Guild New York boasts flower shop, boutique and French cafe La Mercerie

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, the husband-and-wife team behind design firm Roman and Williams, have created a lofty two-storey emporium in Manhattan's Soho district.

Named Roman and Williams Guild New York, the 650-square-metre flagship houses an art studio, flower shop, gallery and boutique, and a restaurant called La Mercerie.

"When we founded Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors in 2002, we knew that eventually we wanted to take some of the things we'd made, and contribute them to the homes of people everywhere," the firm said in a statement.

"To this end, we are establishing our own modern-day guild, a guild of the senses, that gathers the best of everything we make, and everything we love, and helps others to do the same."

Completed in 2017, The Guild carries Founding Collection, a 55-piece catalogue of Roman and Williams' custom furnishings influenced by or created during previous projects.

The duo's treasury of lighting and furniture fit spans multiple categories of living, from dining to office and lounging to storage. The boutique also boasts objects collected from the workshops of craftspeople around the world.

The airy space on Canal Street features painted brick walls and wooden floors, and is decorated with an array of curated objects to lend a live-in feeling; reindeer fur hides and sculptures by artist Casey Zablocki, La Soufflerie glassware, painted stoneware by Andrew Mcgarva, and various printed ephemera are part of this selection.

Roman and Williams' collaborations appear throughout the space: faucets and fixtures come from RW Atlas Collection for Waterworks, and architectural door and cabinet hardware was created with H Theophile.

The Guild's in-house florist Emily Thompson hand-selected "wild, feral [and] beautiful" botanicals to fill the room. Thomspon's floral compositions are sold in a dedicated nook onsite.

At the rear is La Mercerie, an all-day French cafe concept by restaurateur and frequent collaborator Stephen Starr and chef Marie-Aude Rose.

"We wanted to create something comfortably lavish, that evoked both the refined and earthly aspects of French cuisine," added Standefer and Alesch.

The elegant dining room is "inspired by calm reveries", according to the designers, featuring a watery-blue cast, thick marble counters, pale-gray floors, and an enameled kitchen outfitted by Athanor. Custom designed "Angelica" dining tables and hanging pendant lamps are a part of Founding Collection.

Roman and Williams recently installed a cabinet of curiosities inside the store on 53 Howard St. Other projects by the studio include the "romantic" Veronika restaurant inside New York's Fotografiska museum.

Photography is courtesy of Roman and Williams.

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Watch drone footage of the Super Bowl 2020 stadium

This exclusive drone footage shows the multi-purpose Hard Rock stadium in Florida, US, which is hosting the 54th Super Bowl game.

The venue, which serves as a home for the Miami Dolphins, was designed by Populous‎ and HOK and features a shade canopy made from 15,400 tonnes (17,000 tons) of steel measuring roughly 58,000-square-metres (626,000-square-feet).

It will host the 2020 Super Bowl this Sunday 2 February, which will see the San Francisco 49-ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs starting from 6.30pm EST.

Movie is courtesy of Miami Dolphins.

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Angular outdoor terraces and feature staircase define house in Norway

Swedish design practice Claesson Koivisto Rune has collaborated with the architect Todd Saunders on a white house on a steep, stone-walled plot overlooking the city of Bergen .

Called Villa S+E, the house has a separate apartment at ground-floor level accessed from the bottom of the hill.

The two-storey home that's accessed from above features open-plan living spaces arranged around a dark oak staircase.

Saunders Architecture had reached planning phase with the house when Claesson Koivisto Rune were brought on the project as interior architects.

The house has  open, bright living spaces that have panoramic views of the city through a wall of windows.

Its rooms open onto slim, triangular-shaped terraces created by the plan's angular form.

One of Claesson Koivisto Rune's addition to the design was the feature staircase housed in a dark oak box that acts as a focal point.

"Besides its obvious function as vertical communication between the two main floors, this free-standing volume defines the room functions of the communal entrance floor," explained the practice.

"On one side of the block is the kitchen and dining space. On the other side is the living room. Yet, the entire floor is spatially one room."

In the living room, another organising element was added in the form of a Douglas pine bookcase, helping to animate the otherwise blank wall of a bathroom behind.

The lower level of the home containing the bedrooms is more compartmentalised.

A corridor divided bathroom and storage spaces at the back of the home. Bedrooms are towards the front, orientated to take advantage of the views over the city.

On both levels, a covered terrace with seating area has been cut out of the home's form, accessible via glazed sliding doors.

A mixture of contemporary Scandinavian furniture and pieces designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune decorates the home.

White walls and pale wooden floors create bright spaces. The exterior is clad in white, horizontally laid wooden planks, with the covered terrace areas lined in a contrasting stained wood.

Villa S+E's private apartment on the ground floor is accessed via a separate stone-paved walkway that leads up the hillside.

The home shares some similarities with Todd Saunders' design for his own home in Bergen called Villa S, a blackened timber form raised on stilts and featuring angular terraces.

Founded in 1995, Claesson Koivisto Rune began as an architectural firm before expanding to have an equal emphasis on design at all scales, recently collaborating with Japanese carpenter Yuji Takahashi to create a collection of hand-carved furniture.

Photography is by Åke E:son Lindman.

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Seven of the best new rugs around

From minimalism to maximalism, rugs to suit every taste are being presented at the first furniture fairs of 2020. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out seven of the most eye-catching examples.

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Woven by Gregory Parkinson for Christopher Farr

Different colour mixes and textures combine in this series by Los Angeles-based designer Gregory Parkinson, which launched at Galerie Berthet Aittouarès as part of homeware event Paris Déco Off.

The rugs are produced by British brand Christopher Farr at its weaving mill in Mirzapur, India. Space dying gives them a multi-tonal quality, while tactility is created through warp and weft threads of wool and hemp.

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Jazz Age Collection by La Manufacture Cogolin

Art-deco style is celebrated in this series of six rugs, unveiled by Parisian brand La Manufacture Cogolin at its showroom.

Designed by managing director Sarah Henry, each rug showcases a pattern that might have been found in architecture or textiles in the 1920s. Woven on Jacquard looms, the rugs combine gold and silver Lurex with their wool, cotton and jute fibres.

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Silhouette by Jaime Hayon for Nanimarquina

The playful, figurative sketches of Spanish designer Jaime Hayon feature on this rug for textile manufacturer Nanimarquina.

Handmade in Pakistan, the design combines chain-stitch embroidery with a kilim weaving technique, so as to give texture and volume to the lines of the illustration. It is available in both indoor and outdoor versions.

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Row by Studio Terhedebrügge for Northern

With textural stripes running parallel in various directions, these simple rugs by German designer siblings Antonia and Silvia Terhedebrügge are evocative of ploughed fields.

The hand-loomed rugs come in simple tones of grey, green and brown, but each colourway is made up of wool threads in varying shades. Northern launched the designs at IMM Cologne and will also present them during Stockholm Design Week.

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Plissé by Cristina Celestino for CC-Tapis

The latest design from Italian rug brand CC-Tapis is designed to evoke the world of theatre. Created by Italian designer Cristina Celestino, it imagines curtains made from three layers of fabric.

An unusual dyeing technique allows different shades of each colour to be cerated, which gives the rug an three-dimensional aesthetic. Shaved by hand, the pile also varies in different sections to emphasise the effect.

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Playtime by Emma Boomkamp for La Manufacture

Childhood games are transformed into patterns for this series of three rugs, created by Dutch designer Emma Boomkamp.

Made from hand-knotted and tufted wool, the designs include Mikado, Rock Paper Scissors and Abacus. They launched in Paris as part of the inaugural collection from new brand La Manufacture.

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Jaipur Wunderkammer by Matteo Cibic for Jaipur Rugs

Italian designer Matteo Cibic explores the shapes and colours of art and architecture in Indian city Jaipur, in this eclectic collection of handmade rugs. There are 16 different designs, depicting everything from mountains to monkeys.

Jaipur Rugs first launched the collection in Milan last year, but also presented it at Maison&Objet 2020 in Paris.

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This week, China took action against the coronavirus outbreak

This week on Dezeen, China began rapidly constructing quarantine hospitals and postponed several design shows in light of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

Following the ongoing spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan in December, the Chinese government is building two prefabricated hospitals in the city to treat people with the contagious flu-like infection.

The smaller of the two emergency facilities called Huoshenshan is due to open on 3 February, just 10 days after construction began. Progress is being documented in live footage by state broadcaster CGTN.

Design shows in China including Design Shanghai and Festival of Design postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

The virus' outbreak, which is now recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global emergency, has also seen the cancellation of several design events across China.

Organisers of the country's biggest contemporary design show, Design Shanghai, said they were postponing the fair until May "to ensure the welfare and safety of visitors".

Shanghai architect Neri&Hu also scrapped its plans for its Festival of Design conference after "carefully evaluating the situation and potential risks".

Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin to close after 88 years

Architecture news this week included the announcement that Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin will be closing after 88 years. Architect Ben Aranda said the decision was "an assault on Wright's legacy".

Elsewhere, construction was postponed indefinitely on CetraRuddy's supertall tower in Downtown Manhattan, while demolition resumed on Paul Rudolph's brutalist Shoreline Apartments in Buffalo.

Zaha Hadid Architects releases visuals of amorphous OPPO Shenzhen headquarters

New building proposals revealed this week included Tadao Ando's He Art Museum in Shunde and the Shenzhen headquarters for OPPO by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Set to begin construction later this year, the OPPO headquarters will take the form of four different-sized towers unified by a sinuous glass facade.

Trump unveils divisive logo for new Space Force military branch

In the design world, Apple sparked attention after filing a patent for a desktop computer that integrates both its screen and keyboard into a single pane of bent glass.

Designers took to Twitter to share their thoughts on a logo for a new Space Force military branch, which US president Donald Trump revealed on the social media platform.

Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari wins the Jane Drew Prize 2020

Pakistan's first female architect Yasmeen Lari was in the spotlight as she was named as the recipient of this year's Jane Drew Prize – an annual award that exists to raise the profile of women in architecture.

Architects and designers also celebrated the life and legacy of Italian architect and Superstudio co-founder, Adolfo Natalini, who passed away at the age of 78.

Atelier Kento Eto designs minimal black house hiding lofty interiors

Projects enjoyed by Dezeen readers this week included Atelier Kento Eto's minimal black house in Japan, a Hong Kong apartment that embraces the values of wabi-sabi and two detached yet matching houses on a corner lot in Toronto.

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