Dezeen Showroom: designed by Andrea Federici for Falper, the Butler cabinet system helps to make the bathroom feel like an extension of the living space.
The Butler cabinet system can be configured with shelves, internal drawers and clothes rails, allowing decorative objects to be displayed and useful items stored.
The Butler cabinet system makes the bathroom an extension of the living space
It is part of Falper's "lifestyle bathroom" philosophy, which imagines the bathroom as part of the living environment of the home, where functionality and aesthetics are in harmony.
The wall-mounted Butler cabinet system is available in a choice of two depths — 20 or 35 centimetres — and an array of finishes.
The column-based system is configurable with shelves, drawers and clothes rails
Aluminium, glass, solid walnut or oak, and matt and glossy lacquer finishes are among the options for embellishing the details of the cabinet.
There is also the possibility to add LED interior lighting and drawer accessories.
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Bartlett United hired the lawyer to identify which of the claims are breaches of the university's code of conduct and its care of duty towards students.
"We spoke with our barrister at length about our experiences and concerns," said Bartlett United in a statement on Instagram.
"Counsel identified breaches of a serious nature – spanning sex discrimination, race discrimination, breach of contract and negligence in the accounts we have collected."
The initial claims were collected by former student Eleni Kyriacou, who compiled a dossier containing testimonials from 21 people. Among the allegations are reports of staff sexually harassing female students and being subjected to derogatory comments about their race.
In one case a staff member reportedly told a student "your work is very sexy and so are you", while an Asian student recalls being told that "Arabs were so arrogant" by a staff member, before being asked if they knew Zaha Hadid.
Legal advice sought in response to UCL's investigation
Dezeen understands that the group took the decision to hire legal counsel as they are unhappy with how UCL is investigating the claims.
When the claims were first revealed the university said it had begun an investigation, but students are believed to be unhappy about how this process is proceeding.
"We have been aware of issues in the Bartlett school of architecture and have been working hard to address them for some time," said Sasha Roseneil, UCL's pro vice-provost for equity and inclusion, at the time.
"We are deeply concerned to learn about these incidents, and we will investigate these, and any others that are brought to our attention."
"Experienced education lawyer" hired
The solicitor hired by Bartlett United is Amara Ahmad from specialist employment law firm Doyle Clayton, who will be compiling a list of alledged breaches as well as pursuing individual cases against the university.
"We have now been put in touch with Amara Ahmad at Doyle Cayton Solicitors, who is an experienced education lawyer, she is happy to discuss individual cases with anyone affected in order to help them explore their legal options further," said the group.
"Anyone can share anything they have witnessed or feel needs to change at the Bartlett, in confidence, with Bartlett United via Instagram message."
The Bartlett is the latest in a line of architecture and design schools to face allegations of discrimination.
A curved copper-coloured light referencing the tube-like architecture of a bike and a "deconstructed lamp" are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of East London.
Also included is a lamp designed to appear like a chocolate treat and another that references the "feelings that we place in a box".
"Focusing on personality, materiality and making, the BA (Hons) Interior Design programme at the University of East London, led by Dr Keef Winter, allows students' identity to be expressed through the playful process and detailed fabrication.
"In-Agora was a design brief that tasked year two students to analyse and propose a sustainable shop design with a particular purpose, such as a dancewear store, a tea ceremony, a chocolatier, a fabric shop, a skincare salon, a library or a children's bookstore just to name a few.
"By using the design and making of a full-sized lamp prototype to inform their proposals, the students were challenged to remodel a long and thin existing shop unit on the dwindling High Street of Powis Street in Woolwich, London.
"This challenged students to produce innovative lighting designs while also connecting shape and form to the possibilities offered by different materials. From gas canisters and cement pouring to copper-pipe bending, laser cutting and metal welding, woodwork and the integration of electrical parts – the different processes involved lent themselves to an exploration of lifestyle, personality, materiality and colour in interior design while aiming to bring back life to a community high street under pressure from gentrification."
Pastel Pink Stimulation by Solveiga Murauskaite
"This sustainable lamp prototype is made from PLA, a plant-based bio-plastic 3D printing filament. It is made from starch which is a common waste product and fully biodegradable and non-toxic.
"It represents the future of a better and more environmentally conscious life. Sustainability should and could be fun, forward-thinking and part of our everyday life."
Student: Solveiga Murauskaite Course: BA Interior Design Tutor: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Chocolat Blanc by Julia Florian
"Chocolate Blanc by Julian Florian is a lamp inspired by the look and taste of chocolate. Here, Florian has created a lamp full of personality designed as a 'sweet delight' illuminating a dark space.
"Using a playful design process, Florian's lighting design references the warm hues and geometric angles of luxury desserts and chocolate treats."
Student:Julia Florian Course: BA Interior Design Tutor: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
En Route by Tasneem Mohammed
"Tasneem Mohammed has constructed a playful copper coloured curved lamp inspired from the anatomy of a bike.
"Using various mixtures of metals, she has designed a luminous accessory curved and moulded into shape. The design intends to reference the tube-like shapes seen in traditional bike's architecture."
Student: Tasneem Mohammed Course: BA Interior Design Tutor: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1952670[at]uel.ac.uk
Serendipity by Yoana Miglencheva
"Serendipity is a striking light that references the occurrence of making pleasant and desirable discoveries by pure accident. The process of designing the lamp followed the experimentation of literary references.
"Here Miglencheva has bordered the text with high quality of acrylic, LED and reflective materials, designed to bring the viewer back into the frame."
Student: Yoana Miglencheva Course: BA Interior Design Tutor: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1823572[at]uel.ac.uk
Emotions by Khushi Servi
"This delicate and otherworldly light by Khushi Servi is designed to reference both the formal and informal movement of emotions through our bodies and minds.
"The design includes three transparent boxes with luminous white tubes held inside. Servi's design intends to reference how sometimes we place our feelings in a box."
Student: Khushi Servi Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1942076[at]uel.ac.uk
Rhapsody by Nicosur Pocitar
"This geometric lamp designed by Nicosur Pocitar is inspired by music – episodic yet integrated, euphoric and epic.
"That's how Pocitar felt when while designing their lamp, and they believe that's how everybody should feel while living. Pocitar was inspired by a song called 'Pop Smoke by the artist called Invincible."
Student: Nicosur Pocitar Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1929253[at]uel.ac.uk
Blue moitié by Zainab Jimoh
"Here Zainab Jimoh has reinvented the standard form of a lamp with a new playful design. Jimoh has deconstructed a standard light's base and slide it into two parts, one solid coloured plaster and one painted metal void.
"Jimoh enjoys how the light has coloured tints upon the metal, something that they have tried to achieve in their boutique jewellery design also."
Student: Keef Jimoh Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1955339[at]uel.ac.uk
Flow by Laylaa Osman
"Flow by Laylaa Osmon is a white sculptural light that has a copper edge. It is designed to have a delicate and floaty aesthetic and references the light and airy materials often found in a boutique dance-wear shop."
Student: Laylaa Osman Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1961121[at]uel.ac.uk
Con Lámpara by Ivanka Ivanova
"Ivanka Ivanova's lighting design's shape was made from a thermoplastic sheet using cut tubes and a vacuum-forming machine.
"Ivanova cast concrete into the plastic form and got this final result when the mixture dried. The bubbles of concrete begin to imitate the volume of the lightbulb."
Student:Ivanka Ivanova Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1916924[at]uel.ac.uk
Jagged by Jazmine Fagbayi
"This bright neon lamp is a prototype based on sharp angles that are seen in their research of dynamic shop design. It also references the use of concrete as a material but with a painterly texture to show the handmade quality. For the design, it was crucial to get a lightbulb that worked with the sharp corners."
Student: Jazmine Fagbayi Course: BA Interior Design Tutors: Keef Winter, Pol Gallagher, Anastasia Karandinou and Andy Wright
Email: u1831657[at]uel.ac.uk
Partnership content
This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and the University of East London. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.
Off-White's latest AMO-designed flagship store features abstract interpretations of Paris's courtyards and flea markets. "lead a new direction for what high fashion retail can mean," said the label's founder,
Located two blocks away from Place Vendôme, the Off-White Paris store extends over three floors of a 19th-century corner building.
Travertine stone features in the womenswear section (top image) and across shelving on the second floor (above)
The outpost is the second Off-White store to be designed by AMO – the creative think tank of the OMA – following the Miami flagship last year.
The project was led by architect Ellen van Loon, who joined OMA in 1998, together with AMO director Samir Bantal, and architect Giulio Margheri.
Customers enter the store through a semi-circular vestibule of corrugated glass
"The ambition is for the store to lead a new direction for what high fashion retail can mean," said Off-White founder and creative director Virgil Abloh.
"Within Paris at Place Vendome is the perfect context to expand the conversation," he told Dezeen.
"The space was designed to be a node within the city, not just a self-serving retail store. It's a flexible piece of built architecture that is a device to challenge traditions."
Black terrazzo floors are contrasted against Sottsass veneer display cases
AMO described the space, which features both neutral and colourful spaces and contrasting combinations of textures and colours, as a space where "Parisian elegance" meets "industrial rawness".
"Off-White's identity is translated into a design that creates a series of spaces with different identities – reflecting the eclectic nature of the brand and its founder," AMO told Dezeen.
"The evolution of the brand from streetwear to street luxe is also found in the choice of materials, which juxtapose elements from these two realms."
Sottsass-red veneer conceals a bar and the store's back of house
The store's main entrance is located under the arches of Rue de Castiglione where customers enter through a semi-circular vestibule of corrugated glass.
The entrance leads customers to a reinterpretation of the typical Parisian courtyard that showcases the women's collection.
Framed by arches inspired by the street's portico, its walls and floors are clad in white travertine. The studio designed this refined space to provide customer's with a calm and slow shopping experience and to accommodate events such as fashion shows.
In contrast, the store's entrance on Rue du Mont Thabor ushers customers into a space with light blue walls and a black terrazzo floor, filled with AMO-designed freestanding furniture that showcases Off-White's brand partnerships.
On the store's upper floors a mezzanine with a low ceiling and small windows hosts the kids' and homeware collections, as well as an exhibition wall.
On the second floor, a high ceiling and large windows that face the city create a bright and clear space that displays the men's collection but which can be easily reconfigured for concerts, art shows and parties.
Blue metallic clothes rails are dotted throughout the interior
A foldable box structure finished with Sottsass-red veneer conceals a bar and the store's back of house.
The floor accommodates freestanding display elements designed by AMO including metallic clothing racks, wooden tables and white travertine shelving systems that recall Parisian flea markets.
"The design explores new ways in which architecture facilitates the interaction between fashion collections and the public," said the studio.
"From the very first conversations with the client, the idea to create a store in the form of a contemporary reinterpretation of Paris caught shape," it continued.
"We gave shape to this image of Paris by playing with architectural elements and materiality, and we let the variety of Parisian shopping experiences guide the way in which we configured and organized the space of the store."
Travertine stone is contrasted again bright colours and shiny metal displays
Although the spaces are designed to create distinctly different atmospheres, some materials are used throughout to create continuity, such as travertine, which is used in the courtyard but also for the shelving system on the first floor, the sneaker displays on the second floor, and the eyewear podiums located both on the ground floor and second floor.
The black terrazzo is present on each floor but paired with different mixtures of travertine, tiles and coloured marble.
The design team also referenced Collette, the groundbreaking Parisian luxury concept store that closed in 2017, as a source of inspiration.
The entrance features black terrazzo floors
"Over twenty years ago, Sarah Andelman's Colette was the predecessor of modern experiential retail; one of the first concept stores where streetstyle met luxury," said Van Loon and Bantal.
"Fast forward to 2021, a couple of blocks away from where Colette sat, the new Off-White store in Paris represents the brand's multifaceted identity as a cultural channel broadcasting style, media and fashion, humbly saluting Colette and drawing from its irreplaceable legacy."
Abloh added: "Working with AMO is a synergistic process. The way we ideate is similar – nothing is off-limits – and the outcome at Off-White Paris is greater than I could have ever imagined."
Chicago-based architecture and design firm Moss has completed a Corten-clad microbrewery in Buchanan, Michigan, created by modifying a prefabricated barn structure.
Designed for Buchanan Craft, the St Joe River Brewery is a "unique agricultural experience" combining production facilities and an organic farm with a restaurant and tasting room.
The St Joe River Brewery is located in Michigan
Responding to the rural site, Moss took cues from pole barns, which are pre-fabricated kit buildings ubiquitous across rural America.
Rather than simply using one of these prefabricated barns, the firm used it as a starting point, retaining the basic structure but customising it with weathering steel and burnt timber cladding, a sloping roof and a large glazed corner.
The microbrewery is clad in Corten steel
"[Pole barns] are plopped down on a foundation without site orientation taken into consideration, and end up costing more to operate over time because they do not respond to the site they are on," said the studio.
"We knew a fully customised building was not in the budget... with a little creativity and ingenuity we made slight modifications to the pole barn model to better respond to the use and the site."
The most dramatic of these modifications has opened up the northeastern corner of the barn to create a light-filled tasting room, leading out onto an external patio sheltered by the overhanging roof.
A winery sits alongside this tasting room, on the opposite side of a central core housing the cooler and restrooms.
An upturned canoe is suspended from on the pole barn's roof
The pole barn's roof structure has been left exposed and visible, providing a fixing point for light fittings and ornaments including an upturned canoe.
On the more sheltered south-facing side of the barn are the brewery's fermentation tanks, grain room production and packing areas, of which visitors can get glimpses while in the more public areas.
The barn houses the brewery's fermentation tanks
The sloping roof of the barn responds to this interior layout as well as the site, rising upwards at the northeastern corner to create the glazed area and wrapping around to shade the south-facing tank area.
"Employing a few simple design moves, we created a structure that, while still modular, settles into the landscape and is oriented with the sun in mind," said the studio.
Solar panels provide power for the brewery
The lower, south-facing part of the roof has also been covered in solar panels to provide power for the brewery.
