A rigorous store with modern colours

by Alice | Oct 7, 2012

A rigorous store with modern colours

A rigorous store in Milan of tailor-made clothing in which materials and colours define its modern style. Purple velvet for staircase and green patina painting on the walls surround a prism with luminous edges that invade both store floors.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2012
Site: Milan

Customed shirts and clothing find their best appreciation in this shop in Milan designed by CLS Architects. A rigorous store in which black display elements reproduce the characteristic architectural profiles.
The alternation of full-height modular display systems with linear niches characterizes the ground floor. The former consist of an exhibition volume at the base in which the doors house inside the decorative bands an hexagonal metal mesh. The vertical profiles are born from the rhythmicity of these solid elements of the lower part to continue at full height also in the upper part, defining a reticular display system. Shelves, shoulders and doors are recognizable by their black paint in contrast with the patina green on the walls. This chromatic alternation also characterizes the display niches in which there is only a horizontal profile supporting the display system.

A purple velvet carpet leads to the upper floor accompanying the customer in a sort of exhibition path between niches with spot lighting. The upper floor sees the dominance of the black linear profiles in a rigorous regular layout. Parallel to these equipped walls runs a row of ceiling spotlights that demarcate the border. A black waxed iron balustrade that holds a dynamically shaped chandelier with LED inserts in the centre occupies the central void.
The luminous prism from the upper floor goes down to the ground floor, virtually joining the glass and black iron display cabinet at the entrance.

A rigorous store with modern colours

A rigorous store in Milan of tailor-made clothing in which materials and colours define its modern style. Purple velvet for staircase and green patina painting on the walls surround a prism with luminous edges that invade both store floors.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2012
Site: Milan

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An industrial loft with a pop taste

by Alice | Sep 7, 2012

An industrial loft with a pop taste

In the context of industrial archeology known at a regional level, this small-sized loft rediscovers its pop soul. Colourful and young furniture give freshness in an apartment spread on two levels.

Project: Modulor
Year: 2012
Site: Alzano Lombardo

One of the most famous example of industrial archeology in the whole region, the former cement factory of Alzano Lombardo still offers suggestive landscapes and a unique context in its own style. Following the recent renovation, the Moorish-style building from the end of the 19th century houses offices, shops and lofts. The latter maintain the architectural structure of the industrial building with large windows capable of providing natural lighting to the entire internal apartment. Compared to the internal subdivision, several lofts with variable dimensions dovetail each other to take advantage of the large external view and spread on two levels.

This small industrial loft also responds to the same architectural configuration with the main floor with the living area and a mezzanine level holding the sleeping area. Characterized by bright colors and youthful furniture, these interiors rediscover their pop soul, making the most of the small size of the space. A combination of industrial style on an architectural level and a pop imprint of the interiors that materializes in the Omelette table and TV cabinet in Mdf lacquer in orange and the bedroom’s wardrobe lacquered in green. The neutral-colored gray kitchen accompanies the other white-toned furnishings of the living area, to give the room greater brightness and breath.

An industrial loft with a pop taste

In the context of industrial archeology known at a regional level, this small-sized loft rediscovers its pop soul. Colourful and young furniture give freshness in an apartment spread on two levels.

Project: Modulor
Year: 2012
Site: Alzano Lombardo

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A crystal heart for the Hanoi Penthouse

by Alice | Mar 7, 2012

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A crystal heart for the Hanoi Penthouse

Italian customed furnishings blend with Vietnamese taste and tradition in this luxury Penthouse in Hanoi. A luminous crystal heart fits between the three panoramic levels of a prestigious skyscraper on West Lake.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2012
Site: Hanoi

A crystal heart with polished steel profiles fits into the rooms on three levels of this Vietnamese Penthouse. A luminous heart capable of trapping light and external nature to bring it inside this luxurious home. This is the fulcrum of the CLS Architects project, around which the various rooms of the house are placed. A combination of customed furnishings scrupulously made by our wood craftsmen and traditional Vietnamese construction techniques. An eclectic environment in which the western and eastern worlds find their harmony between highly distinctive design pieces and essential furnishings.

So here is an outdoor table in a terrace with bamboo cane in black lacquered wood that shows in its center a glossy red lacquered star. The same material is also used in the full-height library with rigorous geometric lines. The leather upholstery of the doors in the bedroom with treated brass inserts has a warmer impact. A constant experimentation on the finishes and related treatments that required attention and preciousness in detailing each piece of furniture.

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A crystal heart for the Hanoi Penthouse

Italian customed furnishings blend with Vietnamese taste and tradition in this luxury Penthouse in Hanoi. A luminous crystal heart fits between the three panoramic levels of a prestigious skyscraper on West Lake.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2012
Site: Hanoi

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Modular units with a panoramic view

by Alice | Aug 7, 2011

Modular units with a panoramic view

The offices of the Karla Otto Public Relations Agency are placed between large windows with panoramic views over the city of New York, spread over two floors. An open space environment made optimal by the arrangement of modular workstations in a material continuity with the architectural structure.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2011
Site: New York

A panoramic view of New York opens from the large windows of these offices located on two floors of a glass and concrete skyscraper. An industrial context with internal finishes in raw concrete and exposed systems, in which the large glass walls perform a double function. On one hand, they lighten the room, dematerializing the separation between inside and outside, on the other hand they provide natural lighting. It is with these premises that the design of the Karla Otto offices takes place according to the project of the architectural studio CLS Architects.

Taking advantage of the large visual opening, the design layout is structured around the arrangement of modular units. Workstations composed of four tables with bookcases and drawers. These are specularly arranged among themselves, according to a cross conformation. The choice of materials is in continuity with the plays of transparencies and luminous reflections created by the large windows. At the same way, the surfaces of shelves and drawers are in polished steel while the dividing elements in darkened mirror glass.

A small self-managed kitchen is available to workers, with light tones that provides additional brightness. The essential lines and the choice of Corian express its contemporaneity. The contrast between the essentiality of the white kitchen with the raw concrete of the walls and floors represents the stylistic signature of this project.

Modular units with a panoramic view

The offices of the Karla Otto Public Relations Agency are placed between large windows with panoramic views over the city of New York, spread over two floors. An open space environment made optimal by the arrangement of modular workstations in a material continuity with the architectural structure.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2011
Site: New York

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Brightness for a classic villa

by Alice | May 7, 2011

Brightness for a classic villa

A classic style villa in which contemporary furnishings fits harmoniously giving further brightness. Bright profiles in warm tones are hidden in the furniture with essential lines.

Project: Modulor
Year: 2011
Site: Colognola

An elegant and refined house, whose architectural lines highlight a classic taste. From the rounded profiles of the false ceiling to the choice of dark wood furniture and traditional graphics, everything refers to the classic style. Working by inserting contemporary furnishings does not mean changing its taste, but rather underlining it by creating refined stylistic contrasts. From the entrance you immediately notice the dining table, a real style jewel. A plan with geometric motifs supported by important shaped legs in stone. A braided chandelier with a retro taste accompanies it.

Then the view opens to the living room, where the back wall certainly occupies a privileged role. With its shaped stone fireplace, it recalls the traditional houses where the hearth occupied a central position. Two niches with custom shelves are placed side by side and symmetrically arranged. Its medium gray background color recalls the shades of the furnishings. Even the TV cabinet that supports them on the adjacent wall is in the same shade, but with a glossy finish. This, reflecting the light from the opposite window, increases the general brightness of the room. Between bright shelves with recessed warm lighting and antique furniture a corner of light is recognizable. It is a full-height bookcase with a central niche and depth equipped with shelves. The essential and contemporary lines delicately conform to the environment, making the desk in dark waxed wood with classic rounded lines prevailing.

Brightness for a classic villa

A classic style villa in which contemporary furnishings fits harmoniously giving further brightness. Bright profiles in warm tones are hidden in the furniture with essential lines.

Project: Modulor
Year: 2011
Site: Colognola

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