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Interior inspiration to kick-start your week Virgil Abloh built a dream house for his last Louis Vuitton show Monastic interiors at Toronto’s Osteria Giulia put focus on the food This Icelandic cabin is a sleek space to watch the Northern Lights

Max Lamb’s ‘raw’ London warehouse lists for £750k Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music opens in Budapest Minimalist Marfa compound lists for $3.5m Inside the London restaurant reducing waste with its seaweed and shellfish interiorsīiomimicry: explore buildings that are shaped like trees Oku brings Japanese design to Mexico Cityįerienhaus Hof Ahmen is a holiday rental for fans of Philip Johnson Worn and weathered interiors are served at this Ho Chi Minh City coffee shopĪ minimalist narrowboat is for sale on Regent’s Canal in London Forest megaphones, Estoniaġ0 buildings with extraordinary acousticsĭefunct Toronto silo is a giant camera obscureĬlassic live/work Shoreditch loft lists for £1.35mīureau Betak conjured the Eternal City for Fendi’s Haute Couturestage Each is designed to amplify a resonance distinct from the other, so the overall space echoes the Icelandic musical tradition of five-tone harmony. Five domes combine to form a network of vaults. Nestled on a mountainside overlooking a fjord, the Icelandic ‘Tvísöngur’ is a concrete sculpture for sound, open for anyone to visit. Tvísöngur, Icelandĭivisions of 12 – Lilja from 12 ensemble on Vimeo. If you’re a musician, imagine playing in these… 1. Here are 10 spaces to remind us of architecture’s acoustic abilities – from the unexpected quarry opera venue to the deliberate forest megaphone. We want to block out our neighbours, escape the city noise, or buffer any possibility of sonic surprise. What’s more, much of new architecture is focused on controlling sound, rather than celebrating it. Sad news, considering the most memorable of spaces are those that heighten more than just our optical sense. It is all too easy for architecture to be seen and not heard. Instragrammable visuals may be at our fingertips, but it is impossible to photograph an echo. Photography: courtesy of Visit Seyðisfjörður Tvísöngur sound sculpture in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.
