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part of WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS Issue No. 9 // September 2011
DRAKE'S BY PENTAGRAM DESIGN
Drake's Gentlemen's Outfitters opens store in London combining traditional philosophy with contemporary panache.

The interiors brief was to replicate the quality and craftsmanship of Drake's products in store. Russell and his team clad the walls in European walnut panelling with a herringbone parquet pattern and brass detailing.

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CANDIDO 1859 BY LOLA
Candido 1859 is one of the first fashion label stores to open in Southern Italy. The Men's department consists of a main commercial area, three separated mono label spaces, and a 'private' sales room and a storage area. This floor was a later addition to the original 18th century building that was formerly a private residence whose structure is characterized by thick walls and high vaulted ceilings.

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ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE BY ATELIER H-2-A
The orthodontic practice of Dr.Tina Bayr and Dr. Dominik Spaeth is located in the second oldest building in Ueberlingen, in Germany, built in 1601.

Atelier H-2-A faced a few design challenges during the renovation, as the exterior façade, wooden beams and interior columns were held under a preservation law.

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MCGREGOR BY CONIX ARCHITECTS
The 'Wolweverskapel' in Ghent, a protected monument underwent a thorough conversion in 2002 to preserve the building. A palette of ochre and cream now reinforces the patina of the high slender columns and chapel walls. When entering the building, one's attention is immediately drawn upwards to the original wooden truss, which still displays all the grandeur of honest craftsmanship. Respect for the chapel as a monument was the point of departure for the whole project.

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ATRIUM BY STUDIO RHE
For the last twenty years, ‘Atrium’ has been located in the base of the Centrepoint tower, London. Recently ‘Atrium’ has made a professional move away from modern furniture supply to selling the finest lighting products – a move that needed both explanation and celebration.

The brief required an interactive open space with a central reception area that could very easily be converted into a darkened showroom.

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HEIMTEXTIL BY CAMPAIGN
Campaign was commissioned by leading trend forecasting agency The Future Laboratory to create an installation at Heimtextil, the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles.

The brief for the installation was Reconnect, The Future Laboratory’s survey of the emerging trends, attitudes and inspirations that will influence the designer and consumer in 2011-12.

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TSVETNOY CENTRAL MARKET BY LDS
Adjacent to the Old Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ 3,930m² scheme for this the new department store features a striking, reflective stainless steel interior which captures the colour, buzz and activity in the store’s food market space and creates a sense of drama which shimmers right down to the lower retail levels.

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WELCOME TO INSIDE!
As the British design community looks forward to this week’s London Design Festival, our features writer Stacey Sheppard has headed North to bring you the latest from Helsinki Design Week. Keep an eye out for our round up of the best of all the shows in next month’s special issue of INSIDE.

I was thrilled to meet Niki Diamond from Ziba, winner of the WAN Interiors + Design Furniture Awards. Since we published their entry Ziba have been inundated with enquiries from all over the world requesting information on JumpSeat.

We also have interviews with Harry Handelsman, CEO of the Manhattan Loft Corporation and Hugh Merrell, Founder of independent publishers Merrell.

If you have a fabulous retail project now’s the time to enter the WAN Retail Interiors Awards before we close at the end of September. We have already received over 60 entries from architects and interior designers as far afield as Melbourne, Mexico City and Minato!

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Send your projects to rachel.cruz@wantoday.com
PROFILE:
HARRY HANDELSMAN
The Regeneration Game

When the economic crash hit, property developers found the very foundations of their industry shook to the core. Many decided that the financial rewards no longer outweighed the risks and bowed out of the game before too much damage was done. A brave few however, had a game plan that enabled them to withstand the shock and come out victorious. Harry Handelsman tells Stacey Sheppard how his approach to property development is about more than just winning the game.

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SNAPSHOT:
HUGH MERRELL
From photography, cats and cars to home interiors and architecture, the eclectic mix of topics covered by Merrell Publishers have brought the company varying degrees of success. Hugh Merrell shares his experiences of the publishing industry with WAN Interiors + Design and explains how to identify a winner.

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COMMENT: ZIBA
We catch up with Niki Diamond, marketing coordinator for Ziba designs at Soho House, London, to find out how they have responded to winning the WAN Interiors + Design 2011 Furniture Awards and the quite extraordinary response to our feature announcing that JumpSeat had won the Awards.

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