Converted Warehouse Office in LA by Domaen

Domaen created the interior for Pasadena-based creative agency Conscious Minds, whose clients include Nike, Levis and Red Bull.

The curved, folded, and faceted object forms the centrepiece of the 6,000-square-foot (550 square metres) former warehouse, providing seating and meeting areas, and also incorporating video screens and lighting.

more at dezeen.

Mindfulness Pods by Oyler Wu Collaborative

How do you design a public space for a private activity? That was the problem posed to the architects at Oyler Wu Collaborative recently byHeadspace, a five-year-old startup dedicated to creating a platform for mindfulness principles.

More at Fast Co. Design

Kaos Temple by Church Brigade

"...a young collective known as the Church Brigade has adopted the dilapidated house of worship and transformed it into a public indoor skateboarding park. The old St. Barbara’s has been reborn as the Kaos Temple."

more here.

Sound Installation in Estonia by Birgit Õigus

At Pähni Nature Centre in Estonia... "art academy students have developed and set up huge wooden megaphones to make the never-ceasing but scarcely noticeable calls and movements of forest inhabitants completely audible. The student Birgit Õigus designed the funnel-shaped megaphones for a project in the "Outdoor" auditorium at the academy. Hannes Praks, Head of the Interior Architecture Departments, explains, 'Being three metres in diameter at their widest point, the megaphones create a bandstand for the sounds that the forest produces.' Visitors can settle down comfortably inside the megaphones to enjoy the surreal backdrop of sounds."

more at DETAIL blog.

De Burgemeester office by Studioninedots

"The staircase acts as the focal point of this large atrium and was made by cladding a steel structure in plywood sheets to create a series of bridges and access points to the various floors. Broad treads encourage spontaneous interaction between employees of the different firms that occupy the shared offices."

from dezeen and more at a+t

Gurunavi cafe and info centre by Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma designed the interiors of two spaces for Gurunavi: one that's used as a physical base and information centre for the Japanese restaurant guide and another that serves as a cafe. He layered wooden boards to create striations inside this workspace and cafe for an online restaurant guide based in Osaka Japan.

from dezeen.