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Ivy Studio creates “soothing” exotic animal clinic in brutalist Quebec bank

Canada's Ivy Studio has transformed a 1970s bank into a veterinary clinic for exotic animals in Laval, Quebec, featuring minimalist interiors and soft lighting. The Fauna clinic occupies a standalone structure completed in a brutalist style near the waterfront, just over the Prairies River northwest of Montreal. Consultation rooms at Fauna are offset from one another and fronted by sweeping walls Ivy Studio leaned into the building's existing style to inform the interiors, creating a calm, minimalist environment for the patients and their handlers. "By celebrating its historical shell, Fauna establishes a unique dialogue between imposing institutional architecture and the compassionate, soothing nature of veterinary care," the studio said. The staggered motif is also applied to the walnut reception counter The building spans 380 square metres over two levels, with the public areas and treatment facilities housed across the ground floor. Boasting 16-foot (4.9-metre) ceilings, the reception and waiting areas maximise natural light from the building's existing windows. The building's tall, coffered ceilings allow for dramatic architectural features The original concrete coffered ceiling is left exposed and painted a deep brown, contrasting concrete flooring and the warm grey of the textured plaster walls. Facing the waiting area, the four consultation rooms are arranged in an offset row through the centre of the plan. Fluted glass doors slide open to the consultation rooms Each is faced with a curved wall that sweeps up to the tall ceiling, mimicking the building's exterior, and is also denoted by vertical partitions with stepped end-profile
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Surrane Design uses “stages of the rice plant” to tone Thai restaurant in New York

New York studio Surrane Design has outfitted Thai restaurant Hommali in New York with a terracotta floor, a central "courtyard" space and personal items of the founders to create a space that resembles a traditional Thai house. Hommali is located at the edges of New York's West Village neighbourhood and was founded by Bangkok natives chef Chattchakorn "Benz" Khajornchaisan,  general manager Kritayanee "Air" Promsarin and operations lead Pichalak "Picha" Srigungvarl after they moved to New York City and met in the hospitality scene. Surrane Design has completed a Thai restaurant in the West Village The restaurant contains an eight-seat bar, a 20-seat dining den, a semi-private mezzanine and auxiliary spaces such as a wine room and dry-age room where ducks and other ferments are on display. Surrane Design layered the space with a rich assortment of textures and patterns, such as dark wood millwork, a marbled bar top and artwork sourced from Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market. It brings together a rich assortment of textures and colours informed by Thailand According to the team, its palette of browns and greens was informed by the life cycle of a rice plant. "The color palette is inspired by the stages of the rice plant: fresh green for young leaves, golden yellow for mature stalks, earthy brown for paddy soil, soft beige for rice husks, and warm cream white for polished rice," said the team. Personal items from the ownership team line a partition It was designed to resemble a traditional Thai house, where
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