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Ninkipen! leaves walls unfinished inside Kyoto design gallery and atelier
Smears of paint and plaster are left exposed on the walls of this design studio and gallery in Japan, which also features a breeze-block wall and an indoor garden (+ slideshow). Architect Yasuo Imazu,...
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BEL Architecten leaves rough surfaces on show in warehouse converted into a...
Peeling plaster and exposed brickwork reveal the interventions made by BEL Architecten to convert this former Antwerp warehouse into a cultural centre (+ slideshow). Antwerp's governors asked local...
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London homes by Design Haus Liberty combine exposed plaster with...
Dara Huang of London studio Design Haus Liberty said she "used the palette that was already there" to ensure the newly created apartments of this converted building in the city's Marylebone district...
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Vitrô Arquitetura exposes structural concrete pillars within 1960s São Paulo...
Brazilian firm Vitrô Arquitetura has renovated a 1960s apartment in São Paulo, revealing structural concrete pillars and brickwork walls (+ slideshow). Aiming to create better circulation in the home,...
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Jo Nagasaka knocks through the walls of a Tokyo house to reveal its aged...
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka stripped away the walls of this inherited house in Tokyo, revealing an arrangement of timber columns that give the residence an unfinished appearance (+ slideshow)....
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Chin Chin Laboratorists by Shai Akram and Andrew Haythornthwaite
Ice cream is frozen with liquid nitrogen in front of customers at this ice cream parlour designed by designers Shai Akram and Andrew Haythornthwaite in Camden, north London. Called Chin Chin...
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Hostem shop by JamesPlumb
London designers JamesPlumb have installed an antique church pew to create an aged interior for outfitter Hostem's new shop in Shoreditch, London. The floorboards are restored but unfinished, while...
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Brandbase Pallets by Most Architecture
Dutch firm Most Architecture have created this temporary office from wooden pallets for an Amsterdam advertising company. The project for advertising agency BrandBase sits in a narrow Dutch canal...
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House Morran by Johannes Norlander Arkitektur
Swedish architects Johannes Norlander Arkitektur have renovated this 1950s island cottage near Gothenburg. House Morran has been re-clad in tar-coated plywood and the roof, eaves and gutters are also...
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Natura Morta by Studio Toogood at Erastudio Apartment Gallery
Milan 2011: London interior designers and stylists Studio Toogood invited food and design collective Arabeschi di Latte to serve black food to guests at midnight dinners in a darkened apartment in...
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Slowpoke Cafe by Sasufi
This Melbourne cafe by French designer Sasufi features a 12 metre-long wall covered in timber offcuts. Tabletops at the Slowpoke Cafe are made from recycling floorboards and other furniture was...
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Café Coutume by CUT Architectures
Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. French studio CUT Architectures tore down a suspended ceiling and stripped away wallpaper from...
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Setagaya Flat by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Unfinished plywood and cement smeared over concrete give a renovated Tokyo apartment the appearance of an elegant building site. Japanese architects Naruse Inokuma tore away wallpaper and applied...
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House in Kamimachi by Camp Design Inc.
Following our earlier story about an apartment with the appearance of an elegant building site, here's another renovated flat in Japan that appears to be unfinished. Named House in Kamimachi, the...
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Dezeen archive: is it ready yet?
In the last few weeks we've published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven't left yet. Here's a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature...
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Hair Very by Maker
Japanese architects Maker have completed a hair salon featuring gauze partitions and booths in untreated wood. Reception, hair-washing, hair-cutting and waiting areas are pocketed in rounded,...
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Apartment in San Sebastian by Pauzarq
Rough concrete columns and beams frame the living room ceiling of an apartment in San Sebastian. The beachside apartment was renovated by local architects Pauzarq, who removed partitions that...
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Urban Hut by Takehiko Nez Architects
The stairwell ascending through the centre of this Tokyo house is illuminated from a skylight and glows through translucent glass partitions. Designed by Japanese firm Takehiko Nez Architects, the...
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The Difference of Ebitsuka by 403architecture
Japanese architects 403architecture have turned the floor of this refurbished apartment in Hamamatsu into a huge chest of drawers. It was only during the renovation that the architects discovered the...
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The Floor of Atsumi by 403architecture
Japanese studio 403architecture laid the patchwork floor of this bedroom using timber stripped from the ceiling. The offcuts vary in colour and size, and are arranged at random to create a subtly...
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The Grid of Santen by 403architecture
A neat row of wooden louvers conceals a small sleeping chamber inside the attic staffroom of a hair salon in Hamamatsu, Japan. Japanese firm 403architecture started the renovation by stripping the...
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Saii+Kama by M4
Slideshow: diagonally skewed lighting disrupts the perpendicular arrangement of this creative workspace in Seoul by Korean architecture and design studio M4. Named Saii+Kama, the room provides an...
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EEL Nakameguro by Schemata Architecture Office
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka has stripped an office in south-west Tokyo back to the concrete to create a fashion boutique that looks more like an abandoned warehouse for Japanese brand EEL (+...
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8Kumo by TANK
Unfinished concrete is combined with exposed plywood in this Tokyo apartment renovated by Japanese architecture firm TANK (+ slideshow) TANK wanted to create a more spacious and flexible layout in the...
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Concrete apartment by Airhouse Design Office features display space for...
Raw concrete surfaces dominate inside this stark apartment in Nagoya, Japan, that Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office has renovated for a fashion lover (+ slideshow). Keiichi Kiriyama of Airhouse...
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Karin Matz leaves unfinished plaster walls in renovated Stockholm apartment
Crumbling brick and peeling plaster walls have been left exposed during the renovation of this compact Stockholm apartment by Karen Matz (+ slideshow). Swedish architect Karin Matz renovated the...
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Yuichi Yoshida reorganises Tokyo apartment to create temporary accommodation
Dabs of plaster pattern the raw concrete surfaces in this Tokyo bedsit partially renovated by local architects Yuichi Yoshida & Associates as a short-term living space (+ slideshow). Yuichi Yoshida...
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Andrew Maynard adds greenhouse-like extension to a Melbourne home – but...
This metal-framed extension to a clapboard house near Melbourne was left intentionally incomplete by architect Andrew Maynard to show off the "beautiful skeleton" of an unfinished building (+...
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NAAD lines a century-old Japanese house with exposed plywood
Architecture studio NAAD has gutted a 100-year-old house in Kyoto and re-skinned the interior in plywood to create a temporary dwelling that is designed to look incomplete (+ slideshow). Sheets of pale...
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G Studio Architects creates unfinished aesthetic in Tokyo loft apartment
Japanese office G Studio added swathes of white paint to the walls of this loft apartment in Tokyo, making it look like the space is unfinished (+ slideshow). G studio worked with architects Teruya...
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Golden resin highlights cracks in the floor of TANK's Xchange Apartment
Dribbles of gold fill the cracks in the floor of this Kyoto apartment, designed by architecture studio TANK to replicate the traditional Japanese pottery technique of kintsugi. TANK principal Naritake...
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Design in Process exhibition showcases unfinished works by Mexican designers
An exhibition at the Archivo gallery in Mexico City is exploring "the most important" part of the design process – the development stage (+ slideshow). The Design in Process exhibition showcases...
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Unfinished homes touted as potential solution to the global housing crisis
Homes without internal walls, kitchens or bathrooms are being billed as a solution to housing crises around the world, after NL Architects won the Mies van der Rohe Award for its refurbishment of the...
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10 stripped-back home interiors that are deliberately unfinished
Peeling plaster, raw concrete and dangling wires give character to these home interiors, which look as though they've been abandoned halfway through decorating and have been popular on our Pinterest...
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Vitsœ completes "intentionally unfinished" cross-laminated-timber headquarters
British furniture brand Vitsœ has opened a new headquarters and production facility in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa, featuring a saw-toothed roof and modular construction that means it can...
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Woods Bagot's self-designed New York studio features black fixtures and...
Architecture firm Woods Bagot has used "New York City grit" as an aesthetic reference for the interiors of its Downtown Manhattan offices. Plenty of exposed concrete can be across the workspace,...
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Yusuke Seki creates stripped-back coffee shop with raw concrete walls in Kobe
Located in a former barber shop, the stripped back Voice of Coffee in Kobe, Japan, features exposed wooden beams and unfinished breeze block walls. Designed by Tokyo-based firm Yusuke Seki, Voice of...
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Japanese restaurant in Quebec City combines minimal details and unfinished...
Wood-framed structures create a range of different spaces in Hono Izakaya, a restaurant in Quebec City that was recently refurbished by local designer Charlène Bourgeois. The minimalist eatery is...
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Archiplan celebrates painted frescos in subtle revamp of 15th-century Italian...
Faded frescos offer a backdrop to contemporary furnishings in Brolettouno Apartment, a holiday home in northern Italy that has been refurbished by local studio Archiplan. The property is located in...
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Pink marble and patchy concrete emulate ancient Rome in Melbourne’s Pentolina...
Australian studio Biasol paired worn concrete walls with pink marble and rich red accents for the interiors of this Italian restaurant in Melbourne, which takes visual cues from Ancient Rome. Pentolina...
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Jean Nouvel renovates 17th-century palazzo for Rooms of Rome guest suites
French architect Jean Nouvel has carried out a subtle update of an old palazzo in Rome to form a series of guest rooms with dilapidated surfaces. The Rooms of Rome comprises of 24 guest suites set...
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TOB Architect builds "deliberately unharmonious" Killan Farmhouse
The palette of exposed, untreated materials used to construct this house in Killan, Ireland, results in a building with an intentionally unfinished appearance. Killan Farmhouse is located on a hill on...
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Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished
The final instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series features a proposal by Bartlett graduate Lianjie Wu for affordable homes that are left unfinished, for residents to complete themselves....
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Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji keep things minimal in studio for graphic...
Japanese architects Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji made only subtle changes to this unfinished office unit in Nara, to turn it into a design studio. The two architects, who lead the studios Shimpei Oda...
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Styles and eras mingle inside "unfinished" diplomat's home in Rome by 02A
Antique and mid-century furnishings are combined with sleek contemporary cabinetry in this intentionally unfinished apartment in Rome, designed by local architecture and interiors studio 02A. The...
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Ten homes with deliberately unfinished interiors
A holiday home in northern Italy that was decorated on a budget and a Hackney apartment with exposed concrete walls are among the residences in this lookbook, which showcases interiors that have been...
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Eight home interiors that make a feature of exposed services
Our latest lookbook showcases eight home interiors that make a visual statement by revealing their services, including wires, cables, ducts and plumbing. Stripping back interiors can expose services...
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Boyy flagship in Milan reveals layers of the store's history
Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, also known as FOS, has revamped the flagship store of accessories brand Boyy in Milan, keeping time-worn surfaces left over from the site's former fit-outs. This marks the...
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Plantea Estudio designs intentionally unfinished Veja store "to look like we...
Raw finishes and brutalist interventions feature in footwear brand Veja's first dedicated shop in Madrid, complete with an in-house shoe repair workshop and interiors designed by local firm Plantea...
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Commoncraft draws on "beauty in imperfection" for New York cafe
Distressed concrete, rowlock bricks and worn plasterwork create an intentionally unfinished appearance at this cafe in New York City's East Village neighbourhood, designed by Brooklyn studio...
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