By Kristie Garrell
Creativity shines in these eye-catching walls that showcase color, texture, and attitude.
1. Studio O+A livens up software company Blend
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Bright graphics include a border collie at the center.
2. BHDM Design takes cues from the colorful surroundings of Shoreline Hotel Waikiki📷
DJ Neff painted the poolside mural.
3. Shades of blue reflect the lakefront view of this Zurich office building by Diener & Diener Architekten📷
Heimo Zobernig murals surround the library, where tables and rugs are by Guyton\Walker.
4. BnA Co. designs a Tokyo hotel with fantastical guest rooms📷
Keigo Julian Fukugaki commissioned an acrylic mural from painter Yohei Takahashi for a guest room.
5. Auberge de l’Ill by Jouin Manku is a flash of fairy-tale fantasy📷
The shimmering wall combines oxidized copper, more than a dozen fabrics, embroidered butterflies, and paper songbirds.
6. Ippolito Fleitz Group starts conversations with collages at White Monkey Pizza Lab & Bar📷
Slightly surreal murals combine images of Renaissance art with dolce vita photography.
7. The Stockholm Metro gets a rainbow makeover from SL:S Arkitektkontor, Enno Hallek and Åke Pallarp📷
Newer stations like Stadion welcome straphangers with a riot of color and pattern.
8. Renaissance Atlanta Airport Gateway Hotel by Rottet Studio brings a touch of luxury to layovers📷
Neri & Hu tables flank custom polyester-upholstered sofas in front of the pre-function area’s acrylic mural by Coleman.
9. Wolf Ackerman Design and Hanover Avenue turn a 1913 club into Common House Charlottesville📷
The coworking space features Mario Bellini chairs and mural in spray paint and acrylic by Nils Westergard.
10. Kaan Architecten designs their own office in Rotterdam📷
The muted tones of Louis van Roode's 1955 mural established the office’s materials palette of walnut and white-painted concrete.
11. London restaurant The Glade appears like a picnic in Wonderland📷
An existing decoupage mural by artists Carolyn Quartermaine and Didier Mahieu remains after renovation.
12. InterContinental LA Downtown by AC Martin Partners references California dreaming📷
The porte cochere mural evokes sights from the LAX sign to palm trees.
13. Studio GUM creates luxury hotel in a storied Sicilian town📷
The lounge’s vinyl mural by Rossana Taormina features a tourist studying a guide book.
14. Vans SoCal HQ by Rapt Studio reflects the brand's skate-centric, groovy aesthetic📷
Rapt Studio relocated a mural by Zio Ziegler from the former headquarters of Vans to its new one in Costa Mesa, California.
15. Martin Brudnizki Design Studio gilds Dallas Hotel with French motifs📷
Commissioned from Matthew Chambers, a mural of painted canvas strips covered with felt dust dominates a seating niche.
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