WHAT IS AN ARCHITECT VS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER?

Architect v designer

If you are looking for a new residential or commercial building, you should be aware of the difference between architects and interior designers. In this blog, we discuss the differences between both and why you should hire both for the complete package. So what is the difference between architects and interior designers?

Architects use their expertise to build the exterior of both commercial and residential buildings, meeting strict rules and regulations.

WHY IS COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN IMPORTANT?

Commercial Interior Design

The interior design of your business can help existing and new clients feel more comfortable with the services and products you provide. It can also offer an enhanced working environment for your employees, potentially boosting morale. In this blog, we discuss the importance of commercial interior design and how you can start the process. So why is interior design important?

Commercial interior design is important for businesses because it creates a welcoming environment for clients, employees and customers.

THE DESIGN MUSEUM, LONDON

Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to London to see The Design Museum. 

The Design Museum is a museum in central London covering all fields of design, from architecture to graphic design, from fashion to industrial design.

With a gross floor area of over 100,000 square feet, it is one of the largest design museum in the world.

MANUFACTURING MOULD FOR THE JUICY SALIF MANUFACTURED BY ALESSI

Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to an exhibition in London.

This mould is used in the manufacture of the Juicy Salif citrus squeezer. The mould is costly to make, but the income from the many thousands of squeezers produced from it covers the initial investment. After continual use the surfaces of the mould begin to wear away and lose their sharp definition.

THE HEPWORTH GALLERY

The recently opened Hepworth contemporary art gallery in Wakefield (or formally the Hepworth Wakefield) is one of the largest art galleries outside London. Its permanent exhibitions highlight the work of modernist sculpture Barbara Hepworth. Her monumental sculptures are particularly appreciated by metal thieves.

Barbara Hepworth was born in Wakefield. She didn’t live there that long, moving down to London to study at the Royal College of Art when she was only 17, she stayed down south, living in Hampstead and then St Ives.

VALENTINO BY THE ARCHITECT DAVID CHIPPERFIELD.

Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to Rome he saw the work of David Chipperfield for the Brand Valentino.

David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Valentino Creative Directors designed new flagship to develop Valentino’s retail worldwide and new store marks a key moment in the evolution of the store concept on the world stage.

THE GEORGES RESTAURANT BY DOMINIQUE JAKOB AND BRENDAN MCFARLANE (PARIS)

When Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to Paris , he visited the Pompidou Center and its famous Café Georges restaurant. 

The Georges restaurant in Paris is in a unique location on the top floor of the Centre Georges Pompidou with its fabulous panoramic views over the city of lights and was designed and produced by Dominique Jakob and Brendan McFarlane.

CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to an exhibition about Carlo Scarpa, that shows his work.

Born in Venice in 1906, Scarpa studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts and has lived and worked in and around the city all his life. He is a Venetian to the core, cultivates the local dialect in his speech and reveals in his work that feeling for materials and textures which, as Adrian Stokes has so brilliantly observed (Venice, an aspect of art), is a marked characteristic of Venetian building.

THE COLOSSEUM – ROME

Andrew Wallace, from Andrew Wallace Architects, an architect and interior designer from Liverpool went to Rome this year and saw this historical monument , the Colosseum.

The Colosseum stands today as a symbol of the power, genius, and brutality of the Roman Empire. It is commonly known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, named after the dynasty of emperors that presided over its construction. Vespasian, who ruled from 69-79 CE, began construction of the Colosseum. Titus, his older son, dedicated the Colosseum and presided over the opening ceremonies in 80 CE. Vespasian’s younger son, Domitian, completed construction of the monument in 81 CE. The funding for building the Colosseum came from the spoils of the Judaic wars that the Flavians fought in Palestine.