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Most-viewed: follow the white rabbit to see the most popular FRAME Awards projects this week

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Every week, we highlight the FRAME Awards submissions that have received the most attention from our readers and jury. Below are the five most-viewed projects between 21 and 26 June.

Above and Top: Studio Munge

Wax Rabbit Speakeasy

Studio Munge

Nestled within the newly opened Durango Casino and Resort just off the Las Vegas Strip, Wax Rabbit Speakeasy is a hospitality concept that blends myth, artistry, and innovation into an immersive guest experience (Bar). The foundation of Wax Rabbit’s design is rooted in an ancient Mexican myth: the legend of El Centzon Tōtōchtin, the 400 Divine Rabbits born from Mayahuel, the goddess of the agave plant, and Patecatl, god of Pulque. The storytelling is infused through each and every element of the bar, with ‘the right balance of personality…that unfolds as you move through the experience,’ says Jessica Dimcevski, jury member and creative director of Blurr Bureau.

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Photo: Scott Norsworthy

Ravine House

Orangeink Design

Commissioned as a ‘forever’ home for a local couple, a key priority for the designers of Ravine House was to design a space that was comfortable and intimate enough for the family yet flexible and inviting for entertaining guests (House). The vision was to transform a low-slung, inward looking, dark space into a warm, welcoming light filled modern home. Due to restrictive development measures, the team was to re-evaluate initial ideas of decks, patios and balconies. ‘Here’s what mind and heart can do when they combine,’ writes jury member Peter Meinders, lecturer at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, noting how the project is ‘a contemplative quantity of form and space.’

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 Photo: Angus Mackinnon

Florence Nightingale Exhibition

Barker Langham

Blending interactive exhibits, contemporary design and AI technology, this temporary exhibition reimagined Florence Nightingale’s legacy for modern audiences (Exhibition). Visitors explored her multifaceted story and contributed opinions that shaped a dynamic digital portrait. Set at Cromford Mills, near her childhood home, the experience highlighted how public perception continually reshapes historical icons. Central to this was an AI-driven ‘Living Portrait’ of Nightingale simulating a social media platform, evolving in real-time as visitors shared their thoughts. The experience was designed as a modular kit that could be easily dismantled, stored, transported and reinstalled, achieving high-quality, museum-grade fitout while allowing quick installation within a Grade II listed building.

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 Photo: Keita Yamamoto

Ezohub Tokyo

Kokuyo

EZOHUB is an incubation office with two locations: Sapporo, Hokkaido, located in the northernmost part of Japan, and Tennoz Isle, Tokyo (Co-working Space). EZOHUB will function as a hub for the sharing and fusion of the various regional issues facing Hokkaido. The richness and expansiveness of Hokkaido's landscape and the history of Hokkaido's pioneering activities are incorporated as elements of the spatial design. A retail area will serve as a place for incubation office tenants to conduct demonstration experiments in actual shops, while the café and bar will serve as a place for local residents to relax and a spot for communication among incubation office members, members and visitors.

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 Photo: Salva López

Aesop Store Las Salesas

Ciszak Dalmas & Matteo Ferrari

Located in Madrid’s historical Las Salesas district nearby Palacio Longoria, Aesop Las Salesas is a tribute to the architectural heritage of its immediate surroundings (Single-brand Store). Weathered stone columns tie outside to in, creating the sense of a serene courtyard while a glass-clad portico in the centre of the space shows off Alpi wood finishes and stone-like sinks in characteristic Aesop fashion. Stepping back and viewing the shop from the outside in, it becomes apparent that the colours used in the interior of the store match the exterior of the building – while still remaining true to the Aesop brand – and the tile pattern is referred to on the store sign, bringing a bit of inside to the exterior as well.

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