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The Power of Negative Space in Interior Design (17 photos)

December 30, 2017 Janet Dunn 0
The hole in a doughnut, the interval between lightning and thunder, an eloquent pause in a conversation — an absence can make a profound impression. The concept of negative space pervades all aspects of design, whether in art, architecture or interior decorating. Give it a try in your own home….

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Can a Beautifully Styled Vanity Transform Your Bedroom? (9 photos)

December 30, 2017 Kate Burt 0
The bedroom vanity is a classic piece of bedroom furniture and, after the bed, can be both practical and a real focal point of the room. Whether you use the top of a chest of drawers, a vintage desk or a designed-for-the-purpose piece, a vanity will look loveliest if it’s given a little styling help….

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How MASS Design Group’s Approach to Data Could Save the Architectural Profession

December 30, 2017 Rory Stott 0

On Thursday, December 22nd, an email arrived in the inboxes of ArchDaily’s editors that made us sit up, shake off our holiday-induced lethargy, and take notice. MASS Design Group’s Year in Review email might initially have blended in with the many other holiday wishes and 2016 recaps we receive at that time of year—it recapped such highlights as Michael Murphy’s TED Talk in February or the launch of the first African Design Center—but it had one thing that we hadn’t seen from other firm’s years-in-review: detailed statistics about the firm’s achievements that year.

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Tolsá 61 / MOCAA ARQUITECTOS

December 30, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

Tolsá 61 is a reinterpretation of “Vecindad” (neighbourship) an urban life in downtown area, located in the Ciudadela neighbourhood, which is in the southwest corner of the historic center of Mexico City.

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Foster + Partners converts landmark Hong Kong office tower into high-end hotel

December 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Foster + Partners is transforming a former government headquarters tower in Hong Kong into a luxury hotel, retaining the building’s original modernist facade and providing panoramic views of the surrounding skyline. The hotel is due to open early next year inside The Murray Building – a 27-storey tower on Hong Kong’s Cotton Tree Drive that

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Madoc Architecture builds house with curved recess to “bookend” a London terrace

December 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Pascal Madoc Jones has added a new house to a Victorian terrace in north London, featuring a curved recess intended to give the street a more distinctive end. Madoc Architecture designed the King’s Crescent property for a speculative developer, on a site on  Stoke Newington that was previously occupied by a pair of disused garages. Several

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