Month: December 2019

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Haeckels’ Victorian bathing machine warms up winter seaside dippers

December 23, 2019 Natashah Hitti 0

Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to “reacquaint the community” with the health-giving properties of their local waters. Located in the town of Margate on Britain’s southeast coast, the bathing machine is constructed from traditional sauna wood planks, with oak wheels attached to

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The Top 10 Bedrooms of 2019 (10 photos)

December 23, 2019 Bryan Anthony 0

This Trending Now story features the most-saved bedroom photos uploaded to Houzz since Jan. 1, 2019.While the top bedroom photos of the year cover a wide range of styles, including coastal, rustic and traditional, they include many of the same feature…

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Billund carpark covered with roads from Lego play sets

December 23, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Lego car park in Billund by CEBRA 

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has designed the facades of a car park for Lego in Billund, Denmark, which features a road layout based on the toy company’s City road plates. The facades, created by CEBRA, cover a five-storey car park designed by architecture studio Ravn Arkitektur, which will be used by people working in the Lego offices and visiting the

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Trippenhuis Complex / Office Winhov

December 23, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is the proud tenant of the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. The Trippenhuis is part of a complex of several buildings along the Kloveniersburgwal in the historic center of Amsterdam and is owned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency. The Trippenhuis was built between 1660 and 1662 for the brothers Louis and Hendrick Trip, rich traders in arms and ammunition. The design is by Justus Vingboons. The Trippenhuis is one of the leading examples of Dutch classicism in Amsterdam and one of the few canal houses with both a monumental front and rear façade.

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80 Pretty and Practical Kitchen Pantries (80 photos)

December 23, 2019 Bryan Anthony 0

Whether it’s a walk-in pantry with an extra sink and a wine refrigerator or just a cleverly designed cabinet space, a well-organized pantry can be a cook’s best friend. Here’s a collection of pantries with loads of ideas. Look through them and then te…

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Lodge in a Glade / BLIPSZ

December 23, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The lavish property lays in a Transylvanian mountain village among households spread along valley roads and up on mild hills. The main built volume, a horizontally spread topography feature partially masked by a sloping green roof and a mineral gabion wall cladding. Two traditional barn-like outgrowths articulate the construction. The required interior area is quite impressive, especially compared to the modest, traditional local households nearby. Shapes and materials were chosen to blend the expansive building in the special scenery. The solar layout, building energetics concepts has been subordinated to thepanorama, opening towards North.

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Backlit gemstone floor illuminates London restaurant The Ivy Asia

December 23, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
The Ivy Asia, London

A vivid green floor covered in semi-precious stones is the focal point of this decadent Asian restaurant in central London, which has been created by The Ivy in collaboration with Adam Ellis Studio. Nestled in the shadow of London’s iconic St Paul’s Cathedral, The Ivy Asia has been designed to be a “beautiful, experiential and

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