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House Paap / Architecten De Bruyn

September 13, 2022 Valeria Silva 0

House Paap, located on the edge of the beautiful Kluisbos in Huizingen (Belgium), concerns the necessary total renovation and extension of a detached single-family house with an outspoken sixties atmosphere.

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Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto design “insect hotel” Alusta Pavilion in Helsinki

September 13, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Alusta Pavilion

Rugged clay forms the walls of this pavilion in Finland by architects Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto, which aims to provide an urban habitat for pollinators and was featured as part of Helsinki Design Week. Called Alusta Pavilion, the project was installed in the courtyard between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Helsinki Design Museum in

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Revamp of Venturi Scott Brown’s National Gallery extension would be “an act of vandalism”

September 13, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Revamp of Venturi Scott Brown's National Gallery

Architects, critics and academics are concerned about Selldorf Architects’ plans to remodel Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s postmodern Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London. Plans to overhaul Venturi, Scott Brown’s extension to the National Gallery in central London have been described by detractors as “damagingly destructive”, “an act of vandalism” and a “tepid shower of

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Modular Sofas for Flexible Spaces: Playing with Geometry

September 13, 2022 Eduardo Souza 0

Next to a wall or in the corner of a room, most sofas seem relegated to lean against the only available wall in a space, preferably with a TV in front. As they are usually very large pieces of furniture, they can be complicated pieces to integrate into a room. In consequence, a sofa might end up “stiffening” a space, restricting movement and compromising flexibility – an increasingly important aspect for interiors – in a room. This is why the sofa can be considered an anchor piece in interior design; an element whose placement will probably not change throughout time, and that will certainly have an impact on the other elements within a space.

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House TO / Ludwig Godefroy Architecture

September 13, 2022 Agustina Coulleri 0

Casa TO is located in La Punta Zicatela, a place on the Pacific coast of golden sunsets, where the sea, the sand, and the cliffs form a unique panorama. A discreet oasis of unusual architecture to immerse yourself in a state of absolute reflection.