Our latest lookbook rounds up 10 living spaces that take tiling from practical to decorative, applying it to everything from bars and fireplaces to entire statement walls. Tiles in the modern home are often consigned to the bathroom or kitchen, where their durable finish can protect walls from water damage. But a growing cohort of designers
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“Cabin Åkvåg” is a summer cabin located close to Lyngør, on the southeast coast of Norway. The cabin is scenically situated on top of a crag overlooking rocky outcrops and islets on Skagerrak, shielded by a lush forest and surrounded by a rugged landscape. The design aims to maintain the existing terrain and the qualities of the plot. To preserve nature, the shape of the building is kept simple and modest, built with lasting materials and detailing. While the building itself is placed on the hilltop, the outdoor deck follows the topography along different levels.
The clean and contemporary architecture of this downtown Austin, Texas, house suited its young homeowners. They called on the interior designers at Etch Design Group to help them furnish it. As often happens, the scope of the project grew a bit, inclu…
A former horse stable, located in the middle of a Punavuori courtyard in central Helsinki, undergoes a big change as the first human residents of the century-old building are moving into 18 new apartments in the spring of 2022.
Frieze co-founder Matthew Slotover, developer Gabriel Chipperfield and artist Tom Gidley have teamed up with Fleet Architects to turn a partially collapsed building in Kent, England, into a 14-room hotel. Located on the Margate seafront, Fort Road Hotel features vintage furniture, nature-informed materials and artworks by the likes of Tracey Emin, Hannah Lees and sculptor Lindsey
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the imposing structures reveal organic facades carved with intricate patterns and sweeping openings.
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This small two-story, wood-frame house is tucked into a downtown residential neighborhood. The clients, a couple with minimalist taste and few superfluous possessions, wanted a private home on the compact lot that prioritized a spacious atmosphere over physically large rooms.
Flowers / Leaves / Fruits. Flowers, leaves, and fruits are the forms that are created when plants are nurtured by the blessings of the earth and sunlight. Little Witch Lab is a gallery that exhibits the work of Mutsumi Fujimoto, an accessory artist who uses a unique technique to contain that momentary beauty and sublimate it into a permanent beauty that does not change over time, like a jewel worn by a human being. It will be the atelier of Mutsumi Fujimoto and a gallery to exhibit her works. She chose Tokaichi in Naka-ku, Hiroshima City. The building is located where the old Ota River, which flows through the city and leads to Hiroshima Bay, meets the long-established Kusayo Inou Shrine. The location is both dignified and quiet, and the time passes slowly, making it a wonderful place in the city.
The project is located in Venda do Duque, Alentejo, next to a deactivated train station. The site is remote and surrounded by cork oak and olive trees, typical of Alentejo’s landscape. The space was previously a small house and a bakery. The two buildings were connected and edited with careful demolitions and strategic additions, with most of the walls retained, as well as the ceilings, vaulted or sloped in timber.
led by parma arquitectura, the project harnesses the benefits of rammed earth, namely heat-regulation and low-water-demands.
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