Month: October 2022

Optimism might be a good word to define the recent Hábitat Valencia design fair, held Sept. 20 to 23, 2022, in Valencia, Spain. Houzz was there, scouting out the newest arrivals on the furniture and decor scene, which we’ve distilled into four design …

The house is built on the traces of a ruined building in a high-density refugee settlement in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is situated between two existing partition walls on a narrow land (​​189 m²). The Cypriot refugee camps were erected shortly after the summer of the Turkish invasion in 1974, to provide temporary accommodation for the Greek-Cypriot refugees who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. Today, these sites bear the signs of abandonment and decay and are more like urban crevices interrupting the continuity of the city. The restrictive building regulations that are applied in these sites, indicate a complex condition raising questions regarding their readjustment to the contemporary ways of residential living.

This Trending Now story features the most-saved outdoor lounge photos uploaded to Houzz between June 15 and Sept. 15, 2022.Adding an outdoor lounge is a great way to extend a home’s living space. And with the right features, it can rival any interior …