Articles by Ali Morris

Lera Brumina renovates Minsk apartment to unite light and dark spaces

August 20, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Kiev-based interior designer Lera Brumina has used contrasting textures and colours to unite the light and dark rooms of this 99-square-metre apartment in Minsk, Belarus. The apartment on the fifth floor of a contemporary building in a quiet green district features high ceilings and tall windows along one side. The one-sided distribution of windows means that

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From Works creates kitchen that references Peak District landscape

August 19, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Sheffield-based studio From Works has created a bespoke kitchen using materials and colours based on a moss-covered rock found in northern England’s Peak District.  Created for the extension of a family home in Sheffield, the 20-square-metre kitchen combines green-stained plywood and steamed beech joinery with grey fossil limestone worktops and splash back sourced from a

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Tropical Space creates playground for chickens and children in Vietnam

August 17, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has created an elaborate coop that features a network of boxes, platforms and stairs, which can be used by both chickens and children. The coop was commissioned by an elderly couple who wanted to move to the country side and keep chickens. They also wanted their grandchildren to come and visit often, and needed

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Zooco Estudio create cave-like wine shop in Spain

August 4, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Architectural elements based on wine bottles and barrels create a contemporary vaulted ceiling in this wine shop in Valladolid, northwest Spain by Zooco Estudio. Called Vinas & Viandas, the cave-like wine shop occupies a 35-square-metre space with a shopfront that opens onto a paved street in the city centre. Inside, wine racks line either side

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Standard Studio use skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft

August 1, 2018 Ali Morris 0

A courtyard sits at the centre of this converted canal house apartment in the centre of Amsterdam by local firm Standard Studio. Built in the early 17th century, the canal house is located within a former courtyard where it is overlooked by surrounding residential buildings. The only part of the house visible from the street

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Studio Morison designs Escape Vehicle #9 for when nature reclaims the planet

July 30, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Studio Morison’s yellow PVC pavilion provides visitors to a Dutch art festival with the chance to sleep in one of the darkest places in the Netherlands. Called Escape Vehicle #9, the lightweight demountable shelter is designed for an imagined future when nature reclaims the planet, leaving humans to “tread quickly and lightly on the land

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Waterfront Nikis Apartment features walls in shades of pink, blue and green

July 28, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Colour-blocked walls painted in flamingo pink, azure blue and pastel green define the different areas of this seaside apartment in Greece, by architect Stamatios Giannikis. Waterfront Nikis Apartment is located in a listed art-deco building from 1937, in the city of Thessaloniki. Giannikis uses the apartment as a base for his cultural organisation, Architecture In Residence, which

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All-white house by Studio Four blends indoor and outdoor spaces

July 26, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Melbourne-based architecture collective Studio Four placed a garden at the centre of this all-white family home located in the city’s suburb of Glen Iris. The clients – a professional couple with two young children – asked the architects to create a home that could meet the needs of their busy lives while also functioning as

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Ruetemple creates small spartan apartment in Moscow

July 24, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Space-saving oak furniture and white-washed walls feature in this minimalist studio apartment renovation by architecture studio Ruetemple in Moscow, Russia. The small 40 square-metre apartment is owned by a young IT designer who wanted a clutter-free open-plan interior without any unnecessary decoration or detailing. “He wanted to see all the functions of the apartment – kitchen, living

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Crushed tiles used to create terrazzo details in Laia and Biel’s House in Barcelona

July 22, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Terrazzo grout made from crushed tiles and a long spruce plywood storage wall feature in this renovated Barcelona flat by Spanish firm TEd’A. The apartment provides a Barcelona base for Laia and Biel Huguet, owners of Mallorcan tile brand Huguet, in the city’s Gracia district. Its 65-square-metre interior is arranged across three consecutive rooms, with a

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