Apartments

Competition: win a book documenting the evolution of the modern apartment

May 15, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dezeen is giving away five copies of Building Community: New Apartment Architecture by Michael Webb, which charts the growth of terraced towers, social housing, luxury high-rises and other contemporary apartment buildings. The book highlights innovative apartment designs from around the world. It looks to buildings that have enhanced the lives of their inhabitants, surroundings and urban

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First apartment in Tadao Ando’s 152 Elizabeth Street revealed

May 11, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A model residence has been completed inside Tadao Ando’s apartment block in New York, offering a glimpse inside the Japanese architect’s first residential building outside Asia. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s 152 Elizabeth Street development – also his first project in the city – is nearing completion in the Nolita district of the US city. Developers Sumaida

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Japanese organisational technique informs layout of Sydney micro apartment

May 11, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Australian architect Nicholas Gurney has used bespoke joinery, sliding partitions and moveable furniture to make the most of limited space inside this 24-square-metre apartment in Sydney. The home, re-modelled for a newly married couple, is one of a number of small-scale apartments designed by Sydney-based Gurney. To make sure each of the clients’ belongings has its own place in

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Carl Hansen & Son builds faux apartment to explore how furniture makes a home

May 1, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Danish homeware brand Carl Hansen & Son built a mock apartment featuring rich colours and mid-century furniture for its Salone del Mobile installation during Milan design week. Called Milan Home, the set was designed to explore what makes a space liveable, and the role furniture plays in transforming a domestic environment into a sanctuary. The brand reconsidered the role of different

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Pitsou Kedem adds white plaster and black iron surfaces to vaulted Jaffa apartment

April 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem has updated an apartment in the ancient port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv, adding arched windows and door frames that echo the form of the traditional vaulted ceilings. The building is located in the oldest part of the Israeli city and Pitsou Kedem’s studio was tasked with refurbishing its interior to create spaces

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vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway

April 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. The building is situated on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch – a popular shopping destination home to some of the city’s trendiest brands and boutiques. vPPR was tasked with reviving the imposing brick warehouse and

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White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC

April 17, 2017 John Trujillo 0

Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. A young professional asked the designers to create an interior “that was equally fun, functional and unique” for the Broadview Loft project. The designers partitioned

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