This Mid-Century Modern House In North Carolina Received A Fresh Update

August 8, 2017 Erin 0

Photography © Keith Issacs   Architecture firm in situ studio have updated a well-loved, 1960’s, low-sloped ranch house in Raleigh, North Carolina, and turned it into a bright and welcoming family home.   The original mid-century house had fallen into disarray, with various parts of the house having been reconfigured in a random way, and a very […]

This Mid-Century Modern House In North Carolina Received A Fresh Update

August 8, 2017 Erin 0

Photography © Keith Issacs   Architecture firm in situ studio have updated a well-loved, 1960’s, low-sloped ranch house in Raleigh, North Carolina, and turned it into a bright and welcoming family home.   The original mid-century house had fallen into disarray, with various parts of the house having been reconfigured in a random way, and a very […]

J Byron-H designs minimalist nail bar in Los Angeles

August 8, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American architect J Byron-H has created a decluttered nail salon in Los Angeles with industrial-style surfaces and pops of blue. J Byron-H teamed up with branding agency Weekday Studio to create Color Camp, a pared-down nail salon in LA’s trendy Fairfax District. It is located on Beverly Boulevard, alongside hip coffee shops, streetwear clothing stores, and Pugh + Scarpa’s

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Maple Street School in Brooklyn features warm wood interiors

August 8, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Lots of wood, soft pastel tones and bright accents are used to make this Brooklyn preschool feel like an “extension of the home”. Local studios Barker Freeman Design Office (BFDO) and 4|MATIV collaborated to create the new Maple Street School when it expanded to a second location. An ideal space was found in a recently

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Open-plan offices must be rethought to prevent employees losing focus, finds Haworth

August 8, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Open-plan offices are “sabotaging” employees’ ability to focus at work, while connectivity is leaving them “paralysed” by an oversupply of information, according to research by furniture brand Haworth. In the second in a new series of articles produced in collaboration with Haworth, we look at why employees lose focus in the workplace, and how it can be avoided. Haworth’s white paper,

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BEFORE And AFTER – The Beach Lab By Surfside Projects

August 7, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Darren Bradley   Surfside Projects has recently completed the modern renovation of a 1957 coastal rancher home in Leucadia, California, and transformed it into a fun, bright and friendly house.   Here’s a look at what the home used to look like before the renovation and what it looks like now. The garage […]

BEFORE And AFTER – The Beach Lab By Surfside Projects

August 7, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Darren Bradley   Surfside Projects has recently completed the modern renovation of a 1957 coastal rancher home in Leucadia, California, and transformed it into a fun, bright and friendly house.   Here’s a look at what the home used to look like before the renovation and what it looks like now. The garage […]

Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York

August 7, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

This minimal loft apartment for a New York-based photographer has areas for meeting clients, entertaining guests and escaping city bustle. The Photographer’s Loft occupies a 5,000-square-foot former industrial space, complete with cast-iron columns and plentiful large windows. Desai Chia Architecture’s 2014 renovation created a “serene” environment, where public and private areas are separated but an

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Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world

August 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving away three copies of Surf Shacks, a book of full-colour photography capturing surfers’ homes around the world. Compiled by surf culture blog Indoek, Surf Shacks features residences ranging from hidden rural cabins to converted vans, tropical bungalows and city apartments – putting paid to the idea that surfers reside exclusively by the coast.

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