BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. The row house, named House for Booklovers and Cats, was created for a couple who are both passionate about poetry and art, and their two cats. One is a professor and

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BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. The row house, named House for Booklovers and Cats, was created for a couple who are both passionate about poetry and art, and their two cats. One is a professor and

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VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home

September 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. The property was designed by the Porto-based studio of Ventura Office Associates (VOA) to make optimal use of a plot with views towards the

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VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home

September 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. The property was designed by the Porto-based studio of Ventura Office Associates (VOA) to make optimal use of a plot with views towards the

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Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library

September 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year’s London Design Festival. MINI created the 15-square-metre Urban Cabin as part of its ongoing MINI Living project, which is exploring new forms of urban living. The tiny cabin is designed for a future when homes become a shared

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Sam Jacob and MINI team up to create micro home with attached library

September 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A miniature library adjoins this tiny home that architect Sam Jacob and car brand MINI have built for this year’s London Design Festival. MINI created the 50-square-metre Urban Cabin as part of its ongoing MINI Living project, which is exploring new forms of urban living. The tiny cabin is designed for a future when homes become a shared resource.

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10 homes that double up as galleries or artists’ workspaces

September 15, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. Berlin apartment, Germany, by Raum404 When renovating this 19th-century apartment in Berlin, Swiss-based studio Raum404 kept the interiors as minimal, white and

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10 homes that double up as galleries or artists’ workspaces

September 15, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. Berlin apartment, Germany, by Raum404 When renovating this 19th-century apartment in Berlin, Swiss-based studio Raum404 kept the interiors as minimal, white and

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10 homes that double up as galleries or artists’ workspaces

September 15, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

From an open-plan Berlin apartment that acts as an exhibition space to a garden shed for making and displaying sculpture, art takes centre stage in these homes, which have all been popular on our Pinterest page. Berlin apartment, Germany, by Raum404 When renovating this 19th-century apartment in Berlin, Swiss-based studio Raum404 kept the interiors as minimal, white and

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Robert Hutchison’s Cantilever House projects towards Seattle harbour

September 14, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Panoramic views of Seattle’s harbour are afforded from the overhanging rear of this house, completed by American firm Robert Hutchison Architecture. The two-storey Cantilever House is located on a lot that the clients have lived on for 15 years, originally in a small bungalow. Apart from its convenient location to the University of Seattle and downtown,

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