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May 4, 2022
The Stone Walls Found Throughout This House Are Designed To Complement The Landscape
Studio Ilk Architecture + Interiors have shared with us their recently completed project, a new house in a semi-rural area of Tasmania, Australia, that includes stone walls. The house is located on a site with challenging bushfire exposure, complex biodiversity overlays, and a rugged cliff-side coastline to the East and South. The exterior of the […]
May 2, 2022
This Home Extension Allowed For A Wrap-Around Window Bench And New Kitchen
Loader Monteith Architects has completed the reconfiguration and rear extension of a 1980’s cottage in a Conservation Village in Scotland. The ground floor plan of the existing cottage was composed of small, dark rooms which closed the house off from the expansive rear garden. The clients requested that the architects upgrade the home and bring […]
April 29, 2022
Outward Leaning Windows Emphasize The Views On This House
RKD Architects have shared with us a house they’ve designed in Park City, Utah, that’s made up of three pods, each with a curved, outward-leaning window wall. The home, surrounded by the Wasatch Mountain Range, includes a variety of natural materials such as cut limestone walls and wood beams. Stepping inside the home, the outward-leaning […]
April 23, 2022
Kitchen Design Idea – Incorporate A Column Into The Kitchen Island
April 23, 2022 Jan Willem Wijker of Bureauwijker has designed a new kitchen in a loft within a converted former factory in Amsterdam. The goal of the remodel was to create a home that fosters shared experiences and to convert the living rooms into a single sociable space. To do this, Bureauwijker decided to merge […]
April 19, 2022
Custom Cabinet Design Makes The Most Of This Small Apartment Space
Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and Maria Jose Vascones, have shared with us their recently completed project, a small apartment in Quito, Ecuador, that includes custom wood cabinets that makes the most of the available space. The 296 square foot (27.5 sqm) studio apartment needed a solution that would include a kitchen area, storage space, laundry […]
April 15, 2022
Before And After – A Mid-Century Modern Remodel That Respects The Original House
Megan and Keith Blaine, Principal Architects at Blaine Architects, have transformed their own mid-century modern Eichler house that they purchased in 2015. The structure of the house was in good condition and the architects could see that. The floor plan, which they kept, was a space-efficient 1000sf (92sqm) with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The […]
April 12, 2022
Half The Walls Are Glass On This Modern Tiny Home
Pilar Cano-Lasso of de la vega cano lasso has completed a modern tiny home for their clients, in Madrid, Spain. This 365 square foot (34m2) tiny house, named ‘Tini’, is a prefabricated design that takes 60 days to produce and is easily transportable to any location. Positioned under a large Holm Oak tree, the tiny […]
April 4, 2022
A Shelving Niche With LED Lighting Creates A Calm Atmosphere In This Bathroom
Designer Michael Kramer has shared his latest project with us, a new home in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. One design aspect that stood out was the inclusion of a shelving niche illuminated with LED lighting in one of the home’s bathrooms. The shelving niche, which has been built into the wall […]
April 2, 2022
Before And After – The Remodel Of A Small And Dated Galley Kitchen
Kitchen design and cabinet company Bakes & Kropp, in collaboration with Interior Designer Cathy Buik, has transformed a small and dated kitchen in a home in New York City. Here’s a glimpse of what the kitchen looked like BEFORE the remodel. The kitchen included wood cabinets, a single pendant light, rounded corner shelving, unused wall […]
March 29, 2022
This Tiny Home Was Built Using Three Shipping Containers
Nestled in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, this 480 square foot modern tiny home has been built using three 20 foot shipping containers. The tiny house with its sloped roof has a white exterior that’s accented by wood and black frames, giving it a modern yet welcoming appearance. The interior includes a bright, open-plan living […]
March 27, 2022
This Elevated Circular Building Is Filled With Wedge-Shaped Apartments
Photography by James Brittain and 5468796 Architecture 5468796 Architecture has designed an apartment building in Winnipeg, Canada, that has a circular shape and is raised above the street. Unofficially dubbed the “flying saucer” or “UFO” due to its design, the building rises from between the adjacent freeway and the backs of neighboring properties in an […]
March 25, 2022
Before & After – An Apartment Kitchen Remodeled With Dark Stained Oak Cabinets And Honed Marble Countertops
March 25, 2022 Architecture and interior design firm Wittman Estes, has sent us photos of their recently completed project, the remodel of an apartment in Seattle, Washington, that was originally designed by John Graham and built in 1961 for the executive staff of the Century 21 World’s Fair. First, we’ll look at what it was […]