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Ten dining rooms where built-in seating provides extra space around the table

October 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Our latest lookbook explores homes where built-in benches or banquettes offer an inviting place to sit around the dining table, while also helping to save space. Built-in seating is a popular solution in kitchens and dining rooms where the optimal position for a table is along a wall rather than in the centre of the

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Eight living rooms where low-slung furniture creates a casual lounge atmosphere

October 7, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Low-back sofas and armchairs play a key role in our latest lookbook, which explores how low-slung furniture can make living rooms feel more relaxed and less formal. When lounge furniture sits low to the ground, it can make a big difference to the mood of the room. Low-back seats are typically more generous in width,

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You Can Sit With Us aims to open doors that “were firmly closed to us” says 2LG Studio

September 28, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe of 2LG Studio have curated You Can Sit With Us, a London Design Festival show that offered “a seat at the table” to a diverse mix of emerging designers. The 2LG Studio founders invited 13 designers from a mix of nationalities, races, genders and backgrounds to be a part of

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Cristóbal Palma photographs ill-famed Buenos Aires slum before redevelopment

August 28, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Before works began to transform the notorious Villa 31 slum into an official Buenos Aires “barrio”, Chilean photographer Cristóbal Palma documented its distinct architecture. Villa 31 is the most well-known “villa miseria” in the Argentinian capital, home to more than 40,000 people including both Chilean nationals and immigrants from neighbouring countries. Palma started visiting in

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Forma transforms century-old glasshouse into Væksthuset climate classroom

August 27, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

A 105-year-old glasshouse from Copenhagen Botanical Gardens has been taken apart and rebuilt in a new location by architecture studio Forma to create a classroom in the west of the city. Rescued from the brink of demolition, the greenhouse was carefully dismantled and reassembled over a new substructure and floor using as many recycled materials

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The Act of Quad converts Mumbai shed into studio with see-through facade

August 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Act of Quad founders Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia have built their own interior design studio, The Light Box, by transforming a 58-year-old former library in Mumbai, India. Itadkar and Bhatia have reimagined the shed, which was originally built as a micro-library in 1965 but had been abandoned for over 30 years. The humble

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Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town’s Steenberg mountains

August 20, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Cape Town-based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa’s southernmost city. The house is located in the foothills of Steenberg Ridge, a group of mountain peaks to the south of Cape Town. Van Niekerk designed the building as a sequence of linear, grey blocks

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Factory Fifteen brings city to ruin in “CGI extravaganza” for Spitfire Audio

August 11, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

British film and animation studio Factory Fifteen has produced a CGI video exploring a freeze-frame moment of a city on the brink of apocalypse. Factory Fifteen created the one-minute sequence to showcase a new sample library from Spitfire Audio, a sound-effects company whose clients include composer Hans Zimmer. The studio’s background in architecture is evident

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Sketch Design Studio reinterprets south Indian traditions for Rajasthan house

August 7, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. Architecture office Sketch Design Studio designed and built the three-bedroom house in Alwar, a city located beside the Aravalli mountains in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It provides a second home

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Ten homes featuring clever wine storage solutions

July 30, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

For those who don’t want to keep their wine collection hidden away, our latest lookbook showcases some of the most inventive ways of showcasing wine bottles within a contemporary home interior. Wine storage solutions can be created in homes of any size, by cleverly integrating shelving into wall niches or built-in furniture. For those with

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