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Eight kitchens with striking material palettes of contrasting colours and textures

April 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

In this lookbook, we collect eight kitchens that contrast rough and smooth textures, glossy and grainy surfaces, and a variety of colours for an overall eye-catching interior. The kitchens in this roundup exemplify how a combination of seemingly clashing materials can create a rich and interesting palette. Some opted for contrasting a number of cool-toned

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Don’t Move, Improve! unveils London’s best house renovations of 2024

April 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A dwelling with a “tin hat” by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by studio Brown Urbanism is also on the shortlist, alongside an extension by Cairn that

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Don’t Move, Improve! unveils London’s best house renovations of 2024

April 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A dwelling with a “tin hat” by Nimtim Architects and a colourful extension by Charles Holland are among the 16 London homes named on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition. A triangular house in a former garage by studio Brown Urbanism is also on the shortlist, alongside an extension by Cairn that

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Barrault Pressacco critiques “copy and paste” housing with home in southern France

April 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Barrault Pressacco has completed the 102LET house outside Montpellier, mimicking the area’s suburban architecture to conceal an interior defined by bright, open spaces. Positioned on a sloping site in the village of Pradez-le-Lez, the single-family home aims to challenge the typical standards of suburban housing, proposing a “new model” for the area. “Urban

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Brett Farrow designs San Dieguito House to embrace setting in coastal California

April 17, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

A large tree lies at the heart of a cedar-clad residence in southern California designed by US studio Brett Farrow Architect, which used various tactics to “meld nature into the home’s ethos”. Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just north of San Diego, the house was designed to replace a family’s existing ranch-style home

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Exposed materials and colourful accents define Maison Nana in Paris

April 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A green-steel structure and walls of exposed blockwork and plywood feature inside this house and artist’s studio in Paris by local practice Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture. Named Maison Nana, the home is located on a dense urban plot in Bagnolet and provides a series of flexible spaces organised around a central skylit atrium. Maison Nana is

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Maria Vittoria Paggini’s gives her home “porno-chic” makeover for Milan design week

April 15, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Designer Maria Vittoria Paggini has used colourful wallpaper and murals depicting nude bodies concealed behind peepholes to transform her home for Milan design week. Located in the 5vie design district in the heart of the city, Casa Ornella is annually redesigned by Vittoria Paggini who presents the project during Milan design week. This year, the

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HGX Design creates house that “flows like music” in the Hudson Valley

April 14, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the “individual notes of a music composition”. Located in Germantown, New York, the Hudson Valley Residence spans  7,300 square feet (678 square metres) and is comprised of interconnected rectangular volumes with courtyards inserted between them. HGX Design

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Eight living rooms with tactile organic modern interiors

April 14, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight living rooms from Denmark to Japan that have been decorated in an organic modern style, featuring natural wood and stone details. The deceptively simple organic modern style combines modernist interior designs with natural materials and earthy colours. Plenty of wood, in the form of flooring, panelling and furniture

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Red accents enliven social housing block on triangular plot in Barcelona

April 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Movable metal shutters reveal bright red balconies at this social housing block in Barcelona, created by local architecture studios MIAS and Coll-Leclerc Architects. Located on a triangular plot to the south of the city, the building provides 72 apartments across seven storeys and is clad with vertical panels of terracotta-coloured glass-reinforced concrete. MIAS and Coll-Leclerc

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