Surman Weston has built a house in Surbiton, south-west London, with a facade that riffs off the mock-Tudor facades of the surrounding suburban homes. Named Ditton Hill House, the home was designed to combine the client’s desire for a contemporary house that had an industrial aesthetic with an acknowledgement of its location in a London...
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Minimalist Taiwan Apartment In A Soft Color Palette
Taiwanese interior design practice KC design studio have a talent for transforming quirky, compact urban dwellings into comfortable living spaces. This renovated apartment in New Taipei City, Taiwan, made the Studio face an awkward, wedge-shape floorplan, lack of views and low ceiling heights. By embracing free-flowing spaces, sculpted ceilings, and a fluid material with soothing...
Contemporary River House Clad With Black Cypress
An architect and a designer have built their own home in Melbourne to house their collection of art, sculpture and furniture. Set on the bank of the Yarra River, River House was also designed to provide outdoor activities for the couple’s children, with a swimming pool and a basketball court plus a boat deck providing...
Paris Apartment With A Curved Wooden Ribbon
Toledano + Architects has renovated a typical Haussman apartment in Paris for a young family of three, adding a curved wooden ‘ribbon’ that doubles as an inhabitable wall and sculptural installation. This lightweight spatial element allows for the preservation of all existing historical elements that confer a strong character to the house, while unveiling new...
Micro Flat Of Only 17 Square Meters In Taiwan
Can you imagine comfortable living on only 17 square meters? I couldn’t have figured out anything like that before I saw this flat. Taiwanese studio A Little Design has converted a former piano studio in Taipei, Taiwan into a tiny apartment with built-in, space-saving furniture, and the whole apartment is just 17.6 square meters! The...
Ultra Minimalist Apartment For A Young Bachelor
Wanna see minimalism at its finest? The apartment we are sharing today is super laconic and if we take its decor, I’d say it’s minimalism done right. The small 40 square-meter apartment is owned by a young IT designer who wanted a clutter-free open-plan interior without any unnecessary decoration or detailing, he wanted to see...
3 Small Guest Bedroom Tips And 25 Examples
Most of home owners face the problem of lack of space: we often have small bathrooms, entryways, kitchens and even bedrooms. Such rooms as guest bedrooms are often small, too, though we need to accommodate a lot inside to let the guest feel comfortable. How to design a comfortable guest bedroom with everything necessary? Here...
Parisian Loft With A Perforated Central Island
This Paris apartment is located inside a 1920s industrial building and was renovated and redesigned by SABO project. What’s so special about this space? The designers decided to add of a central island, which defines the whole apartment and serves as a partition. The apartment itself was stripped down to raw concrete, which reminds of...
Spacious And Functional Modern Apartment In Neutral Tones
What could be better than a spacious apartment? Only a spacious apartment that is convenient for the whole family. Today we are sharing an example of such an apartment, this is a Spanish retreat of 67 sq.m. This dwelling is convenient for everyone: a school kid, parents who work at home and lots of guests...
Refined Apartment That Combines Old And New
Designers Alena Makagon, Alexandr Ivasiv and Artem Zavarzin worked together to design this apartment in Kiev, Ukraine, that’s inside a 19th century building. To pay tribute to the original building that features a decorative facade, they decided to add sculptural elements to the ceilings and walls, while combining it with contemporary design and furniture to...