Apartment for choreographer and dancer by Cut Architectures

Posted on January 21, 2012

Folding back these perforated screens reconfigures an apartment that’s combined with a dance and choreography studio near Paris.

Light glows through the circular holes to give a star-studded appearance to the walls, which were designed by French studio Cut Architectures.

The hinged panels are hollow and a transparent PVC pipe lines each perforation. Hidden wheels allow the partitions to be easily manoeuvred. A second set of screens extends around a set of french windows in the bedroom. Continue Reading →

‘The Difference of Ebitsuka’ by 403architecture

Posted on January 20, 2012

Japanese architects 403architecture have turned the floor of this refurbished apartment in Hamamatsu into a huge chest of drawers.

It was only during the renovation that the architects discovered the large void beneath the suspended floor and decided to use it for storage.

Clear, corrugated plastic fronts the new sliding drawers, while scaffolding supports shelves behind and the floor slabs above.

Sheets of white fabric hang like shower curtains from a railing affixed to the exposed concrete ceiling and circle the lower level of the open-plan living room. Continue Reading →

Trouble Sleeping?

Posted on January 19, 2012

Getting a good night’s sleep can be hard: who amongst us hasn’t spent hours awake each night tossing and turning trying to find that elusive sleep? We’ve all tried everything we can think of, counting sheep, a cup of warm milk before bed, a bath – even slowly relaxing your body from head to toe. But how often do any of these work? For most people the answer is not very often, but have you thought it could be your room that is keeping you awake? How we decorate our room and what is in it as well as outside can have an impact upon how well we sleep, if it allows us to get to sleep at all. Continue Reading →

‘Arthouse Cafe’ by Joey Ho

Posted on January 19, 2012

Serving coffee in the daytime and alcohol at night, ‘Arthouse Café’ provides visitors with a new dynamic ambience within the exhibition building.

Triangular windows pierce the faceted walls that fold around a cafe in Hangzhou, China. Hong Kong designer Joey Ho designed the ‘Arthouse Café’ on the top floor of a three-storey building that also houses a gallery.

Inspired by geometry and especially using triangles as blueprint, the “moving triangle” concept is manifested by placing triangles in three-dimensional form to surround the whole sitting area. Slight changes of simple lines construct the character of the cafe which is unique and could bring every individual into a new geometric context.

Some of the triangular openings are contained within wood-lined recesses, while others have thick wooden frames. Monochrome chairs and tables that furnish the cafe also feature triangular surfaces and facets.

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