Arched doorways and bold hues appear throughout Little Stories shoe store

January 28, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Spanish studio Clap has used arch-shaped cutouts and primary colours to create a playful children’s shoe shop on a street corner in Valencia. The local design studio was approached by the owners of children’s footwear company Little Stories to help develop its brand identity. “After several workshops with the client, we came up with three

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Giles Miller creates textured facade for children’s playhouse

November 1, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

London designer Giles Miller has used hexagonal wooden tiles to cover the surface of this children’s playhouse by cabin company Koto. Designed an alternative to the traditional playhouse, Miller’s Grace cabin is one of three structures by Koto that are aimed specifically at children. Through his surface design, Miller wanted to reference the cabin’s geometric framework while

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10 children’s rooms that show the fun side of interior design

August 25, 2017 Trudie Carter 0

This week’s roundup from Pinterest shows how children’s rooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. Apartment renovation, France, by Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta Changing floor surfaces and pale blue paintwork create

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10 children’s rooms that show the fun side of interior design

August 25, 2017 Trudie Carter 0

This week’s roundup from Pinterest shows how children’s rooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. Apartment renovation, France, by Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta Changing floor surfaces and pale blue paintwork create

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10 children’s rooms that show the fun side of interior design

August 25, 2017 Trudie Carter 0

This week’s roundup from Pinterest shows how children’s rooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. Apartment renovation, France, by Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta Changing floor surfaces and pale blue paintwork create

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10 children’s rooms that show the fun side of interior design

August 25, 2017 Trudie Carter 0

This week’s roundup from Pinterest shows how children’s rooms can be designed to encourage play, even in the most minimal of homes. Examples include a room that divides territories for two brothers and a room with secret storage for toys. Apartment renovation, France, by Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta Changing floor surfaces and pale blue paintwork create

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Andrew Burges Architects transforms Sydney warehouse into “mini city” for kids

August 12, 2017 Ali Morris 0

This Sydney childcare and community centre by Andrew Burges Architects is filled with tiny house-shaped rooms and has a sandpit on its roof. Conceived as a city at child’s scale, the East Sydney Learning Centre is housed in a four-storey former warehouse building from the 1920s that is nestled within a tight network of lanes and streets. The architects were asked to

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School children design and build green den with moving walls for Hull allotment

June 3, 2017 Olivia Mull 0

Architectural educationalists Matt+Fiona worked with school pupils in the city of Hull to design and build a classroom with pivoting walls on their allotment. The green timber pavilion was created as part of the Made in Oakfield project, which was devised by architect Matthew Springett and educator Fiona MacDonald. It allowed pupils aged between 11 and 16

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Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital combines concrete and brick with colourful details and big windows

May 13, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Sheppard Robson and John Copper Architecture have completed a children’s hospital in Johannesburg, which features brick facades and large windows that allow patients to take in the landscaping. Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital is a 200-bed, eight-theatre paediatric facility serving the children of South Africa. The country’s former president was dedicated to improving medical care for children

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