Interior Design

Carlo Ratti reveals Office 3.0 workspace that promises to end “thermostat wars”

June 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has transformed a Turin building into an office space with a personalised “environmental bubble” for every worker. Office 3.0 – first previewed in plans in the middle of last year – is the new headquarters for the Agnelli Foundation cultural institution in Turin, Italy. Ratti’s firm, Carlo Ratti Associati, renovated the

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Hourglass / studioLOOP

June 17, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

This is a rebuilding project for families who have been living in this area for a long time. Hourglass is a house located in Gunma, Japan. On the south of the site there is a rice field spreading, and in the north there is a forest with lots of trees. We put emphasis to the scenery and aimed for passing light and wind abundantly. We proposed a space with high transparency by sandwiching the public space such as living room with glass. Nature is taken in through the courtyard even around the main bedroom and the water arranged on the north side.

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How Her Father Became Known as ‘Handy Dan’ (6 photos)

June 17, 2017 Becky Harris 0
In 1988, my family was house hunting for our impending move from Cincinnati to the South Shore of Boston. While walking through the barns and other Colonial-era outbuildings not found in our 1970s-era suburban Ohio cul-de-sac, my father would always declare, “I could put my shop out here.” A good…

Budi Pradono combines contemporary and traditional building methods for house in Bali

June 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bamboo construction is used to create a complex roof incorporating four chimney-like skylights at this house in the Balinese village of Kelating, designed by Indonesian architect Budi Pradono. Budi Pradono Architects designed the Casablancka house for a site that slopes down towards a river and already accommodated a small Javanese-style property. The studio developed the building’s

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