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Home office - 9. Colour code Speaking of colour, this gentle wash of pale-blue cabinetry is about as much colour as you’re going to get in this story. Ponder these images and it’s clear that mostly monochrome palettes of white, black (or almost black) and timber are the current reigning queens of design. This echoes our findings in this year’s most-popular kitchens so far, which display distinctly similar colour schemes. Another feature of this Melbourne office nook by Demardi is that it can be almost entirely concealed behind the joinery. Notably, it is the only home office in this collection that can be – all others are either sequestered in separate rooms or maintain a visual link with an adjacent interior.
9. Colour code Speaking of colour, this gentle wash of pale-blue cabinetry is about as much colour as you’re going to get in this story. Ponder these images and it’s clear that mostly monochrome palettes of white, black (or almost black) and timber are the current reigning queens of design. This echoes our findings in this year’s most-popular kitchens so far, which display distinctly similar colour schemes. Another feature of this Melbourne office nook by Demardi is that it can be almost entirely concealed behind the joinery. Notably, it is the only home office in this collection that can be – all others are either sequestered in separate rooms or maintain a visual link with an adjacent interior.
Glazed walls line the ground level The programme is arranged with the bedrooms on the upper floor and social areas including the kitchen, dining area and living room spread across the lower levels. Due to the sloping site, the bottom level is partly embedded in the hillside. This space containing the kitchen and dining area features large openings on two sides that connect it visually with the forest.
Interiors of the Treehouse suites (top image) open onto terraces and plunge pools (this image) Walls, floors and ceilings in the Treehouses are formed from local Cumaru wood in an attempt to connect the interiors and their surroundings. The floor-to-ceiling glazing of the bedrooms can be fully retracted to create indoor-outdoor spaces. Open-air bathtubs are partially enclosed by wooden slats, while showers inside are tiled with dark stone.
The fireplace is picked out in a deep blue shade "The texture of the aggregated concrete is meant to mimic the forest floor," said Leth. "When the doors are open, leaves from the trees and other outside elements are easily blown inside the house; this is all part of the charm and enhances the feeling of the forest floor inside the house." There is one element that stands out from the natural colour palette. Sleth chose a deep shade of blue – much like the shade used by artist Yves Klein – to allow the fireplace and bathroom walls to stand out.
The house's interior palette features natural materials and textural surfaces intended to enhance the sense of connection with the outdoors and to reflect the changing seasons.
It has a pyramidal roof made from corrugated steel The brick surfaces define the edges of the house as well as the individual rooms. Each element extends inwards to create recesses that enclose functional elements such as the kitchen, study and seating areas. The pale recycled brick was chosen to reflect the natural tones and textures of the surrounding countryside, as well as the materiality of the town's buildings, which date back to 1850.
Simple shape - but why the diff roofing finishes?
Bak Gordon Arquitectos used cork to insulate the house. This was covered in a pigmented lime mortar, that was also informed by the area's landscape and heritage. "The presence of cork, which isolates the entire house from the outside, is also a hallmark of the Alentejo landscape," Bak Gordon Arquitectos explained. "Lime mortar, which covers all surfaces, has always been used in ancestral buildings in the Alentejo. We spread a pigmented mortar on all the surfaces,"
SS pipework under sink, taps, simplicity of bench
board-formed concrete forms the base of the buildings.
Marcus Fairs | 25 June 2021 Leave a comment Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. The biomaterial, which forms the root systems of fungi, is "a fantastic thing," Cheshire said. "It's naturally fire retardant," he said. "It's actually got better insulation properties than most standard insulation and it's actually sequestering carbon." "It's grown on waste from the agriculture industry," he added. "What's not to like?"
an alternative to window seat - but would need a back to each side of the couch, with open looking through
Love the light
Floating home
Floating home plan
The bathroom in the floating home
So cool - connecting the land with the floating home
Square in plan, the home consists of a single level that totals 650 square feet (60 square metres). The building is topped with a pitched roof that flattens out as it extends over a deck. Exterior walls are clad in dark cedar and Richlite, a composite material made of resin-infused paper. Sliding doors help erase the boundary between inside and out.
Floating home
A dark exterior contrasts with light-toned finishes inside a compact, floating home in Washington designed by Studio DIAA co-founder Suzanne Stefan as her own home. The Portage Bay Float Home serves as the personal residence of Stefan, who co-founded Studio DIAA in 2019. The project recently won a 2021 Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects. Studio DIAA designed the project The Portage Bay Float Home is in Seattle Following a long tradition of floating homes in Seattle, the dwelling is located on the north end of Lake Union, in a spot called Portage Bay. It was built on top of a log-float foundation dating to the early 1900s. The home sits close to the shore and has access to a garden. Studio DIAA positioned the floating home on Lake Union Exterior walls are clad in dark cedar Square in plan, the home consists of a single level that totals 650 square feet (60 square metres). The building is topped with a pitched roof that flattens out as it extends over a deck. Exterior walls are clad in dark cedar and Richlite, a composite material made of resin-infused paper. Sliding doors help erase the boundary between inside and out. The home by Studio DIAA is divided int...
Entry and seated area Mirrored wall - but would this be a problem for birds/
Section of the living volume's longer sides both retract, creating an unobstructed view from mountain to sea. Even when closed, horizontal gaps in the grey-stained cypress facades allow for natural ventilation, while exaggerating the lines of the architecture. At night, light from inside glows softly through the slatted walls.
Love how this water storage / pool creates such a sense of calm in the setting - visible in other photos.
Put the farm map on the wall “We were looking for a way to make this dining area really interesting,” says Jamie Hamilton, one of the interior designers who was tasked with renovating this apartment in Vancouver, Canada. “We were looking at wallpapers when we came across a company that would enlarge maps to custom sizes.” Dated to 1911, the antique map that now papers these walls shows the apartment’s location. “We all fell in love with it – it’s old, interesting and a conversation starter,” says Greer Nelson, an interior designer who also worked on the project.
Wwoofers hut or swimming area shelter
Inside outside BBQ area
Think this could be made with exterior grade ply with timber overlap. Roof fitting to keep leaves and twigs out of gutters. Intimate entrance
Lights, timber ceiling, sense of enclosure but being in the open. Old world doors. Brick paving - though this must have been really well laid.
just like the idea of the 'inside outside' space - which could be designed to shelter from wind but still be outside seating.
Could have full height cupd next to bed - and still have easy access to making it - probably not quite as deep as this - and also would put a little slot in side of cupd for radio or phone etc
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