Outdoors and Indoors Got Married

Glass House, AR Design Studio, Hampshire, UK

Outdoors and indoors got married; glass officiated the ceremony. That’s basically the dialogue of AR Design Studio’s Glass House, a contemporary extension built onto a traditional English manor house in Winchester.

The crisp, white interior is a protected space that is flooded with sunlight thanks to an architectural glass box structure and numerous skylights and windows. The transparent tendencies and frameless nature of this home make it feel feather light.

Not wanting the house to waft away in the breeze, the architects anchor it to solid ground with a floating glass staircase that makes a strong yet airy impression and stays in rhythm with the rest of the structure.

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New and Old are Merging Together!

Stone House Transformation
Project by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects

This is an example of a beautiful refurbishment of a stone village house in Scaiano, Switzerland.  Some of the traditional features were incorporated into the new design of the house.  Lots of concrete, wood and glass giving it a modern yet rustic feel in keeping with the original essence of the space.

The original substance of this historic stone house consists in a main building with a cellar with vault and two floors above with kitchen, living and sleeping spaces and a later added annex, also completely made in solid natural stone.

The stone walls were mainly maintained, just the joints had to be remade. The isolation is applied at the inside of the walls. All wooden beam floors were replaced with concrete floors, which reinforce the old walls additionally.

The main architectural target of the intervention was to carve out the force of the massive stonewalls and to gain this archaic simplicity of the volume of the historic building.

The glass façade in front the rooms, towards the lake, has been placed with a distance of about 60 cm from the old stonewalls. This glass front protects against the outside climate and it’s like a second skin behind the effective facade.

This concept allows on the one hand the authentic conservation of the historic stone façade, which tells the history of the house and on the other hand, it generates zenith light for the rooms with exceptional light reflections. It would not have been possible otherwise to get sunlight into the rooms, in such a village structure with narrow streets.

The new intervention is not contrasting the existing substance, new and old are merging together and creating a new ensemble!

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A Dialogue with the Sky

Casa Sardinera, Jávea, Alicante, Spain by Ramón Esteve

Fragmenting the Horizon

Located in a setting of great beauty and valuable landscape, in front of the Mediterranean Sea, between El Portixol and Cala Blanca, the Sardinera House lays on the top of a hillside, lined by a headland entering the sea on a bay of turquoise waters.

“A place of contemplation and relaxation that exalts the emotions offered by the surrounding natural environment”. This is how Spanish architect Ramon Esteve describes Casa Sardinera. This basic and uncontaminated space draws lymph from the light and nature typical of the Mediterranean and a landscape of unquestionable charm.

The interiors, patio and swimming pool stand out for the intense expressiveness of their materials, fruit of some highly textural finishes: concrete for the cantilevered external volumes, glass and wood in the interiors.

Glass corners in various dimensions create an optical illusion of spatial compression and expansion: in the living room, the impressive panoramic window of over two metres seems to dialogue with the sky while, in the bedrooms, the glass balcony interconnects the indoor and outdoor spaces, almost blurring any distinction between the two.

The swimming pool overhanging the turquoise water embraces the house and seems to touch the sea, offering a breathtaking view that has few equals.

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Greenery - Colour of the Year 2017

Pantone has announced Greenery as its Colour of the Year for 2017

Bringing the Outside in!

Greenery will breathe new life into interiors next year, symbolic of a fresh start, growth and vitality. Whether it's a wall colour, an upcycled accent piece or Doors and Windows, experts have chosen it as the perfect hue for making interiors 'pop' with colour and personality.

Listed in Pantone's spring fashion colour report, and part of a vibrant, modern colour palette, Greenery is described as "a tangy yellow-green that speaks to our need to explore, experiment and reinvent. Illustrative of flourishing foliage, the fertile attributes of Greenery signals one to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate."

There's an emerging trend to recycle and upcycle, and while we're embracing eco methods, green spaces and vertical living walls, we're bringing the outside in and we're making nature a centrepiece of our home.

"This exciting colour will allow you to be confident with your paint projects in 2017 and inject vibrancy into your home, whilst its close link to nature will help you feel refreshed and recharged."

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A Window Overlooking the Lake

Villa T, Lake Como, Italy
A Window Overlooking the Lake

Is it possible to provide a different interpretation and a whole new meaning to a residence by simply redesigning the interior? This was the challenge taken up by Arkham Project when it was assigned the refurbishment project of a seventies-style villa looking onto Lake Como. In an attempt to unite, why not try to divide: four strips of different colours and materials intersect all of the rooms on each floor of the house.

Colour changes involve all elements without exception, from floor to ceiling, even comprising the swimming pool where it becomes an element of separation between the entrance and the counter-current pool. The lighting system, consisting of a combination of recessed linear elements for ambient and accent lighting underpins the linearity of the spatial layout.

A consistent use of materials, precise details, sharp cornered joints and intersecting lines perform the necessary function of redefining an identity and a new spatial layout.

A window overlooking the lake gives endless light and a fantastic panoramic view.

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Give New Life in a Contemporary Context

Vader House by Andrew Maynard Architects
Melbourne, Australia

This geometric, open-air home is an extension on a Victorian terrace, resting privately around an enclosed patio just steps away from the busy city streets.

The restored house maintains the old brick perimeter, providing an old city charm to this decidedly modern construction.  The upper level under the angular ceiling provides a quiet space for personal relaxation, while the lower level kitchen and living room opens into the patio and spa just steps away.

While not much space was needed for the architect to complete this work, he has succeeded in giving an old building new life in a contemporary context.

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Elements of History Integrated in Modernity

A renovation that brings a whole new light into a house
Auckland, New Zealand

Why make new when you can improve what’s already there? That’s very often the question that comes to mind.

If new projects can let the imagination run wild, the element of history that lies in old stones can be missed by some people. And keeping this element of history doesn’t mean that you can’t have a very modern home.

Proof is in the Winsomere Crescent House renovation by Dorrington Architects & Associates. Here the contemporary elements incorporate the already existing house and maximize the stunning view over the sea.

This way, some beautiful vintage finishes, like the original Art Deco bathroom, are still part of the house, while a new zinc-clad extension contains the new living space and a large window with a a fantastic view.

Its singular shape brings a second youth to the original house as well as a perfect balance. The result is outstanding!

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