September 2022
Home Office Design Tips To ‘Trick’ You Into Being More
Finding the perfect balance at home when working is essential for both your well-being and overall levels of productivity.
Photo by Tran Mau Tri Tam ✪ on Unsplash
It’s difficult enough as it is to remain focused when working in your personal space, but fortunately, there are some easy hacks that can essentially trick you into being more productive!
- Designate a working space
If you plan to work in bed or on your sofa, then you are setting yourself up to fail. You must have a designated workspace at home, which is why you should
Radical Remodelling to a Victorian Terraced House in
Project: Vestry Road / Radical Remodelling to a Victorian Terraced House
Architect and Interior Designer: Oliver Leech Architects
Structural Engineer: Croft Structural Engineers
Principal Contractor: Firfield Construction
Landscaping and Planting: Anderson Woods
Location: Camberwell, London, UK
Photography: © Ståle Eriksen
The two-storey house was in poor condition, with little natural light and a cramped kitchen so the brief was formed from the client’s wish to provide new open-plan cooking and eating spaces that face out onto the garden, with a focus on natural light and materials to create more usable space and a calm atmosphere.
The house was stripped back
Essentials you need to consider when redecorating your
Your bedroom should be your own private haven to escape to and unwind in at the end of a busy day.
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It’s your personal space, which can be decorated to your exact liking with your favourite colour, stylish furniture and unique accessories.
As much fun as redecorating your bedroom can be, it’s also a lot of work. You need to consider the space you have, your budget, and the essentials you need to make your bedroom functional, as well as stylish.
Here are some tips to get you started.
The Project of a Lifetime / Spiegel Architects
Project: The Project of a Lifetime
Architecture, planning and interior design: Spiegel Architects
Location: Hadera, Israel
Owners: A couple in their 40s’ + four children
Plot: 300 sqm
Property: 320 sqm
Project duration: 14 months
Photo Credits: Elad Gonen
This plot was bought by the owners with the view of building their first private property on it and creating a modern and cozy home for their family of six. The husband, a hi-tech professional, managed this complex construction project from start to finish and the results speak for themselves.
Israeli architecture has come on leaps and bounds in recent years,
Kitchen reno extends to whole ground floor with great
Located in Melbourne’s Malvern East, this stately Arts and Crafts era home had been extensively renovated in the past but was desperately in need of a contemporary update. “The home had the right quantity of rooms but it lacked the aesthetic finesse and the functional flow that the new owners required,” says interior designer Penny del Castillo who was tasked with updating the home with a touch of Parisian flair.
With five family members who all have a penchant for cooking, the kitchen was the obvious place to begin the overhaul. “We created a larger working kitchen for all
a slow choreography of form, light, and sound
spy reveals his dream-like and kinetic ‘eclypses’ installation
Public and urban artist SpY introduces ‘Eclypses’, his latest site-specific, kinetic sculpture conceived for an unused industrial space at the Weapons Factory of La Vega in Oviedo, Spain. Built on the occasion of LINK Fest 2022, the installation is composed of twenty large discs moving in a slow choreography, incorporating light patterns and an accompanying soundscape. Visitors can navigate around and across a living artwork, actively engaging in a unique, multidimensional experience of hypnotic and immersive qualities, marked by the piece’s scale within the warehouse’s imposing space.
all images © Ruben P