Posts tagged with "interior design"



Four Principles, the Middle Eastern leading Lean Management Experts has upgraded its offices into a collaborative working environment that is tailor-made to fit the employees’ Lean mindset. Founded in 2010 by managing partners Seif Shieshakly and Patrick Wiebusch, Four Principles was created to bring the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen to a new and wider audience in a way that made it more accessible and more easily implemented than had been done before. With its philosophy, the Lean company...
This beautiful church conversion project was carried out by interior architecture firm Linc Thelen Design, located in Chicago, Illinois. The open plan living, kitchen and dining area features a dramatic floor-to-ceiling double-sided fireplace with built-in niches for wood storage and soaring ceilings with skylights that bathes the interiors with natural light. Design finishes that have been incorporated into the interiors gives off a hip and eclectic vibe, which is coupled with visually...
This Spiral Staircase plays a leading and structural role in the organisation of the minimal design that surrounds the Boston house designed by Steven Harris Architecs on a high-end residential design. The stairs are caught beautifully in between a traditional and contemporary design, basking in a cathedral-dose of natural light.
This 135m2 apartment in Paris, France, is incredibly elegant thanks to its architectural details and superb finishes. The large living room has a stunning parquet de Versailles floor, refined wall moldings and high ceilings. Designed by A + B Kasha.
This townhouse from 1931 located in Copenhagen, Denmark, is decorated with a mix of old (vintage furniture pieces and original features) and new (modern furniture & accessories). The old herringbone parquet floor in the living room is stunning. This type of floor is perfect for such an elegant building from the 1930’s. The result is a simple yet elegant decor with warmth and character.
Helical staircases are often designed to be show-stoppers, focal points of architectural spaces that are intended to impress. But even compared to its eye-catching peers, this staircase developed by Webb Yates Engineers and The Stonemasonry Company is unusually audacious. Developed for a residential design by RAL Architects in Formby, UK, each step of the two-story, 4.6-meter diameter helical staircase is composed of an individual block of stone, giving an impression of weightlessness as the...
Brazilian boho in 1920’s style in Santa Monica. This magnificent stairway clad in brilliant blue tile is joined by a 19th-century Chinese apothecary cabinet, turquoise ceramic lamps with Indian sari-fabric shades, a Persian vintage carpet and an Egyptian Revival chandelier.
This existing neoclassic house from mid 19th-century has been completely redesigned by DYNAMO Studio and Güth & Braun Architekten for a client in Germany, completed in 2011. Despite the decadent state of the building, the clients acknowledged traces of previous qualities. The classic facade, symmetric along the principal axis, is divided in three levels, ground floor, main floor and mezzanine. The facade deepends the layering theme by using massive horizontal sandstone pieces. Other areas...
In the late 1820s, Britain’s leading astronomer, Sir James South, purchased property in London’s Kensington neighbourhood and had an observatory dome constructed in his garden by celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Today, the house in Victorian style was updated with marble features, a contemporary kitchen and bathrooms, unique wallpaper and original furniture, while also retaining such traditional features as its large windows, a fireplace and two terraces ideal for looking up at...
European classicism, mid-century modernism and a healthy dose of drama all combine to stunning effect in the rooms of Washington, D.C. Designed by Indian designer Raji Radhakrishnan.