Ceramic tiles are the best for bathroom flooring, as they are durable, resistant to wetness, safe to walk on and easy to clean. You can hand paint designs of your choice on individual tiles or the wall itself. This will give a more personalized feel to your bathroom. Consider the size of your bathroom before choosing the color of the tiles. Small bathrooms should have light colored tiles to make them look roomier. Large bathrooms have a better scope to experiment with colors. (more…)
There were iconic buildings and tall towers aplenty, but the year belonged to small statements attempting to stem the tide of sameness, LISA ROCHON writes
For sending us into paroxysms of joy and dark shadings of the mind, the architecture of 2006 was another roller coaster ride of highs and lows. The country gained an opera house, and lost a remarkable champion of urbanity, Jane Jacobs. And though tract housing and big boxes continue to bust out across the nation, architecture located in the places in between was noticed most of all by the prestigious Governor-General’s Medals in Architecture. (more…)
Architect-turned-interior design consultant Angelena Chan was intrigued with the idea of “growing herbs in the backyard” proposed by celebrity chef Cheong Liew.
The kitchen concept was meant for all the 188 condominium units of the two, 25-storey Zehn tower blocks in Bukit Pantai.
“We have to try to translate this idea into reality by using the yard as a herb garden,” says Chan.
The director of Index Design Pte Ltd based in Singapore, Chan, was trained as an architect and practised for three years in SAA Singapore before venturing out on her own as an interior designer. She did a few projects for CapitaLand Financial Ltd prior to being engaged for the Zehn project in Kuala Lumpur. (more…)
The widening net of world trade appeared to be the reason the 45th Salone Internazionale del Mobile, an international furniture fair held in the outskirts of Milan, hosted a near-record 2,500 exhibitors from 37 countries this month. It was a New Age trade caravan, and with it came a hybrid international aesthetic that even the Italians, who were 90 percent of the exhibitors, embraced.
At the new fairgrounds and buildings in Rho-Pero, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, in showrooms within the city, at private parties leading up to opening day, and at off-site events in the grungy Tortona design district during I Saloni, spectators got a clear view of what’s to come in furniture, kitchen and bath design stores this fall. (more…)
