The central modern living, dining area incorporates a dramatic ‘floating wall’ at the head of the stairs, balanced by the soaring, inverted ceiling. A wall of glass glides to one side, enabling the sleek, sophisticated kitchen to become part of the al fresco dining area on the spacious deck. Designing a luxury interior for celebrities, royalty or other wealthy people isn’t easier than creating interiors for those on a budget just because the finest decor materials may be used. (more…)
The new face of Indian architecture through this luxury mansion in the suburbs of Gurgaon. According to the architects, the house should as well serve as an example for fusion between modern and traditional style in India’s home building practice.
India Architects: An architect is a person who plans, designs and undertakes the process of constructing your home. Architect converts a plot into a beautiful building. Architect gives your home a new look. (more…)
Eager for more elbow room, Tina, Kulbir and their two children moved from the city to the suburbs. They renovated most of the rooms in their big, new house with ease, but they were stumped when they got to their cramped and dated basement. Both self-professed computer geeks, Tina and Kulbir wanted the room turned into an efficient home office space.
However, they also wanted it to function on several other levels: as a rehearsal space for budding musician Kulbir and his bandmates; as sleeping quarters for overnight guests; and as a TV and lounge area for the whole family.
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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…)
Plants die. Sweaters go out of fashion. Chocolates get gobbled fast. But design books are gifts that keep giving.
It’s true. Sumptuously illustrated books about well-designed objects, inviting interiors, and extraordinary homes are forever useful, always up there on the shelf offering ideas or the occasional escape into a more comely world.
So add a trip to the bookstore to your last-minute shopping rounds and look for these selections from among this year’s notable releases: (more…)
