Offices. We have yet to experience anything even closely equal to our incredible six days at Castello di Reschio in Umbria. So it should not have come as a surprise to us that their office building would turn out to be stunning as well. But it just feels somehow unfair that some people really do get to call this restored 1940s tobacco processing factory as their everyday office. Late last summer, Count Benedikt Bolza, the talented managing director and chief architect of the Castello di Reschio estate, and his team finished the restoration of the estate’s tobacco factory building so that the estate offices, design studio, workshops and exhibitions could move in.
Heritage and history are exquisitely balanced with contemporary style and cool elegance, yet the space does not feel pretentious or contrived. It feels completely natural; there is a sense of ease, as if it had always been like this. Part of the reason for this is that Bolza left several key elements of the industrial building intact. The style files. Design*Sponge.
ROLU, rosenlof/lucas, ro/lu (a modern landscape design studio's. White out is an ongoing series of posts drawn from a presentation that our intern nicolas allinder gave about his research into recent modern japanese architecture. oy house is a blank canvas which allows its surroundings and circumstances to paint its presence. light interacts with the structure almost like it's a material, creating it's own constantly evolving logic and momentum. despite the stark modern poetry of the oy house, there are subtle elements that call to mind the origins of asian architecture. it's really interesting how well the traditional paper covered, sliding lattice walls fit into the fairly severe minimalist surroundings. the seamless marriage of timeless japanese architectural elements with contemporary minimal design is most definitely one of the most impressive parts. fk - ao, the architects behind the oy house, managed to create a place full of life without forcing it, they allowed the natural elements decorate. please, enjoy.
Architonic. Archjapan. Archi'blogs. Muuuz – Blog Architecture, Design, Tendances, Inspiration. Accessories: Trees & Branches as Decor. Older Accessories: Trees & Branches as Decor by Julie Carlson Issue 29 · Kitchen Décor · July 24, 2009 Newer Issue 29 · Kitchen Décor · July 24, 2009 Spotted in several compelling interiors; bare trees and branches as decor. Above: Abington 12 Gallery in NYC. Above: A bedroom in Nimes, France, from Light Locations. Above: A bare branch in a European villa. Above: An interior photographed by Portland, OR-based Lincoln Barbour.
Above: New York minimalism from Steven Harris Architecture. Above: A branch draped with beads. Above: Bare branches as wall art in an otherwise unadorned bathroom. Above: An interior photographed by Kelly Ishikawa of SBX Creative. Above: A dining area at the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Above: Another dining room with an enormous tangle of dried branches overhead via Est Magazine. EXPLORE MORE: Issue 29: Kitchen Décor, Home Inspiration, Dining Rooms, Living Rooms, Accessories, DIY, Sustainable Design, Holidays, Christmas Lighting: West Elm Gourd Lamp By Julie Carlson. Desire to inspire - about.
Kim and Jo have never met but there is a bond between them that is so strong that it can cross half the world and back again. You see Kim and Jo are interior design junkies. They go weak at the knees when they find that perfect room and they just have to share. It all started towards the end of 2006. They met on Flickr, shared images they had bookmarked and well that was that. Desire to Inspire was born. Jo and Kim Kim is a supervisor of a web development team from Ottawa, Canada. Whether highlighting interior designers and decorators, architects, stylists, photographers or their own readers' homes, Desire to Inspire aims to do just that ... inspire. CONTEMPORIST.