Location: Saint-Elie de Caxton, Quebec, Canada Area: 140 m² Project end date: 2017 Yh2 design team: Karl Choquette, Marie-Claude Hamelin, Étienne Sédillot, Loukas Yiacouvakis, Construction: Construction Daniel Matteau Photo credits: Francis Pelletier A window on the lake: the very essence of the cottage. A warm, simple wood dwelling open to nature and a peaceful lake. The house stands on the site of…
Architectural firm: Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos Lead architect: Gonzalo Iturriaga Atala Project: Refugio para un montañista (Mountaineer’s refuge) Location: Comuna de San esteban, V región, Chile. Surface area: 60 M2 Photographer: Federico Cairoli The design brief was for a small cabin with a roof, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom – the necessities for resuming the mountain trek begun the day before. The…
Designers Nauris Kalinauskas and Dalia Mauricaitė Kalinauskienė, explorers of small spaces, are like interior illusionists. The spotlight's light is directed towards their design ideas and functional solutions. It makes believe in small household miracles. Also provokes to change or even forget our habitual habits and to discover new home rituals. This time they draw a piece of furniture that at…
The lofts are distinctive in size and offer a completely new concept of living. Designers Nauris Kalinauskas and Dalia Mauricaitė-Kalinauskienė have decided to create a demonstration living interior that would reveal the possibilities of non-standard housing, so that everyone could get to know them better. The designers proved that if you have a limited budget, you should be more responsible…
Todd Saunders' CV includes architectural projects on a truly impressive scale. One of his most famous realisations is the Aurland Observation Deck in Norway. Saunders has also been known for designing houses that are not only remarkable, but also surprisingly small. Saunders is no architectural eccentric or revolutionary. The effects of the global economic crisis and large cities centralisation are…
It is a mistake to think that the fuzzy comfort and pampering convenience of upholstered furniture are some of the most important benefits of upholstered furniture, even outweighed by its frown-inducing appearance. The mosy sofas manufacturers present these qualities as the exclusive advantages of their products is partly the fault of consumers themselves. We are indulgently categorical, unimaginative and often…