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BC housing: Standard designs to speed up builds

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The BC government is hoping a new approach will help encourage people to build new homes. The province’s Standardized Housing Design Project lays out standard home designs that will enable builders to cut down on design costs and approval times. “We’re trying to get the building process moved faster so that anyone, whether they’re a new building or a very experienced builder, can take a set design and get it straight through the local government to get it approved,” Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon explained Thursday. Kahlon says the program is similar to the post-war CMHC Catalog of Homes, adding BC…Continue Reading

Winners revealed: 2023 Australian Interior Design Awards

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Individuality, boldness and understated elegance were strong themes among the winners of the 2023 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced on 2 June. “Projects […] also displayed sensitivity and a modesty that speaks to a revitalized sense of confidence,” said the jury. “This is a year where design was truly celebrated through projects, relationships and collaborations that were treated with a renewed lust for life.” The jury unanimously awarded the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design to Campbell House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, which also won the awards for Workplace Design and Sustainability Advancement. “It is timeless, elegant, unified and finely…Continue Reading

Australian project takes out World Interior of the Year

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Australian multidisciplinary design firm SJB has claimed three awards at this year’s Inside World Festival of Interiors as part of the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. 19 Waterloo Street won both the Interior of the Year and the Residential Single Dwelling Award. The jury praised the modestly-sized residence for being “like a wardrobe for the architect himself to live in … not just a building or an interior but a pocket-sized tour de force.” The Tetris-like plan consists of seven internal floors and the façade is dotted with 15 openings onto the street—a design approach that the judges felt “generated…Continue Reading

Architects 49 House Design completes a modernist office venue, developing both contemporary indoor working stations and an outdoor activity space

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Bangkok, Thailand Architects 49 House Design have created the new, modernist office building for Pine-Pacific Corporation, located between the company’s former mineral warehouse and its current headquarters.Warehouse 12 as it is known is comparable to a central connecting link that merges the various working functions together, housing offices, laboratories, a cafeteria, and meeting rooms. Τhe project has been awarded a 2021 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.The initial concept, inspired by an abundance of trees between the new extension and the…Continue Reading

Create a Vision for Your Outdoor Space

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Designing a chilled outdoor pool and patio begins with a clear imaginative and prescient. At Enclave Outdoor Luxury Living, we believe each outdoor location ought to experience like a private retreat. Think approximately how you want to apply your area. Is it for circle of relatives gatherings, quiet afternoons, or pleasing buddies? Having a clear plan enables make certain your pool and patio format fits your lifestyle. This step additionally makes it simpler to pick the proper size, shape, and style to your pool and patio so that they combo seamlessly with your private home’s architecture.Choose a Pool Design…Continue Reading

In the Hamptons, a Modern Home Fit for a Bond Villain

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The experimental midcentury-modern architecture of the Hamptons has long been a source of fascination to many in the design world — including Timothy Godbold, an interior designer based in Southampton, NY So in the fall of 2019, when he noticed an unusual modernist house in town listed for sale, he was intrigued. More intriguing still: It was built in 1973 by Eugene L. Futterman, a name he didn’t recognize. The 1,700-square-foot home was all angles, with two intersecting, triangular roof planes and a primary bedroom that rose into the treetops like a periscope. But the interior was dated and the…Continue Reading

Design news: can you live in a skip? Plus Collect craft fair and a cool walking frame | Design

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Qhere are two stories in this month’s news that illuminate the strange relationship we currently have with housing. One is about an artist who’s decided to live in a skip for a year to raise awareness of the terrible cost of living in London and the other is the story of a designer who created a fantasy flat in Stockholm that exists only on Instagram. For more stories that offer a new perspective on issues around design and architecture, subscribe to the monthly Design Review newsletter.1 Craft at the Collect Art FairStar Flowers2021 by Alice Kettle, finalist for…Continue Reading

Disc House | 2020 Best Dream House of the Year

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New York, USAArchitects: KARIM RASHID Inc. Lead Architect/Concept designer: Karim Rashid Project Description Dubbed “The Disk House,” the design of this circular, see-through residence, came as a response to the Covid lockdown. The concept of the Disk House is to have 360 ​​degrees views, with no sharp corners and no obstructive columns. “Being locked down for so many months now, made me realize how important the connection with the exterior is – and how much a glazed surface can do for you. Transparency is immaterial; therefore your space always feels much larger and it creates a positive mental psyche,”…Continue Reading