A door handle is often the first architectural element we encounter by touch when entering a residence. Opening a door is an instinctive gesture, and the feel of the handle can make all the difference towards one’s first impression of a space. Whether discreet and elegant, present and bulky, classic, modern or industrial, a door handle can introduce the design style of a residence.
Residential door handle types on the market today typically consist of lever handles, doorknobs and sliding door pulls. A handle’s mechanics correspond to its functionality. In form, each of these types might feature sharp or curved corners and finishes in gold, silver, and a range of other metals as well as various colors. There are also products, though limited in number, produced in lacquered wood, which can be soft and warm to the touch.
Lever handles with tubular or minimalist blade-like forms are an especially popular trend. Designs with circular forms have benefits for the elderly and arthritic, yielding a more comfortable feel for fragile hands. Handles finished in antimicrobial surfaces with silver ions help to achieve higher hygiene standards by mitigating the possibility for bacterial spread or microbial growth, and provide a form of active protection for homes as well as hospitals and public buildings.
Listed below are ten excellent residential door handle products on the market:
1. Lama, Olivari B. spa
The Casa MM project involved a radical intervention. The current state of the apartment was in its original configuration from the early 1900s, characterized by the presence of a large entrance to the detrimen...
2. ONE, Formani
Formani, designer and distributor of high-end door & furniture fittings and bathroom accessories, was invited to participate in the realisation of a private residence in Capetown. Mark Zuckerman from Zuckerman Sachs A...
3. Asta Door Pull, Krownlab Inc.
One of our favorite recent residential projects: an off-the-grid, self sustainable residence tucked away in the Brazilian countryside. When you’re relying on your own systems for water and power production...
4. 5173 Estate Lever, Baldwin Hardware
Comprehensive Renovation Rejuvenates a Midcentury Home with Olympic Mountain Views What was once an adult living facility with good bones is now a carefully renovated midcentury gem thanks to...
5. Minimal, M&T
The reconstruction of a terrace house for the needs and comfortable urban living with the current standards for a family. The same terrace house design repeats in a few streets, using pseudo-mansard roofs, partial pre...
6. IN.00.016, JNF Architectural Hardware
Located in the old ‘vila de Fão’s urban core, this house integrates itself in the region’s typical urban mesh, defined by its narrow streets and by the seaside alignment of the buildings &ndas...
7. Holt L Shape Lever Handle, Allgood
PAD studio has completed a serene three bedroom home in the New Forest National Park featuring light, natural interiors and strong connections to the outdoors for a London-based family.
8. System 111, HEWI
After the Realiteit and the Fantasie,the third edition of small experimental housing settlements in Almere has been launched under the title De Eenvoud. The brief of the competition called for an individual house with...
9. Raffaella, Olivari B. spa
This charming apartment, located in the heart of Milan’s chinatown, has undergone a process of radical transformation, while maintaining the original layout of the walls.Each room features an alternation o...
10. HOPPE Antimicrobial handles, HOPPE
Housing with an 'L'-shaped floor plan that combines the refined lines of the white upper volume with sharp edges with the more compact volumes of the lower floor.
