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Combining a love for design with professional skill, Amy Drean has transformed her basement into an exceptional showcase of spatial innovation. In the heart of London, this beautiful basement renovation incorporates both a home office, gym and lounge area into a space that flows seamlessly. Arched glazing bars soften the the traditional glazing style, adding a deco-twist to the design of both the hinged and sliding doors, which mirror the raised panelling on the surrounding walls and cabinetry. Jon Golden Jon Golden Jon Golden The room has been fully enveloped in the deep luxurious hue ‘Arras’ by Little Greene Paint, enhancing the office’s bold design features while creating a striking backdrop for our st... More

College Lawn is a rear extension to an existing home that showcases open corner sliding doors in Cheltenham, supplied and installed by IQ Glass. The new ground-floor glazed room opens the original house onto the garden, combining large ultra-slim sliding doors, conservation-style rooflights and frameless roof glazing to create a bright, contemporary living space finished in RAL 7016 that sits comfortably against the existing property. Caption Caption The heart of the extension is a pair of ultra-slim three-track sliding doors that meet at an open corner. When the doors are stacked back, the corner clears completely, removing any post from the view and opening the room directly onto the terrace. Flush thresholds and an integrated... More

IQ installed slim framed aluminium sliding doors and aluminium casement windows to create symmetrical homes on two newly constructed homes in Hampstead, London. keadevelopments keadevelopments To improve the amount of natural light entering the high specification housing, four sets of minimal windows and a number of aluminium windows were installed throughout both new constructions. In addition, glass balustrading, frameless rooflights, and floor lights with a sandblasted finish were installed. To ensure that the sunlight enters the house at all angles. keadevelopments keadevelopments More

Offley Green Farmhouse is Grade 2 listed; the original house dates back to around the mid to late 17th century and has undergone some 20th-century alterations and extensions. It features a steep-pitched hipped roof that is thatched with dormers. The windows are timber frame casement and sliding sash. The house is rendered with red brick chimneys and red brick at ground level below the internal ground floor level. Caption Caption Caption Caption Immersed in the bucolic English countryside, the project aims to establish a new relationship between modern architecture and traditional British cottage houses by replacing a derelict existing shed made of metal and wood that sat next to the house. Caption Caption C... More

A MODERN PLACE TO RETIRE  Portland architects Giulietti/Schouten focus on custom, single-family homes—both new builds and remodels—throughout the Pacific Northwest. Their regional expertise drew Mary and Phil Krueger to approach the firm with an ambitious project: replacing their 1938 property in Lincoln City with a modern home. They wanted their home to take advantage of the stunning Oregon Coast views and have design features like wide door frames that would allow them to age in place through retirement and into their golden years. A sliding door was the easy choice for the upstairs master bedroom. Not only did it fit the overall aesthetic of the home, it checked the boxes of ease of use and compatibility with oversized... More

The story of Boston University’s recently completed Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center is threefold: The new facilities enable BU College of Fine Arts School of Theatre to become a more unified and comprehensive program, with state-of-the-art facilities as teaching tools for all aspects of theatre production and performance. It is the first time in decades that College of Fine Arts performance and production students have been housed in the same location. The building is a tour de force of design, continuing to elevate Boston University’s presence on Commonwealth Avenue. With a full season of productions, Booth Theatre will quickly take its place among the many dynamic performance venu... More

Bureau V, the multi-disciplinary architecture practice that designed the non-profit music venue National Sawdust (NS), is pleased to announce that the $16 million, 13,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art space will open in the culturally vibrant Williamsburg section of Brooklyn on October 1, 2015. Adopting the name of the factory once housed within the century-old building’s shell, National Sawdust will provide composers and musicians a setting in which they can flourish, and a place where they are given commissioning support, mentoring and other critical resources essential to create, and then share, their work. For audiences— serious fans and casual listeners alike—the venue will be a place to discover genrespanning music at accessible ticke... More

Royal Opera House – Open Up project receives planning approval Westminster City Council’s Planning Department has approved Stanton Williams’ scheme to ‘open up’ the Royal Opera House. The planning consent will allow the Royal Opera House to enhance their core values of creativity, excellence and inclusivity. The design, which has been developed by Stanton Williams in collaboration with Arup, will make the physical entrances and street-level public spaces of the Royal Opera House more open and inviting to everyone, encouraging artists, audiences, as well as the general public to explore the building and engage with the artistic activities within. Open Up will also make the Royal Opera House a must-see destination. Existing spac... More