Colours

The new vocational school for construction trades is located in a central area of Zurich, Switzerland. Gunz & Künzle Architects designed the building to maximize the number of classrooms while also creating valuable public spaces for the neighborhood. The slender building follows the street and creates a spacious courtyard that connects to the public functions on the school's first floor. Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti Federico Farinatti This piano nobile, which acts as a truss frame structure, is suspended over the gymnasiums that extend from the basement to the ground floor.  While th... More

The intervention focused on the renovation of a micro-housing unit in Milan,characterized by extremely limited dimensions, which required a designapproach rooted in adaptability and spatial flexibility.In response to the growing challenge of increasingly compact living solutions,it is essential, as designers, to propose alternatives that transform a potentiallyanonymous space, often resulting from intensive subdivisions, into a true home. Matteo Losurdo The goal is to conceive welcoming and functional environments, capable ofaddressing residents’ needs with care and sensitivity.The project adopts an inclusive approach, with fixed furnishings designed tomaximize free surface area and enhance overall usability.The centerpiece of t... More

A period building, typical of Milan, designs the colours and atmosphere of this almost French flat. Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Purples, reds and yellows inhabit the house, especially in the living room, which is a puzzle of marble, original frescoes, contemporary furniture and wooden details. Natural light sculpts the lines and planes, generating a suspended, monumental yet eclectic atmosphere. Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Dario Borruto Dario Borruto The master suite and the sleeping area are dusty, in shades of blue. The area for the two girls, on the other hand, is vibrant, pink, orange and dreamlike thanks to the wall decoration reminiscent of the m... More

Arons & Gelauff architects designed a Tiny Forest full of starter homes for campus De Kwekerij in Utrecht, Netherlands: colourful, sustainable, and affordable due to a smart layout. Sebastian van Damme Sebastian van Damme Developer Jebber, a subsidiary of “Stichting Studentenhuisvesting”, develops living space for young starters. This also includes De Kwekerij, a former KPN plot in Utrecht near the Diakonessen Hospital and the HKU. After one solid residential block had already been placed, Arons and Gelauff architects were asked to arrange the rest of the campus, including apartments. Sebastian van Damme Sebastian van Damme The original plan was to place several of these massive blocks. The site also co... More

The combination of good street art and iconic videos from the 90s is the clou of the latest project created by the mode:lina™ designers. In downtown Poznań, we have created a place where the FoodX team reigns with their bold ideas. Patryk Lewiński We love Investors, who come to us with crazy ideas, an open mindset and a fantastic brief - FoodX team belongs in that category, their food - real Street Art on a plate - says Paweł Garus, co-founder of mode:lina™ studio. Patryk Lewiński Patryk Lewiński The owners asked us to prepare a project in Poznań using some of the solutions developed in their previous endeavours, as well as branding using the fantastic colour palette and a large number of neon lights. Inspiratio... More

The apartment is located on the 5th floor of a house from the early 20th century in a residential part of Prague and has an area of 100 m2. South-facing windows ensure very good daylight and a pleasant atmosphere throughout the apartment. Alexander Dobrovodsky We adapted the classic layout with individual rooms and a long entrance hall to the current ways of living, cooking and relaxing by removing most of the partitions. In this way, we turned an ordinary 2 + 1 (2 rooms + kitchen) into an open loft with a steel-glass partition into the bedroom. Privacy is additionally insured by a velvet curtain. Alexander Dobrovodsky The resulting 80-meter open space is divided through colors and materials. While the bedroom is a teal cube, th... More

The building that was designed by Tel-Aviv based Golany Architects serves people who experience disabilities. Therefore, providing accessibility was essential and indispensable. Accordingly, strict measures were employed, in order to cater for people with special needs, including wheelchair users. Inclusive design approach was implemented, so as to create an environment suiting all. It was important to make sure that the accessibility provision would not result in an unattractive, stigmatizing, remedial environment that announces people's disability, but rather, to create a setting where everyone would feel comfortable and equal. Colors were used to facilitate legibility and orientation. They serve as markers to assist, also those... More

Architectural Office “BiroPlus” from Vrsac, has opened a branch office in the center of Belgrade, municipality of Stari Grad. For that occasion, a twenty-seven- year-old architect, who had started her architectural practice in this office with a long tradition in designing, engineering and consulting, was hired as an author of the project. She was given full support by the team of the employed engineers.The new office space, which is also a kind of showroom, is located on the ground floor of an object dating from 1962, in Dobračina Street. The investor’s desire, the owner of “Biro Plus”, was to create a unified functional workspace that exudes glamor and elegance, and also gives employees the warmth of a living space.The project with a... More

The apartment is located in the center of Rome, inside a very rational real estate complex, interesting from an architectural point of view, but incredibly squared and with large orthogonal spaces. The project was born for a young woman, so the main intention was to orientate the study of the interior design to restore a softness, an irrationality of the environments, in line with a female identity, and at the same time in strong contradiction with the external context. The design work focuses on shapes and volumes emphasized with light colors that reflect the nuances of the seascapes. The result is a very welcoming home, with original and sinuous suggestions involving continuous different points of view and overlapping free lines in moveme... More