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Hidden door

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Project • By cumuloLimbo studio • Apartments

Casa Carmen

The Carmen project recovers the identity of a flat dating from 1963 and 220 sqm located in Madrid. With an intentional and conscious desire to recycle and recover, it is emptied to add only a few design pieces that organise the whole. The structure of concrete pillars and beams is uncovered, the enclosures of paving pieces and the dark finishes of the period are restored. Instead of replacing them, they are integrated into a now open-plan space that pivots between two focal points: an island with a mustard base and a ceramic base, and on the other side an orange wooden body that focuses attention on the centre of the living room. Javier de Paz This orange body-furniture acts as a partition, corridor, cupboard, counter, shelving and s... More

Product • By Renlita Creative Openings • Lift - Single-Panel Counterweight Balanced Vertical Opening

Lift - Single-Panel Counterweight Balanced Vertical Opening

Single-panel vertical lifting door with no protrusion to the interior or exterior.  This system can open upward to a stowed position or downward to a basement or similar storage area, and is one of the most customizable options for glass or cladding types, mullion layout, and high wind load areas. Caption Caption Caption Caption Caption More

Project • By RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE • Apartments

Fifth Avenue Pied-À-Terre

This minimalist one-bedroom apartment is a pied-à-terre for a couple who split their time between New York and Florida. Prior to the renovation, the apartment was dark, despite four west-facing windows along Central Park, so a primary goal was to make the space feel lighter and brighter. Conceptually, millwork volumes - rather than conventional partitions - read as floating objects while delineating the different spaces. This helps stretch the perception of space to the apartment’s perimeter walls. The living and bedroom spaces flow into one another, and when privacy is needed, hidden pocket doors recessed in the pantry volume can be closed. Resolution: 4 Architecture The owners did not need a full kitchen, as they typica... More

Project • By miogui • Apartments

Stendhal

After refurbishing a first studio in Paris 20e, our office miogui was asked for a second one in the same building. It’s almost the same space, with some little differences, that create a different plan, with the same concept. The existing situation is banal, a bathroom too big for the space, one window in the bathroom, one other in the main space, a little kitchen, a big wardrobe, a bed. The main question we want to answer is: How can the space look bigger ? Philippe Billard FEELING OF A BIGGER SPACE Our first action was to destroy the bathroom’s wall to give back the second window for the living space. It is important for us to give the maximum space and light to the living room by compacting as much as we could technical... More