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Project • By Kay Moden • Private Houses
Extension 108
A modest Victorian terrace in Southwest London is restructured through a quiet but deliberate series of sectional and spatial moves — anchored by a timber-framed glass extension and a lowered reading nook carved into the undercroft. The project reorganises the home’s split-level plan into a sequence of connected, calm, and functional volumes, reflecting a family’s need for togetherness without sacrificing moments of retreat.
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The brief came from a family of five seeking a better balance between connection and separation — a layout that would support cooking, eating, working, and resting without relying on full open-plan living. The house’s existing configuration placed the kitchen at the lower rear... More
Project • By jones | haydu • Bars
The Caffè by Mr. Espresso
The Italians call the ritual of stepping into a caffè and enjoying espresso a “pausa” or a pause — a moment that allows for reflection and community. In Italy, the pausa is typically taken while standing at the bar. The goal of the design was to honor this most basic daily ritual and experience as meaningful, as art.
Matthew Millman
Matthew Millman
Matthew Millman
Matthew Millman
Matthew Millman
Informed heavily by Italian cuisine, which is masterful at creating great complexity with minimal ingredients, we chose to minimize the number of materials used, and to celebrate their innate richness. Crafted from slabs of a single white oak tree that fell in Sonoma in 2008, the primary bar f... More