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We were inspired to create our first authentic living space to reflect our client’s desire to live and work in his painting studio. The design emulates his painting style and personal lifestyle by using natural materials, minimalist values, and bridging social context within a live-work environment. The overall form takes on an ethos of monumental simplicity which inherently captures panoramic lake views from the steep mountainside terrain. ​ As part of authentic living, this studio is entirely devoid of added paints or stains. The exterior walls are made of exposed rammed earth construction set atop a giant plinth of exposed concrete. The interior features natural plywood finishes and exposed structural beams. We focused all of our... More

This Industrial Café Design in Medina, Saudi Arabia, is the perfect example of how stylish interior design can be managed on a limited budget. The use of natural materials, concrete, and mesh finishes along with bright gold lighting provides a great base. The beautiful peacock blue wall-mount seats provide a vibrant contrast to the otherwise neutral color palette. The flash detailing and stunning pendant light fixtures elevate the drama of the ambiance while adding a wholesomeness to the entire space. More

A truly laid-back holiday house this design seeks to adhere to a minimal aesthetic genre, the clients wanted to create a sophisticated, textural house with a rich materiality that wasn’t overwhelming or fussy.A busy couple with teenage children, the clients were specific with their functional brief, with an elevated and relatively open and level site to work with, this house is all about orientation and creating areas for living in at different times of the day. The foundation of the architecture was to create two rectangular forms perpendicular to one another to allow circulation around and between the forms. The first floor, a black, timber lined box and the lower rectilinear form created by intersecting in-situ concrete walls with timber... More

By extending at ground floor and reconfiguring the plan, a spacious and light filled minimal home was created with open plan kitchen, dining and living areas opening directly to the outside with frameless triple glazed windows and large sliding door framing the garden with views from the front door increasing the sense of space and garden connection.Industrial materials were exposed and celebrated such as black MDF for the kitchen, concrete blocks for the exposed blockwork walls and concrete floor which also reduced construction costs. Externally, black paint conceals and unifies the use of low cost bricks with existing brickwork.A black painted core was created housing services, utility room, storage, WC, family bathroom and stud... More

The Curated Home embraces the ordinary language of the Victorian vernacular and contemporary design to create an extra-ordinary home for our clients, their children and their home run business in Balham, South London. The architecture and interior design are concerned with the domestic to create opportunities for the display of carefully chosen, much loved possessions and items for sale. Although functional, our clients wanted to address the low levels of natural light and restricted space in their existing home to allow for family social living, larger gatherings and to accommodate an expanding home run business.Practical space and open plan design don’t always go hand in hand but by combining the existing vernacular with modern desig... More

Sited on a small inner city block, York St House reflects a type of urban architecture that is born from contextual constraints and is not only an impressive piece of small architecture that is light filled and spacious, but exemplifies contemporary Australian ideas about inner city living. For any small project and in particular dwellings; the sense of light and the quality of space is integral to the success of the project. Our design response is driven largely by context and we believe that space around the building as well as the views inside and out are amplified in small projects. So, in response to the site there were a number of ideas we prioritised. Firstly; retaining the neighbours lush Jacaranda tree which sweeps over... More

Industrial style interior design is a hot-bed for retail designs. Its sleek simplicity with a dash of raw appeal makes for the perfect backdrop for product displays. This is why a famous American clothing brand named SOVAGE asked CAS to design the interior of their retail flagship store based on industrial style. The store is based in the KSA, Riyadh and offers a unique industrial ambiance that fits the store brand name. In response, the CAS design team came up with a minimalistic store idea finished in contemporary raw materials. The modern industrial ambiance is extremely stylish and provides the perfect backdrop for the SOVAGE clothing products. http://www.comelite-arch.com/portfolio/industrial-retail-store-sovage-brand/ More