Terraced floors
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about terraced floors
Project • By Ikeda Yukie Ono Toshiharu Architects • Private Houses
terraced house
On a sloped plot of land in Yokohama, houses tower over the retaining wall on southern edge. On the eastern edge, a house juts against the site. In the winter, there is little sunlight, especially on the ground floor. Therefore, we designed a house that maximized the comfort of each season by setting the sunniest second floor as the "winter living room" and part of the cool shadowy first floor as the "summer living room".
koichi Torimura
koichi Torimura
Facing the southeast, which has the most sunshine, we arranged three floors that rise like terraces toward the light. It is in this direction that we placed the “winter living room” to take advantage of this most effective light. The living room reflects our comp... More
Product • By Mayor • TROPIC COLLECTION
TROPIC COLLECTION
Designed exclusively for the interior of swimming pools, Tropic is perfect for creating a personal oasis, it exudes serenity, calm and luxury. Its colours and small format are designed to create pools with a Balinese trend, which is very popular nowadays. It can be combined with any of our collections and the result will always be dazzling. More
Product • By Mayor • CROSSCUT COLLECTION
CROSSCUT COLLECTION
Crosscut is born from Travertine, a stone characterised by a surface with small cavities and great graphic richness, perfect for any space. The depth of its design gives it a realistic appearance and a solid and balanced finish, without neglecting softness and delicacy. The variety of formats, steps and pool pieces give it the opportunity to maintain an integral aesthetic both outdoors and indoors.
At Cerámica Mayor we develop ceramic floors that turn your home into a welcoming place, adding a touch of distinction. Crosscut is a solution to these problems: resistant, easy to maintain, long-lasting and with an exceptional design.
Thanks to its wide range of special pieces and formats, the space can be fully integrated, both indoors... More
News • News • 7 Oct 2020
OMA rips open Axel Springer’s new office with 45-metre-high faceted glass atrium
The Axel Springer Campus must be a project with a more personal connection for Rem Koolhaas, starting out at the early age of 19 as a journalist for the Haagse Post. He has first hand experience of walking the halls of a newsroom, which comes in use when creating the newsroom of the future for Europe’s largest publishing house Axel Springer.
Courtesy of Axel Springer
Koolhaas’ team at OMA points out the classical newsroom was dominated by smoking, typing journalists who were aware of the collective labor around them heading for the shared deadline of the next print issue. In the digital age, staring intently at a screen, in their view, undermines the collective intelligence necessary for true innovation. The architects the... More