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School should be a place of curiosity, wonder, and play. In this post, find 7 ways to design a school that makes learning a delight.
Image 10 of 33 from gallery of Surry Hills Library and Community Centre / FJMT. Photograph by John Gollings
Image 9 of 19 from gallery of 1653 Residence / Studio Build. Photograph by Bob Greenspan Photography
Can you believe it has been nearly six months in the making? Today our playroom is officially DONE! Technically this space is an office, TV and play room, but I think the primary use will be family fun & games at this stage of life, so let’s just call it the playroom. Come on in… […]
I'm never sure what to call these rooms. I am pretty sure an oak frame conservatory has a glass roof but what is the difference between an oak framed sun room and an oak framed garden room? mmm, there is probably a technical definition but I am going to call this a garden room because the couple have an amazing garden (you should see the veg plot!) And I know that I really am spoiling you with posts this week - I have had lots of new Border Oak photos through recently - but these pics were too good to keep to myself. And I know I keep banging on about the new BBC series (To Build or Not to Build) but this house will be part of the series which starts on the 5th, BBC1 at 11am. With glass on three sides and huge roof lights you can imagine how bright this space is - which must be amazing in combination with the vaulted ceiling and the large open arch to the kitchen. This is a Clearview Stove - I have one at home and it is brilliant and we have two at the office (which has no central heating and is entirely heated by oak off cuts burnt on our Clearviews) A wonderful open kitchen and living space with a great balance of oak framing and glass. Having an oak truss on the return wall not only explains the oak structure of the garden room but also fills the connection space (between the house structure and the 'garden room') which would be tricky to visually link otherwise. Isn't it lovely? I am also trying to find a copy of Country Homes and Interiors as apparently we have a house in there (the little cottage I bored you all with at the beginning of the year) and Build It magazine also carries a Border Oak front cover this month. It seems that Herefordshire magazine distribution is about 3 weeks behind everywhere else, so the search continues!
Image 40 of 47 from gallery of Kindergarten Riedlepark / Lanz Schwager Architekten. Photograph by Barbara Schwager
Image 3 of 33 from gallery of KB Primary and Secondary School / HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro + Kids Design Labo. Photograph by Toshinari Soga | studio BAUHAUS
Image 2 of 23 from gallery of Ekya Early Years Kanakapura Road / CollectiveProject. Photograph by Tina Nandi Stephens
If you really want to impress your children, there are plenty of ways to do so via interior decorating. Many of the following feats of architecture show how it's possible to bring a little fun from the outside world into your home.
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I'd love a library in my home...someday. I need some place cozy to kick my feet up and curl up with a good book. These reading nooks make m...
Dans le Kelvingrove Museum, l'exposition "Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style" présente l'origine du style de Glasgow, Il commente les oeuvres et la vie de l'architecte, peintre et designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, de son épouse Margaret Macdonald et de sa soeur Frances Macdonald, en particulier leur exposition commune à la Sécession de Vienne en 1900, puis la conception des intérieurs des salons de thé de Mme Cranston. L'exposition aborde l'impact sur la décoration intérieure des relations qu'ont entretenues les artistes de l'Ecole de Glasgow avec les industriels de l'époque. Le travail des métaux, de l'émail et du verre entre 1880 et 1920 sont illustrés. www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4
“We reshaped it into what we wanted it to be.”
Hello! It’s time for another floor plan… today I have this 4 bedroom home which I thought you’d like. The front elevation looks good and would suit a wide block where the garage is out of the way. I like how the entry flows straight through to the back of…
Corpo Santo 6 is a minimalist renovated apartment building located in Lisbon, Portugal, designed by Samuel Torres de Carvalho Architecture
Column in Parque Guell in Barcelona As I've mentioned before, I leave Portland, Oregon every winter for someplace that is the stuff of my dreams, and that is hopefully warmer. The Mediterranean is not a surefire sunshine holiday in winter, but it seems to the the stuff of my dreams the last few years. In a week (December 5th) I will be flying to Barcelona, Spain, a place I haven't been in 24 years. The first time I visited this utterly surreal city was a turning point in my life's work. Like so many other artists, I was exposed to the work of Antonio Gaudi. His buildings are as organic as architectural form gets, and are embellished with the most finely rendered finishes. There are vast quantities of ceramic and glass mosaic and some of the most extraordinary metal work ever executed. Faviana's Wedding Altar When I returned from that trip I began teaching myself how to do stone and tile mosaic. An eccentric client hired me to build a 'Gaudiesque' altar in her garden for her wedding after I showed her photos of his work. It looks rather Miss Haversham in its current state of ruin but it is still one of the coolest things I ever built. The couple then hired me to tile mosaic their kitchen while they were on their honeymoon. I can only imagine what I could do now if somebody was daring enough to commission a work along these lines as my skills and access to materials have greatly improved. I also built a patio for myself in my garden based on the book 'The Tao of Physics', which had a profound effect on the way I see the World. This was my guinea pig for learning how to set mosaics in mortar. For me there is a clear connection to the influence Gaudi's work had on me at that time, and it still does today. My Patio Mosaic The Nativity Facade of La Sagrada Familia The December 2010 issue of National Geographic had a wonderful article on La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's ultra ambitious Cathedral of the Sacred Family project, which they called "Barcelona's Natural Wonder". It is undoubtedly the most unusual building on the planet and is projected to be finished in 2028, 144 years after it was started. It's architectural principals are derived from nature and the laws that govern it, so that the building can be understood much as you would a natural organism. It has a kind of DNA. The article showed the progress of the construction of the building over the years, and a great deal of work has been done since my last visit. The design was derived from building models rather than plans. I have always been prone to designing my gardens by mocking them up on site rather than drawing them out before hand for similar reasons. You can get a sense of what you are really trying to do rather than trying to flatten it and make it look good on paper. I read this article before I returned to Spain from Morocco on last years trip. That trip focused on Andalusia and Moorish architecture in the south and didn't allow for time to revisit Barcelona. There are several essays on the blogsite from that adventure. I hope to document every fascinating detail of what I see now that I am shooting digitally rather than with film. I took about 20,000 photos on the last trip after editing out the bad ones. I will be writing about Gaudi's incredible Parque Guelle, as well as other aspects of his work. I will also be traveling to Figueres to visit the Teatre-Museu Dali to explore the surreal mind of the great artist Salvador Dali. This should make for some very interesting photo essays. Joan Miro, another great Spanish artist who influenced a series of mosaics I built for clients in Portland (see my blog 'The Miro Mosaics') is also going to be featured in an essay. Detail of a mosaic I built called Cyphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman I am so excited to be returning to experience it all over again, and hopefully this trip will inspire a new series of projects for me. Stay tuned!
The attic space at Brackley Town Hall in Northamptonshire. A heritage building about to undergo a massive restoration project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. brackleyregeneration.wordpress.com/about/
Explore exciting and fun kids playroom ideas to create a vibrant space for play. Discover tips and inspiration for designing the perfect kids' play area.
I have came across So many amazing ideas and different things you can make and create out of PALLETS! I gathered them
Learn how to build your own DIY Built-in Bookshelves including a window seat with this detailed, step by step tutorial.
Image 4 of 13 from gallery of Kindergarten Susi Weigel / Bernardo Bader Architekten. Photograph by Adolf Bereuter
Around the cafe perimeter walls, there are some seating benches that change into a comfortable couch with shelves and pillows. The environment-friendly details come from many things, such as colorful pillows, dinosaurs, newspaper, flower pots, old chairs, and open windows as a cafe practical element.
We really like school nurseries with a great design. Although some of them are quite far —this is located in Denmark— they are a good way to dream and see what can you find in those places that seem have been created by kids, with lots of play spaces, atmospheres plenty of fantasy which take […]
This Paris trip seems like a lifetime ago by now, but I wanted to share what we did on our last day of the trip. Sarah and I had originally planned to return to Avignon…
A family day out at Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire with lots of photographs.
Семья приобрела этот 600-летний дом в Дубровнике, Хорватия, когда он был в руинах. Шаг за шагом они отреставрировали стены и крышу и постарались ✌Пуфик - блог о дизайне интерьера
Clever architecture is often just as much about what is left untouched as it is about what is changed or updated.
