Displaying posts labeled "Living Room"

Kim’s favourite living rooms 2020 – part 2

Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2020 by KiM

Kim’s favourite living rooms 2020 – part 1

Posted on Sun, 20 Dec 2020 by KiM

Not your ordinary flat in Madrid

Posted on Wed, 16 Dec 2020 by midcenturyjo

On a previous occasion when I featured Barcelona-based interior designer María Lladó‘s work I wrote “Queen of the vignette, lover of chairs, doyenne of the eclectic. The home as theatre or is that theatre set?” That was back in 2014. Thankfully nothing has changed!

“The McNamara House is a new addition to a heritage Federation-era home in Malvern East. Sitting discreetly behind the original, the new pavilion is at once subservient and subversive to the existing building. Where the new is contemporary and welcoming, the old is formal and stately. Through the contrast between the grandeur of the old and the pared-back elegance of the new, a sense of order and refinement is created.”

When good design is subservient design. Adjunct as opposed to distraction. It’s not always about the “Look at me” upstart. Sometimes it’s about turning the expected on its head, about simple being disruptive. By Tom Roberston Architects.