Displaying posts labeled "Stairs"

The Ancient Party Barn

Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2016 by KiM

OMG I am in love. You all know how much we love a good conversion….. This award-winning conversion of an 18th century threshing barn, dairy and stables by London architecture and interior design firm Liddicoat & Goldhill is un-freaking-believable. Our task was to combine the quality of the surviving barn fragments with the texture and tone of their found materials. To maintain the barn’s brooding presence – and to provide security and a sense of protection from rolling Channel mists – the barn is usually kept in a closed state. However, industrial-scale kinetic mechanisms create openings that address key views into the countryside. Massive, insulated shutters recall the original barn doors, and protect a vast rotating window operated by an adapted chain-lift. To the East front, an American aircraft-hangar door allows the exterior to concertina upwards, creating a canopy over the dining terrace and revealing ribbon glazing within. A single rooflight, running the length of the main roof’s ridge provides steady ambient light to the living spaces.  

Kim’s favourite stairs of 2015

Posted on Mon, 4 Jan 2016 by KiM

Jo’s favourite stairs of 2015

Posted on Sun, 27 Dec 2015 by midcenturyjo

White and wonder

Posted on Thu, 24 Dec 2015 by midcenturyjo

Resplendent in winter white this penthouse loft in Soho by New York-based David Hotson Architect almost qualifies as a winter wonderland to this Australian-based blogger. Christmas in summer here dear readers. And what exactly is hiding in its dark, dark heart? The perfect retreat from all that wonderful white.

Studio DB randomness

Posted on Wed, 23 Dec 2015 by KiM

I recently featured this loft and this other loft by New York based design firm Studio DB and because I am now a huge fan, I thought I would share my favourite spaces from several other projects they have completed. They are all about funky graphic patterns, beautiful wood and statement tile.