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Low energy light bulbs didn’t have the best start in life, aesthetically speaking at least. But British designer Sam Wilkinson’s new prizewinning 001 bulb for Plumen is much more like it.
When, one day, I return to the lovely walled town of Lucca this apartment is where I want to live.
Sober, perfectly balanced New York decor breaks no new ground but ticks plenty of boxes.
Dense colour and rich textures at floor level seem to push the ceilings skyward in this new family home in Provence.
Timeless is one of those overused terms that rarely matches the project it’s used to describe. But not so here. This recently completed refurbishment of a traditional Spanish patio house, especially in these shots, feels like it could have been completed yesterday or forty years ago. There’s no way of knowing for sure but I suspect it has something to do with the architect’s lack of ego and his desire instead to let the building decide what happens next.
Why can’t more New World residential projects feel like this one? The ‘Stitch’ cooperative housing project in Nagasaki is by Japanese architects Chiba Manabu.
The Japanese master minimalism all over again with the reopening of the Pleats Please Issey Miyake store in Aoyama. Light, surface, space as art, as just about only the Japanese can.