Project: The Cactus House Location: Oakland, CA Designer: William Adams, William Adams Design General Contractor: AK Construction Square Footage: 1,250 sq. ft. | Kitchen: 175 sq. ft. Photography: Tetiana Sokolova – Capture Studios Materials: Buster + Punch’s CAST cabinet hardware, Forked pendants, kitchen faucet Budget: $85,000 Completion Date: 2023 Step inside the Cactus House, and […]
Industrialized LVL modules combine digital design, precision CNC manufacturing and high structural performance to address labor shortages, carbon reduction targets and housing demand. Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL has played a significant role in the Netherlands’ first large-scale modular construction project, where the load-bearing structure has been built entirely from LVL. The five-story residential complex in […]
Hope’s Jamestown175™ Series windows and doors help preserve architectural heritage while achieving LEED Gold certification for environmental sustainability. Preserving the “Santa Barbara airport experience” was official policy for the small Santa Barbara Municipal Airport when building the new 72,000 foot terminal building. The new terminal was designed to look old and in line with the […]
A new report by APE Grupo reveals that physical and mental wellbeing now leads spatial design priorities as homes, workplaces and public spaces adapt to a changing world. In a world increasingly shaped by loneliness, uncertainty and emotional precarity, spatial design is no longer merely an aesthetic or functional matter—it is becoming a tool for […]
The Challenge In the picturesque Finger Lakes region of New York, overlooking Canandaigua Lake, a newly built cottage called for a kitchen that would be cozy, beautiful and highly functional – despite its modest footprint of just 350 square feet. Interior designer Mary McCarthy of The Inde Studio took on the challenge, delivering a light-filled, […]
Marazzi, a leading international designer and manufacturer of ceramic and stoneware tiles, unveils the renovated spaces of its showroom on Via Borgogna in Milan Design Week. The ‘Poliedrica’ project, curated by ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, proposes a contemporary living room, inspired by a domestic flavor, where ceramic is the absolute protagonist. A warm […]
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), an organization that champions advocacy, leadership, and quality in the North American cabinet industry, recently held their first KCMA® Design Awards program and invited some of America’s top interior designers to participate. The 2024 competition, which announced winners in April, recognized outstanding kitchen designs by interior designers, kitchen designers, and […]
“Maison Les Marquises,” an award-winning residential project in the first edition of the APE Grupo Architecture Awards, represents the balance between beauty and architectural discipline. It is a home that embraces its surroundings, where two distinct materials, wood and ceramics, coexist harmoniously. The creators at Atelier d’Architecture AMASA have skilfully woven the transitions between them in a […]
The Kojima House, designed by Swatt + Partners, is a 6,500 square foot remodel and addition to a pre-existing home in Kentfield, California. The 1.5 acre site is surrounded by mature landscaping on all sides, affording a sense of privacy that is rare with new homes. Nestled in a clearing, the home has unobstructed views […]