The Auckland Design Manual has introduced a new tool to help architects and designers cater for people of all physical abilities and stages of life when they are designing buildings and public spaces. Continue reading “A Growing Suite of Urban Design Resources”
Rising population, increasing urban density, limited budgets, expensive building costs, minimalism, green living trends… there are many reasons homeowners are now more open to the idea of offbeat architecture. Architects are also keeping pace with the concept by getting very creative with home design to meet the unique needs of their clients. Continue reading “An Offbeat and Green Home Design”
An old office building in downtown Buffalo, that sat vacant for decades, is now the region’s newest boutique hotel, restaurant, and bar. Continue reading “A Boutique Hotel is Open for Business”
Since its launch in June of last year, RH offshoot RH Modern has made a point of enlisting respected designers to conceive pieces for the company. Continue reading “A Modern Collaboration of Architectural Design”
The coming weekend will see tens of thousands of people – and thousands of exhibitors – descend on Sandown Park in Surrey for what is set to be a record-breaking Homebuilding and Renovating Show. Continue reading “Creating Your Own Home Design”
Interior design and features of the Ilex Cafe & Events, Botanic Gardens, Christchurch.
There was a simple premise to the design of Ilex Café that is located in the Visitors Centre in Christchurch’s Botanical Gardens. It is simply, beauty attracts. Continue reading “A Cafe’s Beautiful Botanical Design”
Chesterfield Housing Inc., a non-profit volunteer-driven division of the St. Vital-based Kinsmen Club of All Saints, is three months away from opening a brand-new 45-suite affordable housing unit that will be called Kinsmen Place, which is located adjacent to the organization’s other three buildings at 30 Chesterfield Ave. in St. Vital. Continue reading “The Pleasure of Building More Affordable Homes”
It’s a development site that’s four times the size of the Honest Ed’s property, sits at the confluence of eight TTC and GO/Metrolinx commuter rail routes, and holds out the promise of improving the public realm at an intersection that has long held little truck for the needs of pedestrians. Continue reading “A Mega Project for Urban Neighbourhood to be Built Soon”
The gardens are open to the public but the views are all yours from this well-configured studio at 257 East 7th Street in the easternmost reaches of the East Village. Continue reading “A Property Surrounded with Magical Gardens”
Revolution Precrafted, a company launched by developer and art collector Robbie Antonio in 2015, aims to democratize architecture by offering affordable designs for prefab homes and pavilions from over 40 world-renown architects including Kengo Kuma, Jean Nouvel, Kravitz Design, Zaha Hadid Architects, Sou Fujimoto and many more. Continue reading “A Prefab Home Design for Revolution Precrafted”