Twenty Cemento Kitchen from Modulnova

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The Twenty Cemento kitchen by Italian kitchen manufacturer Modulnova, is perfect for any industrial chic residential space. Using an extraordinary new resin technology, the cabinets are coated in a 3mm liquid concrete layer. The coating dries to a silky smooth, durable finish and is intriguingly cool to the touch but with warm natural stone tones.

The cement finish is complimented by the black granite Nero Assoluto sink and the brushed and oiled wooden breakfast bar which is cantilevered off the central island.

The pure lines of the kitchen, especially the tall cupboards, conceal appliances and storage spaces which, as with all Modulnova designs, are organised and accessorised to order. The internal cupboards and drawers feature accessories specifically designed to organise work spaces and storage spaces.

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Sea Shell Residence by Lanciano Design

Sea Shell Residence

This 7,500 square foot contemporary home, Sea Shell Residence located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel exhibits the works of Lanciano Design, an Israel-based studio responsible for this

clear and precise space characterized by clean lines, rich but delicate materials and aesthetic original solutions.

Designing the interior of the house was hatched  as an “Haute couture” project based on  informations from the beginning of the project, and accurately calculated details , that makes the main philosophy behind  this wonderful  design. “Openness” has been the main concept behind this project, combining informal ambient and  elegance, with a palette of colors that repeats the colors of the outside into the house.

It features an unconventional layout of the kitchen & the dining area , which makes this home friendly and entertaining to family & guests. The ground floor has been wrapped in large apertures maintaining a dialog with the outside, thus offering an open space feeling.

 The bathrooms area displays a unique “out of the box” and different thinking ,  featuring original designs, besides many lighting scenarios with special effects are applied to completely change the ambience of the house

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Luxembourg Apartment by Metaform Atelier D'architecture

Street art fuses with modern design and architecture

The multi story home features a stacked look that consists of several different box like structures. The bottom box structure is the smallest with each stack expanding in size a bit more than the previous one. Vibrant orange and red cloud like shapes illuminate the overlapping sections of the stacks creating incredible contrast to the black base. The house is equipped with plenty more street art pieces scattered throughout both the interior and exterior terraces providing for the ultimate urban living environment.

Luxembourg Apartment by Metaform Atelier D'architecture

The ambition was to free the three facades of the building from the circulation spaces in order to create maximum flexibility and luminosity for the apartments.

The narrowness and the exiguity of that part of land encouraged the development of 4 differently sized and individual apartments. Considering the proximity to the road, the resulting lack of intimacy and the weak exposure to sunshine, the ground floor is used for the garages.

The first floor is occupied by a two-bedroom 80sqm apartment designed for a family of three. The rooms are isolated and ensures intimacy and well-being with  an open space oriented towards the road.
Two studios, 47 and 48sqm respectively takes the second floor with 1m overhang on on 3 sides of the building.

On the third floor is a 115sqm duplex apartment with a sturdy all-glass ceiling ensuring sunshine to get through to the north-oriented kitchen and dining room
In this construction the use of a unique material, black shiny extruded metal, contributes to its monolithic and sculptural character.

Description :

Within the framework of our project, architecture and art are found side by side, are entangled, extend and complete each other in order to create a common language, a synergy which creates an intriguing, vivid and dynamic, yet at the same time intimate, welcoming and friendly ensemble. The reflection on the relation between art and architecture is part of the concept created with the involvement of the Luxembourgish artist SUMO. It is a response linked to the evolution of the urban landscape because the era of the "post-graffiti", even if many refuse to admit, has become an integral part of the city. Sumo voluntarily covered the space from the ground to the ceiling with his artwork in such a way that his art, which one can consider being "post-graffiti", is subtly integrated in the built space. Architecture gave way to art which reveals itself at times under the overhanged volumes with yellow, orange and red clouds, at times in the background of the loggias of the apartments with its peculiar figures. Art emphasizes this formal game of the spaces that seem to have "slid" to give way to the organic sketches and eccentric colors created by the artist. This cooperation puts forward the idea of the existence of equilibrium between the development of our building landscape and the artistic interpretation

Begin/End work : September 2010 / November 2011

Design team : Metaform Atelier D’architecture.
Photography : Steve Troes Fotodesign

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G7 APARTMENT – by Fixonic

G7 APARTMENT – BRAEMAR HILL BY FIXONIC

G Seven located in Hilltop, Braemar Hill Hong Kong was originally a 2 bedroom layout but was recently renovated by Fixonic who placed the living room directly at the entrance, with a smaller bedroom and bathroom behind a structural wall.  The master bedroom is placed on opposite side with the kitchen cramped on the side, and the maids room and laundry room at the back of the apartment separated by a long corridor.

 The living room and study area were moved to the larger side of the apartment which has better open views through the windows and was also closer to the kitchen, the guest bathroom was created at the entrance area using cultured limestone as a feature wall and a mirror wall to extend the space of the dining area.
 A sliding frosted glass door separates the Bedroom to the other areas and the second bedroom is used as a changing room with ample cupboard and storage space for cloths and other personal items, with the master bathroom located next to the changing room.

 Straight grain Oliver Ash timber is used on the walls, flooring, dresser with a white marble tabletop, beds and continues  throughout the apartment.

 
Remote controlled LED lighting and Lutron lighting systems are also installed in the living areas and even the bed comes with LED surrounding the base creating a floating effect or ambient lighting for those more romantic moments. A pair of Artemide Tolomeo provides extra light if needed for reading at night.

 The bathrooms are finished in “Starck” contrast, with cool anthracite floors and dark slate feature wall tiles combined with white Italian Carrera marble and black glass

 The Kitchen is finished with a repetition of grey tiles and concrete tiled floors, which matches the overhead cupboards, and keeps with the timber tone of the rest of the apartment. The corridor is finished in raw brick tiles and painted grey giving some texture.  Timber sliding doors on both sides conceal the storage room and the cupboard opposite.

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