Rocio Romero’s LV Home

Many of our readers have commented lately that some of the recent prefab, modular, and kit housing projects that we have written about do not address real living - whether in the context of lifestyle, environment, or price. This week’s Prefab Friday is dedicated to you; your concerns are not lost on our ears! We easily agree that many of the projects we have profiled do not reflect the initial

Focus House in London by BERE Architects

Added to an end-of-terrace house in North London, Focus House is a delightful prefabricated eco-home for a family of five. Bere Architects, the firm behind the design, used PassivHaus principles to inform their process. The world’s leading energy efficiency standard, Passivhaus recognizes buildings that are so energy efficient all they need is a small electric heater. Focus House is a unique

Paris - Lighting Design from Celine Wright

Céline Wright is a Paris-based designer whose poetic lighting has become a classic in the modern Parisian interior. Each light is made by hand with blown glass and handmade paper, inspired by nature and Wright's childhood years in Tokyo.Suspended by nearly invisible wires, her lights float in the interior or outdoor space adding an ethereal touch to the landscape. For more about Céline Wright, go

Decorating the Family Room

Paul and Alison chose a sofa from the Potomac collection at Crate and Barrel.I’ve spent a lot of my spare time over the past several weeks trying to decide on furniture for the family room. My research has included: * Poring over every furniture catalog ever published — from Restoration Hardware (beautiful, but expensive) to West Elm (too modern) to J.C. Penney (a little too practical). * Surfing

Architecture Beyond Building

The 11th International Architecture Exhibition entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, directed by Aaron Betsky and organized by La Biennale di Venezia presided over by Paolo Baratta, will take place in Venice from Sunday, September 14th to Sunday, November 23rd 2008. According to Aaron Betsky, six year director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam, and director

New Cross Gate by FCB Studios

” We were appointed to design this new sustainable living quarter following success in a competition sponsored by The New Deal for Communities, New Cross Gate. The brief was to provide health, educational, community, creative and performing arts facilities together with a new public square and housing.The winning scheme proposes 76 residential units surrounding a large public square planted with

Inteligent Kitchen Design Concept for the Future

As I’ve said in Contemporary Kitchen in Bamboo post in these days the kitchen has long since become a place where the boundaries between food preparation and everyday life dissolve. The kitchen is continuing its evolution into a natural part of people’s living areas. Now by following this trend Designboom hold a contest entitled “Kitchen is the heart of the home“, where 2980 designers from 102