A bedroom to skate, climb & sleep-on-trees in tiny Paris flat by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2020 Elisio Tiúba grew up surfing and playing outdoors in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil so when he began to raise his sons …
Central cube sets Paris micro-flat into work/living/rest modes by Kirsten Dirksen on June 23, 2019 To create more functionality in a 16-square-meter (172-square-foot) Paris apartment, designers Elisa Nobile and Enrico Bona created a custom cabinet …
Arquetipos creadores en Balzac: arribista, artista, inventor by Nicolás Boullosa on February 13, 2019 Quien trabaje en cualquier disciplina con un interés tal que a menudo le haga perder la noción del tiempo —o …
Paris home-within-home: metal core adds space to modern loft by Kirsten Dirksen on December 3, 2017 To preserve the open, industrial feel of a 1920s industrial loft in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, architect Alex Delaunay inserted a …
Paris microflat gets precise in space use with thrifty ideas by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2017 On a nurse’s salary, Flore Devaux knew buying a home in Paris would be difficult so when she stumbled upon …
Dietario de viaje: la Europa del Eurotúnel después de Brexit by Nicolás Boullosa on December 2, 2016 Recta final de 2016. Descartada la aburrida normalidad, las redes sociales son el termómetro de que acabamos de perder muchos …
Turning Montmartre flat into adaptive space perched over Paris by Kirsten Dirksen on October 2, 2016 When tasked with adding space, functionality and light to a small-ish apartment on Montmartre- the tallest hill in Paris-, architect …
Garçonnière Paris: miniature home as bachelor pad in Pigalle by Kirsten Dirksen on June 27, 2016 Jean-Malo’s “garçonnière” (bachelor pad) is a full-sized home (on a miniature scale) in the center of Paris (Pigalle). When he …
Cubic mentality: 4-story Paris flat fits comfort in 25 sq mt by Kirsten Dirksen on May 16, 2016 Architect Jérôme Vinçon believes that with architecture, like clothing, made-to-measure buys a lot more than ready-to-wear. When his friends Michel …
Adaptive space-saving bed snaps into ceiling when not needed by Kirsten Dirksen on May 1, 2016 At the beginning of the 20th century William Murphy patented an idea of a “disappearing bed” (among others) and the …