Convertible NY flat expands amid high ceilings & big windows by Kirsten Dirksen on July 15, 2019 When Robert Garneau first saw the 400 square foot apartment in Midtown Manhattan, it was a cramped space painted bright …
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 …
Creator of praised LEGO transformer flat builds morphing hotel by Kirsten Dirksen on September 2, 2018 A decade ago, Christian Schallert transformed a rundown Barcelona apartment into a home that could transform according to each use. …
Fluid NYC flat uses sliding furniture to create 3 rooms in 1 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2018 Russian architect Peter Kostelov and his artist wife, Olga Feshina, wanted private rooms to work from home in their aging …
Pivoting wall adds/subtracts rooms in NYC modular micro-flat by Kirsten Dirksen on June 24, 2018 When architect Robert Garneau was asked to turn a Manhattan prewar studio into an apartment that would sleep 6 and …
Amsterdam hotel softens line between home, work & incubator by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2017 Aimed at a growing group of “global nomads”, Amsterdam’s Zoku is trying to avoid the hotel label and instead provide …
Designing to last: multi-purpose furniture adapts to use/age by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2017 “Real estate in cities has gotten so expensive that anybody who has a bit of a high ceiling is trying …
House of moving doors in Barcelona adapts to family’s use by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2017 When South Africans Jason and Tessa Boshoff went searching for an affordable apartment in Barcelona, they found a rundown 70-square-meter …
Transforming plywood walls add rooms & service to Geneva home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2016 When a family of five in Geneva were looking to turn two large basement rooms into four, including a bedroom …
Rubik cube flat flips office, storage, dining, bedroom in SF by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2016 When Donnie Wang bought his 530-square-foot studio apartment in San Francisco’s Financial District, he was single. When his now wife, …
