| New homes in Brazil that encourage indoor-outdoor living | | | These four contemporary residential projects usher their residents outside with strategic open floor plans, attractive exterior spaces and plenty of greenery. Read more | |  |
USM Special Edition Olive Green
Few colours are as versatile as olive green. With its perfect balance between warm and cool tones, this earthy colour blends seamlessly into any design style. The subtle special colour is now available exclusively in four USM Haller furniture types. Find out more | |  | | Photo: Kurt Hoerbst | | | An architect’s guide to courting: social housing developments that wrap around central courtyards | | | Bringing communities together, well-connected and easy-to-maintain central courtyards are the multi-generational green spaces at the heart of these social housing projects. Read more | |  | | Photo: Yashiro Photo Office | | | Sky Vessel House in Fukuoka, Japan, by NKS2 Architects | | | This house for a couple living in a suburban residential area incorporates a large and striking vessel-shaped tile roof on top of the distorted circular floor plan and perimeter wall. The roof blocks the view from the surroundings while bringing the sky into the interior. Read more | | Creative inspiration can arrive from anywhere, whether in the shape of a falling apple or while standing on one's head. For Munich-based industrial designer Konrad Weinhuber, it came from his grandmother's spinning wheel and resulted in the creation of his award-winning height-adjusting KOMOT light system in 2000. Today, the company's KOS suspension lamp represents the state of the art.
An adjustable cord wraps neatly around the spinning-wheel-inspired spindle within the light unit itself, depending on the desired height of KOS's hand-blown glass orb, with light intensity and warmth controlled by gesture. Small and large luminaires can be clustered together, adjusted horizontally by use of a ceiling track, and cords and mountings colour coordinated – allowing users to create their own symphonies of light. Read more | |  | | Photo: BoysPlayNice | | | Founded by two graduates of the Liberec Technical University in the Czech Republic, Mjölk seeks to analyse local contexts, uncover the hidden qualities of a place and translate the results of this into their projects. Read more | | | | | | | | |
