Tag: roundups

  • Ten contemporary residences with decorative vaulted ceilings

    Ten contemporary residences with decorative vaulted ceilings

    For our latest lookbook, we have collected 10 projects from the Dezeen archive with vaulted ceilings that add structural interest and make interiors feel more spacious. Vaulted ceilings, which were first used in ancient Egypt and are often seen in sacral architecture, use arches to stretch the ceiling upwards from the walls. As seen in…

  • Ten cavernous interiors that swap corners for curves

    Ten cavernous interiors that swap corners for curves

    A nursery by Junya Ishigami and MAD’s Cloudscape of Haikou feature in our latest lookbook, which highlights 10 softly contoured interiors from the Dezeen archive that were modelled on the sinuous shapes of clouds and wind-smoothed caves. Whether crafted from plaster, concrete or wooden panels, undulating walls can help to bring a sense of intimacy…

  • Ten tactile home interiors featuring exposed concrete blockwork

    Ten tactile home interiors featuring exposed concrete blockwork

    From a skinny house in Brazil to a pair of industrial residences in England, our latest lookbook rounds up 10 home interiors that celebrate the tactility of concrete blockwork. Typically hidden behind plasterboard, blockwork is a common form of masonry construction that uses chunky concrete blocks to create load-bearing or non-load-bearing walls. However, many designers from…