Zsofia Schweger is a Hungarian artist who currently lives and works in London. Her still life paintings of empty interior spaces talk subtly about the … [Read more...]
The One-Room Apartment by Cornelius Meyer (1689)
Cornelis Meijer (Cornelius Meyer) (1629-1701) was a Dutch hydraulics engineer that came to Rome in 1680 to assist in the design of the banks of the … [Read more...]
Brutal Domesticity: Van Wassenhove House by Juliaan Lampens (1974)
The residence in Sint-Martens-Latem near Ghent was designed by Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens for the teacher Albert Van Wassenhove in 1974. The … [Read more...]
A “Palladian” Villa in Sweden: The Norrköping House by Sverre Fehn (1963-64)
The Norrköping Villa was designed by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn in 1963-64 as a model architecture for an ideal family of four. The 150 m2 house … [Read more...]
Experiments in Minimal Living Space: Charlotte Perriand’s “Refuge Tonneau”
French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) designed several structures for minimal living, temporary shelters aimed at housing … [Read more...]
The Knowledge Box by Ken Isaacs (1962)
In 1962, experimental designer Ken Isaacs imagined and constructed a 'knowledge box', a compressed environment for experiencing 'culture': a cube of … [Read more...]
Cedric Price ‘Housing Research’ (1971) and the ‘Steel House’ (1967)
Published in a supplement of Architectural Design in 1971, this research project by architect Cedric Price is an investigation on "the good life". … [Read more...]
Pao: Dwellings For the Tokyo Nomad Woman by Toyo Ito (1985 and 1989)
Pao I and Pao II (1985 and 1989) are two projects by Toyo Ito based on a scenario where most of the domestic functions are dissolved in the metropolis … [Read more...]
Franco Albini’s A Room for a Man (1936)
Devised as an allegorical space for the daily activities of the modern man (embodied by the modern materials of glass, linoleum, tubular steel and … [Read more...]
Within Four Walls: Binnenskamers by Tim Enthoven
"Binnenskamers" (Within four walls) is a graphic novel by Dutch artist Tim Enthoven, published in 2011. The book contains the detailed story of … [Read more...]
Rituals, Before and After Space
Two of our articles have been recently featured on the Funambulist and on Studio Magazine. In the next few days we'll talk about the former, that you … [Read more...]
