The Mountain Dwellings, a contemporary housing building was designed by architect Jakob Lange, Bjarke Ingels Group is located in Orestad city and offer the best of two worlds: closeness to the hectic city life in the centre of Copenhagen, and the tranquillity characteristic of suburban life, in Denmark. The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses, same client, same size and same street. The Mountain Dwellings appear as a suburban neighbourhood of garden homes flowing over a 10-storey building – suburban living with urban density. Read more »

Dalisay, originally uploaded by *JC*.

In this ultra modern office/den, we see how steel and glass are harmoniously fused to create a one of a kind interior. Built for a woman with an active lifestyle, this room uses a monochromatic theme of russet combined with shades of black and off-white. Automotive white paint is used for the walls and ceiling in order to achieve that glossy yet chic look. There is a collage of glass as different kinds of it are used all over the room.

An area of the room is treated with raised curved flooring that echoes to the ceiling. This detail is meant to delineate the den from the office, making the room more organized. Inspired by the letter G, the modern Oh-G loveseat is done in white leather, incorporating russet and black accents. This particular furniture piece has a classy and refreshing take, highly inviting to lounge around on those lazy afternoons. During working hours, a very stylish yet functional table in glass and steel was designed to partner with the equally tasteful Anne’s hand chair. It’s trendy yet good enough to do some serious office work.

The design is central the individual who lives here … it is meant to reveals her personality … strong, driven, composed, and full of life

…A creative and energetic woman of the new millennium.

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Bloomy chairs by Moroso.

The Chair Farm, originally uploaded by artdsgnr.

All corralled up before going to market.

This article is not intended to tell anyone what he ought to want, but to explain some of the ways in which various effects can be obtained and also to give the amateur information which will help him to carry them out. I have given that information whenever he may reasonably hope to do the work himself, and have told him what jobs to leave to the expert. It does not deal specifically with any period, but as it is intended as a practical guide to decoration for people living in the twentieth century and using twentieth-century materials, it will deal with the effects that these materials are capable of producing.

The influence of technicians on design is often overlooked by people trying to assess the merits of different periods. But it is a fundamental influenced. Designers cannot work with materials which have not yet been invented, and each new technical discovery gives them new opportunities. Very often these opportunities are over exploited, and there is a short period of reaction. Not till that is over is the new material seen in its proper relation to older ones. The invention of chromium-plating is a typical example of such a discovery. Many people hurried off to buy metal furniture for the most unsuitable rooms in the certainty of being in the fashion. The reaction has now come, but the real advantages of this discovery will soon be seen in perspective. For restaurants, shops and hotels, metal chairs are lighter, cleaner and stronger than wooden ones of equivalent price, and no considerations of changing fashion should stop them being used there.