Only homes that are luxurious and attractively designed, have stairs. That’s why the stairs must appear great. Finally they should fit the apartment well to the Interior, or? In this article you will get acquainted with many magnificent staircases designs. But the topic is not “luxurious stairs” or something similar. Lighting is chic and striking stairs. Are you interested in? In the first part of the article, consider lighting for exterior stairs. Then comes the second part where you will see incredible Inn designs with illuminated stairs. Check out the full article and convince yourself of the beauty of the interiors and exterior!
London-based architects Edgley Design used stainless-steel panels more typically applied as roofing to make this ageing Surrey house weather-tight .
Edgley Design was asked to renovate both the interior and exterior of the deteriorating 1960s property in Eashing Park – the former grounds of a stately home in Godalming, Surrey.
Named Eashing House, the brick and timber-clad property comprised a cluster of leaking, mono-pitched structures. These had undergone several alterations over the years, resulting in irregularities in appearance and layout.
A “dysfunctional” conservatory that overheated in summer and froze in winter had been tacked onto one facade. This was the initial target of the renovation.
Rather than repairing the run-down structure, the design team proposed the budget would be better spent on its demolition, with the roofing material used to patch up and redefine the facade of the house.
“The scheme involved the upcycling of a 1960s house which was in a poor state of repair,” said the architects, whose previous projects include a rubber-coated house.
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“Our initial brief was to rebuild the conservatory and re-zinc the roof, however we advised the client that the same funds could be used to reimagine the entire house,” they explained, “if the conservatory was demolished and the metal cladding used for the walls instead of the roof.”
Reflective and dented sheets of stainless steel cover the half-gabled structures and large windows were added to the ground-floor living spaces. This steel-plated exterior provided inspiration for the new title, Wrap House.
The extruding cladding provides solar shading for these new windows, while dark zinc fascias were added to flat-roofed sections to highlight the contrast with the mono-pitched composition.
The shiny cladding reflects beds of planting around the foot of the house, intended to integrate the structure with the surrounding parkland.
Wrap House – before the renovation
“The main forms were wrapped in stainless steel, designed to create abstracted reflections of the landscape and sky, forming a colourful, shimmering, envelope,” said the design team.
Sculptural park benches and a maze constructed of mirrors are among the pieces created by Danish artist Jeppe Hein for an outdoor exhibition in New York .
The show, Please Touch the Art, features 18 whimsical pieces by Hein that are placed throughout the 35-hectare Brooklyn Bridge Park, which stretches two kilometres along the East River.
The exhibition is presented by Public Art Fund, a nonprofit organisation in New York City.
As the show’s name indicates, viewers are encouraged to interact with the artwork. “Instead of the respectful distance demanded in museums, Hein’s work invites participation,” said Nicholas Baume, director and chief curator for the Public Art Fund.
For Mirror Labyrinth, Hein arranged vertical strips of mirror in a circular pattern on a lawn within the park. The strips vary in height and reflect the surrounding cityscape, including the skyline of Lower Manhattan, which stands directly across the river.
“Using equidistantly spaced vertical posts made from mirror-polished stainless steel, [Hein] has created a kind of labyrinth in three radiating arcs that alters the perceptions of visitors, as they see physical space and mirrored space in an alternating rhythm,” said the organisation.
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Appearing Rooms is a fountain in which two-metre-high walls are formed by jets of water that shoot up and down. The walls frame “rooms” that visitors can stand inside without getting wet.
“Systematically, these walls appear and disappear through a timed cycle, enticing visitors to step onto the gridded platform and move from space to space within the sculpture,” said the organisation.
“The cycle of changing walls may also be observed from outside the piece as a dynamic and perceptually engaging work of art.”
Hein also created 16 sculptural, bright orange park benches for the exhibition. Scattered throughout the park, the Modified Social Benches twist and bend in response to the landscape.
“Inspired by the basic public bench, Hein has reinvented the form and use of these quotidian social objects, turning them into lyrical and evocative sculptures,” the organisation said.
“Straddling the line between functional seats and eccentric art objects, Hein coaxes visitors to become conscious of the act of sitting as they perch, recline or rest on his benches,” it added.
Known for his conceptual sculptures and installations, Hein uses a varied palette of materials, including smoke, neon, light, water and steel.
Numerous museums have mounted solo exhibitions of his work, including Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Barbican Centre in London, and Bonniers Konsthal in Stockholm. A bench by Hein was featured in the BIG-designed Danish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
Please Touch the Art opened on 17 May and will remain in place until April 2016.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2015: Murano glass sweets provided the inspiration for this pavilion by London studio Cousins & Cousins, which features a mixture of coloured and patterned glazing .
Installed in St John’s Square at the heart of London’s Clerkenwell, the temporary Glaze pavilion was created for the district’s three-day-long design festival on behalf of glass manufacturer GX Glass.
The architects, husband and wife duo Ben and Jelena Cousins, decided to create a structure modelled on the glass sweets made on the Venetian island of Murano, which show off different glassmaking techniques.
“We very much liked the glass sweets that you can find in Venice, with their multicoloured layers of glass,” Ben Cousins told Dezeen at the pavilion launch yesterday.
“We thought, what better way to show off GX Glass’ full spectrum of products than to have a glass pavilion inspired by this beautiful Venetian glass sweet,” he explained.
“So that was the genesis of the idea and it evolved into what we see today – this multicoloured jewel.”
Named Glaze, the steel-framed structure features glass walls and a glass roof. The architects used both back-painted and ceramic-printed glass to create opaque and transparent surfaces.
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Some panels feature vibrant shades of pink and yellow, while others have been printed with various geometric patterns.
“The two types of glass we use represent two different types of manufacturing,” said Cousins.
“The glass manufacturer we worked with is known for coloured splashbacks, so we used that for the colour-backed glass,” he continued. “The more transparent panels use a ceramic-printed technology. That’s how we managed to create all the patterns on the glass.”
Two tapered ends give the pavilion entrances on both sides, but are also reminiscent of the splayed ends of a wrapped sweet.
“One of the key things that Jelena was really keen on achieving here was the effect of narrowing perspective as you walk through,” added Cousins.
“The whole structure is tapered, so it gets smaller and narrower as you arrive into the centre of the space. Then it opens up again in the middle.”
“We tried to keep it as slender as possible – which is always the battle with structural engineers – to retain the elegance of the structure, which I think we’ve achieved really successfully,” he said.
The pavilion remains in place for the duration of Clerkenwell Design Week and is being used to host a programme of events, including drawing workshops.
Children have been invited to draw straight onto the glazed panels, as their marks can be easily wiped away. Some panels are also magnetic so paper images can be mounted onto the walls.
Once the event is over, the glazed components will be demounted and recycled.
Other installations created for this year’s festival include a wooden structure comprising a skeletal frame and intricate ribbon-like swathes. Dezeen Watch Store is also hosting a pop-up shop throughout the event, where customers will receive a free apple with every watch purchase!
New York 2015:Apparatus has unveiled two new lines of lighting fixtures, along with a table that marks the New York studio’s foray into furniture design .
Cylinder Sconce
The new Cylinder lighting series contains six different hand-crafted fixtures, each composed of simple, metal cylinders finished in unpolished brass or tarnished silver. They can serve as primary or secondary light sources.
Cylinder Pendant
“[Cylinder] was a response to creating elegant, functional lighting,” said Apparatus co-founder and creative director, Gabriel Hendifar. “We often found that clients, after specifying a number of fixtures for their projects, would ask: ‘Do you have a reading light? Do you have a bedside sconce?’ And largely the answer to that was no.”
Cylinder Extended Down Light
“We decided to tackle that realm of functional lighting and create the fixture we felt our clients would want to pair with other pieces in our collection,” he said.
Cylinder Swing Arm Sconce
The Cylinder Pendant ranges in height from 12 inches (30.3 centimetres) to 52 inches (132.1 centimetres), with taller versions available upon request. The pendant can stand alone or be grouped as an installation.
Cylinder Up Light
The Sconce features an adjustable, six-inch-long head that extends from a circular base. The Cylinder Swing Arm Sconce version offers an adjustable pivoting head and rotating arm, paired with a brass turn-dimmer knob and leather-covered counterweight.
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The Up Light and Down Light are both composed of a pivoting head anchored to a solid, circular base. The Up Light comes with a brass turn-dimmer knob and woven fabric cord. The Extended Down Light features a cylindrical head affixed to a long stem.
Link Porcelain Quad-Light
The Cylinder lighting series was unveiled during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, which concluded yesterday. Apparatus is one of the many studios that make up the “exploding” lighting scene in New York.
Link
Another new offering from Apparatus is the Link Porcelain Pendant, which was created in collaboration with Brooklyn-based ceramicist Alice Goldsmith. Available in three sizes, the piece has a handmade porcelain chain and brass mesh cord attached to an oversized, spun-brass shade.
Link detail
Some links were intentionally left broken. “We see the porcelain links as the vertebrae of the fixture, so you’re seeing an exposed vulnerability,” said Hendifar.
Link Porcelain Mono-Light
Apparatus also presented its new Portal Dining Table and Portal Coffee Table at ICFF – the studio’s first line of furniture. Made of sandblasted ash, the table is meant to convey a sense of primitivism. “I really love how they have this ancient, monumental feeling,” said Hendifar. “It’s something that is a through-line with a lot of our work.”
Portal Dining Table
The idea for creating a table arose from the firm’s desire to have furnishings that complement its lighting fixtures. “It’s about shading in the details of the world we imagine our fixtures living in,” said Hendifar.
Portal Coffee Table
Launched in 2012 by Hendifar and communications specialist Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is known for creating modern lighting with a vintage feel. Aged brass, etched glass, leather, and porcelain comprise the firm’s material palette. Every piece is finished and assembled at the studio’s Manhattan headquarters, said Hendifar.
Wrap House – before the renovation
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Cylinder Extended Down Light
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Link Porcelain Mono-Light
Portal Dining Table
Portal Coffee Table
