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Originaire de Brighton en Angleterre, le photographe Thomas Bertie Taylor examine minutieusement la relation entre ordre mécanisé et humanité à travers ses clichés. Il le prouve à travers sa série Order and Disconnection, minimaliste à souhait, qui dénonce de manière esthétique le consumérisme, la notion d’appartenance et l’identité.

Canadian designer Martha Sturdy has combined geometric shapes with bold, primary colours to create a collection of furniture pieces made entirely from resin.

On show at the Masion&Objet furniture fair in Paris this week, the Prime collection includes a series of stools, wall decorations, a table and stackable shelves.

Each of the designs are made from basic shapes like cylinders, cubes, circles and squares. The colours are limited to primary shades of red, yellow and blue, as well as black and white.

The coloured resin is made with varying levels of saturation, with an opaque finish for the yellow and red items, and a translucent finish for the blue.

According to the designer, the collection is intended as a “study in simplicity”.

“I wanted to show that colour doesn’t have to be complicated or distracting and that when combined with clean and confident forms, its boldness can be grounding,” said Sturdy.

“The collection itself functions like building blocks, one piece stands alone, but a room can be built piece by piece,” she continued.

Each item in the collection can be used individually or combined as building blocks for a more complex arrangement.

The Chief cube comprises a cube-shaped stool with a black and white striped finish, while the round Chief stool has a cylindrical form, in either blue, yellow or red.

The table has a circular surface and a single leg that matches the shape of the cylindrical stool, and is made from blue resin.

The cube shelving unit comes in varying sizes and colours, each of which can be used individually or stacked on top of each other.

A circular convex wall plate also features in the collection, as does a resin screen, which features a three-panel structure with a yellow panel in the middle.

The Prime collection will be on show at the Masion&Objet furniture fair in Paris from 19 to 23 January 2018.

Other projects on show include a series of serving plates with accents of colour by Formafantasma and spherical glass pendant lamps by Sebastian Herkner.

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Oslo-based architecture office Skapa has transformed a tired villa near the Norwegian capital into a contemporary home featuring full-height glazed walls that open up to views of the surrounding trees and seascape.

Villa Bergheimveien is situated on the Snarøya peninsula in the inner Oslofjord. The owners wanted to update their property on the waterfront site to create a home suited to their family’s long-term needs.

The existing house was constructed using a modular system developed by Norwegian firm Moelven. Skapa’s design aims to accentuate and build upon the positive properties of the prefabricated property.

The studio began by refreshing and emphasising the house’s typical gabled form. The removal of overhanging eaves and the replacement of the existing cladding with cedar boards has resulted in a cleaner and more contemporary aesthetic.

“Hidden gutters and scarce transitions create a defined volume that represents the architecture of our time inspired by the everyday house,” said the studio.

The cedar cladding extends across the house’s roof, creating a homogenous appearance that helps to unite the renovated building and a new structure added to the rear of the site.

The extension contains an additional living space that is separated from the main house by a decked area and lawn surrounding a swimming pool.

The arrangement of the house, garage and extension creates a sheltered courtyard-like space between the buildings that provides an ideal setting for the family to gather and relax outdoors.

“The material choice and design language is adapted from the character of the main house,” said the architects of the new additions, “but the structures are lower and more open to form a natural hierarchy.”

In each of the buildings, large openings now help to create a stronger connection with the surrounding outdoor spaces, landscaping and scenery.

Sliding doors lining a corner of the extension can be retracted to open this room up to the poolside deck, while the living areas in the main house and a study in its basement both open onto terraces with sea views.

The layout of the main house now features an open-plan living area with a kitchen and dining space all looking out through full-height windows.

“The existing space division has been transformed and adapted to the way of living in 2017,” Skapa added. “The site’s location and natural elements have been a key factor for the design of the inside spaces.”

At the opposite end of the ground floor is the master bedroom suite, as well as a smaller bedroom and washroom. Stairs descend to a basement level containing the study, further bedrooms, a sauna and technical areas.

“At a time when sustainable measures and solutions are a very important theme for today’s architecture, this transformed residence is a comment to how to use the qualities and values contained in existing structures and spaces,” said the architects.

Photography is by Herman Dreyer.

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