Interior Design, Architecture & Interior Decorating eMagazine
Blue, pink, orange, purple and various shades of pastel palette dominate the rooms of this high rise apartment in New York. Interior designer Jamie Drake used bold colours to create an inviting look. The children’s room is rich with bright colours. The interior design is a mix of modern with retro influences that create a sense of freshness.
Interior designer Jean-Louis Mainguy is best known for his sense of vision and ability to encompass history. The interior design of these houses is a fusion of Lebanese oriental tradition and western contemporary. The fusion style adapts the past to the future.
Versace Home has introduced a colourful Bubble sofa. It is made of polyurethane foam and can be upholstered in selected leathers and fabrics from the collection.
Bright colours dominate the sexy interior of Café Foam. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, the interior design of the café by NOTE DESIGN STUDIO is a marriage of Scandinavian coolness and Spanish temperament. Inspired by the movement of bullfighting, the vivid colours enhance the eating experience.The ceiling lamps are specially handblown Kosta glassworks.
This small 550 sq. ft. apartment in the Marais district in Paris, France has been refurbished with very modern decor. The light wood flooring and white walls create an open feel. Red is used to highlight the canvas. The small modern kitchen has nice touches of red to match the theme of the apartment.
This modern home located in the fishing village of Chowara near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India sits on a cliff with panoramic view of the Arabian Sea. Designed by Khosla Associates, the house has a large infinity-edge swimming pool which draws the focus to its natural environment. The open plan allows the sea breeze to ventilate the house, and the bathrooms have open courts to provide a complete tropical experience.
Located in Manhattan Beach, California, this beautiful Spanish Revival estate celebrates the richness of its architectural style with contemporary simplicity. White washed plaster defines indoor and outdoor spaces. The courtyard connects the various elements of the estate. The architecture, landscape and interior design are integrated to express the vision and aesthetic of an intimate Southern Californian home.
The Linked Hybrid apartment complex in Beijing, China is an innovative residential development designed by Steven Holl Architects. Eight 22-storey buildings are connected by pedestrian skybridges at their upper floors, encouraging residents to walk around the “neighbourhood”. The ground level is a public urban space with a hotel, restaurants, shops, a school, a cinema and an elaborate courtyard garden with a reflecting pool that becomes an ice-skating rink in the winter. This 21st-century residential architecture design offers a groundbreaking model for mixed use urban space that creates an open city within a city.
