For a firm with a Paris office, it may come as a surprise that Studio Gang did not have a single finished building in continental Europe—until now. Earlier this month, the firm celebrated the opening of Q Residences, a 297,000-square-foot apartment complex in Buitenveldert, a neighborhood in the south of […]
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An online database launched this year is trying to fill an information gap on Chicago-area community projects. MAPPED, a project of Design Trust Chicago, was started because the three founders of the trust realized there was a lack of accessible information about community design programs. “The website, we wanted it […]
At the time that Victoria Sass was approached by a Minneapolis couple to revamp their compact kitchen, the principal and design director of locally based Prospect Refuge Studio was coincidentally absorbed in a book delineating the seven different philosophies that comprise Japanese aesthetics. These ancient ideals, including wabi (imperfection) and […]
If you are looking for apartment bathroom ideas, then you’ll be more than aware of the tricky task of making a small bathroom look much bigger than it actually is, while also trying to make every corner beautiful, practical and fully-functional. Up to recently, bathroom ideas for small spaces always […]