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Walker Warner Architects’ Hale Nukumoi Residence

Simple and understated, the vein of modernism flowing throughout Walker Warner Architects‘ portfolio of projects dotting the Hawaiian islands represents an intrinsic faith architecture that can serve its surrounding landscape.

Situated facing one of Kauai’s most popular beaches, the San Francisco based firm was tasked to efficiently maximize living space and the view while maintaining privacy for its occupants, all the while meeting the requirements of restrictions placed limiting the construction’s allowable square footage. Walker Warner Architects’ Hale Nukumoi residence is a modest architectural presence scaling upward, yet harmoniously so, with a warm orchestration of wood, white cement, and local sand blending into the plane of beach sand underneath and the canopy of trees overhead.

The Hawaiian islands indoor/outdoor lifestyle is exemplified by the home’s airy wall-optional construction, designed to accommodate both large family events and intimate gatherings as desired.

Walker Warner Architects worked with interior designer Stone Interiors to continue the surrounding landscape’s influence within and throughout with a conscientious selection of furnishings chosen to be rearranged, expanded, or reduced similarly to the cabin dwellings of a ocean-faring ship.

The views of Kauai’s shoreline play paramount to the Hale Nukumoi residence design.

A copper mesh rain curtain, designed by lead architect Greg Warner and landscape architect Ron Lutsko, adds a layer of privacy on the park side of the home, while also helping to mitigate run-off rainwater from the roof and acts as a fountain and rain feature.

The influence of yacht interior design is seen throughout the home, perhaps nowhere as evident as the bunkbed quarters, complete with marine cabinet pulls.

Sand, volcanic rock, and trees are expressed by a subdued and sophisticated palette of materials and colors respectful of the geological and cultural history of the islands in relation to the innovations afforded modern architects today – a rarity proving the tenets of modernism can be represented modestly in proportion to the land.

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TON Launches the Chips Lounge Chair by Lucie Koldová

Czech designer Lucie Koldová recently designed an oversized lounge chair for TON that will make its debut at IMM Cologne 2018. Chips is a bold chair with a large backrest made of perforated fabric giving it a visually light feel but a comfortable spot to lean against. Paired with upholstered cushions for additional comfort, Chips was created as part of the Das Haus project, an exhibition displaying ideas of living in the future at IMM Cologne this month.

The base and backrest’s frames are constructed of manually bent wood that results in the back resembling the shape of a Pringles potato chip, hence the chair’s name. Koldová loves working with translucent materials, leading to the stretched black fabric which helps illustrate the soft curves.

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Candlefox HQ: A Graphic, Black and White Office in Melbourne

Tom Robertson Architects designed a new home for Candlefox HQ in Melbourne, Australia. The education marketplace provider needed a new space to house twenty employees, along with meeting rooms. The results are a graphic, black and white interior dotted with a growing indoor garden.

A modern interior decked out in only black and white can oftentimes be too minimal for some people, but by incorporating a variety of green plants throughout, the space comes to life.

An oversized black grid structure weaves throughout the office allowing the plants to grow and evolve over time. As the plants grow, it helps create additional visual separation between spaces without closing it off.

The tall white ceilings paired with white walls and dark floors gives the feeling of an open and light-filled space with black furniture helping to ground everything.

The grid theme continues into the kitchen area with white tiles sealed with black grout.

Photos by Tom Robertson Architects, courtesy of BowerBird.

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A Collection Inspired by Traditional Palm Architecture from Aljoud Lootah

Dubai-based artist Aljoud Lootah designed a striking collection of furniture and lighting that’s electroplated in copper and rose gold. The AlAreesh series were inspired by “areesh” structures, typically found in the United Arab Emirates as summer houses with gapped walls that create ventilation. The structures are made from dried palm fronds linked by rope as a way to offer relief from the sun and wind. Much like these traditional structures, the pieces in the collection incorporate vertical lines that have a way of playing with the surrounding light as it passes through the openings and bounces off the surfaces.