Posts Tagged ‘flat’

Luxury Transformer Apartment

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Transforming FlatThis is a Hong Kong apartment architect Gary Cheng. It is looking more like a studio with its 32 square meters, but it can be said that 24-bedroom apartment. This is achieved not by what it is, but with moving walls that hide and show different parts of it. Mr. Cheng is causing for the first time in the apartment, when she was 14 years. Live there rent with your family. At that time the housing is divided into a small room. In 1988 the family moved to another apartment. At that time, Cheng lives elsewhere. His mother offered him to rent a spare bedroom now. But, he decide to buy it directly because it is less than dreaming and sketching how the walls will break and it will transform. For 20 years he renovate and moisture 4 times more than $ 200 000. But in 2008 made the most remarkable renovation of apartments, creating a true home-transformer. The interior of the apartment was resolved in black and silver, as a mysterious note added yellow light coming from windows. Despite the strange way the rooms are designed not to prevent them are extremely luxurious and comfortable. For example the bathroom is located behind the wall built by the police. When she gets away to a room with a huge tub from Duravit, shower room, acting as a steam room and massage color-therapy and heated toilet and bidet remote from Toto. Just wondering if it is an urgent need to visit, but Murphy’s law and despite the high quality wall bicker take that, what makes Mr. Chang? But not to digress. (more…)

Glass Open House in Gent

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Gent Glass HouseI noticed this house a long time ago on the site The Style Files, but decided later to find more info and do not publish anything. Now it turns out that it is removed from the site and that nobody else has written anything about it. No information anywhere. Only able to got to the pictures and not in large size. The house is located in the Belgian city of Ghent. Occupies one room of each of the four floors of the building. So I wonder whether it is more properly be called a flat or maisonette. Interesting decision is up to the windows and lights – not on each floor. If you were three would be as light. But I think this is most strange to her. Even more strange is that all is open to the street. Jump for exhibitionist. The walls are windows and no blinds or curtains or anything. Neighbors and passersby can easily see what is going on inside. Even in the bedroom. Most likely, only the bathroom is hidden from prying eyes. Otherwise the interior is refined and comfortable. And if I were neighbors and passers-by would be a pleasure to live in the house. Parquet and only painted white walls are exactly my taste. The ceiling is a little strange so left in the transverse reba, but not bad. (more…)