Furnitecture: Furniture That Transforms Space

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Furnitecture is a sourcebook exploring the furnishings, interior environments, and solutions for small spaces at the meeting point between design and architecture. The featured practices have been working on a portfolio of works, both built and conceptual, large and small, that are visionary and exploratory in approach. Kevin Lim has been selected as part of Heineiken’s Open Design Collaboration 2 co-creation team for a pop-up lounge to be showcased at London’s Design Week 2014. Co-founder of MONITOR magazine (2000-2012), an international publication about innovations in contemporary architecture and design.

It is essentially the art of designing and building bespoke furniture that is architected into rooms. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.We will only use your personal information to respond to your enquiry and/or provide services you have requested from us. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

As the definition of designer expands and architects today create everything from jewelry to urban masterplans, a new wave of objects ranging from furniture to small-scale architectural inventions is transforming our interior spaces. Boosted by digital design and manufacturing possibilities, a rising global group of independent makers is making this crossover of furniture and architecture one of the hottest and most innovative fields of design. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.As the definition of ‘designer’ expands and architects today create everything from jewelry to urban masterplans, a new wave of objects ranging from furniture to small-scale architectural inventions is transforming our interior spaces. Black oak desk architected into the wall appears to float and blends in seamlessly with the cantilever staircase it sits under. As the definition of ‘designer’ expands and architects today create everything from jewelry to urban masterplans, a new wave of objects is transforming our interior spaces. This book offers examples of this new design typology, by renowned architects and designers from around the globe.

Cantilever dining table we architected into this kitchen island provides a streamlined look to this long open plan space. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

We designed this to house a 40” TV and a powered lift and swivel mechanism so you can watch it both sides – lying in bed or on a chaise.

The book features the work of a rising generation of designers across the globe who are starting to think about furniture in an architectural way, resulting in pieces that brilliantly transform interior spaces. HOWEVER STRANGE IT MAY SEEM, THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THAT OF FURNITURE CAN BE REDUCED TO THE SAME CONCEPT: TO SUSTAIN, CONTAIN AND MAKE ACCESSIBLE THE THIRD DIMENSION OF SPACE: THE VERTICAL. There are some titles that reveal too much, and then there are high-impact titles, written by a publisher seeking easy sales.Cross-disciplinary collaboration reshapes our cities, redefines our lifestyles, and creates possibilities for a synergy between humans, technology and nature. Together, this emerging collective of talents bring Singapore and Malaysia architecture to new levels of creativity and dynamism.