Second part on 'Thinking Scale', an horoscope dedicated to large and medium scale buildings, following the previous blog article that rescued great works by French Charlotte Perriand or Chinese Xiu Zelan, among others. Scale is one of the main problems of architectural design and also one of its great tools. Let’s approach here the internal messages and design issues of six … [Read more...]
Penthouse 2+1. Turnkey renovation of an apartment for short stays
Located in the attic of a building in the north of Madrid, this apartment is the residence of a young family, with a daughter, that stays in the city for short and intermittent periods. For them, we carried out a complete turnkey renovation. Penthouse 2+1 has been one of our most exciting projects, as it arrived at the office through digital contact. We first developed a … [Read more...]
Working from home
For the last few months we've been working from home. Now that we are gradually returning to the office on a rotation basis, we would like to show you some of our workspaces over the past few weeks. We have sketched them. Some AGi architects members adapted a space of the house to place the office. In other cases, our homes already had a specific … [Read more...]
Houses and Zodiac signs: which one are you?
Which would your house be if it belonged to the same Zodiac sign as you? Houses and Zodiac signs: we went through twelve amazing homes, marked by the horoscope. Aries Aries, a fire sign, is driven to action. Aries is strong-willed, a leader. The Sheats-Goldstein House, designed by American architect John Lautner, would surely be an Aries. We may remember this house … [Read more...]
Ten modern lamps that made their mark on the 20th century
With the advent of electricity in homes, lighting changed and modern lamps became uniquely important in the home. Functional devices but at the same time light sculptures, we travel through the 20th century through 10 lamps that never lost their validity. 1. Germany, 1900 The HL99 ceiling lamp was one of the first modern lamps to operate with electric bulbs. … [Read more...]
Energy efficient house renovation under EnerPHit standard
Passive 110 is a high comfort and highly energy-efficient renovation project. This apartment in a 1968 building has been refurbished in accordance with the criteria set out by the EnerPHit certification. This standard is the equivalent of the Passivhaus certification (which means passive house in German) for renovation projects. The quality standards of the Enerphit … [Read more...]
Clarity and Psychedelia: Tomoko Miho and Barbara Loveland, two designers at Herman Miller
We begin a new series of articles dedicated to significant personalities in the field of design and architecture that are not specially well known. This first article is dedicated to two of the women who worked at the modern furniture firm Herman Miller, Tomoko Miho and Barbara Loveland. In the work of spreading their legacy, archivist Amy Auscherman and Hall of femmes's … [Read more...]