Lauren Jones

2 weeks ago | livingetc.com | Lauren Jones

How do you make a 10,000-square-foot, multistory home feel intimate? Include plenty of warm woods, coastal color palettes, and a central hub, of course. For architects Abe Chan and Sam Khouvongsavanh of ACDO, that was the challenge when they combined two units into one in a contemporary midrise condo on the shore of Lake Ontario.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Jones

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Doublespace Photography. Design: ACDOHow do you make a 10,000-square-foot, multistory home feel intimate? Include plenty of warm woods, coastal color palettes, and a central hub, of course. For architects Abe Chan and Sam Khouvongsavanh of ACDO, that was the challenge when they combined two units into one in a contemporary midrise condo on the shore of Lake Ontario.

1 month ago | southernliving.com | Lauren Jones

These shades are designers’ blue go-tos. Nothing suits a kitchen quite like a soft sky blue, subtle gray-toned slate, or coastal blue-green. Here are the 14 best blue kitchen paint colors.

1 month ago | aninteriormag.com | Lauren Jones |Kelly Pau

For architect Michael Hsu, restoring one of the city’s oldest homes was like ushering in its second homecoming. The multistory brick Victorian in Texas’s Travis Heights has been part of the neighborhood since the mid-19th century, once standing alone on a hilltop and its gracious 1.2-acre lot. “In many ways, it shows the chronology of the city and stands as a metaphor for the changes Austin has seen,” said the architect and founder of Michael Hsu Office of Architecture.

1 month ago | metropolismag.com | Lauren Jones

The recent popularity of the ceramic rain screen illustrates how a tried-and-true architectural material‚ terra-cotta, is “able to respond to the ambitions of architects,” says Jeannette Kuo, cofounder of Karamuk Kuo. The Zurich-based firm recently completed the William T. Cannady Hall for Architecture, a 22,000-square-foot multipurpose addition to the Rice School of Architecture, located within the university’s historic quad in Houston.