Architecture

Work-Life Balance by Creative Couples Through this Antique-decorated Apartment

Sarah Hilow’s business owners and real-life partner, Jürgen Hilow-Iwaszura and Mauro Guerini, is the epitome of how couples can celebrate work-life balance not only in work ethics but also in how they have designed their environment. Their two-bedroom apartment bears testimony on this celebration between life facets.
Both from Johannesburg, Guerini, and Hilow-Iwaszura have made sure everything about their life is balanced. Their dedication to work-life balance led them to their current apartment located in a c.1923 building in the southeastern portion of Milan.
When they moved into the apartment, they saw it in need of …

Architecture

Post-COVID Architecture: How Will Home Designs Adapt to the “New Normal”?

The coronavirus disease, popularly known as COVID-19, has taken a toll on us. It has caused a pandemic that kept us stranded inside our homes. Furthermore, this pandemic isn’t a momentary lapse. It has changed the way we see the world, and it has affected how we see our homes.
We will see major changes in home architecture and design following the demands of the “new normal”. Here are some forecasts that expert home designers and architects see on how interior design and architecture will evolve after the pandemic.
#1. Everyone wants to dedicate spaces used for social gatherings and distinguish them from spaces used …

Architecture

2021’s Top Paint Colors That You May Have Seen Everywhere

Your environment influences or stirs up your emotional state. With the ups and downs of our emotions this past year because of health and social challenges, we all inevitably want to bring calmness this year.
For 2021, color connoisseurs and design experts are predicting a comeback of the neutral and warm color palettes. It embraces beige, gray, and pale or subtle off-white hues.
That, being said, here are some of the color shades that will surely trend in 2021.
#1. Pale ocher is the neo-neutral tone of 2021.