Despite effectively serving as the ‘fifth wall’ of your home, ceilings have often been overlooked when it comes to interior design and renovation projects. However, homeowners and architects are ...
Q. My one-floor Cape house was renovated before we bought it. The previous owner opened the ceilings and put in two skylights, and finished the ceiling with drywall. This created a pocket in the ...
Sometimes an architectural challenge can turn into an architectural home run. The far right image shows a dining room in a high-rise condominium with concrete ceilings. There was a dropped soffit on ...
Ceilings are the Rodney Dangerfield of homes. They get no respect. But there are plenty of ways to make over this oft-overlooked area, from the quirky charm of Victorian-era, pressed-tin tiles and ...
Q: I’m dealing with a concrete ceiling in a condominium. If I use LED recessed lighting, do I still have to drop a 6-inch soffit? Someone told me that LED cans take up less space than traditional ...
Many practitioners and theorists of modern architecture favored large open plans, looming glass windows, and through both of these means, an unencumbered connection to nature. To do so, many iconic ...