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Designing Thresholds: How Architecture Shapes the Sense of Security at Home

Kiana Buchberger — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000

What transforms a space of living into a home? Beyond ownership or shelter, a home is tied to a quieter sense of certainty: the feeling that one can retreat, rest, and momentarily step away from the world's unpredictability. Homes are where routines accumulate, memories settle into spaces and objects, and where personal identity takes physical form through occupation and everyday rituals. Yet this sense of belonging depends on another condition that often goes unnoticed until disrupted: security. To feel "at home" implies a condition of comfort and stability. When domestic environments fail to provide this, spaces designed for rest become sources of unease, subtly affecting routines and well-being.

28 Houses With Utility Rooms and Other Specialized Spaces

James Wormald — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 07:30:00 +0000

The traditional architecture of the past can sometimes seem a long way from the modern, open-plan environments we enjoy today. But while some seemingly bygone upper-class room typologies like parlors, drawing rooms, and smoking rooms still exist by other names – dens, snugs, and man caves, to name a few – other architectural intricacies are more rarely replicated.

18 Interior Projects that Use Open Storage to Hide Clutter in Plain Sight

James Wormald — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:00:00 +0000

Home spaces filled with clutter and mess can be mentally exhausting, making it impossible to relax with the weight of life visually bearing down on an interior. ‘Tidy space, tidy mind’ as the idiom instructs, and home environments that focus on clean lines – either with a minimalist lifestyle, decluttering, or expansive and well-organized storage systems – cultivate a more meditative mindset. Perhaps, however, the demonization of clutter and these are, characterless spaces it creates, can get a little, well, boring.

DoorScape Entrance Architecture Contest: Exploring the Space Beyond the Threshold

Valeria Montjoy — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:45:00 +0000

The role of a building’s entrance area is critical in a world where first impressions are everything. It anticipates what is to come, marks the starting point to an architectural journey and sets the tone for the rest of the interior. As a practical “passageway” between different places, an entrance connects and unites, but at the same time separates, protects and provides safety for both homeowners and visitors. Thus, every aspect conveys specific formal features to serve that purpose; from the position of the door, to the shape of the threshold, to the structure of the ceiling.

Interstitial Spaces and Public Life, the Overlooked Interventions that Weave our Built Environment

Hana Abdel & Paula Pintos — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 03:30:00 +0000

Throughout the years, urban settings have been shifting and taking on new forms. Workspaces became more flexible, home-based offices are common and the increasing costs of housing have led to changes in the way dwellings are designed and built; while turning us towards public and communal outdoor areas for leisurely activities and social gatherings. Our shifting lifestyles are therefore shaping a new urban landscape that’s influencing the way we conceive and use these spaces. Despite everything, some smaller and often unrecognized typologies have persisted and remain as necessary as they’d always been.

M Woods Entrance Revitalization / Vector Architects

杨奡 — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000

M Woods Entrance Revitalization is an urban renewal project in Beijing 798 Art Zone. The site was an abandoned industrial warehouse originally and it was used as an art museum since two years ago. The museum operators expect to have a façade and entrance renovation in order to refine visiting experience, and to improve the recognition of the museum’s public image.

Lumber Curtain in Minami Azabu / Tsukagoshi Miyashita Sekkei

Hana Abdel — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:00:00 +0000

This is a renovation project of the complex building's entrance.

Gilan University Conceptual Gateway in Iran

Christele Harrouk — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Hajizadeh & Associates elaborated a proposal for the entrance of the Gilan University in Rasht in Iran. Basing their conceptual approach on the Iranian notion of access, they created not only a passage or a connection space but a social and cultural area.