ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1037695/from-industry-to-the-living-room-metal-furniture-in-interior-architecture Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Camilla Ghisleni https://www.archdaily.com/1037695/from-industry-to-the-living-room-metal-furniture-in-interior-architecture How did a material conceived for bridges, factories, and large-scale structures make its way to the living room bench, the apartment bookshelf, the café table? For centuries, metal was associated with labor, machinery, and monumentality—from the exposed structures of 19th-century World’s Fairs to the productive logic of modern industry. Its presence in domestic interiors is not self-evident but rather a cultural achievement: the transformation of an industrial material into an element of everyday, intimate use, in close proximity to the body.

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