Latest articles by Lotte Brouwer
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Explore a modern floating home in Amsterdam
This floating home maximises the space available on a small plot with a striking design centred around an atrium. The modern family home is part of a new floating village called Schoonschip, which plans to be Europe’s most sustainable floating community.
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See inside a striking converted barn that dates back to 1700s
The farmhouse retained original vaulted brick ceilings and supporting columns, but has been modernised with contrasting materials such iron, glass and raw cement, with poured floors throughout.
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Explore a modernised Grade II listed Georgian townhouse with stunning joinery, a basement spa and landscaped gardens – it's for sale
This historic, Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in Belgravia is now a modern family home with rich and tactile interiors. It's been brought into the 21st century with a modern kitchen, breathtaking joinery and an enviable basement swimming pool...
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Explore an eccentric, Pop Art filled family home in Mumbai
This super cool family home in Mumbai is full of bright ideas, from the Pop Art theme and Pac Man themed games room, to multifunctional furniture pieces like the dining-table-come-bookcase in the living rooms, the desks-come-shelving-units in the teen bedrooms, and the marble basin-come-shower-seat in the master bathroom. Designed by Jannat Vasi, this home is also the perfect backdrop for showcasing some of Scarlet Splendour's unusual furniture pieces.
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A grand, classical villa in Haarlem, Netherlands, receives a modern update
This striking classical villa in Haarlem beautifully pairs original details and elegance with modern surfaces, fittings and furniture
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This industrial-inspired penthouse loft in Chicago boasts chic interiors and skyline views
This penthouse loft apartment boasts 11-foot high ceilings, with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame city skyline views...
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A delightfully bright and cheerful Victorian kitchen extension in Chiswick
This Victorian kitchen extension features floor to ceiling Crittall doors, a pink kitchen, and a striking breakfast bar...
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This ultra-modern house on stilts is unlike anything we've ever seen before
This modern house on stilts lets in plenty of light while also offering complete privacy from the street and neighbouring properties
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See how a period property in London has been adapted for the 21st century
This period property in London is made modern through a striking rear extension, modern kitchen and bathrooms, while living spaces at the front have retained period details
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A historic San Francisco home is updated with chic and modern new look
This historic San Francisco home has been restored back to its former glory, but with modern lighting, art, and bold pops of colour...
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This colourful family home in Bristol gives period features a modern update
Two maisonettes have been knocked into one large, colourful, family home in Bristol that still retains all of the Edwardian property's original, period features.
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A historic Melbourne home brought up to date with floor-to-ceiling steel-framed windows and a monochrome palette
This historic Melbourne home dates back to 1899, but the interiors look like they're straight out of a modern architecture magazine
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Converted shed home: A former agricultural shed is transformed as a modern home with double height library
A converted shed in Yorkshire was given a new lease of life as a modern country home with a striking double-height library at its core.
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This modern broken-plan house was exquisitely handcrafted by an architect couple
Couple creates light, broken-plan house from a narrow, asymmetric plot...
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A sustainable, eco townhouse in New York with a light palette and sculptural interiors
This striking eco townhouse is full of interesting, integrated hand-carved elements and one-off furniture pieces...
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Explore a 1920s-era riverside Connecticut home with relaxed, farmhouse interiors
This dreamy riverside Connecticut home features an enviable garden and rustic country interiors by design firm Hendricks Churchill
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Explore an ultra-modern lakeside home in Canada
This modern lakeside home in Canada showcases unusual materials, jaw-dropping architecture and 180 views. The holiday home is used by its lucky owners throughout the year, for all three generations of the family to enjoy.
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Explore a light-filled San Francisco family home with monochrome interiors and lush gardens
This stunning San Francisco family home ticks all our boxes...
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This chic family home in Dallas is packed with bold design and modern art
Explore a modern home with statement-making rugs, lighting, furniture pieces and art...
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Inside a mirrored home on an extinct volcano in Mexico
The eco-friendly mirrored home was designed to leave its surroundings untouched. It's completely solar powered while its water supply comes from collected rainwater and its striking facade was designed to be bird-friendly...
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This James-Bond style mountain home features a private ski resort and indoor climbing wall
If an ice cream parlour, saloon bar, tepanyaki grill, home cinema and enormous mountain home spa complex isn't enough to impress you, maybe the indoor racquet ball court, baseball court, shooting range and five storey tall climbing wall will. Oh, and there's a sheriff's office too – complete with private jail...
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Explore a raw, Brutalist apartment in Paris
This Brutalist apartment in Paris is home to a French architect, and features concrete walls and ceiling, industrial-inspired interiors and designer furniture thrown in the mix.
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Inside an architect's tiny Brooklyn loft apartment – it's full of space-saving ideas
This tiny Brooklyn loft apartment incorporates a home office, a play area and arts and crafts space, as well as a mezzanine level to house separate bedrooms. Despite being compact, the loft feels light, open and airy.
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A Television Exec's Los Angeles Family Home Gets a Sophisticated Refresh
This Los Angeles family home beautifully balances sophisticated design with relaxed living. The interiors feature a neutral palette with rich textures, and seamlessly blends new and old-world design aesthetics
