From cookie cutters to air fryers, #LibraryOfThings offers free use for holiday entertaining

BY CHRIS SMITH | Contributing writer Dec 9, 2024

"Tis the season for family get-togethers and joyful feasting. If you are in need of extra kitchen equipment to pull off a big holiday meal, or perhaps a tailgating party, browse through the tabletop appliances and cookware available for loan through the #JeffersonParishLibrary's #BeyondBooks: Library of Things.

"#LoT is a collection of items that expands the idea of traditionally defined library materials. A LoT supports the #SharingEconomy by allowing patrons to share items they may need only occasionally, and contributes to sustainability efforts to reduce waste. The collection also offers the opportunity to 'try before you buy' saving community members in the long run.

"Find what you need — everything from an immersion blender to an air fryer, or a panini press, salad spinner, Bundt pans, a cocktail kit and a cookie-cutter set.

"We have about 60 practical items for the kitchen available for two-week loan at multiple branches of the #library system.

"'#LookBooks' — pages that show items in the Library of Things — can be found at the websites of the #Terrytown, #BelleTerre and #NorthKenner libraries.

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Eight basement apartments that are subterranean sanctuaries

In this lookbook, we select eight apartments that prove basements are the new penthouses, from an art deco flat in Paris to a sci-fi-style hideaway in Madrid.

Often associated with limited space and poor natural light, basement homes have not always been particularly coveted.

But as the world's cities get more expensive, busier and hotter, below-ground living can be a relatively affordable, private and temperate option.

Below are eight of the best basement apartments previously featured on Dezeen.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring cave-like interiors, residential entrance halls and pocket doors.

Photo by Jim Stephenson

Unearthed Vault, UK, by Daab Design

Architecture studio Daab Design turned a former art storage vault in London into a two-bedroom basement flat.

Georgian period features were meticulously restored as part of the renovation and paired with a soothing colour palette of creams, greens and blues, turning what was previously a dark and cramped interior into a modern living space.

Find out more about Unearthed Vault ›

Photo by Simone Bossi

The Whale, France, by Clément Lesnoff-Rocard

The Whale takes its name from the huge structural elements that punctuate this home in the basement of a Parisian apartment building, which reminded architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard of being inside an enormous animal.

Lesnoff-Rocard stripped back the apartment to reveal the chunky concrete beams, while extensive mirrored glass, brass and geometric shapes inject an understated sense of art deco.

Find out more about The Whale ›

Photo by José Hevia

Yurikago House, Spain, by Mas-aqui

Architecture studio Mas-aqui used half-levels in its renovation of this semi-basement apartment in Barcelona to maximise space.

The previously unused bottom level was excavated to create a staircase down to a new guest bedroom featuring a structural arch above the bed and an exposed-concrete retaining wall.

Find out more about Yurikago House ›

Photo by by Yiannis Hadjiaslanis (also top)

Ilioupoli Apartment, Greece, by Point Supreme

Sunken into the ground at the bottom of an apartment building in Athens, this small, one-bedroom flat was previously a storage space.

Point Supreme sought to retain the interior's "magical-cave-like" feeling by leaving raw concrete surfaces exposed and using floor finishes, curtains and sliding partitions rather than walls to separate the space.

Find out more about Ilioupoli Apartment ›

Photo by Hey! Cheese

House H, Taiwan, by KC Design Studio

The basement of House H in Taipei leans into its underground setting with a dark and moody colour palette provided by concrete flooring, loosely rendered grey plaster walls and black or grey fixtures and fittings.

To filter more natural light and fresh air into the basement, KC Design Studio carved several openings into the ceiling, accommodating a staircase and an indoor courtyard.

Find out more about House H ›

Photo by José Hevia

Apartment Tibbaut, Spain, by Raúl Sánchez

Architect Raúl Sánchez converted a vaulted basement beneath a house in Barcelona into a subterranean apartment using curving panels of laminated pine.

The partition curls around a central living area, separating each of the rooms but stopping short of the ceiling to ensure the building's original architecture remains visible, as well as allowing natural light to spread throughout the space.

Find out more about Apartment Tibbaut ›

Photo by José Hevia

Casa A12, Spain, by Lucas y Hernández-Gil

This semi-basement Madrid apartment features fun, Stanley Kubrick-esque features such as shiny silver curtains, cobalt-blue accent walls and an indoor courtyard with orange grass.

Lucas y Hernández-Gil designed the space to be a "world of work and leisure" where the homeowners can escape from the street above.

Find out more about Casa A12 ›

Photo by Jérôme Fleurier

Studio LI, France, by Anne Rolland Architecte

A secret room sits beneath this sunken studio apartment created by Anne Rolland Architecte in a long-abandoned space in a 17th-century Parisian townhouse.

Accessed via a mechanical trapdoor and granted natural light by a window in the kitchen floor, the former slurry pit was restored to create a music room and home cinema.

Find out more about Studio LI ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuringcave-like interiors, residential entrance halls and pocket doors.

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Ten homes with French doors that bring an airiness to the interior

A home with terrazzo interiors and an apartment that was renovated to include library bookshelves across its walls feature in this lookbook highlighting 10 homes with French doors.

French doors can be described as a pair of doors that typically open out to outdoor spaces and have glass panes that stretch the height of the doors.

The doors are often used as exterior doors, as they can bring light into the interior as a result of their largely glass construction. But French doors can also be used in interiors, where they divide and partition spaces without compromising on light.

The following residential projects show how French doors can be used and incorporated within home renovations, extensions and newbuilds.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including open-plan studies, bedrooms on mezzanine levels, and green living rooms.

Photo is by Will Pryce

Tower House, UK, by Dominic McKenzie Architects

Located in the London borough of Islington, Dominic McKenzie Architects looked to lofty structures in rural Italy when designing this brick extension.

Chevron flooring draws the eye towards black, glass-panelled French doors, which were positioned beneath a rectangular skylight and open out to a sunken garden.

Find out more about Tower House ›

Photo is by Santiago Barrio and Shen Zhong Hai

**Book-lined apartment, China, by Atelier Tao+C **

A white modular sofa was oriented toward white French doors at this top-floor apartment in one of Shanghai's earliest high-rise residential buildings.

Atelier Tao+C renovated the apartment to centre the study as the focal point of the house. Floor-to-ceiling smoked oak bookshelves were built around the entirety of the apartment and frame white-painted French doors that lead to an L-shaped balcony.

Find out more about the book-lined apartment ›

Photo is by Joe Fletcher Photography

Tehama One, US, by Studio Schicketanz

Expanses of panelled glass blanket the walls of this home in California, which was designed by US practice Studio Schicketanz. The single-storey home and guest house were positioned around a landscaped courtyard.

Indoor and outdoor spaces become one through the use of large French doors that provide calming views out to the central courtyard. Textural materials were used throughout the interior.

Find out more about Tehama One ›

Photo is by Carlos Naude

Casa Mami, US, by Working Holiday Studio

Japanese and Scandinavian design as well as the work of architect Luis Barragán informed the design of this holiday home in the Californian desert.

French doors frame the desert surroundings from within the paired back interior, which houses a sculptural Cylinder Back Armchair by Los Angeles-based furniture studio Waka Waka.

Find out more about Casa Mami ›

Image caption: Photo is by Andrew Meredith

White Rabbit House, UK, by Gundry & Ducker

Designed by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker, White Rabbit House is a neo-Georgian home in Canonbury, Islington. The studio incorporated green hues and different-shaped windows and openings throughout.

The kitchen features white terrazzo floors and green-painted double doors that open to its garden. A skylight runs the width of the space above the kitchen and its island-cum-breakfast bar.

Find out more about White Rabbit House ›

Photo is by French + Tye

Amott Road, UK, by Alexander Owen Architecture

Curving timber, geometric shapes and bright colours define this home in East Dulwich by London studio Alexander Owen Architecture.

The kitchen has a wood-lined interior with timber stretching and curving across its ceilings, walls and cabinetry. Deep blue floors lead out to the garden via arched French doors, complementing the home's modernist and pop-art feel.

Find out more about Amott Road ›

Photo is by Charles Hosea

Greenwood Road, UK, by Kilburn Nightingale

Architect Ben Kilburn transformed his own Victorian property in Hackney, London, adding a double-height library beside stretches of pale-wood-lined glazing that opens out to the garden.

The double-height space is visually connected to both the home's outdoor space and a living room with a mezzanine-style railing positioned on the floor above. Floor-to-ceiling glass, including French doors, stretches the entirety of the rear brick volume.

Find out more about Greenwood Road ›

Photo is by Filip Dujardin

Antwerp apartment, Belgium, by Bovenbouw

Large French doors tower above the interior of this Antwerp apartment, located within a residential development set inside three converted 19th-century buildings.

Bovenbouw Architectuur looked to 19th-century design ideas to inform the design of the apartment, incorporating classical features such as parquet flooring and decorative marble panelling.

Find out more about Antwerp apartment ›

Photo is by Marie-Caroline Lucat

Maison 0.82, France, by Pascual Architect

An open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining room were positioned on the southern side of this single-storey home in France by Pascual Architect.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing, which doubles as large French doors, surrounds the perimeter of the living spaces and provides views out and easy access to the exterior.

Find out more about Maison 0.82 ›

Photo is by José Hevia

House 03, Spain, by Lucas y Hernández-Gil

Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil overhauled an apartment in Madrid by reconfiguring its layout, installing a new kitchen and adding oak and stone surfaces throughout.

Orignal joinery was restored throughout the 19th-century apartment. French doors open out from the open plan kitchen and living area and are framed by bi-folding shutters that can remove the light from the interior.

Find out more about House 03 ›

This is the latest in our series oflookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing open-plan studies, bedrooms on mezzanine levels, and green living rooms.

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Ten tranquil garden studios designed for work and play

As the start of summer in the northern hemisphere promises warmer days and longer evenings, our latest lookbook features 10 garden studios that provide extra space for work or relaxation.

For homes with large gardens, a small studio can be a practical way to create a separate hideaway for working from home – which has become commonplace in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic – or simply to retreat to for privacy.

From a timber-clad prefabricated cabin in Spain to architects' self-designed home offices in London and the US, we round up 10 garden studios as the summer season begins.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including green living rooms, mezzanine-level bedrooms and winding staircases.

Photo is by ImagenSubliminal

Tini, Spain, by Delavegacanolasso

Architecture studio Delavegacanolasso created a modular, prefabricated cabin called Tini that can be inserted into a garden and used as a peaceful home office.

Clad in poplar OSB panels, Tini's interior provides space for minimal furniture, including geometric desks and glowing table lamps framed by floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows.

Find out more about Tini ›

Photo is by French+Tye

Garden room, UK, by Alexander Owen Architecture

Yellow Valchromat MDF and birch plywood line the walls of this London garden room by Alexander Owen Architecture, which is defined by internal timber cladding.

The small building offers a place to entertain guests while it is also used as a minimal home office during the week, featuring a built-in desk designed with the same wood as its boxy cupboards and alcoves.

Find out more about this garden room ›

Photo is by Gillian Haye

Writer's Studio, UK, by WT Architecture

Designed to create the "sense of being almost outdoors", Scottish firm WT Architecture added a glass writer's studio to the garden of a Victorian villa in Edinburgh.

Inside, the space was curated to provide an uncluttered working environment defined by serene blue accents and a petite wood-burner that nod to the idea of a peaceful retreat.

A minimal wooden desk cantilevers over the studio's lower wall, which is located next to a raised plinth that creates additional seating.

Find out more about this writer's studio ›

Photo is by Rafael Soldi

Shed-O-Vation, USA, by Best Practice Architecture

Best Practice Architecture transformed a storage shed into a backyard studio at a house in Seattle after the pandemic prompted increased working from home.

Called Shed-O-Vation, the project features its original wooden black siding that mirrors the black synthetic rubber used to cover the floors and a portion of the walls inside.

There is space for both working and exercising, with both a built-in green desk and a designated area to hang bikes.

Find out more about Shed-O-Vation ›

Photo is by Trent Bell

Long Studio, USA, by 30X40 Design Workshop

30X40 Design Workshop founder Eric Reinholdt placed a barn-style home office on the grounds of his residence on Mount Desert Island, off the coast of New England in America.

The interiors of the Douglas fir-lined architects' studio are designed to be flexible, with an Ergonofis sit-stand desk and space for tables that can be moved around according to the day's work.

A gabled roof frames the space, which includes cosy loft-like platforms that can be accessed by ladders.

Find out more about Long Studio ›

Photo is by Simon Kennedy

Greenhouse extension, UK, by McCloy + Muchemwa

A formerly dilapidated garage in Norwich, England, was transformed into a timber-framed greenhouse extension by architecture studio McCloy + Muchemwa.

Designed to accommodate DIY and other hobbies during national lockdowns, the "orangery" has polycarbonate cladding and houses various amenities including a workbench and storage for power tools.

The eye-catching orange framework that lines the extension's exterior is repeated in its interior details such as a bright orange clock and table legs.

Find out more about this extension ›

Photo is by Chris Snook

The Light Shed, UK, by Richard John Andrews

London-based architect Richard John Andrews designed the Light Shed to house his own studio, with black corrugated fibreglass cladding and a gabled roof.

Built in just 21 days, the volume's interior opens out onto Andrews' garden with sliding doors that reveal space for two to three people to work below a utilitarian shelving unit.

"The studio aims to create a flexible approach to work and play, flipping its function to become an entertaining space for summer gatherings and more intimate functions," explained the architect.

Find out more about The Light Shed ›

Photo is by Andreas Buchberger

The Enchanted Shed, Austria, by Sue Architekten

A trapdoor leads visitors to a writer's studio and playroom in The Enchanted Shed, a black-timber converted 1930s outhouse designed for a property near Vienna.

Arranged over two storeys, the upstairs gable is glazed to provide treetop views, which mirror the varnished grey fir ceilings and walls. Spotlights illuminate the shed's interior throughout, creating a tranquil hideaway for working or relaxing.

Find out more about The Enchanted Shed ›

Photo is by Tim Van de Velde

Garden Room, Belgium, by Indra Janda

Simply called the Garden Room, this small building was designed by architect Indra Janda for the garden of her parents' house in northern Belgium.

Scale-like shapes formed from translucent polycarbonate shingles clad the volume and create playful shadows that are reflected in its interior. The furniture in the space includes a deep-red butterfly chair and a wooden table.

"The material is semi-transparent, which is nice in summer and winter, and gives a totally different feeling from day to night," Janda said of the structure's statement cladding.

Find out more about Garden Room ›

Photo is by Wai Ming Ng

Cork Study, UK, by Surmon Weston

Local architecture office Surmon Weston created a cork-clad shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the garden of their north London home.

The cubic structure features birch plywood furniture that cantilevers off the walls and forms twin desks for the couple, which are framed by playfully colour-coded chairs.

A skylight throws natural light on the interior, diminishing the boundary between inside and outside space.

Find out more about Cork Study ›

This is the latest in our series oflookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing basement conversions, open-plan studies and residential interiors illuminated by skylights.

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Ten homes with spacious open-plan studies and workspaces

An apartment in the middle of Berlin and a home overlooking the Devon countryside feature in this lookbook, which spotlights 10 studies with open-plan layouts.

Studies are often relegated to the stuffiest corners of the house, but a more flexible layout means there's plenty of opportunity to play around with arrangement, privacy and light, often resulting in a boost in creativity and focus.

The below projects demonstrate why a study needn't be restricted to a separate room or mean sacrificing style, size or comfort. Living rooms can blend into places to work and in the case of Library Home, studies can be spread across the entire home.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including bedrooms on mezzanine levels, relaxing wet rooms and living rooms with floor to ceiling glazing.

Photo is by Mariell Lind Hansen

**Charlotte Road, UK, by Emil Eve Architects **

Set inside the loft of a Victorian warehouse building in Shoreditch, east London, this industrial-looking workspace forms part of a wider living area that includes the kitchen and living room.

In a continuation of the rest of the space, local studio Emil Eve Architects kept the original building's exposed brickwork walls, timbers and columns and set them off against contemporary finishes including new metal finishes and tiling.

Find out more about Charlotte Road ›

Photo is by Olmo Peeters

Riverside Studio Apartment, Belgium, by Studio Okami Architecten

Exposed concrete beams, floors covered in a peach-hued resin and double-height windows create a brutalist look for the open-plan study in this studio apartment in the Riverside Tower in Antwerp.

The home was designed by Studio Okami Architecten to feel as open and spacious as possible to allow its original concrete structure to take centre stage. The study is only designated by half-sized walls.

Find out more about Riverside Studio Apartment ›

Photo is by Jim Stephenson

Devon Passivhaus, UK, by McLean Quinlan

Sweeping views of a historic sloping garden are enjoyed through the window wall of this study in Devon Passivhaus – a remote Passivhaus home created by McLean Quinlan for a client with green fingers.

The interior is finished with earthy materials including reclaimed textured terracotta tiles, rough-sawn oak flooring and charred wood cabinetry, helping to create a "serene" environment and connect the home to the garden further.

Find out more about project name Devon Passibhaus ›

Photo is by José Hevia

**House 03, Spain, by Lucas y Hernández-Gil **

Not unused to turning poky and compartmentalised Spanish apartments into sweeping open-plan residences, local studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil designed House 03 to maximise views of the outside.

The architects removed the walls inside the 190-square-metre apartment to create an open-plan living, dining and study room. At one end of the room, they installed a dark wooden desk in front of built-in white shelving for a couple and their four young children to study.

Find out more about House 03 ›

Photo is by Robert Rieger

**Berlin Apartment, Germany, by Gisbert Pöppler **

As part of their overhaul of this central Berlin apartment, Gisbert Pöppler reorganised the floor plan so that the master bedroom, guest bedroom and bathroom are the only areas of the apartment that are completely separate.

In the absence of walls, social spaces are distinguished by different materials: in the study, surfaces are overlaid with a minty colour while the entrance is panelled in red-lacquered wood.

Find out more about Berlin Apartment ›

Photo is by Santiago Barrio and Shen Zhong Hai

Library Home, China, by Atelier Tao+C

Bejing studio Atelier TAO+C transformed this 95-square-metre apartment in Shanghai into one huge study by installing floor-to-ceiling oak bookshelves around its edges.

A secluded reading nook, which can be accessed via a set of marble stairs, is located on the mezzanine level, where residents can look down into the living area through a light bronze mesh that runs throughout the home.

Find out more about Library Home ›

Photo is by Oskar Proctor

Flat House, UK, by Practice Architecture

Large prefabricated panels made from hemp and lime form the structural shell of this house, giving it a tactile look while timber doors and woven rugs add further warmth to the interior.

Practice Architecture worked alongside hemp farmers to erect the zero-carbon home which is located over the footprint of a pre-existing barn in rural Cambridgeshire.

Find out more about Flat House ›

Photo is by Brett Boardman

**Unfurled House, Australia, by Christopher Polly **

Sculptural white walls that "unfurl" vertically and horizontally into a series of connected interiors spaces were among the features that architect Christopher Polly introduced in his reconfiguration of a 20th-century house in Sydney.

Large windows provide views of the lush vegetation outside from the study, which is linked to the living room below via a curving atrium with waist-height walls.

Find out more about Unfurled House ›

Photo is by Frederik Vercruysse

**Penthouse Britselei, Belgium, by Hans Verstuyft **

Architect Hans Verstuyft spread his minimalist home office across the lower floor of this penthouse in a converted Antwerp office building.

Like the rest of the apartment, the office is open plan and arranged around an open-air courtyard. Full-height glass windows from the desks and meeting room offer views of the 35-year-old tree at its centre and brings light into the space.

Verstuyft finished the interiors, which are minimalist in style, with lime-washed walls and brass detailing.

Find out more about Penthouse Britselei ›

Photo is by Lit Ma

Grosvenor Residence, China, by Lim + Lu

Lim + Lu designed Grosvenor Residence, this first-floor apartment in the Hong Kong metropolis for a nature-loving Japanese and British couple with two children.

The studio opted for neutral colours and finishes and plenty of greenery to make it feel like a tranquil retreat.

In the home office, which is located in the brightest corner of the apartment, oak slats line the otherwise minimalist white walls while a long, L-shaped Calacatta marble desk sits below built-in timber shelving with brass accents.

Find out more about Grosvenor Residence ›

This is the latest in our series oflookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing statement skylights, kids' bedrooms with loft and bunk-beds and welcoming terraces.

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Ten homes with water features to help keep cool on a hot day

In our latest lookbook we've collected 10 homes with water features to aid relaxation in warm weather, from an indoor reflective pool to a house perched on a pond.

Nothing is more effective than a water feature for imbuing an outdoor space with a sense of calm and tranquility.

The examples listed below demonstrate a range of different ways to introduce soothing aquatic visuals and sounds to a residential project without the need for a swimming pool.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing homes with outdoor terraces, fire pits and courtyards.

Photo is by Gerhard Heusch

Beverly Hills villa, USA, by Heusch

Los Angeles architecture studio Heusch renovated this mid-century Beverly Hills villa, which had been left to fall into disrepair.

As part of the work, the architecture studio uncovered this original water feature at the entrance to the home made up of two shallow pools mirroring one another through a glazed wall, one inside and one out.

Find out more about Beverly Hills villa ›

Photo is by João Morgado

Cork Trees House, Portugal, by Trama Arquitetos

Small reflective pools divide the two main volumes of this house perched on a hillside near Braga, helping to manage the site's ambient temperature during the scorching summer months.

"Visually it is something that stands out because it is reflecting the rooms all the time and because that brings the idea of life, nature and green spaces literally through the house," said Bruno Leitão, co-founder of Trama Aquitetos.

Find out more about Cork Trees House ›

Photo is by Benjamin Benschneider

Mercer Island Modern, USA, by Garret Cord Werner

At the entrance to Mercer Island Modern, a residence in Seattle designed by Garret Cord Werner, is a reflective pond dominated by a rock sculpture connected to a lap pool and an infinity jacuzzi by two boarded bridges.

"The experience of walking up to and...over water, both inside and outside of the home, creates a dramatic and tranquil feeling that one rarely experiences inside a residential building," said the studio.

Find out more about Mercer Island Modern ›

Photo is by Laure Joliet/Douglas Friedman/Marion Brenner

Kua Bay Residence, USA, by Walker Warner Architects

This house, designed by Walker Warner Architects, sits on a Hawaiian mountainside among dramatic volcanic rock formations.

Shallow pools run alongside elevated courtyards at the side of the building, forming a grotto-like terrace with the water intended to mimic molten lava.

Find out more about Kua Bay Residence ›

Photo is by Nelson Kon

Casa em Cotia, Brazil, by Una Arquitetos

A snaking pond winds its way around this concrete modernist house in São Paulo, designed by Una Arquitetos.

It undulates underneath a ramped walkway that connects separate volumes of the house, which have been placed on different levels in response to the sloped nature of the site.

Find out more about Casa em Cotia ›

Photo is by César Béjar

Guadalajara house, Mexico, by Delfino Lozano

Architect Delfino Lozano modernised this family home on a tight site in Guadalajara by rearranging the living spaces so they look onto a pair of brick-paved courtyards in order to bring light and air into the surrounding rooms.

The house's original fountain was retained in the smaller of the two patios, protruding from a rough, plastered boundary wall and providing a gentle background burble for the neighbouring bedroom.

Find out more about this house in Guadalajara ›

Photo is by Hiroyuki Oki

AM House, Vietnam, by AmDesign Office, Time Architects and Creative Architects

AM House, designed by three young architects and located in a rural area of Vietnam's Long An Province, opens out onto a large koi pond around two sides of the building.

A decking area accessed by a line of stepping stones is marooned on the pond, which is intended to help the large house merge with its lush surroundings.

Find out more about AM House ›

Photo is by Kevin Scott

The Perch, USA, by Chadbourne + Doss

Intended to instil an "idealised atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest" according to local architecture studio Chadbourne + Doss, this courtyard lies at the centre of a house in Seattle.

The main focus of the clearing is a mossy island bearing ferns, boulders and a tree, surrounded by a water feature that also has a walnut swing suspended above it.

Find out more about The Perch ›

Photo is by Matthew Millman

Hawaiian villa, USA, by De Reus Architects

Visitors to this villa on Hawaii's Big Island, designed by US practice De Reus Architects, are greeted by a large water feature set within a paved entry court.

Igneous rock boulders emerge from the zigzag-edged feature, while a fountain spouts from one of the house's walls.

Find out more about this Hawaiian villa ›

Photo is by Nasser Malek Hernández

Casa Sierra Fría, Mexico, by JJRR/Arquitectura

One of the steel columns supporting the thin concrete canopy at the front of this home in Mexico City drops down into a black-bottomed shallow pool next to the entrance door.

Mexican studio JJRR/Arquitectura also installed a dramatic sculpture on a plinth rising up from the water, its delicate appearance contrasting with the monolithic volcanic stone wall adjacent.

Find out more about Casa Sierra Fría ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing homes withoutdoor terraces, fire pits and courtyards.

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Ten bedrooms tucked away on cosy mezzanine levels

A forest cabin and an apartment in a New York warehouse feature in this lookbook, which shines a light on ten homes with snug bedrooms raised on mezzanine levels.

Mezzanines are half-storeys inserted between a floor and ceiling to create extra space or distinct zones for different activities.

They are popularly used as platforms for bedrooms, particularly in open-plan residences, because they create privacy from adjoining living spaces.

The examples below demonstrate the potential of a mezzanine bedroom as a space-saving tool for small homes, but also as a way to take advantage of tall ceilings in lofty residences.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including warm wood-clad kitchens, relaxing wet rooms and space-saving bunk beds.

Photo is by Anna Positano

House for a Sea Dog, Italy, by Dodi Moss

An exposed roof structure, floors of unvarnished wood and a plaster wall create a rustic look for the mezzanine bedroom in this loft apartment in a 17th-century building in Genoa.

The home was designed by Dodi Moss to feel as open and spacious as possible, so the level change is used to provide privacy for the sleeping area as opposed to solid partitions and walls.

Find out more about House for a Sea Dog ›

La Dominique, Spain, by RÄS

Sliding polycarbonate panels line one side of the sleeping platform in this Barcelona residence, allowing light to enter the space while separating it from the floor below.

Its designer, RÄS, finished the space with black decorative tiles that contrast with the rough-painted white brick wall that borders one side.

Find out more about La Dominique ›

Photo is by Michael Vahrenwald

Bed-Stuy Loft, USA, by New Affiliates

New Affiliates inserted this mezzanine above the study and kitchen area of the Bed-Stuy Loft apartment in New York to create a bedroom beneath its high ceilings.

The sleeping area, which sits alongside a raised dressing area, is finished with plywood and white metal-mesh panels that nod to the industrial heritage of the building in which it is located.

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Photo is by Alex Delaunay

Hike, France, by SABO Project

Alternating tread stairs lead up to this cosy bedroom, which SABO Project placed on a half-level when optimising floor space in a 72-square-metre apartment in Paris.

The bedroom provides a sleeping area for guests and uses a skylight and a wall of translucent glass panels to maximise light while ensuring privacy.

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Photo is by Stephen Kent Johnson

UWS Apartment, USA, by Stadt Architecture

Stadt Architecture introduced a mezzanine to a narrow 1970s condominium in New York in order to create a larger bedroom and bathroom for its owner.

Set against exposed brickwork walls, the platform is finished with a dark walnut floor that helps unify it with the level below. The bed's headboard doubles as a balustrade, while its base contains hidden storage.

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Photo is by Anton Rodriguez

Barbican Mezzanine, UK, by Francisco Sutherland Architects

Set under the vaulted ceiling of an apartment in London's Barbican Estate, this children's bedroom forms part of a wooden mezzanine structure that also contains a bathroom and wardrobes.

Francisco Sutherland Architects lined the sleeping element of the volume with a wall of shutters that provide privacy while opening the room out to an adjoining bedroom below.

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Photo is by Michael Moran

Soho Loft, USA, by Julian King

A mezzanine with sculptural white walls was among the features that architect Julian King introduced in his reconfiguration of a tall and long warehouse apartment in New York.

Taking advantage of the home's high ceilings, the intervention allowed King to relocate the bedroom to a higher level and create a more fluid, open layout for the owner.

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Photo is by Maja Wirkus

K907, Poland, by Thisispaper Studio

This sleeping area is hidden within a boxy plywood volume that Thisispaper Studio inserted into a pared-back holiday apartment in an old print warehouse in Warsaw.

Its design helps maximise floor space while drawing attention to the lofty dimensions of the apartment, which enhances its minimalist aesthetic.

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Photo is by Ricardo Oliveira Alves

Rural House in Portugal, Portugal, by HBG Architects

Built within an old granite community oven in the village of Aldeia de João Pires, this holiday home contains a wood-lined mezzanine that maximises space below its original gable roof.

The platform, which also contains a second bathroom, is accessed by steps that double as a table and concealed behind slats of wood that ensure privacy while allowing light inside.

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Photo is by Martin Dimitrov

Inhabit, USA, by Antony Gibbon Designs

This mezzanine bedroom sits above a kitchen in a stilted wooden treehouse built by Antony Gibbon Designs in a forest in Upstate New York.

The cosy wood-lined bedroom looks out through a wall of glazing that runs upwards from the ground floor of the cabin, framing views of the surrounding trees and Catskills mountains.

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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks including warmwood-clad kitchens, relaxing wet rooms and space-saving bunk beds.

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Ten green living rooms that prove the colour's versatility

A fashion editor's apartment in São Paulo and a home covered in panels of mint-green metal mesh feature in our latest lookbook, which rounds up ten lounge interiors where green is used both as a background colour and a striking design statement.

Whether sage, emerald or khaki, green goes with both cool and warm colours, which allows it to be used much like a traditional neutral.

As such, it can be used to inject colour into an otherwise monochrome interior without being overbearing, or contrasted against rich reds, pinks and purples to delineate different areas in an open-plan living space.

This is the latest in our lookbook series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing living rooms with floor-to-ceiling glazing, wood-clad kitchens and space-saving kids' rooms with bunk beds.

Photo is by Kurtis Chen

St Lawrence, Canada, by Odami

Sweeping views over the oxidised copper roof of Toronto's Cathedral of St James informed this all-green sunroom designed by local studio Odami.

The room forms part of a renovated 1980s apartment in a former parking garage, where dated popcorn ceilings and beige carpets were replaced with a rich mix of materials including a quartzite fireplace and walnut hardwood flooring.

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Photo is by Margarita Nikitaki

Esperinos, Greece, by Stamos Michael

Pale green walls act as the backdrop to an eclectic assortment of furnishings in this Athens guesthouse by designer Stamos Michael, where modern classics such as Konstantin Grcic's Traffic lounge chair are mixed with a number of pieces by Greek designers including Michael himself.

Among them is a hand-painted pine and plywood storage cabinet, a lamp hidden in rust-brown columns of powder-coated steel and a stool made from two blocks of stone that Michael found in a quarry on the island of Tinos.

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Photo is by Joshua McHugh

Sleepy Hollow Residence, USA, by Lexi Tallisman

Set in the town of Sleepy Hollow in the Hudson River Valley, this family home features not just a traditional living room but also a cosy den finished in glossy army-green paint.

Designer Lexi Tallisman dressed the room in an equally decadent palette of colours and textures, ranging from a deep blue velvet sofa by fellow New York designer Steven Gambrel to a vintage chair reupholstered in creamy white leather and a brass-and-oak shelving unit by Philadelphia furniture company Amuneal.

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Photo is by Adrià Goula

Passeig de Grácia apartment, Spain, by Jeanne Schultz Design Studio

Designer Jeanne Schultz adapted a sensitive colour strategy when renovating this home on Barcelona's historic Passeig de Grácia in order to enhance, rather than overwhelm, existing period features such as the Catalan vault ceiling and wooden parquet flooring.

In the lounge, she drew attention to the chequered green tiles that frame the pink stone fireplace by painting the doors, window frames and ceiling mouldings in a matching hue.

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Photo is by Yannis Drakoulidis

Trikoupi Apartment, Greece, by Point Supreme Architects

When renovating this apartment in one of Greece's polykatoikia residential blocks from the 1980s, architecture studio Point Supreme Architects tore down many of the internal walls and instead used colourful built-in furniture pieces to demarcate different zones.

The open-plan living and dining area is traversed by a storage wall made from green-stained plywood, while the kitchen is fitted with light pink cabinetry and bright blue wardrobes line the hallway next to the two bedrooms.

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Photo is by Prue Ruscoe

Budge Over Dover, Australia, by YSG

Interior design studio YSG created living spaces across two different levels inside this renovated home in Sydney. The first sits perched on a vast platform made from terracotta tiles to align it with the garden patio.

This creates a second "sunken" lounge area at the rear, in which a sage-green wall and matching velvet rug are contrasted against a maroon-coloured Utrecht armchair, designed by the late Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Cassina in 1935.

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Photo is by Alexander Bogorodskiy

GreenHouse, Portugal, by Ottotto

Portuguese architecture practice Ottotto used panels of mint-green metal mesh to obscure the original stone walls of this house in Porto while preserving a "memory" of the former building.

A darker shade of green was also used to finish the home's new steel structure, which holds up three separate volumes interspersed by strategic lightwells to funnel sun into the living spaces on the ground floor.

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Photo is by Maira Acayaba

Karine Vilas Boas Apartment, Brazil, by Studio Julliana Camargo

More restrained pops of olive and emerald feature in the living room of fashion editor Karine Vilas Boas in São Paulo, courtesy of Jeane Prouvé's Fauteuil de Salon armchairs for Vitra and a geometric rug by local brand Punto e Filo.

To tie the apartment's interior together, Brazilian designer Julliana Camargo also incorporated other shades of green into the kitchen, from jade drawer faces and wall tiles to minty cabinets.

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Photo is by Jeremy Bittermann

High Desert Residence, USA, by Hacker Architects

Vertical cedar boards panel both the interior and exterior walls of this Oregon holiday home, separated by vast double-height windows to create the impression that the two exist as one continuous surface.

In the living room, local studio Hacker Architects stained the wood in a subtle smokey green hue that references the colour of native plants found in the volcanic landscape outside.

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Photo is by Michael Sinclair

Highgate House, UK, by House of Grey

Sage-green plaster helps to give subtle texture to the lounge of this three-storey townhouse in London's Highgate, designed by local studio House of Grey.

This offsets the otherwise monochrome furnishings, including a chubby boucle sofa, Serge Mouille's AP1B2R wall light and a framed white-on-white painting.

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This is the latest in our series oflookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing living rooms with floor-to-ceiling glazing, wood-clad kitchens and space-saving kids' rooms with bunk beds.

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