INTRA-Interiors for Designers and Architects articles

Recent articles from INTRA-Interiors for Designers and Architects

Editor's letter.
March 1, 2005... AT INTRA, WE BELIEVE THAT A BUILDING'S INTERIOR IS AS IMPORTANT as its exterior. We want to celebrate the best interior spaces wherever they are, and we begin this month with projects in Nairobi, New York, Gothenburg and Cork. In all four the architect also designed the interior, but of...

What happened to Vittorio Radice?
March 1, 2005... Once upon a time, Vittorio Radice sat very comfortably on celebrity's throne. Unfortunately, he was so occupied in scouring the horizon for new territories to conquer that he didn't notice the busy little demons sawing away at the legs that supported him--and last summer the throne collapsed,...

Off-the-wall ideas from Sweden.(DESIGNER PROFILE)
March 1, 2005... The Stockholm Furniture Fair has always been a celebration of Nordic talent and this year, a young firm from Sweden caught the eye. An all-female team called Front, it is bringing some refreshing effrontery to the sometimes-staid realm of Scandinavian design. 'We try to do things that...

Herman Miller: Classic Furniture and System Designs for the Working Environment.
March 1, 2005... Herman Miller: Classic Furniture and System Designs for the Working Environment By John R Berry Thames & Hudson, [pounds sterling]35 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Herman Miller ranks amongst the most famous and successful furniture manufacturers of the 20th century, or, indeed, any...

'I'm generally wary of architects'.(CLIENT'S VIEW)
March 1, 2005... The hotel sector is a difficult place for architects. It is largely run by limited people whose ruthlessness has taken them to the top, and limited people are rarely design-literate. But hoteliers are not the only ones responsible for the poor interiors of many hotels. You designers are part...