Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen has completed an 80-square-meter home for a three person family in Copenhagen for just £95,000. The single-story three-bedroom house, which is a prototype for future low-cost housing, features a rectangular floor plan, concrete base (which helps with heating and cooling), and a black-painted timber exterior. The design was able to take advantage of prefabricated materials and a minimal yet thoughtful design …
by Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi When MINI Australia tapped Berlin-based Sigurd Larsen to exhibit furniture as part of their temporary concept space, little did they know the Danish-born architect would translate his wanderlust memories of Australia’s deserts into the Melbourne Furniture Project. For this project, Larsen created a family of furniture, experimenting with materials that possess qualities that are a similitude of the continent’s rugged, sun-kissed terrain—enduring, …
By Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi The sleekly minimal Black Desk is the latest offering from Berlin-based Danish architect Sigurd Larsen. The pared-down aesthetic of the Black Desk is a far cry from Larsen’s multifarious labyrinth of the Shrine. However, what the Black Desk lacks in complexity is offset by a responsiveness to the limitations of space in urban cities. Larsen addresses this struggle by delivering a desk …
