How Do You Bring More Light Into a Dark Landing or Stairwell? Bringing more light into a dark landing or stairwell starts with identifying where daylight can enter and what prevents it reaching the circulation route. Windows, rooflights, sun tunnels and internal glazing offer different possibilities, depending on the building. The most useful solution improves […]
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Sep
Open-Plan and Light Are Not the Same Thing When a house feels dark, removing internal walls can seem like an obvious solution. Combine the kitchen, dining room and living space, the reasoning goes, and daylight will be able to move more freely through the plan. Sometimes this works extremely well. But openness and daylight are […]
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Sep
Why Open-Plan Living Is Being Reconsidered Open-plan living transformed the way modern homes were designed because it answered several problems at once. Removing internal walls could bring kitchens, dining areas and living rooms together, allow daylight to travel further through a floor plan and create a greater sense of space within an existing footprint. In […]