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Shades of green, red and yellow run throughout this lookbook, which collects nine home interiors enlivened by colourful window frames.

Copy Although the use of arches in architecture dates back to the 2nd millennium B.C., it was the Romans who solidified them as both an engineering element and a symbol of military victories, which we now see excessively as memorial arches. Shortly after, different civilizations and cultures adopted the arch for their own purposes, bridging together structural necessity and aesthetics. In this article, we look at how arches evolved from significant structural elements to captivating decorative details. Similar to how the function of arches evolved throughout the years with different civilizat...

AJ 40 under 40: Office S&M 17 December 2020 By Merlin Fulcher, illustration by Simon Hayes The two AJ 40 under 40 architects are co-founders of Office S&M, which has earned a reputation for designing remarkable and joyful buildings Hugh McEwen, 33, and Catrina Stewart, 35, met studying Part 2 at the Bartlett and founded Office S&M in 2013 as a platform to pursue ‘alternative practice in architecture’. Inspired by previous AJ 40 under 40 members AOC, FAT and Amin Taha, the two dedicate their work to celebrating the ‘colour, materiality, and narratives of the everyday’. Work...