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...“All of this is a kind of therapy, playing with inanimate objects and creating a community,” says artist-designer Jeremy Anderson, sliding the barn door that divides his parlour-like showroom from the studio...
...It has been met with deep concern in Silicon Valley, where it is seen as a government attempt to override years of design and technical decisions made by product managers and engineers....
...Within a couple of months, both were doing brisk trades; the bar regularly had a queue out the door....
...Daylight pours through full-height sliding glass doors on either side of the room....
...Fast-growing trees and shrubs were deployed to create outdoor rooms that were as much a part of the architecture as the interiors, which featured sliding canvas doors that made the space fluid and reconfigurable...
...Sliding floor-to-ceiling windows open onto palm-frond landscapes; inside there’s a marriage of tropical and desert style, with serape rugs, woven-grass chairs and rough-carved wood doors....
...The 47 rooms and suites are all raw wood, ocean hues, generous fireplaces, sliding glass doors, few lofty airs, and the shore 10 paces away....
...Its all done using very little equity, goosing the returns without the firm having to worry so much about deposits walking out the door or big moves in interest rates....
...A wall of bamboo protects the large sliding glass doors, which open up the living spaces into a breezy, minimalist haven....
...In the labyrinth of rooms on the upper three floors, Friedli pulls back tall sliding doors to reveal minimalist spaces that are not quite galleries, not quite typical depots, but contain rich contemporary...
...This was one of those sliding door moments that you have in your career . . . when you think, ‘well, that’s interesting. I’m not going to get a chance to do that again’.”...
...California governor Gavin Newsom last September signed a bill called the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act....
...The living and dining rooms open onto this inner sanctum through sliding and bifold glass doors, creating an indoor-outdoor living experience that also helps to ventilate the home, while most rooms have...
...Most eye-catching is the new first class “suite” in a striking navy colour scheme, with a metre-wide seat that converts into a large bed, space to invite a guest for dinner and sliding doors for privacy....
...Through the glass sliding doors of the sitting room we could see the back of the arm chair where Munger was sitting....
...Velvet, piped tweed and soft leather cover sofas and chairs; doors are inset with rattan panels....
...This sounds like a good idea; I’m really not a fan of sliding doors. Why? I’m not sure . . . It’s the action, I think. I much prefer grabbing a handle and opening a proper door....
...One of Iervolino’s many companies, AMBI Group, launched a $200mn film fund in 2015 shortly after buying remake and sequel rights to hit movies including Donnie Darko, Sliding Doors and Cruel Intentions....
...Highlights include a 15ft x 20ft family room with sliding doors that lead to a deck and wraparound porch....
...The open space is divided by large cypress sliding panels that ingeniously disappear if more space is needed. “They smell good too,” the artist murmurs as he pulls the doors closed....
...Sculpted into smooth curves that referenced Bauhaus forms, but with a space-age vibe, Ferrieri’s units had sliding doors that could be used in almost any context: to store bathroom products, as bedside tables...
...A facade with narrow bands of glazing leads to an airy open-plan interior, stretching back 25ft to glass sliding doors and a courtyard garden and up two and a half storeys to a roof lantern....
...There are few better examples than Albert Frey’s own residence, Frey House II, in Palm Springs, its bedroom walls replaced by sliding glass doors and vivid yellow curtains, their pleats flapping in the desert...
...The terraces and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors bring light to the subterranean rooms, and the layout means the bedrooms are separated from each other, making it ideal for groups who want privacy as...
...The rooms go full hipster, with turntables, slick midcentury-inspired furniture and traditional sliding doors updated with graphic patterns....
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