Whether it's using space smartly for a small home or adding design elements that elevate a hallway to living-room level, here are eight ways to honor the arteries of the home.
Rather than wasting space with one, long space, this compact modern home in Melbourne, Australia, was designed with a seating area, storage, and stairwell incorporated into the hall. Photo by Andrew Wuttke.
The hallway inside this former rowhouse house in New York City features its crowning glory, the oculus, which allows light to spill onto each floor of the house. Photo by Adam Friedberg.
Architect Justin Korhammer kept the hallway of this Manhattan bachelor pad free and clear with a kitchen that folds away with the precision of a Swiss Army Knife. To keep the kitchen shallow, the cooktop is limited to two burners and the shelves are a trim eight inches deep.
In temperate environments, don't discount open, covered hallways that connect to the outdoors. Architect Leo Marmol's home in Desert Hot Springs, California, one of his firm's steel prefab prototypes, includes myriad outdoor walking spaces. Photo by Daniel Hennessy.
Treat hallways as an extension of the interior living spaces. Architect Jamie Darnell incorporated clerestory windows into the passageway leading to his family home's bedroom wing. Photo by Chad Holder.
Treat hallways as functional rooms in a living space. A Brooklyn architect made over the interior of his Prospect Heights home by carving out unique interior spaces, clad in wood, copper, and pressed tin—here, sideboard storage and a built-in bookshelf extend the architect's home office. Photo by Dustin Aksland.
Rather than wasting space with one, long space, this compact modern home in Melbourne, Australia, was designed with a seating area, storage, and stairwell incorporated into the hall. Photo by Andrew Wuttke.
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