A brutalist condominium in Antwerp and a home in rural Virginia function in our subsequent lookbook, which showcases 10 eating areas that use sculptural hanging lights as their centrepiece.
Hanging, dropped or suspended ceiling lighting is a straightforward and well-liked strategy to create a focus and atmosphere in any room.
These lights are generally present in two types: pendants, which grasp from a single twine with only one or two bulbs, and chandeliers, that are comprised of a number of lamps and branches.
The modern examples listed beneath exhibit how pendants and chandeliers can add flourish to a eating space and create an intimate ambiance round a dinner desk.
That is the most recent in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks showcasing houses with French doorways, bedrooms with balconies and loos with assertion tiles.
Riverside Tower condominium, Belgium, by Studio Okami Architecten
A black ceramic mild plunges down by way of the double-height eating room of this condominium, which Studio Okami Architecten overhauled for its founder within the brutalist Riverside Tower in Antwerp.
The sunshine’s sculptural type, designed by Polish artistic Pani Jurek, helps soften the house’s uncovered concrete shell in tandem with numerous artworks dotted all through.
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Three Chimney Home, USA, by T W Ryan Structure
The point of interest within the eating space of the Three Chimney Home in rural Virginia is a decorative Drop System Chandelier designed by Lindsey Adelman.
It has a mottled brass end and spherical bulbs that come out in opposition to the wood furnishings beneath and a white-brick chimney that types a backdrop to the room.
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Crimson Home, Portugal, by Extrastudio
A fragile paper-like shade characterises this pendant mild, which hangs from the ceiling in a pared-back home Extrastudio created in an previous Portuguese vineyard.
Its minimalist design enhances the ethereal really feel of the house’s inside that’s achieved with white-painted partitions, massive home windows and a collection of skylights.
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The Cedars, USA, by Michael Yarinsky
The adjustable Form Up mild, designed by Women & Gents Studio, anchors the eating space in The Cedars, a home on Lengthy Island by Brooklyn designer Michael Yarinsky.
Resembling a chunk of artwork, the ornate fixture includes three different-shaped pendants comprised of mouth-blown glass and steel that grasp from cords threaded by way of pulleys.
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Three tubular brass branches capped by spherical white bulbs outline the Slingshot Chandelier, which structure studio DeDraft used as a centrepiece within the opulent AC Residence in London.
The sunshine, which is designed by Doozie Mild Studio, is teamed with white partitions, wood chairs and a marbled Tulip Desk designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll.
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Walker Home, Canada, by Replicate Structure
Pearlescent glass lamps resembling unravelling ribbons type this chandelier, which Replicate Structure used within the open-plan kitchen and eating space of a home in Toronto.
The sunshine types a part of Canadian design firm Bocci‘s 87 collection and is crafted from scorching glass that’s pulled, stretched and folded like taffy.
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Riverbend, USA, by CLB Architects
This molecular chandelier attracts the attention to the eating desk of the Riverbend residence, which CLB Architects created close to Wyoming’s Grand Teton Nationwide Park.
Its steel branches are capped with round glass shades in earthy tones that echo the wood finishes of the furnishings beneath and the ceiling overhead.
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Haus im Obstgarten, Austria, by Agency Architekten
Haus im Obstgarten options an open-plan kitchen and eating room with easy finishes that draw consideration to a decorative suspended pendant at its centre.
The sculpture-like mild, designed by Michael Anastassiades for Italian model Flos, options three geometric types which are comprised of black powder-coated aluminium components which might be rearranged in numerous configurations.
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Child Level Residence, Canada, by Batay-Csorba Architects
This draped chandelier is discovered within the white-walled eating room of a Batay-Csorba Architects-designed home in Toronto.
Named Vitis, the sunshine is designed by US lighting model RBW and options nylon-wrapped material that swoops from the ceiling and helps hand-blown frosted glass lamps.
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Casa Mérida, Mexico, by Ludwig Godefroy
These inky black pendant lights grasp low over the eating desk at Casa Mérida, matching the upholstery of the mid-century-style chairs beneath.
Their daring but minimalist design is a becoming accompaniment to the brutalist type of the Mexican home, which sees uncovered concrete used throughout all of its foremost volumes.
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That is the most recent in our lookbooks collection, which offers visible inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For extra inspiration see earlier lookbooks showcasing houses with French doorways, bedrooms with balconies and loos with assertion tiles.
