Architecture: 10 reasons to consider curved walls Inside and Out

Architecture: 10 reasons to consider curved walls Inside and Out - Imagine the walls of a room or the edge of a small town garden and we tend to think of something solid and right. But while the straight walls offer clean lines, crisp and easy to work with, curved walls offer something quite different. They may not be as common, but the walls that curve and fold automatically bring a sense of flow and energy to a room.

Sometimes the lines are integrated into the architecture of the building and must be skillfully incorporated into the scheme of the room. Often, however, a curved wall can be added to act as a foil to strong lines, vertical and horizontal, or as a partition or a zoning device, slowly dividing space without looking obtrusive. Smooth, curling lines can improve the functionality and stimulate good feeling, both inside and outside, so take inspiration from these inspiring spaces that have curves in all the right places.

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Enhance existing lines
sometimes it is the architecture of the building curves. If you live in a house with smooth lines rather than straight lines, work with them. Long, bold horizontal forms draw attention to the curved wall in the apartment and lead the eye around the space.

Explorer another kitchen with curves and character

smooth vertical lines
Adding curves at the junction of which would be a 0 degree angle smoothes the horizontal transition to the vertical. This beautiful pond located in a curved wall gives a sense of movement and flow in a simple garden.

Mark English Architects, AIA

separate area
constructing a curved wall between two rooms is a fun way to break open plan space and create privacy. Here, the curve bends toward the living space, giving it a pleasant and sociable atmosphere.

Create privacy
This folding wall gently, covered with dark mosaics, provides privacy for the bath which nestles into it on the other side. This partition has curves in all areas, more like a drop of a classic trench. It is beautiful, fun and practical, too.

Neil Lerner

soften an extension
Glass-box extensions are usually box, which means that they have strong lines and sharp angles. This beautiful extension demonstrates a gentler alternative - curves! The rounded lines give a more organic feel and echoes the shape of the windows on the house.

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Reducing the impact
When the ground floor of this house has been opened, the dressing room who had lived in the area needed to be moved. Now he lives in a more central location, but its curved walls make a harmonious feature, rather than a polyhedral obstruction.

Architectural Anston

mix with strong lines
strong lines of this modernist extension and cooking in it are balanced by a small well deck area curve. The rendered wall that bends around it acts both as a seat and as a retaining wall for planting behind, but it also works as a nice foil to the bold architecture of the house.

Coastal Home Photography, llc

Bring in a turn
Even the most modest curve can soften a space, adding a dash of quirkiness and surprise. The curve on the edges of the room also seem to attract you to the rooms beyond, to help the open feel of this suite.

van Ellen + Sheryn Architects

creative Zone
a bank curve units separates the kitchen from the living area, a few steps below. The back of the bank faces in American walnut, so that the living space, you see a smooth fracture, fluid and warm.

About the kitchen cabinets were spotless white doors. A linear stroke units here might have looked unattractive and too much like a wall. This curve bank, on the other hand, seems to invite the movement between the two areas.

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Clifton Interiors Ltd

up and down Watch
a wall that undulates as it actually increases the addition of strikes in space, pulling the eye up and down. Party work, a feature ingenious wall part, it provides energy and originality in a room. Here, a waveform wall is associated with a pull curve for the maximum movement.

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