Corridor

An east-facing view of the central circulation hallway is flanked with full-height, dark-gray anodized aluminum windows.

The interiors are painted in Sherwin-Williams Extra White Flat; flooring is five-inch walnut plank. A bentwood table and chairs are from ECR4Kids.

Home to architect Michael Artemenko, co-director of FIGR Architecture Studio—along with his wife Emma and their young daughter—this renovated heritage home in the Melbourne suburb of Cremorne uses a portal-like corridor painted a vibrant pink to connect the original period home to a new wing.

A bathroom with red walls and ceilings.

Fitted on all sides with warm wood, this double-height, gable-shaped passageway serves as the entrance to the house.

The main corridor bends 100 degrees from end to end and leads to three guest rooms, each with a different color door. “Roland took a Lawren Harris painting and matched the colors perfectly,” says David.

In this Brazilian home, São Paulo studio Jacobsen Arquitetura placed laminated timber porticoes approximately 1.31 feet apart, to create a dynamic linear aesthetics that brings to mind the tori gates of Kyoto’s famous Fushimi Inari shrine.

The corridor allows for views that extend the entire length of the home.

The central gallery, framed by wood screen walls on both sides, links the main living spaces. The partitions create a more open, expansive volume.

Refinished concrete floors extend down the Gallery corridor. Perforated concrete blocks act as transom windows to fill the corridor with light. Mahogany woodwork and doors lead to the sleeping spaces.

Omer Arbel, the creative director at industrial design firm Bocci, was given three parameters when he began designing a home for his colleague Randy Bishop: Create a “profound” connection between the internal and external spaces; build only one level; and, most crucially, utilize a wealth of 100-year-old beams salvaged from a series of warehouses owned by Bishop’s ancestors.

Glass-and-steel corridors link each of Austin and Lida’s studios to the main pavilion, where they share the kitchen and a central living and dining space.