Doors are a crucial invention that allows the modern building to function as it does. Drawing the privacy of a solid wall combined with the functionality of accessibility straight into layouts, with just a few simple lines. But choosing where precisely to put a door is, of course, never really that simple. For an object so thin (35-40mm), doors tend to take up a lot of space, each generating its own curved dotted line, warning of its possible presence. With homes getting smaller and homeowners, in turn, getting greedier – demanding more efficient space, light and functionality with every pencil mark on graph paper – the many alternatives for g…
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