Fireplace as Central Volume

A mid-century modern fireplace located in the center of the space. It is a freestanding brick or stone mass, extending from floor to ceiling, exposed on all four sides, allowing people to walk around it; it naturally separates the open-plan living room from the dining room. The firebox opening is a clean rectangular aperture, with a stone hearth flush with the floor extending forward. Sometimes there is a suspended metal hood above. Avoid: making the fireplace a thin veneer attached to the wall, adding carved mantelpieces and countertop decorations, using electronic simulated flames, placing the fireplace in a corner losing its centrality.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座位於空間中央的世紀中現代壁爐。它是一個獨立的磚砌或石砌量體,從地面貫穿到天花,四面都露出來,人可以繞著它走;它把開放平面的客廳與餐廳自然地分開。爐口是一個乾淨的矩形開孔,前方有一道與地面齊平的石材爐床向外延伸。有時上方有一個懸掛的金屬煙罩。避免:把壁爐做成貼在牆上的薄片、加入雕花的壁爐架與檯面裝飾、使用電子仿真火焰、把壁爐做在角落失去中心性。