reading, talking or watching a film – sometimes all at the same time.” Reaching peak popularity in the 1950s and ’60s, the sunken lounge, or conversation pit, re-emerged in the 2010s thanks ...

Built in 1982, The Pit, a sunken brick-and-stone seating area, served as a place of “great acceptance” for individuals who were “grunge and punk,” according to Denise A. Jillson ...

Recessed spaces have a long history going back at least hundreds of years — from the irori, or sunken hearth, in traditional Japanese architecture to the open pit dining rooms, or triclinia ...

The 1970s-style “conversation pit” — a sunken or recessed living area, often with built-in cushioned seating — is no doubt a bold design move. Who doesn’t remember seeing Don Draper’s sleek Manhattan ...